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ontheway
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 Posted: Sun Jan 04, 2009 11:53 am Post subject: Bill Richardson - another Kleptocratic governor is exposed |
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Richardson withdraws bid to be commerce secretary
ABC News WASHINGTON � New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing his nomination to be President-elect Barack Obama's commerce secretary amid a grand jury investigation into how some of his political donors won a lucrative state contract.
Richardson's withdrawal was the first disruption of Obama's Cabinet process and the second "pay-to-play" investigation that has touched Obama's transition to the presidency. The president-elect has remained above the fray in both the case of arrested Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich and with the New Mexico case.
A federal grand jury is investigating how a California company that contributed to Richardson's political activities won a New Mexico state contract worth more than $1 billion. Richardson said in a statement issued by the Obama transition office that the investigation could take weeks or months but expressed confidence it will show he and his administration acted properly. |
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090104/ap_on_el_pr/richardson |
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| James Carville wrote: |
| The Democratic Party has had a recent run of corruption and sex scandals. Mathematicians say that there are no such things as streaks and that the last event has nothing to do with the next. The only people who disagree are crapshooters and political operatives. Since I am both, I firmly believe that there are streaks and that political scandals happen in clusters. |
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agentX
Joined: 12 Oct 2007
Location: Jeolla province
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| Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2009 9:39 am Post subject: |
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| If roles were reversed and it were Gov. Perry of Texas (child sex abuse in juvie scandal) being picked for Commerce by PE McCain, he likely wouldn't step down, instead blaming 'the liberal media' for drumming up another 'witch-hunt'. |
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