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2023-09-03 -Obits-

Bill Richardson, former governor of New Mexico and UN ambassador, dead at 75

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Posted by Fred 2023-09-03 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Politis aside - I worked his detail briefly when he was USUN. A personable and funny guy who didn't seem to take himself overly serious.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2023-09-03 04:08|| 2023-09-03 04:08|| Front Page Top

#2 RIP, Bill. From afar, he did seem like a decent fella.

Posted by DooDahMan 2023-09-03 04:11|| 2023-09-03 04:11|| Front Page Top

#3 He had his corruption, like any main stream politician in NM. He ran a pay-to-play scheme while governor and was being investigated by the federal DA* till Obama got elected and shut it down. Unlike the Biden family, it wasn't so much to line his own pockets but towards organizations that he favored in the state.

*The outgoing DA said that IL had nothing on corruption compared to NM, only the pols were a lot cheaper.

Posted by Procopius2k 2023-09-03 08:36|| 2023-09-03 08:36|| Front Page Top

#4 He was a Clinton capo too.

Posted by M. Murcek 2023-09-03 09:10|| 2023-09-03 09:10|| Front Page Top

#5 Old school demokrat politicians were corrupt, and deal-makers, but had the background of being Americans, on a cultural, social level.

Obama's era, introduced progressive/Marxists who are far more characterized as anti-American globalists and even communists who actually dislike or even hate the traditional citizens they purport to serve.

Posted by NoMoreBS 2023-09-03 13:18|| 2023-09-03 13:18|| Front Page Top

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