Why are you Scratching your head Bill Richardson?
In sixteen days the Obama “Robin Hood Show” will take over the White House.
In Sixteen days the world will be a better place to live.
In sixteen days my mortgage, car payment, and groceries will be paid for.
In sixteen days marijuana will be legalized.
In sixteen days everybody will be healthier.
In sixteen days we’ll have Hill on the Hill.
Get ready folks hold on to your wallets.
Put your vacations to Israel on hold.
Keep an eye on your free speech.
Disguise your conservative blog.
But don’t worry about Bill Richardson,
Adios! Bill Richardson drops out as Commerce Secretary
Looks like the chickens of Bill Richardson’s pay-to-play scandal have come home to roost. Let it be the first of many ethics-tainted Obama nominations to go down in flames. Adios, Bill.
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In Sixteen days we can all expect Mo money:
Mitch McConnell gives us another head-banging-against-the-wall moment
Take some Maalox before you read this headline from The Hill (via HA headlines):
“McConnell says GOP could back stimulus.”
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Ops, Obama made a mistake:
Team Obama: Richardson misled us
posted at 5:06 pm on January 4, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
It looks as if Barack Obama and his transition team know how badly Bill Richardson’s resignation reflects on them. They have started leaking to the press that Richardson’s to blame for the embarrassing spectacle this afternoon of his withdrawal as a Cabinet nominee. Jake Tapper has the details:
Sources tell ABC News that officials on the Obama Transition Team feel that before he was formally offered the job of commerce secretary, New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson was not forthcoming with them about the federal investigation that is looking into whether the governor steered a state contract towards a major financial contributor.
Once the investigation became more widely known through national media reports last month, sources tell ABC News, the Obama Transition Team realized the FBI would not be able to give Richardson a clean political bill of health before the new administration is ready to send his nomination up to the Senate for confirmation.
Meanwhile, Richardson and his team has to defend themselves:
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Relax enjoy, in sixteen days all is well in the world!
In sixteen days Fed Gas Tax will go up 50%. Money in jars buried under oak tree in back yard!
By: goodtimepolitics on January 6, 2009
at 12:01 pm
Thanks goodtimespolitics,
I guess we are down to 14 days before we all get a wallet enema.
By: riggword on January 6, 2009
at 6:33 pm