Comments on: If I Thought He Understood What He Was Saying, This Answer Might Just Earn My Vote

By: Michelle Malkin » Saturday night jive: The New Hampshire debates; Round Two - Dem candidates; Update: Hillary turns Shrill-ary; Edwards: “Forces of status quo”= Hillary; Unlikeable? Hillary’s feelings are hurt

Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:44:19 +0000

[...] different approach to how they would solve things.” Yeah. Richardson would take back his Whizzer White endorsement. Edwards would take back his fashion critique of Hillary. Obama recycles [...]

By: L.N. Smithee

L.N. Smithee — Tue, 01 May 2007 00:41:27 +0000

Hey, give Billy a break. He just has no short-term memory. This is a guy who "forgot" that he wasn't drafted by the Kansas City Athletics while he was pitching in a semi-pro team in Massachusetts.

By: Leviticus

Leviticus — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:32:40 +0000

I dunno… I know a lot of people who would take issue with the statement that 69 is too old to run a country (anyone who thinks Reagan was competent, for instance… though I count myself not of their number). Richardson would be a good president, and being VP in a successful administration is as good a way to obtain said position as any.

By: aphrael

aphrael — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 19:26:42 +0000

VP? Bah. I’d much rather have him as Secretary of State than VP. The VP doesn’t really do very much, and while it would make him the frontrunner in 2012 (if the democrats lose now) or 2016 (if they don’t), he’d be 69 in 2016, which is just too old.

By: Leviticus

Leviticus — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 15:33:11 +0000

Have faith, aphrael. May not get the nomination, but I’d be shocked if he didn’t at least get picked as the Democratic VP candidate.

DRJ:

You grew up in the Southwest?

By: aphrael

aphrael — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 18:17:06 +0000

For a variety of reasons, Richardson is my favorite Democratic candidate, and I wish he was getting more traction than he is.

By: Patterico

Patterico — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:24:20 +0000

Let’s just say I’d be interested to hear from Richardson which of White’s positions he liked. His rulings on criminal cases? His stance in Bowers? His dissent in Roe? What, exactly — other than the fact that he played football — made him Richardson’s favorite justice?

By: Grotius

Grotius — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:34:28 +0000

Patterico,

So Richardson can’t like White overall while disagreeing with a particular position he took? Is that the sort of thing you’re arguing here?

By: Ray G

Ray G — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 23:24:36 +0000

As long as the “conservatives” are seriously considering a candidate with the same views, the DNC is totally safe with supporting this reprehensible practice.

By: DRJ

DRJ — Sat, 28 Apr 2007 19:23:33 +0000

Justice White is well-known to people from my generation (like Bill Richardson) who grew up in Colorado or nearby New Mexico and North Texas. White was a person who excelled in many areas of life and also seemed to be a good and decent person. Perhaps Bill Richardson’s admiration came from an appreciation of Justice White’s judicial opinions but I think it was probably based on an appreciation of the man himself.