Richardson should get the job. Because he's awesome. Being Latino ain't got shiat to so with it.

Lionel Mandrake: Richardson should get the job. Because he's awesome. Being Latino ain't got shiat to so with it.

I know and mostly agree, but hey if the headline gets me a greenlight, that's all I was after here.

/subby

Racist much, Subby?

Didn't Latinos vote in record numbers AGAINST Obama in the primaries....?

What's so damn great about Secretary of State, exactly?

DamnYankees: Racist much, Subby?

Oh hush. My wife is black and my best man was (is) Mexican. If you've never heard that saying coming from a Latino, you have lead a sheltered life, probably east of the Mississippi.

/grew up in farm country in SE Washington
//spent time in central California (a lot), Arizona and New Mexico
///"Esse" or however you spell it is a verycommon term

Lando Lincoln: What's so damn great about Secretary of State, exactly?

Phenomenal cosmic powers! Itty bitty living space.

Cheesy Rat: DamnYankees: Racist much, Subby?

Oh hush. My wife is black and my best man was (is) Mexican. If you've never heard that saying coming from a Latino, you have lead a sheltered life, probably east of the Mississippi.

/grew up in farm country in SE Washington
//spent time in central California (a lot), Arizona and New Mexico
///"Esse" or however you spell it is a verycommon term

Well aren't you just a picture of tolerance and human solidarity?

/I keed.

The idea that people should be appointed to important jobs as a political favor to a segment of voters is stupid.

Cheesy Rat: ///"Esse" or however you spell it is a verycommon term

Ese, vato. 'Tis true.

ilambiquated: The idea that people should be appointed to important jobs as a political favor to a segment of voters is stupid.

Can we PLEASE go back to how the founding father's set it up? 1st loser gets to be vice pres? And can we please get more than one loser? I'm so sick of "Oooh, he's going to pick so and so to pander to this portion of the vote." And then the vice pres spends four years being neutered and doing occasional press appearances.

/except Cheney.
//evil bastard.

Cheesy Rat: Oh hush. My wife is black and my best man was (is) Mexican. If you've never heard that saying coming from a Latino, you have lead a sheltered life, probably east of the Mississippi.

I was referring to the idea that Latino's somehow voted for Obama in order to see him appoint a Latino. But the accent didnt help.

He'll make it up to them by appointing the first Latino to the Supreme Court.

Richardson got Commerce. It was once suggested that Joe Biden would be appointed to State after four years, and then Richardson would become VP. Adding Hillary to the changed things, I suppose.

With Richardson's track record as governer of New Mexico, I think he's a better fit as Secretary of Commerce.

SilentStrider: With Richardson's track record as governer of New Mexico, I think he's a better fit as Secretary of Commerce.

Are you saying that because he would make a great commerce or poor sec state.

Pinche Cavrones.

DamnYankees: Cheesy Rat: Oh hush. My wife is black and my best man was (is) Mexican. If you've never heard that saying coming from a Latino, you have lead a sheltered life, probably east of the Mississippi.

I was referring to the idea that Latino's somehow voted for Obama in order to see him appoint a Latino. But the accent didnt help.

Well since you werent specific and that was the only thing that could possibly be construed as racist IMO, that is why I responded as I did.

If you RTFA, many Latino leaders expected that they would get more than their usual 2 Cabinet appointments, and expected Richardson would get the top diplomatic post - after all, he was an early Obama backer. So far, they have gotten neither...but I got a greenlight. Which makes me happy on the last day of my 4-day weekend.

Obama to Latinos: You're not the only minority in the country, and you regularly vote republican. Get in line.

GaryPDX: Pinche Cavrones.

*snort*

yeah, ese is reaaly common. where did you meet latinos, watching blood in, blood out? tools.

/and it's spelled cabrones, gabacho tonto

Cheesy Rat: If you RTFA, many Latino leaders expected that they would get more than their usual 2 Cabinet appointments, and expected Richardson would get the top diplomatic post - after all, he was an early Obama backer. So far, they have gotten neither...but I got a greenlight. Which makes me happy on the last day of my 4-day weekend.

I am very wary of "leaders" speaking for people. I think this sort of tokenism and identity politics is the exact opposite of who Obama is, and the "leaders" of these ethnic political groups don't really get that.

Theological Farker: Can we PLEASE go back to how the founding father's set it up? 1st loser gets to be vice pres?

Most of the founding fathers were alive when the 11th Amendment was passed.

Lando Lincoln: What's so damn great about Secretary of State, exactly?

They get to be president if the VP, Speaker of the House, and President pro tempore of the Senate all die.

Other than that they get to be on the news about as much as the president...

not every chicano/latino in the US talks like Eddie James Olmos in "American Me", assholes.

/and it's spelled cabrones, gabacho tonto.

Theological Farker: Can we PLEASE go back to how the founding father's set it up? 1st loser gets to be vice pres?

Actually, what I should have said was "do you have evidence of dissent from the living founding fathers when the 11th Amendment was passed?"

Theological Farker: Can we PLEASE go back to how the founding father's set it up? 1st loser gets to be vice pres? And can we please get more than one loser? I'm so sick of "Oooh, he's going to pick so and so to pander to this portion of the vote." And then the vice pres spends four years being neutered and doing occasional press appearances.

The Founding Fathers quickly saw that having a President and Vice-President at odds was a recipe for disaster. There's a reason why some of the same people who wrote the Constitution had a hand in amending it so that wouldn't happen.

how did that double-post? my apologies to the mod-god of aesthetics

Hillary is laughing.

Did anybody else read that in the voice of Cheech Marin?

Essay? You callin' me an English paper?

/pablofrancisco
//francisco, that's fun to say
///slashies

That's BS, the Mexicans LOVE Hillary.

I too think Richardson should get the SoS position. Infinitely more qualified that Hillary for the position. Yes, I know she talked to foreign leaders during her time as First Lady. But she wasn't talking policy or negotiating treaties. She was making smalltalk, as the spouse of a statesman usually does.

Richardson, on the other hand, has done countless overseas junkets, negotiations, and the like. The man is about as close to an expert on the subject of international relations as you're likely to get on the democratic side.

Oh, and also add the other delicious fact that picking Richardson over Hillary, especially after his "defection" from the Clinton camp in favor of Obama in the primaries, would REALLY stick in the Clinton's craw. That alone would be worth it to me.

Sounds like subby had something like this in mind...

I'd have preferred Richardson, myself. Oh well.

bartink: Are you saying that because he would make a great commerce or poor sec state.

great commerce, sorry.

It's really ignorant and jingoistic to want someone tapped simply for the fact that they are the same ethnicity or race as you in a cabinet position.

On the other hand, Richardson is qualified.


/American Indian

Richardson would have made a great VP...

satanicsantoku: not every chicano/latino in the US talks like Eddie James Olmos in "American Me", assholes.

/and it's spelled cabrones, gabacho tonto.

Zoot Suit
Blade Runner
Wolfen
Stand and Deliver
BSG

Man, if I could talk like Edward James Olmos, I would.

It's too bad she won't live. But then again, who does?

satanicsantoku: not every chicano/latino in the US talks like Eddie James Olmos in "American Me", assholes.

/and it's spelled cabrones, gabacho tonto.

You mean we don't all eat tacos and wear mexican hats? Damn it.

fbomb2020: They get to be president if the VP, Speaker of the House, and President pro tempore of the Senate all die.

Other than that they get to be on the news about as much as the president...

So they are fifth in line to be President. I can see why this would feed into Washington egos.

I didn't see much of Condi Rice in the news. Not nearly as much as Bush, Rumsfeld and Cheney anyway.

I had hoped for Richardson for VP or SoS since the summer. I thought he would be extremely qualified. I'm disappointed it's going to Hillary, and I actually voted for Hillary in the primary.

I think she'll do a good job, but Richardson was the better candidate for SoS.

How do I reeeech these kids?!?

/Obligatory
//Disappointed I was the first.

akzeac: You mean we don't all eat tacos white girls and wear mexican hats gang colors? Damn it.

fixed that for you, compa. it's 2008!

Lionel Mandrake: Richardson should get the job. Because he's awesome. Being Latino ain't got shiat to so with it.

Would you quit being reasonable? I find myself agreeing with you, and my opinions haven't changed. Thanks.

GWP.

Blacks to Obama: Sup Homie? We back you in record numbers, Jay-Z should get Secretary of State. Obama response: NOT YOURS

See how that works failmitter?

The Great Placator of small, like minded groups is finding that his sight-of-hand trickery that always worked so well for him does not transfer so well to large, disparate groups.

Hillary/Bill will have a stiff confirmation from the GOP Reps/Senators. If she/he gets through that then she/he'll last 2-3 years, then Richardson will replace her/him...if scandal/drama doesn't sink her/him first.

Theological Farker: Lando Lincoln: What's so damn great about Secretary of State, exactly?

Phenomenal cosmic powers! Itty bitty living space.

What you did there, I see it.

NYZooMan: The Great Placator of small, like minded groups is finding that his sight-of-hand trickery that always worked so well for him does not transfer so well to large, disparate groups.

At least you admit he's great.