Save Pluto, bolo ties and weed: Vote Bill Richardson for President
March 18, 2007 by William K. Wolfrum
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson is running for President, so spread the word. In fact, if you go to his Web site, they do most the word-spreading work for you:
Have you been to Bill Richardson’s web site? He’s been a governor, U.N. Ambassador, Secretary of Energy, and Congressman … and he’s just getting started.
I think he’d make a great president.
Check out the web site:
http://www.richardsonforpresident.com
It’s pretty exciting stuff, let me tell you, but nowhere near as exciting as Richardson’s latest accomplishments in New Mexico.
First, he finally was the leader able to stand up to the powerful pro-cockfighting lobby, as he signed a measure to ban the demonic “sport” leaving Louisiana as the only state not to ban it. And we’ll guess they’ve had other issues on their plate down Louisiana way.
Not content with putting hundred of sick-minded chicken trainers out of work, Richardson decided to help out the state’s bolo tie industry, as he signed legislation to make the bolo the official neckwear of the state. The legislation also made the bizcochito the state cookie, the roadrunner the state bird, and “Red or Green?” the official state question of the bizarre, nearly totally uninhabited state.
Finally, Richardson was unable to stop lawmakers when they passed a bill specifying that “as Pluto passes overhead through New Mexico’s excellent night skies, it be declared a planet,” with the bill noting that Clyde Tombaugh – a New Mexico native – discovered Pluto, currently known as a dwarf planet.
While Richardson can expect opposition from the ultra-powerful International Astronomical Union lobby, one imagines that – as he bleeds New Mexico mauve – he’ll sign that bill should it come to his desk later this week.
Most importantly, however is this: Richardson is preparing to sign a bill making New Mexico the 12th state to legalize medical marijuana, even though he knows it could hurt his Presidential ambitions.
“So what if it’s risky? It’s the right thing to do,” said Richardson. “What we’re talking about is 160 people in deep pain. It only affects them.”
Remember, folks, Bill Richardson. He’s just getting started. Tell a friend.
–WKW
I am just as excited as you are, if not more. I am a New Mexican, and proud of my governor and so my husband and a few brilliant friends of ours and I developed a grassroots effort to help spread the word, get people excited and involved…the website for our effort is http://www.richardsonbringshope.com and we would love to have you and others share their stories of support for Governor Richardson!
Cara
Trust me Cara, you’re MUCH more excited about him than I am, though I like him more than the average politician.
–WKW
It’s ok Cara, as a former New Mexican who left the state many years ago because there was no opportunity there at that time…..I’m as excited about him as you are. We are considering retiring back to NM as it’s changed so much in recent years and all for the better.
[...] Bill Richardson: Smelling of Aqua Velva and his opponents’ failures, Richardson is in so many ways a throwback to times when men wandered the forest, killing things and fighting for the conch, such is his innate power. A supporter of legalized medical marijuana, Richardson has belt buckles bigger than Mitt Romney’s hair. [...]
[...] Bill Richardson: Smelling of Aqua Velva and his opponents’ failures, Richardson is in so many ways a throwback to times when men wandered the forest, killing things and fighting for the conch, such is his innate power. A supporter of legalized medical marijuana, Richardson has belt buckles bigger than Mitt Romney’s hair. [...]