Thursday, April 12, 2007Big Bill At His Best; Korea Trip Is Success; Will His Prez Bid Get A Bounce? Plus: Don I-Mess & The NM Connection![]() There are problems surrounding the Richardson candidacy which we blogged about his week, but for the moment they are washed away by his significant diplomatic achievement and the way he conducted himself as an official emissary of the USA. It's pretty heady stuff and to be dismissed by his presidential foes at their own peril. Richardson also recently freed a stranded journalist in the Darfur region and now has followed up with the release of the remains of American soldiers from the Korean War and reinforced the agreement that North Korea shut down a nuclear plant. This is good news for America. If it turns out to be good news politically for Bill Richardson, so be it. Have a cigar, Guv. You done good. But before you light up, there's this little problem in Iraq, are you available...? DON IMUS, PLEASE GO HOME ![]() Imus has since patched things up with Bill over the community center. He faces a two week suspension for racist comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team. He called them "nappy headed hos." With comments like that, Imus could use a few friends, especially ones like Big Bill who is a leading Hispanic political figure. Credit NM columnist Ned Cantwell, among others, with calling Imus on the carpet when he went berserk on the Governor. In retrospect, I was behind the curve on that one. It's too bad Imus's mental breakdown did not come earlier. The Guv and the Legislature agreed to put up $600,000 for the community center, in part, to shut up Imus. As others have written, why should New Mexicans be bullied by a wealthy New Yorker who could well afford to build that center himself? Richardson has not yet said whether he will again appear on the now disgraced Imus show. One hopes he does not let the Rutgers comments go unanswered. After the ass-kicking he received from Imus no one would fault Bill if he doesn't turn the other "cheek"--and tell Imus "bese mi asno." PENSIVE PETE ![]() Pete, like Big Bill has been a regular on the Imus radio show. Will he continue to appear in light of the Imus racial rant which Pete calls "reprehensible?" It's hard to figure from this interview the ABQ Journal's Coleman did with Pete spokesman Chris Gallegos: "...If Imus lands back in front of the microphone after his two-week suspension, Gallegos said Domenici will likely find himself back on the show at some point." He will treat Imus invitations as he has in the past," which means he'll accept them, Gallegos said. So Domenici "will likely" find himself on the show or he will definitely accept the invitations? Which is it? Will it be deeply disappointing to many Hispanic and African-American New Mexicans if Domenici and Richardson continue to appear on Imus radio? Are the political egos so big that they can't draw a line when it screams to be drawn? We're just asking. THE BOTTOM LINES ![]() Be a good Alligator and keep the politics coming by emailing me your latest political news, gossip and comments. There's a link at the top of the page. (c)NM POLITICS WITH JOE MONAHAN 2007 Not for reproduction without permission of the author |
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