Sun 10 Aug 2008
POLITICS: Bill Richardson Shameful in His Hit Job Against McCain Over Georgian Conflict
Posted by bobsikes under UncategorizedBarack Obama surrogate Bill Richardson shamefully prostituted his foreign policy street cred today by both hitting at John McCain and blamming President Bush for the Russian invasion of Georgia.
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson said McCain’s campaign “is run by lobbyists that represent Georgia and other countries.”
“He takes huge amounts of money from oil companies that are profiting in the (former) Soviet Union and many parts of the world,” the Democrat told ABC News, attempting to depict a conflict of interest for McCain.
Richardson, a former US ambassador to the United Nations, said the crisis vindicated Obama’s pledge to rebuild US alliances in Europe that were strained under President George W. Bush.
“This has been one of the failures of the Bush administration, failing to build a strong relationship, a mutually beneficial relationship with Russia, so we’d have the kind of influence to persuade them to stop some of these very, very dangerous efforts within their territory,” he said.
Richardson really ought to be embarassed at this awful display of political posturing such a fuid foreign policy and security issue. Georgia is an ally of the US and our other allies whom Richardson spins to suit his own political objectives. Of little matter to Richardson is the fact that Georgia is both a democracy and who’s troops serve alongside US troops in Iraq.
August 10th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
One of the best things Pres Bush has done in my opinion is Not–”build a strong relationship, a mutually beneficial relationship with Russia,”. I cannot imagine a free country having ” a mutually beneficial relationship with Russia.
August 10th, 2008 at 5:45 pm
I would also add that I believe Obama’s and all the Democrat’s campaigns are run by people who think that anyone against America is good, anyone pro-American is bad.
August 10th, 2008 at 6:12 pm
Sadly Pagar, that appears to be so. Its my own mantra, but here goes: for Dems, party before country
August 10th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
Bob, I get accused of being strictly for Republicans. I believe that all Americans should be, because there is NOTHING the Democrats believe, that is good for America, IMO.
When a political party kicks one of its strongest long term supporters (Sen Lieberman) out of the party because he supports the United States, instead of enemies against the US, that party believes in nothing I believe in,
August 10th, 2008 at 8:04 pm
Well said and an excellent point. As a one time NY resident and a voter of Pat Moynihan, I wonder what would have become of this honest statesman in today’s climate. Last Democrat I voted for, too.