The Gov. got in a basketball-themed jab at the president during the annual Gridiron Roast:
Gov. Bill Richardson (D, New Mexico), compared the Bush’s administration’s treatment of U.S. allies over the Iraq war to the NCAA basketball tournament. “Sixty-four teams start and they’re whittled down to just one. Kind of reminds me of what we’ve done with our allies.” Bush followed by calling Richardson and Chuck Hagel (R, Nebraska) “a couple of independent thinkers, which in my book is a negative.”
Richardson’s joke: Kinda funny, super true. Bush’s joke: Not very funny, but also super true. Who you should root for in the tournament: My alma mater and Pac-10 champion, UCLA. Just so we’re all on the same page.
On an unrelated note, you know what really grills my onions? When people say stuff like this:
Since [Feingold’s] not in the media-anointed “front-runner” pool that includes such tired Democratic Leadership Council hacks and Clinton clones as Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-New York), Bill Richardson (governor of New Mexico) and former vice president Al Gore…
It’s very hip and cute to take shots at the DLC, but I don’t pay attention to it unless there’s at least a couple words attempting to back it up. But more importantly – Clinton clones? First off, CLINTON WAS AWESOME. I will never stop believing that. He made policy mistakes, like many other presidents have, but as a style of politician, which is partly what this guy is getting at, we’ve rarely seen people as charismatic and compassionate, and I wish there were more. Second…Hillary’s married to Bill and all, but as a politician she is no Clinton clone, either in style, base, or even policy these days. As for Bill, well, the brief answer is that Clinton ally and Clinton clone are extremely far apart. Bill has a unique set of skills and experiences – his international negotiation resume first and foremost – that make him a clone of nobody.
I’m sorry we’ve been absent from the blog – it’s a busy time at law school – but we will be back in action shortly.