#3 Hmmm...Bill carried out the hachet job and character assault upon Wen Ho Lee at Los Alamos when President Clinton felt the heat for the Chinese infiltration of American classified material. Dr. Lee was guilty, along with a host of other personnel at LANL, in mishandling papers, but never shown to have acted as an agent of a foreign power. Dr. Lee spent way too much time in solitary confinement without cause as the government was 'afraid' he'd compromise highly classified information with inmate at the lockup, Santa Fe County Jail. Anyone who knew the facility, knew that it was a joke that anyone else locked up there would even understand elementary scientific concepts, let alone the stuff the doctor dealt with. The federal judge took it upon himself to personally apologize to Dr. Lee for the gross violations of his rights by the government in the proceedings. Billy Bob needed a scapegoat to cover his ass. Dr. Lee was that person. Bill was the man in charge at DoE that made it all happen. Meanwhile since then LANL has had numerous investigations, coverups, and firings. Can we say 'fumble' boys and girls?
He and his party in the state are beholding to the teachers union and resist serious reform, just doing stuff around the edges to give the feel of work, but accomplishing little or nothing in the schools.
Second he's still a big UN supporter and former ambassador. As a governor, that doesn't get in the way. As a President not so good. The time for working with such a corrupt organization, is long past ending with something new composed of dedicated democracies to take its place. It's dead, Jim.
Other than that, he's about as good as the Dem's may have. Good record on tax cuts, just had a speical session of the legislature call and passed an energy rebate [the state's mineral royalties by law must be invested and income drawn from the investments, so NM is part of Big Oil and therefore receipiant of the much condemned profits]. He just pressured the state's Treasury to resign under allegation of corruption [caught on video tape and locally broadcast], a member of his own party. He is popular in a state that voted Bush in 2004. His position on the border is mixed. He nixed legislation to withold services to illegals, but then turns around and declares an emergency on the border to free up funds. For show? With Bill its hard to tell. |