Thread: This man wants to be our President...

Richardson Speaks Against Border Fence

By JENNIFER TALHELM
The Associated Press
Wednesday, December 6, 2006; 8:46 PM



WASHINGTON -- New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson says a fence at the Mexican border authorized by Congress this fall "gets in the way" of U.S.-Mexico relations, and he wants the new Democratic Congress to reverse the legislation.

"The fence is very unpopular on the border in Texas and New Mexico, in Chihuahua," Richardson, a Democrat, said after meeting Wednesday with leaders from the Mexican state of Chihuahua. "So one of the most significant and constructive acts the U.S. Congress should take is to get rid of it."

Richardson said he will call on Congress not to build the fence during an address Thursday. He also will press lawmakers to approve a bill that secures the border and provides a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. While Congress and President Bush approved the 700-mile border fence, a widely debated bill overhauling immigration policy died in Congress this year.

Both statements ratchet up Richardson's national profile as he weighs whether he will run for president.

Technically, Richardson is in Washington this week for a Democratic governors' meeting. But his schedule also is packed with events that highlight his background as a former congressman, ambassador to the United Nations and energy secretary.

Wednesday, he met with Chihuahua officials at an event billed as a model for how the U.S. and Mexico should work together. Thursday, he will give the immigration speech at Georgetown University, and Friday, he will talk about energy independence.

Richardson is coy about his potential presidential plans, saying he will make a decision before the New Mexico legislature convenes Jan. 17. Other possible candidates are already formally exploring whether to run.

© 2006 The Associated Press

I guess the question is "Does he want to be President of the United States or of the North American Union?" It's tought to tell.

Hi TyRANTosaur,

Nice avotaur

If he wants to run in the primary, he'll have to get approval from Hillary, and then get in line behind John "the poodle" Kerry.

Let's send him a nice one way ticket to Mexico .

Originally Posted by Neese

Let's send him a nice one way ticket to Mexico .

I agree!

If you all can get him here to North Carolina, my town actually has a bus line to Mexico ...

That's right ... a BUS LINE TO MEXICO ... in my little town of 45,000 people in the fields of Eastern North Carolina.

It's by the US Post Office.

We have a bus line to Mexico in Nashville. There are 4 direct buses a day.

I haven't seen one in a while, but there was a bus line I saw quite often here in Texas called 'El Conejo Lines'.

It surprised me as I was travelling to NYC and back how many are scattered all over this nation. We would stop in small towns in the middle of nowhere and we would see a couple of families. We saw a large billboard in Spanish way out in the country on a little two lane highway.

nntrixie,

They move around. They will only be at a location for about 6 months and then they move. We have them in Ft. Worth. We have had problems with them setting up shop in neighborhoods or using a grocery store for a depot. They don't have a problem breaking the rules either.

Dixie