Richardson: Iowa’s First, God Said So
The midwest heat and the stress of campaigning have gotten to Gov. Bill Richardson. He told an Iowan audience that the state’s place as first Presidential contest was divinely granted:
“Iowa, for good reason, for constitutional reasons, for reasons related to the Lord should be the first caucus and primary,” Richardson, New Mexico’s governor said at the Northwest Iowa Labor Council Picnic. “And I want you to know who was the first candidate to sign a pledge not to campaign anywhere if they got ahead of Iowa. It was Bill Richardson.”
Several people in the crowd snickered after Richardson made the comment.
“That was a little weird,” said Sioux City resident Joe Shufro. “I don’t know what God had to do with choosing Iowa among other states. I found that a little strange.”
Richardson is doubly mistaken. God didn’t pick Iowa to be first and neither did the Founding Fathers when they wrote the constitution. Get the governor a tall glass of water.
“Bill Richardson: Current Primary Schedule Chosen By God Himself”
Disclaimer: I work for Friends of Fred Thompson.
