Upon imminent return from public service to private citizenry, Bill Richardson, retiring Governor of New Mexico, has failed to take a page from the book of his former friend and boss, William Jefferson Clinton. Rather than marketing his wares in the NGO sphere to better the lives of the unfortunate, he has chosen to campaign most bizarrely, for a cabinet post in the Obama administration. Oddest of everything about this effort, is that he is applying for the position currently occupied and so well executed, by WJC’s brilliant, beautiful, charming, and effective wife, the most admired woman of the year for the ninth year straight, one Hillary Rodham Clinton, Village Chief of Hillaryhood, and our Head Homegirl. What is this guy thinking? Or is he? Thinking, I mean.
Here is a good article that refutes the rumor and traces its genesis:
How Richardson-to-replace-Clinton rumors started By Matthew Reichbach
I do not doubt for a moment that if we dig down far enough it is Richardson himself that is at the bottom of this. He is angry that Bill Clinton has cut him off cold, and that after his “heroic” (in his book) trip to North Korea where he “averted nuclear war,” as he told it on CNN, he did not get a tumble from the Secretary of State. When asked if he had met with her afterwards, he squirmed and said he met with “high officials” at State. Right, but not the highest one. She would not have him on a silver platter!
The idea that the most admired woman and, as President Obama put it, “the best Secretary of State ever” would leave her post, when one thing we all know and love about her is that she is not a quitter, is ridiculous. Nonsense!
While I am at it, I would like to put a cork in this one as well:
Hillary Clinton – Made For Comfort, Not Speed!
One sure sign of the kind of weight gain this article purports is a new wardrobe. Last January, when she came back to D.C. after Christmas, she wore this beautiful new outfit.
Here we see her on December 14 at the State Department with South African FM Mashabane. Same outfit, same fit.
This is not someone who “has piled on 40 extra pounds in the past few months” as this article states. She is still wearing the same outfits that we have seen on her for two years as SOS, and she looks fabulous!
This is NOT what 171 punds looks like on her frame. I know a lot of much younger women who would not mind having that body.
She looks gorgeous, so lay off, Enquirer and Showbizspy! Pick on somebody else (like Bill Richardson). Pictures do not lie, and our eyes do not deceive us. The SOS is in fine form!
*rant over*
The proof is in the pantsuits!
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LOL! 😀
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I need a *thumbs up* icon for this!
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Bill Richardson is upset that Hillary wouldn’t have a bilateral meeting (or a “bilateral meeting”) with him. Too bad. So sad. She has avoided physical contact with him since that dodged kiss after he backed Obama. If she does leave her position, it won’t be to make Richardson smile. I think they’re done, at least for a while. ’08’s battle wounds still seem very fresh, both to those who participated and to those who really put time and energy behind a candidate.
As to Madame Secretary’s weight, I don’t care how heavy she is so long as she does her job and I’m too fat to snark about the size of anyone else’s rump. Might she have put on a few pounds, sure, but I think 40 is a bit extreme – maybe ten. I only say that because she looked like a lot of her things were getting too big for her in the last few weeks before her daughter’s wedding. The wedding over and it’s not surprising that she relax the diet rules a little. She isn’t noticeably fluffier but her clothes aren’t so baggy now. The articles “quotes” of Bill’s are too cruel to come from someone who even remotely cares about her. Either they have plenty of people totally fooled, or this gossip rag is having some factual difficulties. Which do you find more likely? 😉
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*Rhetorical Question alert* 🙂
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I’m pretty blunt and I’d have to dislike someone to a fair degree before I’d say something like that. I think Southern gentility and general good manner would make Bill less likely to be that mean, especially if he has even the tiniest shred of affection for her. They’re still married, so I’m going out on a limb here and assuming it’s more than a shred and not so tiny.
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Ok, this picture is from a very flattering angle in general and was timed very well (translation – this photographer likes her) but even so, I think 40 lbs. might be pretty apparent.
where’s all this excess fluff?
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In this and in the full-length one in the blog post I get distracted by the turned-out foot – true sign of a ballerina! But back on-topic: Yeah! Where’s the beef? She looks great!
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The Richardson thing nearly ruined my Christmas. I am very happy it doesn’t seem to be true. Keeping my fingers crossed it will stay like that.
I agree with Discourse–she’s put on 10 pounds at the most. Either that or she’s having replicas of all of her old outfits made in larger sizes so no one will notice, which I sincerely doubt.
I am looking forward to see what new pantsuits we’re going to come back to Washington (or Brazil) with after the vacation.
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Since my beloved orange tweed jacket from the campaign recently reappeared, I am SURE she does not waste money on replicas. On her frame, even five pounds can make a difference in a photo. It’s pure blarney! She looks gorgeous.
(Hope you have a great year! Good luck with your studies. I KNOW you will be awesome!)
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How tall is Hillary? About 5’4?
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A friend of mine met her and that’s what she said.
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There’s absolutely no way a 5’4-ish woman could weigh 170 pounds and look as good as Hillary does in these photos. In general, I have found that when I meet someone I’ve only seen on TV or in photos, they are both shorter and thinner in real life than what I expected. (Except basketball players. They look like trees.)
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I disagree. Some women are deceptively heavy. They also tend to be strong. Somebody telling an individual like that to get to a fat farm would stand a good chance of sustaining an injury.
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The only reason I know this stuffis because I’ve worked in theater a fair amount and you have to write your weight (or a reasonably edited version of it) on your resume. FYI, dancers are heavier than they look!
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But still, you can’t hide 170 lbs. on 5’4″ frame.
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Sometimes Hillary looks like she isn’t getting enough sleep. She probably doesn’t. That’s what worries me, as far as her health is concerned. Her weight is fine.
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I agree. She drives herself through long days. This is her first break in a year, and she is probably in the air right now – back to work.
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I agree. Sometimes she looks absolutely exhausted.
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I’m 5’5 and also small-framed, and if I weighed 170 pounds I would be waddling. I think they have her mixed up with Michelle, whose a** is getting more and more difficult for her “designers” to hide, considering her gout-inducing diet. It’s increasingly amusing that she is ‘dedicating” her time to telling others to keep their forks out of their mouths while she depletes the county’s lobster supply.
Hillary will never let Bill Richardson follow her in ANYTHING. He is toast in her mental diary, the chitbum is not worthy of her scraps. I suggest she would continue to do her job crawling on her hands and knees through broken glass before she allows him to have it. Richardson is simply reaping what he has sown. I’ll bet he was promised her job and our Homegirl out-maneuvered him. How fine. I love Karma.
Say goodnight, Bill.
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I wonder what was behind Richardson appearing twice in a week on CNN. Once about North Korea, and, ridiculously, a second time over possibly pardoning Billy the Kid. Finally, last night, in their retrospective of 2010, one of two pictures of Richard Holbrooke was a line-up WJC, Richardson, Holbrooke. How does he get to “sell” his image this way?
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Gates is retiring. This means the Secty of Defense slot will be open So now the question is:Is Hillary looking to fill that slot, thus creating an opening for Judas Richardson…..or is Richardson trolling for the Secty of Defense job?
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*sigh* I know, and she loses a staunch ally. 😦
SOD would be a demotion though. Richardson is such a whore. The only post he qualifies for is Secretary of Solicitation.
Looking at her in Brazil today, I once again am stunned by just how sensational she is as SOS. All those presidents just crowded around her.
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Why is this even being discussed? Didn’t Bill Richardson have some sort of ethics thing that made him ineligible for a cabinet post in the first place?
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Some kind of corruption charges. I thought so too, but he sure is on a tear campaigning for something! He’s a slippery character.
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He’d never get confirmed for anything, especially not by the incoming congress. Maybe he wants to be Hillary’s next special envoy? If that’s the case, I think he has a better chance of becoming a nun.
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😀 LOL!
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Speaking of weight gain. My foot. Here she is in Brazil. Where’s that 70 pounds?
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While I think the reported increase is grossly exaggerated, Madame Secretary tends to hold her weight more in her hips, thighs, butt. Not being mean, just stating a fact. A photo from the waist up usually doesn’t give much away with her. She’s always been smaller through her shoulders and waist.
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LOL!!!! From P.J. Crowley’s press briefing today:
Pretty much sums up how seriously the State Department took his unofficial trip.
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Your State Department Moment of Zen is brought to you today by P. J. Crowley.
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LOL!
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The running joke continues!!!! From Mark Toner’s press briefing today:
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I believe Toner’s laugh says it all. Congratulations, Mr. former Governor, you are now a punch line.
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LOL!!!
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