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RUSH: Bill Richardson. By the way, grab audio sound bite number 39. Bill Richardson has spoken. Bill Richardson this afternoon in Santa Fe, New Mexico, unidentified female reporter — (interrupts self) This is why it\u2019s very tough to be an engineer on this program. Just during the show intro theme I said we\u2019re going to start on number 14. Now all of a sudden because this show is total improv and comes off the top of my head, we\u2019re going to do 39. Wait a minute. And we have 40 and 41, just came in. So here\u2019s Richardson, unidentified female reporterette: ‘Governor, it\u2019s been reported the transition team pressured you to withdraw your name. Who\u2019s idea was it to do that?\u2019<\/p>\n

RICHARDSON: It was my idea to withdraw. I withdrew because I felt I didn\u2019t want a possible inquiry going on to delay the enormous progress we need to rebuild this economy.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, please.<\/p>\n

RICHARDSON: Let me just say something else.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Please.<\/p>\n

RICHARDSON: You know, yesterday I was hurting over this decision.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Yeah?<\/p>\n

RICHARDSON: I lost a cabinet appointment. But I think we have to focus on what people are losing in this country. The American people are —<\/p>\n

RUSH: Oh, yeah.<\/p>\n

RICHARDSON: — losing jobs, losing —<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

RICHARDSON: — their savings.<\/p>\n

RUSH: That\u2019s right.<\/p>\n

RICHARDSON: They\u2019re losing their homes. That\u2019s the real tragedy. You know, mine is minor compared to that.<\/p>\n

RUSH: Did he say they\u2019re losing their ‘hopes\u2019? Damn, I was hoping it was ‘hopes.\u2019 Sounded like ‘hopes\u2019 to me. How can you lose ‘hope\u2019 when Obama is the president-select? By the way, Snerdley brought me a gift back from the Philippines. It\u2019s a tiny little pack of ten cigarettes in there, and the name of the brand is Hope, Hope cigarettes. He looked for Change cigarettes, couldn\u2019t find any Change cigarettes in the Philippines. Hope smokes, Hope smokes from Manila. Look, we reported on this show back in December on this problem that Governor Richardson had, the company has to do with the sale of bonds to improve circumstances in cities and states. We reported on this back in December. We\u2019ve known about this, everybody is acting like nobody knew anything about this. We knew about it, and this company that did business with Richardson has done business with governors of other states, too. Now, where is Obama\u2019s vetting process here? How come Richardson didn\u2019t tell them about this? <\/p>\n

This guy, Bill Richardson, who I happen to like, ran for president, for crying out loud. Where was the Drive-By Media holding truth to power? Well, of course it\u2019s not there. I really think here, folks, that what\u2019s happened here is this is getting serious, and Richardson\u2019s got some work to do here. Commerce Department, 80% of your work there is over NOAA, the weather forecast people. Don\u2019t forget, 80% of the Commerce Department\u2019s work is weather forecasting detail and all that. It is. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA. <\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Bill Richardson. There\u2019s more to this than meets the eye, and I want to remind that you we told you first about this scandal back in December. The Prowler at the American Spectator has some incredible information. ‘The Obama transition team was aware of … Bill Richardson\u2019s relationship with the firm currently being investigated, CDR Financial Products, because Richardson had introduced the firm\u2019s founder, David Rubin, to Obama fundraisers during the Democrat convention in Denver last August. Richardson withdrew his name from nomination for Commerce Secretary due to a grand jury investigation into possible financial dealings between his New Mexico administration and Rubin\u2019s firm, CDR Financial. But it isn\u2019t just Obama and Richardson that Rubin has ties to. <\/p>\n

‘According to federal law enforcement officials familiar with the investigation, federal officials are also looking into CDR\u2019s political and financial ties to [‘Fast Eddie\u2019 Rendell of Pennsylvania], as well as to Democrat state and local officials in Illinois, California, Florida, and Pennsylvania.\u2019 By the way, this outfit also was involved in — I remember the original December story. This outfit was involved in some chicanery in Alabama, I think, as well. Now, Fast Eddie ‘Rendell placed Rubin on a political patronage commission in Pennsylvania, and Rubin was also given a seat on a Los Angeles City commission back in 2002… Rubin has also been a financial supporter of Rev. Al Sharpton.\u2019 Now, Rubin is David Rubin, who is head of the CDR Financial Products company, which is at the center of the grand jury investigation of Bill Richardson. <\/p>\n

‘CDR also had close business ties to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, marketing and selling financial instruments created through low-income housing ‘lease to own\u2019 programs across the country.\u2019 Folks, this is one giant cesspool, and it\u2019s not just in Chicago. It is throughout the Democrat Party. The corruption is incredible. However, it is a mistake to bring this up. It will persuade nobody. The truth does not matter right now. This is an unfortunate distraction, and I am simply a small-minded partisan seeking to upset the most historically important presidential inauguration and administration in our nation\u2019s history. None of this (ripping up paper), none of this is relevant, especially now that Richardson has taken himself out. He\u2019s no longer up for Commerce Secretary. <\/p>\n

This doesn\u2019t matter. It never happened, it never existed. Obama is too big to fail. ‘[A]fter a number of embarrassing investigations into alleged IRS investigations into back-door deals related to municipal bond financing in Atlanta and other localities in the late 1990s, the firm\u2019s name was changed …\u2019 This bunch has been manipulating the muni bond market doing a bunch of things raising money for these governors in some of these states, cities; you know, mayors and to, and it\u2019s Democrat all the way down to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. But, truth right now doesn\u2019t matter, especially if it gets in the way. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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