Letters to the Editor
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I'd vote for him
As many here know, I'm a conservative republican. I'd vote for Richardson. It amuses me that anyone would worry about the great right wing smear machine. The left wing smear machine doesn't work on republican candidates. If lefties base their "electability" decision on what fundies and neocons say, then they might as well stay home on election day.
For example, remember Dean? The right wingnuts went gonzo on the scream. They passed it around and made fun of it. For some odd reason, the left wing base thought the right wingnuts mattered and scuttled their best candidate.
Two things bother me about him though. One is supporting fellow hispanic alberto even though alberto is basically treasonous. The other is that he vetoed a state statue designed to put limits on the essentially corrupt red light camera schemes.
Aside: The red light camera schemes occur when a city contracts with a private company to use automated systems to catch speeders and red light runners. The fines are much higher than police issued tickets because otherwise they aren't economically viable (whereas personal roadside service is?). These are civil offenses, so the city's burden of proof is "preponderance of the evidence" instead of the criminal "beyond a reasonable doubt". There is no audit trail. A person is fined if their car (now defined a public nuisance) appears to have done the deed. It wasn't you? Then you've the burden of ratting out someone else and making it stick. Not your car? Look we have a picture! (license tags can be faked, pictures/videos can be photoshopped., the contractor has a financial motivation, ...)