In a comment on this blog yesterday, Radosh.net chief political analyst Slutwench wrote that Bill Richardson's appearance on the Daily Show revealed his presidential qualities ("dimples"). Slutwench has been known to lust after various Hamas leaders, so her taste in men is suspect. But I do tend to respect her political judgments, and you know I've been curious about Richardson, so I fired up the DVR and watched him do his thing.
Ay-yi-yi! as his people say. Honestly, the guy has a great r�sum�, an appealing philosophy and, to my limited knowledge, decent policy proposals, but he is so uninspiring. He can't even handle the "why do you want to be president?" question. He repeats his meaningless phrases, runs through laundry lists, and seems to miss the point of his own stories. He's the definition of unelectable. Charisma isn't the most important thing for a president to have, but passion does count, and I don't see any here.
On the other hand, I'm glad I watched the episode anyway because this and this were fracking brilliant. I probably should have embedded them instead.
