NOT!
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2005/11/24/D8E325882.html
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quote:"After being notified of the situation and after researching the matter ... I came to the conclusion that I was not drafted by the A's," he said.
Unbelievable. I guess his memory was corrected after doing the research...whatever...
Hey, wasn't he the guy who invented the Internet? Oops. I am sorry, that was Al Gore.
I happened to have been a member of the draft class of 1966.
IN A THOUSAND LIFETIMES, I COULD NOT IMAGINE A PLAYER THAT WAS DRAFTED NOT REMEMBERING THAT HE WAS DRAFTED; OR, AS WAS THE CASE FOR HIM, THAT HE WASN'T DRAFTED.
NO TELEGRAM (AT THAT TIME) OR PHONE CALL OR HOME VISIT...YOU WEREN'T DRAFTED.
IN A THOUSAND LIFETIMES, I COULD NOT IMAGINE A PLAYER THAT WAS DRAFTED NOT REMEMBERING THAT HE WAS DRAFTED; OR, AS WAS THE CASE FOR HIM, THAT HE WASN'T DRAFTED.
NO TELEGRAM (AT THAT TIME) OR PHONE CALL OR HOME VISIT...YOU WEREN'T DRAFTED.
Beenthere:
When I read this story, I thought: "wait a minute - even in the 1960's, there is no way he wouldn't know for sure whether or not he'd been drafted. I am gald you confirmed it for me. I will be quoting you, if you don't mind.
I happen to like Richardson politically. Why do these guys think they can get away with embellishing their records?
It always catches up to them.
When I read this story, I thought: "wait a minute - even in the 1960's, there is no way he wouldn't know for sure whether or not he'd been drafted. I am gald you confirmed it for me. I will be quoting you, if you don't mind.
I happen to like Richardson politically. Why do these guys think they can get away with embellishing their records?
It always catches up to them.
quote:He is a politician
"define drafted"
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Gosh, Rob, that would be the first time anyone has ever quoted me on anything...
Except for the police officer who gave me a warning ticket for speeding this morning...He could quote me on a lot of things, but "mum" was the word...lol
Imagine that...He was hiding in a small cemetery (likely behind a monument) and said I was going 49 in a 35.
I said 2 prayers to my patron saint when he took the license and insurance card and he came back with a warning ticket!
Of course I was speeding. Aren't we all when we get caught on radar/vascar/???
I was nice and not obnoxious.
He just gave me a pass, that's all.
Except for the police officer who gave me a warning ticket for speeding this morning...He could quote me on a lot of things, but "mum" was the word...lol
Imagine that...He was hiding in a small cemetery (likely behind a monument) and said I was going 49 in a 35.
I said 2 prayers to my patron saint when he took the license and insurance card and he came back with a warning ticket!
Of course I was speeding. Aren't we all when we get caught on radar/vascar/???
I was nice and not obnoxious.
He just gave me a pass, that's all.
Maybe it was the selective service draft he remembers!
In 1960 I was the president of Harvard University.
Note: After researching the matter… I came to the conclusion that I was not the Harvard president at that time.
In 1965 I was the heavyweight champion of the world.
Note: After researching the matter... I came to the conclusion I was not the heavyweight champ at that time. What a surprise that was!
Note: After researching the matter… I came to the conclusion that I was not the Harvard president at that time.
In 1965 I was the heavyweight champion of the world.
Note: After researching the matter... I came to the conclusion I was not the heavyweight champ at that time. What a surprise that was!
Nice one PG!
I won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1982. For years I had it on my resume, until it was pointed out to me that it was actually a Bachelors Degree in Economics, and they rarely give the Noble to newly minted college graduates.
Honest mistake!
I won the Nobel Prize in Economics in 1982. For years I had it on my resume, until it was pointed out to me that it was actually a Bachelors Degree in Economics, and they rarely give the Noble to newly minted college graduates.
Honest mistake!
Oh - and Beenthere:
I WILL be quoting you. I do a political radio show Sunday mornings. You can listen on the web at http://www.kxl.com
tune in around 9:07 pacific time and I'll be talking about it.
I WILL be quoting you. I do a political radio show Sunday mornings. You can listen on the web at http://www.kxl.com
tune in around 9:07 pacific time and I'll be talking about it.
lololol...PG and Rob...for the "honors" that each of you had thought that you had won.
I was a member of the World Championship, Chicago Cubs, in 1969...and then I woke up.
From my 8th or 9th birthday, through and including my 12th birthday, I was the cleanup hitter for every team in the National League (there were only 8 teams in the National League at that time, folks)...then, I woke up or realized that I didn't have that trading card and Johnnie Fields was actually the #4 hitter.
As so many of the Chicago Cubs fans must believe, they, too, won the World Series in 2005---in their DREAMS!
Go White Sox in 2006!!!!
I was a member of the World Championship, Chicago Cubs, in 1969...and then I woke up.
From my 8th or 9th birthday, through and including my 12th birthday, I was the cleanup hitter for every team in the National League (there were only 8 teams in the National League at that time, folks)...then, I woke up or realized that I didn't have that trading card and Johnnie Fields was actually the #4 hitter.
As so many of the Chicago Cubs fans must believe, they, too, won the World Series in 2005---in their DREAMS!
Go White Sox in 2006!!!!
Beenthere, I was also drafted in '66 and ironically, again in '68 and just to
back up your story, there is absoulutely NO WAY any ballplayer would ever have
any doubt about it. Every draftee received a phone call and a contract offer-even if it was just for a monthly salary of $500/month. Richardson may have been a decent player back then with some interest from some scouts, but a lot
of guys were smoking the "funny weed" at that time and quite possibly have some memory loss.
Would have been real simple to research.
back up your story, there is absoulutely NO WAY any ballplayer would ever have
any doubt about it. Every draftee received a phone call and a contract offer-even if it was just for a monthly salary of $500/month. Richardson may have been a decent player back then with some interest from some scouts, but a lot
of guys were smoking the "funny weed" at that time and quite possibly have some memory loss
.Would have been real simple to research.
Moc...Exactly.
How can ANYONE IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND "forget" about being drafted to play professional baseball?
Dream of 95% of the little boys and 55% of the little girls in America!!!
Simple as that.
How can ANYONE IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND "forget" about being drafted to play professional baseball?
Dream of 95% of the little boys and 55% of the little girls in America!!!
Simple as that.