When I was leaving the Hillary Clinton party last night, I overhead a guy say to his friend, "Richardson REALLY blew it."
I'll say.
I've just watched the YouTube clip where he says "It's a choice" when asked if homosexuality is biological or a choice. Can you BELIEVE this dude?
Panelist Melissa Etheridge certainly could not believe her ears and tried to give the New Mexico Governor another crack at righting himself: "I don't think you understood the question. Do you think I -- a homosexual is born that way, or do you think that around seventh grade we go, 'Oh, I want to be gay?'"
Richardson just kept on digging: "I'm not a scientist. I don't see this as an issue of science or definition. I see gays and lesbians as people, as a matter of human decency."
I'm sure his campaign folks were just going apesh*t at this point. After the debate, the following attempted damage control statement was released by Richardson: "Let me be clear -- I do not believe that sexual orientation or gender identity happen by choice. But I'm not a scientist, and the point I was trying to make is that no matter how it happens, we are all equal and should be treated that way under the law. That is what I believe, that is what I have spent my career fighting for. I ask that people look at my record and my actions and they will see I have been a true supporter of the LGBT community."

Whatever. Talk to the hand.