10 Questions for Bill Richardson

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YOU WROTE THAT FIDEL CASTRO HAD THE MOST DANDRUFF YOU'D EVER SEEN. DID YOU HAVE ANY PERSONAL-HYGIENE ISSUES WITH OTHER LEADERS? When the head Taliban took off his socks and with his knife started cutting his toenails, I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or stop my conversation. But I persisted.

LAST MONTH YOU ANNOUNCED THAT, AFTER RESEARCHING THE MATTER, YOU DETERMINED THAT THE KANSAS CITY ATHLETICS HAD NEVER DRAFTED YOU. HOW COULD YOU MISREMEMBER THAT DETAIL FOR FOUR DECADES? I had been told by various scouts that I would be drafted if I signed. When it appeared in the official program of my team that I had been drafted, I assumed it was correct. However, the mistake was mine. I should have checked. Obviously, it's become a little bit of an instance where I dropped the ball. Get it, Karen?

I GET IT. I GET IT. Get that? Dropped the ball?

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