{"id":4037,"date":"2008-12-03T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-03T20:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/12\/obama-says-richardson-should-have-kept-his-beard\/"},"modified":"2008-12-03T14:55:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-03T20:55:00","slug":"obama-says-richardson-should-have-kept-his-beard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2008\/12\/obama-says-richardson-should-have-kept-his-beard\/","title":{"rendered":"Obama says Richardson should have kept his beard"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gov. Bill Richardson\u2019s<\/a> beard has received a lot of attention lately. Barack Obama<\/a> gave it even more today.<\/p>\n

At the news conference in which he was nominated to be commerce secretary, Richardson was asked about his recent decision to shave his beard. Obama decided to answer the question for him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was a mistake for him to get rid of it,\u201d Obama said with a smile. \u201cI thought that whole Western, rugged look was really working for him. For some reason, maybe it because it was scratchy when he kissed his wife, he was forced to get rid of it. But we\u2019re deeply disappointed with the loss of the beard.\u201d<\/p>\n

Richardson grew the salt-and-pepper facial hair, which you can see by clicking here<\/a>, after he dropped out of the presidential race earlier this year. He shaved the beard off about the same time he started gunning for a job in Obama\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s video of Obama\u2019s remarks:<\/p>\n