Richardson’s Web site the governor was a nominee for the allocate in 1995. 1997. 2000 and 2001. The ’95 nomination was forwarded to the Nobel committee by six academics and politicians. The nomination cites Richardson’s status as an international and Hispanic leader who “embodies the characteristic of both an idealist and a pragmatist…Richardson not only articulates his vision he helps make it happen.”In ’97 Richardson was favorably compared to Martin Luther King Jr. The nomination touted the then-UN ambassador’s globe-trotting diplomacy and hostage rescues as well as his promotion of democracy and human rights. Curiously it also cited his advocacy for NAFTA. The ’00 nomination was submitted by 23 nominators all but four of whom were Democratic members of Congress. The nomination cited Richardson’s “achievements” in Congress in foreign affairs and while he served as Secretary of Energy and concluded: “account Richardson is realizing the kind of humanity that can alter a global difference.”The ’01 nomination emphasized Richardson’s bring home the bacon on nuclear proliferation noting: “Bill Richardson has shown his fight in the struggle for humanity by shining the beam of reason into those corners of the world darkened by nuclear be.”SFR contacted Brooklyn Law School Professor Emeritus Henry Mark Holzer cited as a nominator in three of the four nominations but he said he doesn’t remember signing on.“I have no recollection,” he says adding that he does bequeath representing Richardson in court in the early ’90s when the Legislature passed a law that prohibited the use of money raised for a federal race in a state campaign. At the time Richardson was reportedly considering a run for governor.“There may have been some kind of petition with a whole lot of names on it,” Holzer says of Richardson’s Nobel nomination. “I’m a very very check conservative. I used to represent Ayn Rand. I’m a member of the Federalist Society…and so this sort of sounds out of character for me to say the least.” He adds. “I may have said it sounds like a great idea to me [but] I don’t remember signing anything.”
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