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No one reading this will get a chance to vote for New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in the presidential election, as his campaign will likely implode before the primaries. And that’s for the best, because this excerpt from his Meet the Press appearance should convince you that you can’t trust a word that the man says:

MR. RUSSERT:  You spent a lot of time in, in Massachusetts.  Are you a Red Sox fan?

GOV. RICHARDSON:  I’m a Red Sox fan, but I got into trouble in New Hampshire. You know why?  Because I said…

MR. RUSSERT:  Luis Tiant, the fund-raiser.  But, now, governor, this is very serious.  In your book on page 18 it says…

GOV. RICHARDSON:  No, about Mickey Mantle?

MR. RUSSERT:  You said you’re a Yankee fan!

GOV. RICHARDSON:  No, no, no.  I said—no, no, no.

MR. RUSSERT:  I mean, you can, you can…

GOV. RICHARDSON:  No, no, no, no.

MR. RUSSERT:  …you can have different views on immigration, assault weapons…

GOV. RICHARDSON:  I, no no no no.  No, what I said…

MR. RUSSERT:  But when it comes to Red Sox, Yankees.

GOV. RICHARDSON:  What I said, the Associated Press asked me, “If you weren’t running for president, if you weren’t running for president, what would you rather be?” I’ve always been a Red Sox fan, but I said if I weren’t running for president I would like to be number seven, Mickey Mantle, playing center field for the New York Yankees.

MR. RUSSERT:  “Because of Mickey Mantle, I became a Yankee fan.”

GOV. RICHARDSON:  I, my favorite team has always been the Red Sox.

MR. RUSSERT:  You’re a Red Sox fan.

GOV. RICHARDSON:  I’m a Red Sox fan.

MR. RUSSERT:  End of subject.

GOV. RICHARDSON:  End of subject.

MR. RUSSERT:  You better get rid of this book.

GOV. RICHARDSON:  Oh, no!  I’m also a Yankee fan.  I also like…

MR. RUSSERT:  Oh, now, wait a minute!

GOV. RICHARDSON:  You can—Tim…

MR. RUSSERT:  I guarantee…

GOV. RICHARDSON:  No, I know, I got in trouble…

MR. RUSSERT:  …if you go—if you go to Yankee Stadium or Fenway, you cannot be both.

GOV. RICHARDSON:  But I like—Mickey Mantle was my hero.  If I weren’t running for president, and the Associated Press asked me, I’d play center field for the New York—I wanted to be number seven.  And—but I still love the Red Sox as a team.  I mean, this is the thing about me, Tim.  I can bring people together.  I can unify people.

MR. RUSSERT:  Yankee fans and Red Sox fans?

GOV. RICHARDSON:  Yes.

MR. RUSSERT:  Not a chance.