[CedarDave]

Hard-nosed characterizations in private conversations - Oh the horror!! Another front-page story at this Sunday's ABQ Urinal.

By the way, these were from campaign discussions held in 2010, likely recorded by the same campaign manager she fired who federal prosecutors subsequently indicted for illegally intercepting her private emails. The emails ended up in the hands of a union-backed political activist, a lawyer who would become the state Democratic Party chairman and Attorney General Gary King, who hopes to win the party’s nomination to run against Martinez in 2014.

[leapfrog0202]

It’s ridiculous that they are running this again or still, whichever it is.

You know darn well most, if not all, politicians have had these types of conversations in private with TRUSTED staff and/or family. The problem here is who she chose to trust and which person betrayed her.

No, I don’t love the word retard, but it’s a fact of life that people use that word as well as bitch and other terms. I see nothing here to make a fuss about and wonder where these people were when Richardson and his cronies were pulling things in NM that were both illegal and immoral?

[CedarDave]

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[zeestephen]

Is Martinez running for reelection in 2014?

Also, is it fair to say that most Republicans - inside and outside New Mexico - do not realize that 61% of Hispanics voted AGAINST Martinez in 2010?

[Lets Roll NOW]

Hillary never talks like that.

[CedarDave]

From a positive story by Jonathan Tobin at the link:

But that doesn’t stop Mother Jones from attempting to dig up every piece of dirt on her they can find. The results of that search were pitifully insignificant. Other than some backbiting from disgruntled Republicans who are outside her inner circle, the best they can do is to produce tapes of her using harsh language about opponents and rivals. In other words, there’s not much here to talk about. But what they do produce is the sort of mean-spirited sniping that would be labeled as sexist were it directed at a liberal Democrat.

Perhaps Martinez is as “petty” and “vindictive” when it comes to dealing with foes and rivals as the magazine claims. But in another context, those same quotes might be seen as a sign of a strong, decisive personality who takes no prisoners. In other words, were she a man, she might be thought of as a tough customer rather than being depicted as one of the mean girls in a high school drama.

Martinez and the War on GOP Women

[TBP]

They’cared of her. A minority Republican female governor? Liberals view that as theft from them.

[Let's Roll]

As if Shrillary, Nancy etal don’t say the b word or worse.

I don’t care about any of this and I’m a girl. I voted for Susana before and I will vote for her again. As soon as I saw this story in the ABQJournal the first time, courtesy of “Mother Jones” no less, I fired off a check to Susana.

Denish should be flattered. IMO calling a woman a *itch usually means she has a much more colorful personality than Denish who has to be the most boring female pol in NM. (Well, Patricia Madrid may run her a close second.)

[Nifster]

Because we all know dimorats would NEVER talk like that (do I really need a sarcasm tag?)

[greeneyes]

Big Hairy Deal. Politics ain’t bean bag. This is pale beside what left wing Dems say in public.

[kcvl]

[HotKat]

She cares for her handicapped sister.

http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20721515,00.html

[LegendHasIt]

So.. Is this Leslie Linthicum the wife or daughter of “Sarge” Linthicum, the ‘professional Vietnam Veteran / poet’ and left-wing activist?

[Clinging Bitterly]

Ah, "bitch" has special meaning, worse than "jerk" or "liar". Well I guess there are certain columnists at this paper who would be experts on the subject. Lets be serious though - Martinez inherited probably the most corrupt state government in the United states from that last fellow (who would want me to mention his name) and it does take some major grit to hone that down.

My complaint with Martinez is only that she has not shown enough of it in her first term. She still has a little bit of time to redeem herself and I sure hope she does. I want to see her swinging chains. State police HQ would be a good place to start, and it wouldn't hurt to go over and slash a few tires at Albuquerque police HQ while she is at it (there are state laws being broken, after all). And I don't care what kind of names she calls them while she is doing it.