Martinez exposé shows nasty side

[daveosupremo]

I'm shocked that backroom strategy sessions aren't G-rated.

It goes beyond that - to be so petty she hasn't done a NM GOP fundraiser since Dec 2012, to call her fellow GOP pol a "retard" just for the way he talks, to be so ignorant, and proud of that ignorance on the issues... it's sad.

Actually, her campaign manager was quoting someone else who said that the guy sounded like a retard. She didn't say anything of the sort. Not to split hairs or anything.

[daveosupremo]

So much for a spot on the 2016 GOP ticket. Hopefully it also affects her reelection prospects although I doubt it reaches quite that far.

So, a hit piece from Mother Jones a year before anyone even announces disqualifies her? Pretty sure not. She may not be on the ticket, but it won't be because of anything in this article.

[daveosupremo]

If this story is true, then the Republican pres nominee may have to pick a boring, uninspiring John Thune, who could only deliver Iowa or a Minnesota, but maybe there is more to Martinez that we don't know.

What's with your obsession with John Thune? And why would this article mean the eventual nominee needs to pick Thune. The "boring, uninspiring" white guy ticket is a thing of the past. By your logic, if Martinez is disqualified, the eventual nominee needn't look at any governor or any female. Skip Rubio. Skip Cruz. Skip everyone in favor of a guy who delivers no votes and irritates the base, who is also running for his own reelection to the Senate?
If you think this matters then this is the first political cycle you have ever paid any attention to. Remember last time when Romney liked to fire people so they would lose their insurance and die? Republicans want dirty air and water? Obama is a smoker, and a secret Muslim extremist who plotted with Bill Ayers to seize control of the White House? Hit pieces happen all the time, and people don't care about any of this. To paraphrase Joe Biden (the current vice president), politicians using swear words is not a "big f'ing deal".

[daveosupremo]

It's been used in a derogatory way towards autistic people in the same way Sikhs are the victims of anti Muslim bigotry. The context doesn't matter, it's a horrible thing to call somebody who is handicapped. Though I see nothing wrong with the use of the word in the context that Martinez did.

Martinez didn't use it. Her staffer did.