Is New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez the Next Sarah Palin?

[babylonsister]

One to watch...

Is New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez the Next Sarah Palin?
Petty. Vindictive. Weak on policy. And yet she's being hailed as the Republican Party's great new hope.

—By Andy Kroll
| Wed Apr. 16, 2014 3:00 AM PDT



Illustration: Dale Stephanos


As she likes to tell anybody who'll listen, Susana Martinez, the governor of New Mexico, didn't start out a Republican. She and her husband, Chuck, like most everyone else in Las Cruces, had always been Democrats. But she'd long dreamed of running for office, and when word got out that she had her eyes on the district attorney's seat, two local Republican activists asked her to lunch. At the meeting, the story goes, her suitors didn't talk about party affiliation or ideology. They zeroed in on issues—taxes, welfare, gun rights, the death penalty. Afterward, Martinez got into the car, turned to her husband, and said, "I'll be damned, we're Republicans."

Hahaha!

More here:

http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/governor-susana-martinez-new-mexico-2016

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I don't think she's as weapons-grade stupid as Palin.

(Almost no one is.) But she does seem to be as mean as a snake.

[Warpy]

7. She's also cagey enough to keep it mostly off camera

which has made her a rising star in the GOP.

She's kept a low profile here in NM since her disastrous beginning. I'm terrified she'll get another term.

[SummerSnow]

2. She seems weird. Kinda phoney.

But Rethugs think Liberals are threatened by her. No clue as to how she is a Conservative knowing how her party treats Latinos. Never heard her say anything about the treatment of Latinos by her party

[UTUSN]

3. Bottom line, *anybody* who is a *wingnut* is a *wingnut* - NUTCASE DON'T MATTER n/t

[JaneyVee]

4. Holy shit, what a psycho. That article is damning.

[babylonsister]

8. Yup, she was profiled tonight on some program. Nutjob. nt

[UTUSN]

5. Well, "Petty. Vindictive. Weak on policy" pretty much says it all for Rethugs of any gender n/t

[madaboutharry]

6. Another narcissistic Prima Donna.

Just what the country needs. Not.

[Quixote1818]

9. She is a do nothing Governor

She knows nothing about what the job entails so she does nothing to prevent any waves.

[UTUSN]

10. Morning kick for reading the whole article n/t

[Jamaal510]

11. Wouldn't she

have to quit her job first in order to be the next SP?

[Sarah Ibarruri]

12. Oh goody! Another right wing nutjob! nt