GOVERNOR MARTINEZ COMES UNDER FIRE IN THE LIBERAL MAGAZINE MOTHER JONES. AN ARTICLE THAT SUGGESTS SHE COULD BE THE NEXT SARAH PALIN QUOTES FROM RECORDINGS OF THE GOVERNOR AND HER CAMPAIGN AIDES.
THE MAGAZINE SAYS MARTINEZ IS HEARD CALLING DIANE DENISH … HER DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT IN THE GOVERNOR'S RACE FOUR YEARS AGO.. THE "B" WORD. SHE'S ALSO HEARD TALKING ABOUT TEACHER SALARIES, SHE NOTES THAT THEY GET TWO-AND-A-HALF MONTHS OFF EACH YEAR WHEN SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN SESSION, BUT RECEIVE THE SAME PAY AS IF THEY WORKED THE FULL YEAR. .
REFERENCE IS ALSO MADE BY A CAMPAIGN AIDE IN THE RECORDINGS THAT SPEAKER BEN RAY LUJAN WAS SAID TO BE "ELOQUENT IN SPANISH" BUT "SOUNDS LIKE A RETARD" IN ENGLISH.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARTINEZ CAMPAIGN SAYS THE TAPES ARE STOLEN RECORDINGS OF DEBATE PREP SESSIONS FROM 4-YEARS AGO AND CALLS THE MOTHER JONES ARTICLE "CHEAP POLITICAL ATTACKS." DEMOCRATIC LAWMAKERS ARE CALLING ON MARTINEZ TO APOLOGIZE.
