If we do not do something quick…Be afraid…very afraid. Recent polls show that Governor Martinez has a comfortable lead over Gary King. WHY??? How can any person in their right mind vote for her? I have decided to continue the attack in hopes that the People will rise up and defeat Susana this year. Here are 4 more reasons NOT to vote for Susana Martinez:
1. She and her “Friends” are rich and believe that “the rich should get richer”
Susana Martinez vetoed a minimum wage increase in 2013 because she believes that $8.50 per hour is just way too much money to pay poor people. She blamed the Democrats for the veto because she was willing to compromise with $8.00 per hour and they wouldn’t budge fifty cents.
How stupid can she be?? She wasn’t willing to give the most vulnerable group of people in her state fifty cents more per hour. That amounts to $20 more per 40 hours of work. That’s it. The fifty cent difference wouldn’t even pay for a full tank of gas in most cars, but good ol’ Susana thinks that she was being fair by compromising at $8 per hour.
She whined that $8.50 per hour was more than our neighboring states were paying poor people. She was basically making an argument that an elementary school student would make: “It’s not fair! Why should I have to do it if they don’t?”
The reality is that in real dollars, the federal minimum wage was actually $10.56 per hour in 1968. How can she complain that $8.50 per hour is too much money now just because some other republicans think the same way as her? She is just a lemming following the GOP narrative.
A vote for Susana will make the poor even poorer. How could anyone vote for a politician who would do that?
2. Susana could care less about the education of New Mexico’s children
Susana has been running around bragging about the improvements in graduation rates. Although that is good, the reality is that even though more students are graduating, they are still unprepared for college.
A report by the NM Legislative Finance Committee indicates that 51% of NM high school graduates are not prepared for higher education. If I do the math correctly, that is 1 out of 2 kids that have received a poor educational foundation in grades K-12.
Yeah…that is something to brag about. Way to go Susana. You can spray Febreze on a pile of crap to make it smell better…but it’s still a pile of crap. Our kids deserve better and Susana will not provide it.
3. Susana is declaring war on unions like a good Koch Brothers soldier
Staying on the education subject, we need to address Susana’s war on teachers and the union that supports them.
Susana believes that union dues should not automatically be deducted from public employee pay. Why? The unions were created to give the working class a collective voice when dealing with the elite class. The union dues are used to help maintain a functioning union and to give the union a voice in the political process.
So why does Susana hate union dues so much? Because the Koch Brothers hate union dues. The Koch Brothers have declared a war on unions in Wisconsin, Michigan and and other states.
The Koch’s have contributed almost $10,000 to Susana and her PAC this year because they want their puppet to dance. They even pulled her strings as the guest speaker at a secret Koch Brothers function held in Albuquerque.
4. Susana believes in saving money at the expense of educating New Mexico’s children
To make matters worse, the little fireball Susana believes that overworked, dedicated, and amazing teachers make “too much money”. In a secret recording, Susana can be heard saying:
“During the campaign, we can’t say it, I guess, because it’s education, but I really keep going back to that . . . keeping the teachers from feeling the pain when they already don’t work, you know, two and a half months out of the year or three months out of the year but earn salaries at the same rate of people who do work 12 months a year.”
How can she belittle the people who are responsible for the future of New Mexico? Has she ever had to deal with an over-crowded classroom full of noisy kids all day? Has she had to deal with their equally loud parents? Has she had to grade papers all night?
Teachers work extremely hard for very little compensation. In reality, they should be highly paid professionals responsible for improving the future of this wonderful state. They deal with our most precious investments in the future on a daily basis.
Maybe we should evaluate the soaring salaries of administrators and shift the money to the teachers. Susana is out of touch with reality and is more worried about oil than children.
Fight, Fight, Fight
The recent poll scares the hell out of me and the expected low voter turnout is just as demoralizing. BUT we can do something about it. We may not have $5 million dollars of Koch Brothers and Big Oil money to spend brainwashing the general public.
BUT…
What we do have is the power of social media. It is free and easy to use. Continue to fight her by developing an online war that she cannot defeat with money. If we spread the truth and energize voters, WE WILL WIN!!
UPDATE:The Washington Free Beacon wrote a story about “We MUST Fight: 4 More Reasons NOT To Vote for Susana Martinez”! The ONLY negative comment that they could come up with is the poorly made picture of Susana as the Wicked Witch. I guess the actual facts of the story are just to dead on to argue with. http://freebeacon.com/uncategorized/gary-king-posts-story-attacking-martinez-as-the-wicked-witch-of-the-west/
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In her ads she says that Gary voted for higher food taxes etc. He is the Attorney general not a legislator, he cannot vote on raising taxes on anything. Doesn’t she know what the legislature does?
I know of a student who lives on a reservation and is in fifth grade and cannot read a first grade book. Why don’t they get the same education as the rest of the state?
Thank you for taking to to respond to the post. Education is a major issue that needs to be addressed. I have not considered the disparities in Native schooling verses public schooling. I do know that students who attend Native Colleges are not eligible for the lottery scholarship.
“could care less” eh? So she cares…just a little?
Did a 5th grader write this? Ad hominem FTW!
Reblogged this on lablogadora and commented:
Very informative piece on why we WILL NOT VOTE FOR SUSANA! #yaestuvosusana
Thank you for taking the time to critique the word choices used in the post. It is very convenient that you completely ignore the facts of the post. Keep up the good work and I look forward to more of your engaging debate skills in the future.
Also, a 5th grader may have written this, but considering they extremely high remedial rate under the Martinez administration, I highly doubt the 5th grader is from New Mexico.
I really appreciate the constructive criticism about my photoshop skills. Also, thank you for misquoting the article and stating that I called her “stupid” (I only asked if she was “stupid”, but your interpretation may be more accurate). Keep up the hard work and low standards of journalism. I am also thankful that you were unable to debate any of the factual information in the post. Your lack of intellectual/ factual debate is proof that Susana is a failing Governor who needs to be replaced by Gary King. Hope to hear from you soon!