Candidates (racism, education, rated) - City-Data Forum

melhoff13 · 02-17-2010, 09:34 AM

Hey folks, I am currently researching GOP gubernatorial primary candidates and was wondering if anyone out there knows which of the GOP candidates are truly conservative candidates (tea party or constitutional conservatives)? It is hard to figure out by looking at their web sites. From what I can see, I would guess Turner or Domenci Jr. are the candidtates I'm looking for, but I could be wrong.

Any comments or education on these GOP gubernatorial candidates would be appreciated.

Thanks.

rybert · 02-17-2010, 09:38 AM

How old is Turner, 16? Maybe he should spend his money on something else for a few years...

Billygoat the Kid · 02-17-2010, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by melhoff13

Hey folks, I am currently researching GOP gubernatorial primary candidates and was wondering if anyone out there knows which of the GOP candidates are truly conservative candidates (tea party or constitutional conservatives)? It is hard to figure out by looking at their web sites. From what I can see, I would guess Turner or Domenci Jr. are the candidtates I'm looking for, but I could be wrong.

Any comments or education on these GOP gubernatorial candidates would be appreciated.

Thanks.

The market for Republicans running for governor is quite saturated this year.

However, I have been listening to what Allen Weh has to seh, and he sounds like a nice, rock-solid conservative. Domenici has a great legacy name, but I haven't heard too much about him. I know Janice Arnold-Jones, and she is a nice lady, but I don't know if she can win the governorship. As the days go by, we will weed out candidates and the last man (or woman) standing will hopefully replace and repair all the broken stuff governor Richardson has done to our state.

--BtK

melhoff13 · 02-17-2010, 09:58 AM

Before this turns into a huge political bashing thread, I really would appreciate information on the GOP candidates. Thanks for the info billygoat but I was hoping someone could point me towards where these candidates actually stand on the issues. I've read their excerpts on the sites, but I would love to see their voting records, history, etc.

rybert · 02-17-2010, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by melhoff13

Before this turns into a huge political bashing thread,

Says the OP that used trigger phrases like Tea Party...

melhoff13 · 02-17-2010, 10:03 AM

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Originally Posted by rybert

Says the OP that used trigger phrases like Tea Party...

"Trigger Phrases". Now I see why New Mexico is so screwed up.

Is "constitutional conservative" also a trigger phrase?

rybert · 02-17-2010, 10:04 AM

Probably.

Terms and phrases like Tea Party and Constitutional Conservative help opponents of your political agenda paint a bright and vivid picture of you without listening to anything you have to say. Don't get too wound-up about it... I was having fun with the post... don't bash NM because you didn't like my post.

mike0421 · 02-17-2010, 10:10 AM

I'm not so sure about Domenici's son, but I think Domenici senior was anything but a 'tea party constitutionalist'. I'd liken him to a moderate conservative. Once you start using monikers such as 'tea party', you are prone to scare off the substantial Hispanic population in this state. Many liken these platitudes to be overtures of tacit racism or xenophobia. If Domenici ran a platform like Tom Tancredo, he wouldn't have lasted 6 terms. I don't know if I've seen a son or daughter of a politician emerge whose platform varied substantially from their parents, so if I had to guess, I'd say Junior Domenici is probably a slight center-right politician, like his dad.

melhoff13 · 02-17-2010, 10:16 AM

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I'm not so sure about Domenici's son, but I think Domenici senior was anything but a 'tea party constitutionalist'. I'd liken him to a moderate conservative. Once you start using monikers such as 'tea party', you are prone to scare off the substantial Hispanic population in this state. Many liken these platitudes to be overtures of tacit racism or xenophobia. If Domenici ran a platform like Tom Tancredo, he wouldn't have lasted 6 terms. I don't know if I've seen a son or daughter of a politician emerge whose platform varied substantially from their parents, so if I had to guess, I'd say Junior Domenici is probably a slight center-right politician, like his dad.

Thanks for the information. I would have to agree with you after reading up on his daddy. I'm a transplant and don't know a lot about previous politics here in New Mexico.

melhoff13 · 02-17-2010, 11:12 AM

Thanks for the info via PM abqsun. I have found it very hard to research candidates here in ABQ. Missouri was very interactive and all the politicians had email addresses listed on the polling websites and you could speak to them directly (at least the republican party did, not sure about the dems or libs).