(Updated) Call In to Susana Martinez on 770 KKOB Tomorrow - No Calls Allowed from Film Industry?

Update: It was impossible for us to get through on the call-in line to KKOB's Bob Clark show this morning, so I'm sure others had difficulty. The amazing thing is that almost all of the callers who did get through were Martinez fans, and most spent time fawning over her and her "positions." I found it to be miraculous how the callers' "questions" and comments matched so well with the talking points Martinez clearly wanted to recite. They were points identical to ones she used during the campaign and her State of the State address.

I did learn one thing: Susana has a great rote memory -- I bet she was a whiz at memorizing and reciting her multiplication tables in grade school. Rote learning has gone the way of the manual typewriter, but the skills of those years still live on in with Susana and many other right-wing reciters. Despite it all, she was tripped up was when she was asked how a certain budget item was handled in the LFC budget proposal in contrast to her own. She couldn't recall. Must not have been on her memorization assignment.

One caller asked her how much she made as governor and if her own pay was included in her plan to cut salaries. She sounded puzzled, and said she made about "about $110,000" -- she couldn't really remember -- but she admitted her pay hadn't been cut and said it was because the legislature sets the rate, not her. Hey Susana, put in a bill to cut it! I'm sure the legislature would go along!

Martinez then launched into a rather muddled discussion on how the state needed to start cutting expenses just like families have had to do. She must have forgotten that the state has already gone through at least THREE ROUNDS of cost cutting. Well, she's new on the scene. She thinks state budgeting solutions are a new item on the agenda that emerged when she was sworn into office.

Martinez also stumbled a bit on a question about the Rail Runner, mumbling something about how we need to reduce ridership in a long meander about a need to make the train faster by eliminating stops. Or something.

Only one supporter of the film industry tax rebate got through to ask a question, near the end of the hour, and she was rushed off the line. Tellingly, earlier pro-Martinez callers were allowed to ramble at length, even if they weren't making much sense.

Bob Clark lobbed softball questions to Susana and at times even went so far as to recite Martinez talking points and then inquire of Susana, "right?" I hope the Martinez campaign and other right-wing money sources are rewarding KKOB for their exquisite and constant service on behalf of right-wing propaganda messaging. Their whole outfit seems dedicated to that end.
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New Mexico's Republican Governor Susana Martinez will be on the Bob Clark show on 770 KKOB-AM tomorrow, Friday, January 21, starting at 9:00 AM. She'll be taking calls, but the word is that they're not going to allow calls from the film industry. Imagine that. No don't. Call in yourself and tout the benefits of the film industry tax rebate -- or anything else Susana is threatening to cut.

Whether or not you're employed by the film industry, please call the Bob Clark show tomorrow and let Gov. Martinez know how it's a no-brainer to continue the tax rebate as is. The listener hotline is: 243-3333ot toll free 1-800-460-0770.