{"id":9827,"date":"2009-12-01T13:54:20","date_gmt":"2009-12-01T20:54:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=9827"},"modified":"2009-12-01T22:23:25","modified_gmt":"2009-12-02T05:23:25","slug":"arnold-jones-tells-denish-to-lead-by-example","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2009\/12\/arnold-jones-tells-denish-to-lead-by-example\/","title":{"rendered":"Arnold-Jones tells Denish to lead by example"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Janice Arnold-Jones (Photo by Heath Haussamen)<\/p><\/div>\n

If Diane Denish<\/a> doesn\u2019t like being a victim of negative political attacks, she should stop attacking others, Republican gubernatorial candidate Janice Arnold-Jones<\/a> says.<\/p>\n

Denish, the likely Democratic nominee for governor, has been constantly under attack from the state Republican Party and two of Arnold-Jones\u2019 opponents in the GOP primary \u2013 Susana Martinez<\/a> and Allen Weh<\/a>. Denish has often cited the attacks in fundraising letters to motivate people to donate to her campaign.<\/p>\n

This weekend, prominent Democrat Fred Harris authored an opinion piece published in the Albuquerque Journal<\/a> in which he wrote that there should be \u201chonor in the political process\u201d and complained that, \u201cfrom the Republican candidates for governor, we’ve seen very little of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

The commentary prompted another fundraising letter from Denish that decried the negative attacks. In the letter, Denish also attacked the Republican gubernatorial candidates, saying they have no ideas to help the state.<\/p>\n

\u201cSen. Harris takes the Republican candidates for Governor to the woodshed for running campaigns based solely on negativity, completely void of any new ideas to help New Mexico families,\u201d the letter from Denish\u2019s campaign states. \u201c\u2026 Sen. Harris hit the nail on the head, and that\u2019s why we need your help.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSince the Republicans don\u2019t have ideas of their own, we expect those attacks on all of Diane\u2019s ideas to continue,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n

The problem? Arnold-Jones hasn\u2019t attacked Denish. The fourth GOP gubernatorial candidate, Doug Turner<\/a>, has also done little or no negative attacking of Denish.<\/p>\n

So Denish\u2019s newest fundraising letter prompted an answer from Arnold-Jones.<\/p>\n

\u201cResponding to such blather is normally not my style,\u201d Arnold-Jones said in a news release and fundraising e-mail. \u201cBut, if the Lt. Governor wants clean campaigning, she should lead by example. This is certainly not the way.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Lt. Governor\u2019s position on ethics seems to be talking a good game but operating with that old malice and recklessness,\u201d Arnold-Jones said. \u201cI know that ethical leadership starts at the top. To lead us from the moral crisis in state government, I am on record as the first gubernatorial candidate that will pursue recurring, mandatory ethics training for all public employees, from the top down, and other policies that will transform state government into a public trust.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my campaign, I will continue to lead by example,\u201d\u00a0Arnold-Jones said.<\/p>\n

The Denish campaign didn\u2019t immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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