CD1: White and Carraro mix it up
The battle for the Republican nod in the Albuquerque-based 1st Congressional District gets very personal on TV
NMI Managing Editor David Alire Garcia interviewed White, Cararro for KNME’s New Mexico In Focus.
In their first televised forum together, CD1 Republican contenders Darren White and Joe Carraro proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that they don’t really care for one another.
At all.
The forum was the first installment of a series of interviews with the candidates in each of the three New Mexico congressional districts up for grabs this year.
In an insult-laden affair, White, the Bernalillo County sheriff, called Cararro, a five-term West Side state senator, an arrogant career politician who feels entitled to a seat in Congress.
Cararro, for his part, said White has no understanding of the issues, has a track record of a terrible manager, and at the very end of the interview asked: “Did Darren White ever do drugs?”
What the viewer of KNME’s New Mexico In Focus did not see, however, was the exchange that immediately followed that question.
Sheriff White, with real contempt in his voice getting up from the table to leave, said, “Joe, have you ever taken an IQ test?”
Sen. Carraro, standing and with equal contempt in his voice, responded, “Can you believe that? You’ve got a real issue now. An IQ test. Yeah, go ahead, write that thing down,” Cararro added pointing to me.
Expect more of the same between now and June 4.
Comments:
Posted 05/03/2008 03:29 with
That was ugly. There’s no reason why CD1
Posted 05/03/2008 03:32 with
(damn laptops) shouldn’t go Dem this November. Let’s just make sure the Democratic candidate can compete with the TV and radio ads, everyone please contribute what you can when the time comes.
Posted 05/03/2008 15:57 with
Ouch! Joe I think that left a mark.
Is White really that much of an asshole? Carraro has always been a bit over the top but White showed what a classless prick he really is. Good. Mark this one done to save for the GE against him.
Posted 05/03/2008 19:44 with
White didn’t seem any more of an asshole than Carraro did in this well-executed interview. Both took shots at each other, both had items of substance to discuss. I felt it was a bit of a wash.
Posted 05/05/2008 11:55 with
The Albuquerque Journal reported on the Darren White vote-of-no-confidence on September 27, 1999. The article said the New Mexico State Police Officers Association voted no confidence in DPS Secretary Darren White by a vote of 243 no-confidence votes to 31 in favor of White, according to the association president Norman Rhoades.
Posted 05/05/2008 12:06 with
Will they go after White on the escape tunnel hoax of 1997? White was one of the high-level officials who was in on announcement of discovery of the tunnel, then backpedaled when he realized it was a maintenance shaft.