Dan Patirck and Glenn Beck (who worked for 104 KRBE in Houston back in the 80’s) are friends.
Dan Patrick is a Perry supporter. Patrick gets to become U.S. Senator by a Perry appointment, if Kay retires.
Medina has never said she supports the 9/11 movement.
In the Dallas Morning News today they were pointing out that some posters pretending to be Medina supporters and making 9-11 Medina statements. When they checked the IPs - turned out they were actually Perry supporters. showed their “other” postings that were supporting Perry.
Perry is scared of Medina and I would guess this is probably the beginning of the mud slinging.
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As an observer from outside Texas, I had hopes that Medina would provide a viable alternative to Perry or Huthinson, both of which are part of the “political machine.” But Medina’s performance today on Beck was nothing short of catastrophic.
To attempt to accuse Glenn Beck of some sort of political sabotage for his friend Dan Patrick and ultimately Rick Perry is insulting, both to the integrity of Beck, and to the intelligence of MILLIONS of his listeners!
Medina was asked a simple, straightforward question — she did not answer it. She would not answer it. Nor would she disavow supporters and staffers who might BE 9/11 truthers. That may qualify in some peoples minds as “Tea Party” fare — but it isn’t. Sounds more like the ramblings of Ron Paulers...
Case closed.
She isn’t a Truther; she did give a poor interview; there was no conspiracy “get” her on Beck’s show (although Beck is in Perry’s pocket); except for shallow twits, giving good interviews is not the top qualification for being governor.
Although he is good on the life issue and guns (both words and deeds), Perry has betrayed us at almost every point on issues such as taxes, spending, border enforcement, and property rights, despite giving lots of good interviews filled with words conservatives want to hear. KBH is worse than Perry.
So, do I go with someone whose motor-mouth ran away with her in an interview and who generally is not mediagenic, but who probably means what she says about border enforcement, life, reducing spending, cutting taxes and restructuring the tax system, and defending the 2nd and 10th amendments, or do I go with someone who is a proven liar and betrayer on most of these issues? It doesn’t matter, because most people here are going to return to Perry like a dog returns to its vomit. Bear in mind that I say all of this as a serial Perry voter myself.
None of this affects you, but the next legislative session will probably have to deal with a $17 billion shortfall (thanks to Perry-enabled overspending). When our really smooth, sophisticated governor (whether Perry, KBH, or White) and the legislature are done raising fees and/or taxes and have resorted to the usual accounting tricks to close the gap, there will be weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth by those on FR who are delighted that nobody bothered to woodshed Medina on how to deal with the media.