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Medina Campaign Responds to Glenn Beck Interview
MedinaForTexas.com ^ | February 11, 2010 | Debra Medina

Posted on 02/12/2010 9:43:36 PM PST by kingattax

I was asked a question on the Glenn Beck show today regarding my thoughts on the so-called 9/11 truth movement.

I have never been involved with the 9/11 truth movement, and there is no doubt in my mind that Muslim terrorists flew planes into those buildings on 9/11.

I have not seen any evidence nor have I ever believed that our government was involved or directed those individuals in any way.

No one can deny that the events on 9/11 were a tragedy for all Americans and especially those families who lost loved ones.

The question surprised me because it's not relevant to this race or the issues facing Texans. This campaign has always been about private property rights and state sovereignty.

It is focused on the issues facing Texans. It is not a vehicle for the 9-11 truth movement or any other group.

The real underlying question here, though, is whether or not people have the right to question our government. I think the fact that people are even asking questions on this level gets to the incredible distrust career politicians have fostered by so clearly taking their direction from special interests instead of the people, whether it's Rick Perry and his HPV mandate or Kay Hutchison and voting for the bank bailout.

It is absolutely the right and duty of a free people to question their government.

Texas does not need another politician who tells you what you want to hear, then violates your liberties and steals your property anyway.

I fully expect to be questioned and to be held accountable as Governor, and that's the underlying issue here: should people be questioning their government. And the answer is yes, they should be.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: medina; paulestinians; troofers; truthers
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To: SoCalPol
Medina has been on Truther Alex Jones show

You're right. And, so has Rand Paul. Yet there are still some Freepers who love Rand wholeheartedly. Boggles the mind.

21 posted on 02/12/2010 10:24:05 PM PST by Falcon28
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To: jackieh

When I was in ROTC we used to pull a prank on the freshmen cadets. We would rapidly ask “Are you a Communist, or ever been part of any organization that advocates the violent overthrow of the US government?!”
The startled cadet would hesitate momentarily and then stammers “Er..Sir, no, sir!”
I would state to my fellow senior cadets “He is a Communist! You see he hesitated!”
The point of the exercise is if you believe in something, you should already have an immediate answer to the question.


22 posted on 02/12/2010 10:28:55 PM PST by Fee (Peace, prosperity, jobs and common sense)
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To: Falcon28; All

> Medina has been on Truther Alex Jones show

>> You’re right.

Has she indicated that she’s a Truther too on the Alex Jones show?

Honestly, as a person who is still open-minded about this
response of hers on Glenn’s interview, if she has
contradicted herself on the Jones show, I will be throwing
tomatoes at her tomorrow when I meet her in person.


23 posted on 02/12/2010 10:36:29 PM PST by BP2 (I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
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To: ansel12
MEDINA ON BECK:
"I think some very good questions have been raised in that regard. There are some very good arguments, and I think the American people have not seen all of the evidence there. So I’ve not taken a position on that."

MEDINA ON WEBSITE:
"I have not seen any evidence nor have I ever believed that our government was involved or directed those individuals in any way."

Pretty hard to square those two answers based on "suprise." I'm starting to think that she might have thought Beck was an "Alex Jones" type. She may have fashioned an answer like that for Jones and his crowd. Either way, she's just as wrong.
24 posted on 02/12/2010 10:45:30 PM PST by crescen7 (game on)
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To: crescen7

Yeah, she was busted, there are some revelations that you cannot back away from once we see them.


25 posted on 02/12/2010 10:51:09 PM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney and the Romney family traditionally, is at war with conservatism and traditional America)
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To: kingattax
She's on a roll. Now she needs to make a music video where she smashes out car windows and grabs her crotch.

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26 posted on 02/12/2010 11:08:21 PM PST by death2tyrants
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To: Arthur McGowan

No, the issue is not whether our government can do evil, it is whether it can do massive, public, concentrated SECRET evil on it own population and then successfully cover it up for a decade. This is a notion so absurd as to qualify as insane.


27 posted on 02/12/2010 11:11:34 PM PST by John Valentine
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To: kingattax

Who’s Glenn Beck?


28 posted on 02/12/2010 11:18:59 PM PST by taraytarah (Our Constitution must be defended and protected from all domestic enemies.)
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To: taraytarah

It doesn’t matter who she said it to, we heard it and that is what matters.


29 posted on 02/12/2010 11:58:26 PM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney and the Romney family traditionally, is at war with conservatism and traditional America)
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To: ansel12

To me Medina is taking on the role of a sheepdog. We sheep should be thankful for her courage and honesty. And boy, are the wolves out today.


30 posted on 02/13/2010 12:18:23 AM PST by taraytarah (Our Constitution must be defended and protected from all domestic enemies.)
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To: kingattax
While I don't agree with all her positions politically, think about Tuskegee syphilis experiment and our soldiers in Nevada during nuclear experiments in the forty's.

Stereotypes survive for a reason.

Hit piece. No question.

31 posted on 02/13/2010 12:25:38 AM PST by glyptol
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To: taraytarah

To me she is a fool that thinks that sheepdogs murder Americans by the thousands and run a secret war against America for whomever is the President and did I already call her a stupid bitch that deserves our scorn?

You are a sheep, but we sheepdogs will never support someone that thinks we are monsters and think as little of us as she does.

We protect your ass, we don’t destroy your cities, your families and our fellow sheepdogs at the Pentagon.


32 posted on 02/13/2010 12:52:23 AM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney and the Romney family traditionally, is at war with conservatism and traditional America)
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To: glyptol

Gee, your very first post at freerepublic is a nutty conspiracy post to an admitted retread, way to start.

Welcome to freerepublic.


33 posted on 02/13/2010 1:01:40 AM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney and the Romney family traditionally, is at war with conservatism and traditional America)
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To: ansel12
Beck is casting an innocent, conservative nurse to the wolves. That's the only analogy I see.

This woman doesn't deserve anyone's wrath or name-calling. God bless her and protect her from the viral hate that our media liberally promotes in order to elevate its own interests.

34 posted on 02/13/2010 1:17:26 AM PST by taraytarah (Our Constitution must be defended and protected from all domestic enemies.)
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To: taraytarah

That whack case said what she said, it doesn’t matter who she said it too, she wanted to be the Governor of Texas, what an idiot the silly chick is.


35 posted on 02/13/2010 1:22:43 AM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney and the Romney family traditionally, is at war with conservatism and traditional America)
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To: taraytarah

That’s bs and you know it. Medina is not qualified in any sense of the word to be Gov of TX or Gov of any state. She is not a leader and has demonstrated she believes she is entitled to the highest office our state has without earning it.


36 posted on 02/13/2010 2:02:37 AM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: taraytarah

I think this is the reason many good people don’t go into politics. It’s dirty, it’s nasty, and people do whatever they can to destroy you and your reputation.


37 posted on 02/13/2010 4:00:03 AM PST by agondonter
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To: kingattax

Turn out the lights,
Tha party’s over.

See ya there Deb.


38 posted on 02/13/2010 5:12:14 AM PST by Joe Boucher ((FUBO) Obammy is little more than a quota boy.)
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To: kingattax

She tried to have it both ways. A common ploy of politicians. Trouble is, she’s not that good a politician and it bit her in the butt.

She thought she could worm her way through an answer that would be acceptable to both sides in the matter.


39 posted on 02/13/2010 5:51:23 AM PST by jwparkerjr
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To: olrtex
I am more distressed by her refusal to provide a clear, concise answer to what is basically a yes or no question. I am tired of mealy-mouthed politicians trying to take both sides of a question. I want someone representing me who knows what he or she believes and is willing to stand up for it and let the chips fall where they will.
40 posted on 02/13/2010 5:54:43 AM PST by jwparkerjr
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