Posted on 02/06/2010 10:07:13 AM PST by Dubya
By 11 o'clock on a recent Saturday morning, Ron McLain had the “Texans for Liberty” hot dogs boiling in a pot, and John Wheeler was helping haul folding chairs out to the parking lot of the Medina for Texas Governor headquarters in suburban Corpus Christi.
It was the grand opening of the South Texas campaign headquarters, a nondescript brick building next door to the Nueces County Republican Party office. About 40 supporters and potential supporters waited outside for the candidate, among them Mike Purdy, who, with his wife, watched her in the Jan. 14 Republican gubernatorial debate.
“We were very impressed,” said Purdy, a retired prison warden. “We had seen her at a gun show in Robstown. She seems like the real conservative of the group.” Debra Medina never made it inside. Nor did she deliver a speech. The neophyte candidate, whose demeanor combines the no-nonsense efficiency of an experienced nurse with the zeal of former independent presidential candidate H. Ross Perot, spent nearly three hours talking politics and policy with the people in the parking lot. Without the traditional campaign handler to hustle her along, she talked about property taxes, home schooling, school vouchers, abortion, decriminalizing drugs — talked until most everyone there had spoken to her about whatever was on their minds.
“She does this every time,” said Wheeler, an unemployed oil-field worker and avid supporter. “She’ll talk to anybody and everybody.”
Only lately has the Republican Party establishment — and her two opponents — begun to listen.
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Please show where she loves Sotomayor and wants to legalize drugs.
Cool. Get rid of the worthless “professionals” that have screwed this country left, right and sideways
Medina don’t know much about anything if you listen to her for very long!
Nice!
Thermometer needs some brown stains on one end, though.
Mm....Paulbot, are ya?
Better study more.......only democrats hire media darlings........
Do you have links to this stuff? I don’t have a dog in this fight, but I just watched the debate and I find Medina very impressive. I’m curious to see more of the argument against her. The people posting pics of bedpans are doing more to hurt their case than help it, that’s for sure.
No, just not a Republican Robot.
In the end, I will vote for Perry, but not yet, not yet...
Your wrong.........Palin had a proven track record of conservative efforts as Mayor then Governor.
Medina has zilch. I will never vote based on mere promises for such an important office.
She may be the nicest lady on earth and honest as the sun is hot yet. I will back her for lower level office such as state senator or mayoral efforts due her enthusiastic love of of our beloved republic ........promises don’t get my vote for major powerful political office ! Experience and proven history does.
My opinion......Stay safe !
So far it is the most honest postings on the Medina threads.
You are right. Vote for King George and not Washington, who has no experience as King!
I know history class was hard for some, but George Washington never became King.
He was however a General Officer which is Executive experience of which your Medina has none.
Sorry to bother.......thought I was pretty fair in my comments .
It doesn’t look like anything more than desperation to me. There is zero substance to it. Frankly, it’s childish.
When one points out the lies they just run away and start another thread like typical Paulbots. Gotta post something to keep them coming back.
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