Texas Tea Party Gubernatorial Candidate A 9/11 Truther?

[Walter Ego]

Hot Air Blog, February 11, 2010

Six days ago, the big news out of Texas was that Tea Party activist and gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina came within the margin of error with Kay Bailey Hutchison, who barely clung to second place against incumbent Rick Perry. Today, Glenn Beck suffers heartbreak when Medina more or less cops to being a 9/11 Truther as well as a “constitutional conservative” candidate. “I think some very good questions raised have been raised in that regard,” Medina replies when Beck asks whether she believes that the American government was in any way involved in bringing down the World Trade Center towers on 9/11. Medina says she won’t take a position on a question where “good questions have been raised and haven’t been answered.”

The Medina interview on Beck's radio show:



After the Beck show aired, Medina quickly backtracked:

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 real underlying question here, though, is whether or not people have the right to question our government.

 

[Brainster]

She was apparently rising rapidly in the polls, but this should let the air out of the balloon. Kudos to Glenn Beck (words you will not often hear me say) for exposing her.

 

[Sword_Of_Truth]

Kudos to Glenn Beck (words you will not often hear me say) for exposing her.

I was reading youtube comments on the video linked in the OP and saw one of the angered truthers also whining about incumbent governor Rick Perry's alleged connections to Merck pharmaceuticals and laying the blame for his impending re-election at Becks feet now that he has shot down their girl. So now he's enraged the anti-vaxxers as well.

For someone who is supposed to be crazy himself (and yes, he has said things that have made me cringe) he seems to be making all the right enemies. I don't know what else to say except "Mr. Beck... carry on".

 

[Walter Ego]

She was apparently rising rapidly in the polls, but this should let the air out of the balloon. Kudos to Glenn Beck (words you will not often hear me say) for exposing her.

Re The Beck interview, the comments on this Texas radio station are running pro-Medina and anti-Beck.

KLIF - 570 AM Dallas


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXHUNshRU3g

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwdXXMyGHG8

 

[Sword_Of_Truth]

Re The Beck interview, the comments on this Texas radio station are running pro-Medina and anti-Beck.

The half-dozen truthers and paultards out there are once again showing their spamming skills.

At the Little Green Footballs blog, they had so many republican primary polls get swamped by what they suspected to be automated scripts spamming the "Ron Paul" option that they added a "Ron Paul" option to every poll conducted ( eg: "What Color Scheme should we use for the site?" Red/Blue = 123 votes, Blue/green = 430 votes, Ron Paul = 8,714 votes).

Comment spam is as scientific as reading chicken guts. Truthers have succeeded in making it even worse than that.

 

[Sporanox]

The half-dozen truthers and paultards out there are once again showing their spamming skills.

At the Little Green Footballs blog, they had so many republican primary polls get swamped by what they suspected to be automated scripts spamming the "Ron Paul" option that they added a "Ron Paul" option to every poll conducted ( eg: "What Color Scheme should we use for the site?" Red/Blue = 123 votes, Blue/green = 430 votes, Ron Paul = 8,714 votes).

Comment spam is as scientific as reading chicken guts. Truthers have succeeded in making it even worse than that.

I don't hold much love for LGF, but for that I sympathize.

 

[Ladewig]

To answer the question in the title: no. No Truther would ever say

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.

She was taken off guard and gave a poorly-thought out response. She then corrected herself. It is not a big thing.

 

[applecorped]

T It is not a big thing.

Give it time.

 

[Sword_Of_Truth]

I don't hold much love for LGF, but for that I sympathize.

I haven't read LGF in a looooooong time. But I remember the Ron Paul poll thing was kinda funny.

 

[Sword_Of_Truth]

To answer the question in the title: no. No Truther would ever say

She was taken off guard and gave a poorly-thought out response. She then corrected herself. It is not a big thing.

Nearly every truther always says pretty much the exact same thing she said when Beck asked the WTC question. She was a textbook truther.

She's given no reason for us to think otherwise.

 

[T.A.M.]

She was apparently rising rapidly in the polls, but this should let the air out of the balloon. Kudos to Glenn Beck (words you will not often hear me say) for exposing her.

yup for all the kookoo that is Glen Beck these days, he always stood firm on 9/11.

Of course, he may try to blame it on Obama soon.

TAM

 

[WildCat]

Kudos to Glenn Beck (words you will not often hear me say) for exposing her.

Glenn Beck is a government agent, Alex Jones says so.

 

[MarkCorrigan]

You know, I think I might have to jump off a tall building.

Glenn Beck is the voice of reason and sanity? Glenn Beck?

 

[MikeMangum]

To answer the question in the title: no. No Truther would ever say

She was taken off guard and gave a poorly-thought out response. She then corrected herself. It is not a big thing.

I don't buy it. It just feels like a panicked walkback to me.

"Oh my God! I publicly admitted that I'm a loon and I have to respond quickly by repudiating my beliefs."

 

[The Fallen Serpent]

Glenn Beck is a government agent, Alex Jones says so.

This is the first I have heard of Alex Jones. It's similar to how rappers bitch about each other in song. Hilarious, childish and stupifying.

 

[MattusMaximus]

She was apparently rising rapidly in the polls, but this should let the air out of the balloon. Kudos to Glenn Beck (words you will not often hear me say) for exposing her.

I cannot believe I'm going to say it: Good move, Mr. Beck

Ewww, now I feel all dirty. I need a shower...

ETA: Have there been any polls since this little revelation? It'll be interesting to see what effect, if any, this has had on her polling.

 

[The Fallen Serpent]

Glen Beck is one clever man, he certainly knows how to rile us liberals up by doing something we approve of

 

[Ladewig]

Nearly every truther always says pretty much the exact same thing she said when Beck asked the WTC question. She was a textbook truther.

She's given no reason for us to think otherwise.

So saying "the government was not involved" is not a reason to think otherwise?

 

[Ladewig]

I don't buy it. It just feels like a panicked walkback to me.

"Oh my God! I publicly admitted that I'm a loon and I have to respond quickly by repudiating my beliefs."

I'm not voting for her, but I think the list of politicians, candidates, and statesmen that have said something kooky and then retracted it is pretty long.

 

[Sword_Of_Truth]

I'm not voting for her, but I think the list of politicians, candidates, and statesmen that have said something kooky and then retracted it is pretty long.

Except this was slightly beyond mere mortal kookiness.

Beck was very clear and very specific about what he asked her. There's no way she can claim she didn't know what she was responding to.