Glenn Beck Sucker Punches Texas Candidate Debra Medina

JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary ^ | 02/11/10 | JohnJacobH RKBA Commentary

[Copernicus]

Like the true gentleman he is, The Welshman from the Liberty Sphere CLICK LINK HERE comes to the aid of a lady in distress. Kudos to him!

There is something squirrely about the whole Glenn Beck phenomenon and it maybe time to examine this so- called conservative who sheds crocodile tears on Television and surrounds himself with a radio pack of wannabe Howard Stern Hyenas.

[Copernicus]

I am a trained scientist and engineer, educated to think critically and technically.

So you allow your entire world view to be determined by a imprecise grammatically incorrect political term of art-"truther" as defined by a dry drunk?

Where do you stand on the dunking stool question? You remember? If you are not a witch you drown and are declared innocent and if you are a witch you do not drown and are sentenced to burn at the stake.

Thank heaven Beck did not ask if she has or ever had cooties!

He would have had a grand time belittling her attempts to define that word as well, no doubt.

[deport]

Yes that Beck fellar carries a big whip..... LOL

GLENN: I have when I said that I was going to have you on, you can't imagine the mail pro and con that I received. There was a theme that ran against you and that is you are a 9/11 Truther.

MEDINA: Well, there's lots of mud that people would like to throw at Debra Medina and make stick. The truth is I'm an everyday ordinary person. I am fighting for the things that our founders fought for, those very basic principles of a constitutional republic, and I'm going to champion people that hold their government accountable, hold me accountable but that's the first time I've heard that accusation. So that's an interesting one.

GLENN: Right. Here's then let me be more frank and ask you the question: Do you believe the government was any way involved with the bringing down of the World Trade Centers on 9/11?

MEDINA: I don't, I don't have all of the evidence there, Glenn. So I don't I'm not in a place, I have not been out publicly questioning that. 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.

GLENN: I think the people of America might think that might be a yes.

MEDINA: Well

GLENN: Do you have advisors, do you have advisor

MEDINA: I'm not going to take a position.

GLENN: That's fine.

MEDINA: These questions have been raised and they are not answered.

GLENN: Do you have advisors that advise you or people that are around you that are 9/11 Truthers?

MEDINA: Not to my knowledge.

GLENN: Would you, if you found out that there were, would you disavow them like the president should have but I mean, he escorted them out in the middle of the night. Van Jones was a 9/11 Truther. If you found out that people around you are advising you were 9/11 Truthers, would you disavow them or allow them to continue to advise you?

MEDINA: Well, you know, that's a federal issue. We're very focused on issues in Texas, on Texas state government. I'm certainly not into mind control or thought policing people.

GLENN: No, that's a pretty big one.

MEDINA: We've got a very diverse team in this state and that's because Texans are standing shoulder to shoulder to support and defend the Constitution. I frankly don't have time, you know, to go through and do psychological testing on people and know every thought or detail that they have.

GLENN: No, I don't think it's psychological at all.

MEDINA: I don't see us having a team of radical individuals, if you will. I think that there are certainly some that are looking, trying to use scare tactics. I you know, are there people?

GLENN: No, I don't think they're scare tactics. Debra, you've answered the question.

MEDINA: Yeah, are there people that have tried to come and be a part of our team

GLENN: Right.

MEDINA: that have not gotten on the team? Absolutely there are. But I can't

GLENN: Yeah, I understand. Debra, you've answered the question.

MEDINA: You know, I don't know. That's so out of context, it's difficult for me to answer. GLENN: There's

MEDINA: I think it would depend on, you know, how vocal they were about that and how much I thought it colored whatever other talent they brought to the table.

GLENN: Yeah. Okay, Debra, thank you very much. I appreciate it and best of luck to you.

MEDINA: Thank you, Glenn.

GLENN: You bet. Bye bye. I think

PAT: Problematic?

GLENN: While I don't endorse anyone

PAT: Problematic?

GLENN: I think I can write her off the list. Let me take another look at Kay Bailey Hutchison if I have to. Rick, I think you and I could French kiss right now.

PAT: Let me tell you something. He's a damn handsome man.

GLENN: He's a damn handsome man.

PAT: Looks good in a pair of jeans.

GLENN: Wow.

PAT: He's a handsome man.

GLENN: Wow. The fastest way back to 4%.

STU: (Laughing).

GLENN: Holy cow.

Beck - Medina Truther Exchange, video

[LA Woman3]

Medina on with Jeff Bolton now-KLIF in Dallas.

[LA Woman3]

http://www.klif.com/

[John Valentine]

Your reasoning process is indeed difficult to follow, but if it leads to to believe impossible things, then you ought to find another way of thinking things through, despite the fact that you may be enamored of your present one.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Surely you jest. He’s Charlie Crist in cowboy boots.

Honestly, just trying to get caught up to speed on this one. If anything, I would have called GWB Charlie Crist in cowboy boots while Governor of Texas. And now, he and all of his supporters are now backing Kay Bailey. And from most of what I have been able to read over the past day or so has painted a picture of someone who has fairly conservative stances. Since I do not live in Texas, I'm trying to get an on-the-ground opinion of the guy.

I guess when someone wants to claim a Governor as a RINO, I look at my own state for comparison. In my state, the man we designated as a RINO was Governor Taft. He definitely had a bad case of RINO-VIRUS.

As far as the closing the border issue, I have asked this question a few places and have searched for the answers but have not received an answer to my satisfaction, but if the US-Mexican border is a National Border, shouldn't the Federal Govt actually be able to use Eminent Domain in this case? This seems to be a pretty good example of the public use of land. And if the Feds do not want to control the flow, then each state could assume that right for their state DESPITE what a few towns on the border say, right? They could enforce the laws with a heavy hand if need be. In 2008, Texas sued 50 landowners. But, here is what I see as Perry's OR ANY Texas Governor's problem:

A more vexing puzzle is whether either candidate offers a winning road map for the state’s Republican Party. Four years ago, Texas joined Hawaii, New Mexico and California as “majority-minority states,” with 50.2 percent of its 22.5 million residents belonging to minority groups. Today, 30 percent of all Texans speak Spanish at home......from Texas Gov. Rick Perry Like 'George W. Bush on Steroids'

With that kind of demographic change going on in that state, EFFECTIVE border control and then a state amnesty may be the only solution.

[Outlaw Woman]

Our property taxes are determined by the county (and are out of control as most are).

Will have to research the Trans Tex corridor.

I get puzzled at what people are looking for...we’ve discussed this on here numerous times...and no ‘pure’ candidate is out there. As far as a RINO-McCain is a RINO and his decisions as a senator have affected the entire country and has clearly shown what a RINO is. Based just on what I’ve read on Perry, I’d say he’s in no way in that category. (imo)

[achilles2000]

I’m sure you are right, and that probably explains why she seemed so eager not to give offense to them. As far as I can tell,though, Jones has a following of about 12. He makes himself seem far larger, but I don’t think that many take him seriously.

[achilles2000]

That is very poor reasoning.

[achilles2000]

You are right, and there’s more. KBH is worse.

I wish we were going to have a better choice - Ted Poe for example, or even Dan Patrick.

[achilles2000]

I’ll vote for Medina because all she did was bungle an interview. I’m not looking for a media star to set the policy course in Austin (although it does help).

That said, and while I agree that Beck and his staff like Perry, the question was a fair question and she blew it. In fact, it was an unimpressive interview before Beck got to the question. Medina probably hasn’t had anyone on staff who knows anything about preparing her for radio (which is quite different from TV), and I doubt that there was any effort to prep her for Beck.

I’m fed up with the establishment Republicans too.

[Junior_G]

When dealing with a truther, giving them anything other than an actual punch is a great courtesy.

[hocndoc]

The State legislature gave the DSHS the authority to mandate vaccines, years ago. Since '07, the employees of the appointed head of the Dept. have added other vaccines to the mandated list. Do you feel those were "shoved down your throat?" (Did you know there were new vaccines?)

Do you hold Perry responsible for what the people he appoints do? Then why would you not expect him to give them orders?

Guardasil is a good vaccine!

[Eagle of Liberty]

Medina issued a clarification stating that she obviously does not believe that our government was involved in 9/11...she was just making the point that citizens have a right to question our government.

Then that is the answer that should have came out in the interview. You cannot say what she said in the interview about not having a position on it and then soon after the interview, ONCE YOU KNOW YOU SCREWED UP ROYALLY, come out and say that she is OBVIOUSLY not a truther. If she is OBVIOUSLY not a truther, then the answer to Glenn's question would have been, "No, Glenn, I am not a truther." There is a big difference between being a truther and believing that Americans should be able to question their Government.

[hocndoc]

“Debra, you’ve answered the question.” (as Medina continues to interrupt and talk over Beck.)

[Antoninus]

LOL. How was that a sucker punch? The public deserves to know if this woman is unhinged. Sadly, it seems like she is.

Beck did us a service.

[Eagle of Liberty]

(The reports you’ve heard about bad reactions are not true, either.)

Really? You should talk to the daughter of a co-worker of mine. Two years ago, she was a normally functioning woman in her freshman year of college. Today, she has TAI strokes, has trouble with her memory and has constant migranes among other symptoms. It took 4 months of messing around with her to figure out that it was the shot of Gardasil that did it and now she has missed two complete years of school. No daughter of mine will get that shot.

[trisham]

She was pretty bad. She also talked about herself in the third person, which always seems weird to me.

[achilles2000]

Just one of many things she did wrong. You can’t do radio if you don’t listen.

I could be wrong, but I don’t think she will recover from this. Looks like the traitorous Republican establishment in Austin wins again.

[trisham]

She sounds unstable.