Okay, here’s the issue facing Texans:
1) You have a woman who backpedals on a pretty clear question. She’s got truther support and doesn’t want to scare it off, so she waffles on TV—then, on top of that, asks truther questions in front of the media after issuing an about-face press release after the tv debacle. Other than that—unquestionably, a big THAT—she talks like a libertarian conservative and has a decent resume for a citizen representative.
2) You have a governor who’s a former Democrat and shows nothing but a lust for power. The man has grown Texas government, tried to grab land with TTC, tried to force untested vaccines on half the kids in the state, and has not one whit of conservative resume other than blabbing about secession at a Tea Party meeting. Oh, and lately, he’s told Obama to shove his federal funds up his...budget.
3) You have a senator who, if anything, is a whore. She’s a Bush favorite who’d take a nickel to sell out what she claims are ‘common sense conservative principles,’ and has. Repeatedly. She’s not pro-life—maybe she’s not pro-choice, exactly, but she’s not pro-life—and she’s no taxpayer’s friend.
I don’t like any of these choices. But given what we know of Hutchinperry, I’ll take the noob Medina and her loony truther $#@!$@#! over incumbent power-grabbers every time. At least the good ol’ boys in the Capitol will be scared of her, and given the sellout nature of that crowd, I’d love to see some of those state legislator Rinos running scared. When they go over to see Perry or Hutchinson, all they’re afraid of is that the bribes might be in large bills instead of 20s.
>> [...] given what we know of Hutchinperry, I’ll take the noob Medina and her loony truther $#@!$@#! over incumbent power-grabbers every time.
I completely disagree. There must be lines we will not cross, standards we will not compromise, points at which someone who is otherwise the best candidate in the world must be simply told to “drop dead”. Those candidates who give credence to anti-American propagandists need not apply for my vote ... as far as I am concerned, her candidacy no longer exists.
Fundamentally, I believe she is a “truther” ... and thus an aider-and-comforter of avowed enemies of this republic. She is the anti-American equivalent of someone who is withholding judgment on the existence of the Holocaust because of questions asked by Holocaust-deniers.
She is ineligible for office, and no longer an option. Thus, there are two choices — Hutchinson or Perry.
SnakeDoc
1) 9-11 troofery. That's a dealbreaker for me.
2) The Purging of the Texas Forensic Science Commission investigating the execution of Cameron Willingham. When asked about it, his response was even worse than waffling; it was pretty much the standard 'I don't answer to you' reply that people accustomed to power like to give. Another dealbreaker. I'm also curious about the details pertaining to his Spring 2007 trip to Istanbul.
3) Process of elimination leaves KBH. Not my kind of candidate, but if she becomes governor then that vacates her Senate seat, and someone more likely to effect real change in DC such as Armey or Gramm or even Ron Paul could run for the seat. So could be a blessing in disguise.
In related news, I'm glad to see that Beck's softball question to Medina has gotten him rehabilitated in the eyes of the Covenites, following his exile stemming from Palin's inability to answer one of his softball questions.