Yeah. Good plan.
Posted on 02/10/2010 12:16:08 PM PST by agondonter
Debra Medina (TX Gov. Candidate) On Glenn Beck Tomorrow
* Posted by Jared Law on February 10, 2010 at 9:14am in 9.12 Project Candidates
Glenn Beck just announced that Debra Medina (R-TX) is within a few points of Kay Bailey Hutchison, and what I took from the way he worded it was that he is suggesting that she MAY be the real deal, and that she MAY be the candidate that the Tea Party Movement (9.12 Project Included, one must assume) has been looking for.
There has been so much discussion of Debra Medina here on The 9.12 Project Network, I'm sure many of our thousands of Texans will be interested in this discussion.
So before Glenn covers her live on air, let's look at the Candidates for the Texas Governor. These are my personal impressions, not being a Texas resident, and not having investigated these candidates, this is just my impression based upon what our members have been saying:
1) The Incumbent: a smooth-talking Texan, Rick Perry, who many charge is a political chameleon, who only sounds like a Principled Patriot during an election cycle. This is a charge leveled by none other than Pat Gray, whose opinion I trust (he was, after all, Glenn's closest friend when Glenn was an arrogant jerk, before Glenn was "born again" and met his wife, Tania) more than most media figures.
2) The unrepentant "progressive," Kay Bailey Hutchison. Kay is not a Principled Patriot; she's the Republican "progressive" who needs to be, IMHO, eliminated from Texas politics altogether, but that's just my opinion; all "progressives," IMHO, should be run out of office, in Texas, and all across America!
3) Debra Medina, the emerging, surging candidate who many here and all across the Internet say is THE Tea Party/9.12 Project/Principled Patriot candidate.
But who are they, really?
For example, here's what somebody on our network emailed me about Debra Medina:
The Texas Republican gubernatorial primary was supposed to be a really big battle between two very large and important Goliaths. But a little David showed up and is threatening to toss a bag of tea in both their faces.
Debra Medina, a nurse and entrepreneur, entered the GOP's gubernatorial primary with little to no fanfare. The "tea party" activist and Ron Paul organizer was expected to register, well, not at all. The first poll seemed to confirm her status as an also-ran -- registering a mere four per cent as against two-term Texas governor Rick Perry at 46 per cent, and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison at 35 per cent.
But then a few remarkable things happened. For one, Medina appeared to clean house in the first televised debate between the three candidates. Just about everyone thought Medina had won the debate. And she got a little bit of traction. In fact, and for two, she got just enough traction to be invited to the major televised debate, the state-wide "Belo" debate, aired on several major networks across Texas.
The Belo debate requires that a candidate receive 15 per cent in a major poll in order to be included. After the first debate, Medina managed to more than double her polling numbers from four to 12 per cent. That put Medina within the margin of error of 15 per cent, and the Belo folks decided that she should be included.
The second debate did not have a clear winner, although, having watched it, my own conviction is that Medina outperformed the other candidates (You can judge for yourself by following the link at the bottom of this post and watching the debate for yourself). Although a local Fox affiliate seemed to think Medina did surprisingly well:
Still, Medina's biggest problem was name recognition and simple awareness. And Medina simply can't compete with the campaign war chests of Perry and Hutchison -- both of whom have raised in excess of a whopping $10 million dollars, compared with Medina's comparatively meager half-a-million -- so paying for television commercials to blanket the state is not an option. Measured in those terms, the underdog may or may not have won the debate, but she certainly won in terms of advertising and getting her message out.
That message is beginning to resonate more and more. Medina wants to eliminate the state property tax and replace it with an increased consumption tax. She is a fierce fiscal conservative, and recites the U.S. Constitution with a familiarity and ease that neither of the other two candidates seem to possess. She carries a gun in her car, and insists that Texas needs to be friendlier to the Second Amendment. She shares the convictions of Ron Paul fans, as well as the Tea Party movement sweeping the U.S.
Do I have proof that the message is resonating more and more? Sure I do. After the Belo debate, Medina's numbers moved from 12 to 16 per cent. Meanwhile, today, Public Policy Polling released an astounding poll (PDF), putting Medina's support at a whopping 24 per cent, compared with Perry's 39 and Hutchison's 28 per cent (margin of error at +/- 4.8 per cent).
That wouldn't be a really big deal, since there isn't a lot of time before the election (March 2nd), and Perry is still more than ten points above his nearest competitor. Except that Texas is a primary run-off state. If Perry doesn't get more than 51 per cent, the last place candidate is dropped, and we have a run-off between the top two vote-getters. If Medina manages to get more votes than Hutchison, now a distinct possibility, she may just manage to eke it out, and secure a victory on a par with Scott Brown's surprise election in Massachusetts.
Because I live here, where do you live?
Well, I am trying to decide between Perry and her, but this morning on one of the morning shows, someone pointed out that in 1987, Perry was the head dim in Texas trying to get owl gore elected as POTUS.
Rick & Kay have a *lot* of experience, and I don't mean it as a compliment. Experienced politicians are part of the reason our country is at the precipice.
I'll take the inexperienced candidate.
Sorry, but a check of my position on her will reveal that I am ambivalent
on Mrs. Palin, in fact a critic of her blind worshipers. Try again.
I'll support citizen legislators and leaders over professional politicians any day.
She's a nurse.
Empties bedpans.
Uses colonoscopes.
Good luck with that.
Wow, Way to denegrate an entire profession. You’re some piece of work.
Here I can do it too..
He’s a lawyer.
Frivilous lawsuits.
Uses colonoscopes.
The Constitutional obligations of the intentionally weak governorship of Texas are not rocket engineering, and were designed to be understood by the everyday citizen.
If she's so clueless, why is she the only candidate who wants to eliminate the property tax?
Please, put on your best RINO hat and tell me why we need high property taxes and Perry's business margins tax? I need someone with "Legal Knowledge" to explain it.
Yeah. Good plan.
Because she knows (or has been told) it will sucker in a bunch of
ignorant folks who fail to realize it would have to be replaced
with something else just as onerous.
Mine are due, and for hella-sure I'd rather not pay them.
But what will fill the gap should they be eliminated?
I need someone with "Legal Knowledge" to explain it.
That ain't me.
“Look what we’ve gotten by electing an unqualified Kenyan Klown
with no experience but who can pander and talk a good game.”
The Kenyan Klown was a carrier politician
Severed 7 years in the Illanoying Senate
3 years in the US Senate, before he was TOTUS
Just like hair gel perry & ms. hyphenated hutchinson a carrier politician
Tyranny = Poverty
Whether you choose hair/hyphens brand or the kenyan klown brand
Good Luck with that .................
I will stand with those who know this
Freedom = Prosperity
Debra Medina the next Governor of Texas
If anything, eliminating the property tax should be an issue of principle, since no one should have to rent their property from the government.
Tyranny = Poverty
Are you equating this slogan to the State of Texas.
She's a nurse.
TTT , Advocating Taking private property & giving it two foreign or US corps , Advocating young girls be forced to take Gardisil, Taking Texas citizens earnings & giving them to Countywide other Corps, Advocating the Congress act on TARP ................................... ?
What would you call it?
And A small biz owner
A three person medical billing company.
Yeah. Awesome. This qualifies her to do what?
But hey, not to worry, she can always ask her mentor Ron Paul for guidance, right?
You think nurses or small biz owners are stupid ?
Debra Medina was born in Beeville and raised on a South Texas farm.
Medina first got involved in politics in the early 1990s and served as chair of the Republican Party of Wharton County in Southeast Texas, as well as Texas coordinator of the Campaign for Liberty. In 2008, Medina took the Republican Party of Texas to court over violations in how the state convention was run.
Medina is a registered nurse, having graduated from San Antonio’s Baptist Memorial Hospital System School of Nursing in 1984. She later earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Management from Le Tourneau University. In 2002, she founded her own business, Prudentia Inc., which specializes in improving medical billing procedures.
Medina lives in Wharton County with her husband Noe. They have been married for 26 years, and have two children.
Prudentia Inc
Prudentia Inc is a private company categorized under Temporary Medical Services and located in Wharton, TX. It was established in 2002 and incorporated in Texas*. Current estimates show this company has an annual revenue of $1 to 2.5 million and employs a staff of approximately 5 to 9.
I never thought I'd see small business owners caricatured as unqualified for office on FR. I guess that's why we always seem to get nothing but career politicians, lawyers, and Ivy Leaguer eggheads running government policy.
Well Said GunRunner
I do not have a high opinion of nurses.
Medina is.
So, tell me: What do you think of Ron Paul?
Are you aware of her connection with him?
Do you think Bush blew up the World Trade Center?
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