Tea Party darling Debra Medina a 9/11 Truther?
Kudos to Glenn Beck for pursuing the question as boldly as he did, because this one is a bit of a shocker. Medina has been making noise in the polls suggesting that she could be a viable candidate in the Texas governor's race, but I surmise that this surge in the polls will be very short lived. Below is an interview with Glenn Beck, so listen for yourself.
The question poised by Beck should have been a softball and instead Medina flopped so badly I think she made Buckner look like a genius. There are two major problems with this particular revelation. First and foremost, why in the world does every single Constitutionalist carry so much tin-foil baggage with them? Ron Paul is constantly surrounded by Truthers and now we discover that Medina has not reached a conclusion herself, which is basically a resounding YES. Sure she is not submitting her name on petitions a la Van Jones, but with this tremendous flop of an answer, she might as well be. Secondly, the Tea Party is already faced with a fringe stigma as many Partiers refuse to let go of the Obama citizenship question, but now pile on the Truther disease and you have a movement that is destined to be ridiculed into obscurity.
This of course gets us back to the original question, what the hell is going on? Why can't people get together and passionately argue and discuss the merits of smaller government for economic, moral and personal reasons? Is it really that difficult to explain why an overreaching federal government is dangerous to our liberties and wallets? Is it that hard to demonstrate why entitlement programs fail, education should be privatized and health decisions should be made between citizens and doctors? No, apparently to make that point you need to insist Obama is a Kenyan and Bush organized 9/11 as if either can be pulled off by the gross incompentence swirling in Washington. If Birthers and Truthers are not expunged out of this movement and laughed back into the cave from which they emerged, you can kiss the Tea Party good bye.
The question poised by Beck should have been a softball and instead Medina flopped so badly I think she made Buckner look like a genius. There are two major problems with this particular revelation. First and foremost, why in the world does every single Constitutionalist carry so much tin-foil baggage with them? Ron Paul is constantly surrounded by Truthers and now we discover that Medina has not reached a conclusion herself, which is basically a resounding YES. Sure she is not submitting her name on petitions a la Van Jones, but with this tremendous flop of an answer, she might as well be. Secondly, the Tea Party is already faced with a fringe stigma as many Partiers refuse to let go of the Obama citizenship question, but now pile on the Truther disease and you have a movement that is destined to be ridiculed into obscurity.
This of course gets us back to the original question, what the hell is going on? Why can't people get together and passionately argue and discuss the merits of smaller government for economic, moral and personal reasons? Is it really that difficult to explain why an overreaching federal government is dangerous to our liberties and wallets? Is it that hard to demonstrate why entitlement programs fail, education should be privatized and health decisions should be made between citizens and doctors? No, apparently to make that point you need to insist Obama is a Kenyan and Bush organized 9/11 as if either can be pulled off by the gross incompentence swirling in Washington. If Birthers and Truthers are not expunged out of this movement and laughed back into the cave from which they emerged, you can kiss the Tea Party good bye.
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