Debra Medina has made fantastic strides in her run for governor of Texas, jumping from 4% in the Rasmussen poll in November to 12% in January. Compared with her opponents, she seems to be the most liberty-oriented candidate in the race. While Kay Bailey Hutchinson voted for the $700 billion bailout bill, Governor Rick Perry supports the NAFTA Superhighway, or Trans-Texas Corridor, which will no doubt utilize eminent domain to force people from their homes and businesses.  According to her website, Medina claims to be a major proponent of property rights, state sovereignty, cutting taxes and spending and ensuring an individual’s right to keep and bear arms.
But according to Hot Air, The Right Scoop and some others on the center-right, her campaign is now dead in the water. Why is that? Because she did not give a yes or no answer to Glenn Beck when he asked, “Are you a 9/11 truther?” Here was her response:
“I don’t have all the evidence there, Glenn,” Medina replied. “So 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’s some very good arguments and I think the American people have not seen all the evidence there so I’ve not taken a position there.”
He then asked if she would disavow people on her campaign team that held such a theory.
“I’m certainly not into mind control or thought policing people,” Medina said. “I don’t see us having a team of radical individuals, if you will.”
I personally do not believe the government is smart enough or capable enough to have pulled off what many of the so-called “truthers” claim they have. Although that’s not to say I’d put it past them. I also think the “truthers” tend to scare people away from the liberty movement and detract from important things we should be talking more about, such as the need for having much less government. But while Medina didn’t claim not to be a “9/11 truther”, she didn’t say she was one either. And while she may not be the perfect candidate, she is definitely the best candidate in the race for Governor of Texas, by far. Just take a look at her opposition.
Since the interview on Beck’s show this morning, she has since come out and tried to better explain herself:
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 question surprised me because it’s not relevant to this race or the issues facing Texans. This campaign has always been about private property rights and state sovereignty. It is focused on the issues facing Texans. It is not a vehicle for the 9-11 truth movement or any other group.
The real underlying question here, though, is whether or not people have the right to question our government. I think the fact that people are even asking questions on this level gets to the incredible distrust career politicians have fostered by so clearly taking their direction from special interests instead of the people, whether it’s Rick Perry and his HPV mandate or Kay Hutchison and voting for the bank bailout. It is absolutely the right and duty of a free people to question their government. Texas does not need another politician who tells you what you want to hear, then violates your liberties and steals your property anyway. I fully expect to be questioned and to be held accountable as Governor, and that’s the underlying issue here: should people be questioning their government. And the answer is yes, they should be.
Ok, so she may have made a blunder with her answer on Glenn Beck. But it seems to me that she was just trying to be honest, and she’s most likely not used to having to play politician. She should have just said “no”. But considering the fact that she represents the ideals of liberty more than her two opponents, should we really be so quick to write her off?
