by Debra Medina on Feb 11, 2010
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.
So, what do you think of this answer? B/c reading the Glenn Beck transcript sure made me think that maybe she hadn't decided one way or the other whether our government was involved. And now she puts this out as a definitive "no". Why didn't she just say "no" at the time?
ReplyDeleteAll of that being said, I could care less if she's a "9/11 truther" or not. Why does that matter if a person thinks the government may have been involved? I've not looked into this movement, so maybe there is more to it? Our government has done a lot of shady stuff over the past 40-50 years (and probably farther back than that) so honestly it wouldn't surprise me all that much if we WERE involved. But again, I don't see how someone's ideas on that issue affect the TX gubernatorial race.
And if she has some people working for her that are involved in this movement, that seems to matter even less.
Am I missing something here?
I'm pretty satisfied with the response. Why didn't she just say no?
ReplyDeleteWell, like I said I felt she sounded nervous from the beginning of the interview. I think she was very shocked by such an irrelevant question, didn't have a prepared response, and was afraid of offending some of her supporters....without remembering MOST of us aren't truthers. It happens to the best of us. I was prepared to "dump" her myself, but her press release seems satisfactory enough.
Without her, I have no candidate, and she still stands for everything I believe in.
Why does it matter? It does reflect on her Character if she WERE a truther, but to Beck it's a litmus test for "crazy". I wonder, does it matter anymore if someone believes there was more than one shooter at the Kennedy Assassination? Apples and apples I would think and LOTS of people doubt there was a loan gunman. It's just not RELEVANT in a campaign.