Did her people put out some flash or something? Seriously, we’re working, like 16 hours a day trying to save the Republic…and I have to put up with THIS? For a candidate with 16% support no less?!?!?!

Thanks to http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread542514/pg1 for this post

I have been a fan of Beck since I first heard him in 2002. This is just about pushing me over the edge with that program . . . which says a lot.

Just a little background . . . Texas has Governor Primaries on March 2, 2010. There are three candidates. Rick Perry (incumbent, been in office for nine years). Kay Bailey Hutchison (TX senator since 1993), and Debra Medina.

The latest poll is:

Perry – 39%

Hutchison – 28%

Medina – 24%.

Perry is a another Bush (even attended Bildeberger), and has the big corperations behind him. Hutchison has betrayed TX many times. Medina is pushing state rights, anti-gun control, anti-property taxes, etc. Grass roots movement, for the people.

Two months ago, Medina was at 4%. After the first debate, she jumped up to 12%. A week later, she was at 16%. After the second/final debate, she is at 24%. Her numbers is the only one that is rising. The others are falling. AND she has spent next to nothing!

Here is a good article:

Check out the debates. She knows her stuff, and does not mind speaking her mind. And she is for the people!

For crying out loud . . . Ron Paul endorsed Medina, and actively supports her.

Now for what has me riled at Glenn Beck . . .

The following is an email exchange from someone who emailed the GN program to try and get Medina an interview.

1st EMAIL I SENT TO PAY GRAY:

From: Jeff Neely [mailto:jdneely@sbcglobal.net]

Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 2:05 PM

To: Gray, Pat

Subject: Please Listen To Me

Debra Medina is the real deal. Please promote her as the best candidate for Texas Governor. She is a real American and what starts in Texas can change the country. At least call her and give her a chance. I didn’t give her the time of day, then I listened and was BLOWN away! She got my vote and my family is VERY closely tied to Hutchinson…

Come on – it is obvious Medina doesn’t have any “big money” talking in her ear. By that virtue alone she beats all the others out. Anyone that follows politics knows that money is what is ruining our country. Doesn’t it make sense to value someone with character? Bringing character back into our society is the only way we will survive.

Call me, quote me, whatever – just do what is right. Our country is being sold to whoever can put out the best advertising

… and money follows the candidates that are controllable.

Jeff Neely

Phone number was here

2nd EMAIL – RESPONSE FROM PAT GRAY

— On Wed, 2/3/10, Gray, Pat wrote:

From: Gray, Pat

Subject: RE: Please Listen To Me

To: “Jeff Neely”

Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2010, 7:57 PM

OK…this is SOOOO irritating. Who sicked Debra MEDINA ON ME?!?!?! Come ON! Why do I deserve this concerted campaign, Jeff? Don’t tell me this is spontaneous, because I KNOW it isn’t.

Did her people put out some flash or something? Seriously, we’re working, like 16 hours a day trying to save the Republic…and I have to put up with THIS? For a candidate with 16% support no less?!?!?!

WTF?

God. I am speechless.

Edit: Pardon my spelling errors. I am a bit peeved right now.

However, I am surprised at your tone in the interview with Debra.  It was as if you had predetermined that you would “trash” her.  In fact, you said you didn’t like her from the beginning.

I know her personally and I could tell she was nervous.  Being on your show is a real “coup” for those of us who have no money but are a grassroots movement.  I wish you had had the benefit of sitting down with her.

As for me, I have not thought about the controversy about 9-11 much myself.  And coming to the conclusion that 9-11 truthers are out to destroy this country is an erroneous one.  People must question government on all fronts.  It is practically impossible to know about and question every issue.  I would say that the issue (although it has been raised to a level of fervor in some circles) is not important enough to some people to do their own research and look into it.

It is a non-issue compared to exposing those who are trying to destroy our government.  9-11 truthers typically are not out to do that so again your conclusion was an erroneous one. uestioning leads to a healthy country.  And  just because you say that it is the leading issue in the country that people should question it and come to definitive a conclusion  does not may it so.

One of the reasons you are having to take such a stand now and tolerate the arrows being thrown at you is because you have had the audacity to question.  People in this country have been lazy for too long and have not questioned government at all.

And although the questions that some people ask (including 9-11) are to me ridiculous,  they have a right to focus on that if they want.  Other people focus on other things, like who is in the White House that are communists etc.

We have no history to show us that 9-11 leaders are out to destroy this country.  We have plenty of history to show us the evils of all of the “isms”

I am disappointed in you but we are all human and my disappointment in this interview does not negate my admiration for all that you are doing.

God bless,

Debra Medina will be a guest on the Glen Beck Radio Show on Thursday, February 11th at 10:00 AM central time.  Listen to Glen Beck on these Texas affiliates.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 9, 2010
INTERVIEWS: DEAN DEBNAM 888-621-6988 / 919-880-4888 (serious media
inquiries only please, other questions can be directed to Tom Jensen)
QUESTIONS ABOUT THE POLL: TOM JENSEN 919-744-6312
Medina becoming a factor in Texas
Raleigh, N.C. – Rick Perry continues to hold onto a double digit lead in the Republican
primary for Governor of Texas but the biggest story may be that Debra Medina is coming
on strong.
Perry is at 39% to 28% for Kay Bailey Hutchison and 24% for Medina. There are major
splits within the race along ideological lines. Perry is at 42% with conservatives, and
Medina is now outpolling Hutchison with them by a 25-23 margin. Hutchison cleans up
with moderates, leading Perry 49-29, but unfortunately for her prospects they account for
only 20% of GOP primary voters.
One finding in the poll helps sum up the mood in the country right now and may give a
clue as to why Hutchison is having so much trouble. Asked whether they trust Austin or
Washington politicians more to solve Texas’ problems, state level politicians win out by
a margin of 78-3.
There’s no doubt Medina is riding the wave of discontent with the political establishment.
She actually leads the race, 37-32 over Perry, with the third of primary voters who
disapprove of Washington politicians. With those who are happy she trails well behind at
17%.
“The big question for Debra Medina is whether there’s enough unhappy voters out there
for her to get into a runoff with Rick Perry,” said Dean Debnam, President of Public
Policy Polling. “That would rank up there with the results of the Massachusetts Senate
election as an early shocker in the 2010 political season.”
There is less drama on the Democratic side- Bill White leads Farouk Shami 49-19.
PPP surveyed 400 likely Democratic primary voters and 423 likely Republican primary
voters from February 4th to 7th. The margin of error for the Democratic survey is +/-
4.9% and for the Republicans it’s +/-4.8%. Other factors, such as refusal to be
interviewed and weighting, may introduce additional error that is more difficult to
quantify.
Complete results are attached and can be found at www.publicpolicypolling.com.

 First the “nullification rally” smelled of a Perry rally even before it occurred. 

After speaking with one of the organizers, I chose not to attend. However, Medina supporters were encouraged to attend and Debra even changed her schedule believing she would be allowed to speak.  When her supports realized they had been used, I am sure there was anger and frustration, that the  planners should have anticipated.  Not that this is an excuse for anyone to behave rudely, but we do not live  in a perfect world and sometime things get out of hand.  Even in negative blogs, I have not seen anyone accuse Mrs. Medina for conducting herself in an unlady like fashion.

Now for the gentleman with the pro-Medina sign at the pro-life rally.  I have asked several Medina supporters if they know this person.  So far, no one has.  He did not describe himself as a Medina supporter, but as a “lone wolf.”  Is it impossible that he was a plant to give Perry a perfect one liner about “loving one’s enemies.”  It seems enemies is a pretty strong term.  I am a Medina supporter and will not be voting for Mr. Perry.  I consider him an opponent in a heated political struggle…but I would not call him an enemy.  

 By this discussion  concerning the so called “rude” conduct of the Medina supporters, it seems there is a desire for Mrs. Medina to “control” her supporters.  I fear that  the very concept of freedom is lost even among people who call themselves “freedom lovers.”  Freedom is messy, it is not at all like regimented socialism that demands total obedience to ones leaders.  We seem to have forgotten freedom demands personal responsibility,  When there is behavior we do not like, instead of holding that person responsible, we have become very prone to placing the blame elsewhere, usually on society, not the individual.  (Ex. the student that guns down fellow students, we are told was bullied and felt he was an outsider…the solutions, anti-bullying education, which takes time away from the subject matter for which  children are being sent to school.) 

 To blame Debra for the conduct of another person is totally unjustified, unless you believe that Debra herself is encouraging rude behavior and anyone that would suggest that, is totally misinformed.

 So far as the incompetence of Debra’s campaign, that is a laugh.  This rag tag group of passionate, truly  freedom loving, mostly volunteers have done an outstanding job of drafting their own, unknown candidate and managing her campaign in such a way that the public and private news media now consider her a “rising star” and a “serious   candidate”  and have included her in their statewide debates. If we had had a 6 to 12 million dollar war chest, I am not sure there is some high priced professional political guru that we could have hired who could have accomplished this feat.  

 This has occurred because the message of Freedom was what our Founding Fathers were willing to die for and it is the same message for which our young men and women go into  battle for every day.  However, ordinary citizens know that the path we have been on for the last 30  or more years, from both parties, is not encouraging freedom, it is encouraging, total government control.  As a Medina supporter and someone who urged her to take on this challenge and personal sacrifice, I am sorry that everyone who supports Debra does not hold the same behavioral standards that I do, (some might wish that I held different standards) but that does not make their contribution to the cause of freedom any less valuable.  Perhaps if they see that their conduct is less effective than other conduct, then they themselves might modify their behavior. 

However, when they are attacked by people who simply disagree with them, they are probably more likely to attack back.  Two wrongs never make a right.  Also to blame Debra for their behavior accomplishes nothing and relieves them of their responsibility.  It makes on think that perhaps those criticizing really do not care about improving behavior, but are only interested in trying to smear or otherwise discredit Mrs. Medina.    

 It has recently been published that the Perry campaign has actually paid felons to assist in recruiting voter turn out.

Now while I do not in any way support the Perry campaign, I do not believe or accuse Perry of supporting or condoning such action.  I would only wish the Perry supporters were equally gracious toward Mrs. Medina.