She chose the wrong answer.

Beck: Do you believe the government was in any way involved with the bringing down of the world trade centers on 9/11?

Medina: I don't have all of the evidence there Glenn 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 of the evidence there so I'm not taking a position on that.

This is Miss Medina's response following the Beck interview:

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.

Regarding the response, I must agree with Ed Morrissey from Hot Air, "No, the question wasn’t whether people “have the right to question our government.” No one is locking up Truthers for asking foolish questions and spinning conspiracy theories." I doubt you will find anyone, especially on our side of the isle who believes that the people should not have the right to openly disagree with their government. But believing that they are responsible for the mass murder of 3000 citizens is an entirely different thing indeed.

Now I have a lot of things I could say about Debra Medina. I actually met and briefly interviewed her in person. As followers of this blog may be aware, I am involved with the Tea Party movement and many of us have been on the fence about Medina; some people quickly embraced her and others like myself have been more reluctant. I will tell you what I told them.

I met Debra following a Tea Party event that basically gave her a forum to speak followed by a Q&A session. I did like her, she shares most of my values but something about her just didn't sit right with me. She seemed not to want to take a position on illegal immigration and the tone of her speech had the flavor of what I like to call a "Ron Paul Republican."

Don't get me wrong, I support Ron Paul but he has denied allegations that the U.S. government had anything to do with 9/11. He is sympathetic to his supporters, many of whom are 9/11 truthers but he himself is not a 9/11 truther. So as for Paul let me just say that while I wouldn't support him for President, I am a staunch supporter of having him in Congress.

When I get the chance to speak to a politician I'll ask them one or two controversial questions to find out if they will give it to me straight or if they are going to play politics. If they dodge the questions I can be reasonably certain that most controversial topics will be dodged and that I'll have to be more creative to get my answers. I've found that while most politicians stick to the safe issues and usually only give canned answers, often the campaign crews they travel with are less prepared and will be more open and so if my questions are dodged I will try to speak with the campaign team. Debra answered my questions like a seasoned politician.

Alex Jones Interviewing Debra Medina

After speaking with some of Medina's people I was able to substantiate the fact that her strongest supporters come from the Ron Paul, 9/11 truther side of the Republican and Libertarian camps. Some of them were very active prior to the Obama administration and were strong critics of George W. Bush, the War on Terror and involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan. Furthermore, the de facto leader of the 9/11 truther movement and "New World Order" conspiracy pusher, Alex Jones, has endorsed Debra Medina as his candidate. Miss Medina apparently believed that Jones was credible enough to grant an interview to.

To my friends, I sum up the situation like this: The U.S. is in a recession, the Democrats are gobbling up freedoms and raising our taxes and in this world of instability and uncertainty I think we need tried and true leadership. I appreciate Medina and what she says but I didn't know who she was, she has no record, no experience and like Barack Obama only had a lot of flowery rhetoric to back her up. I don't think now is the time to experiment.

Now that her views have been exposed, I doubt Medina will have a snowball's chance in hell of winning the Republican primaries. I'm certainly an anti-government guy but believing that the U.S. government played any role in 9/11 is over-the-top to me. As far as I'm concerned its no different than believing in the global warming religion or in any other emotionally formed, baseless belief. The world isn't a dramatic soap opera and everyone isn't out to get you - even the Democrats. But there are serious issues at hand and we need a serious leader to deal with them.

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