Hell Hath No Fury

Like a Troofer scorned. Debra Medina, who was surging in the GOP primary for Texas governor until she flunked her 9-11 Truthiness test on the Glenn Beck program, is now distancing herself from the kooks and as a result the bleeding has stopped (Rasmussen shows her with 16% of the vote, down from 24% before the Beck appearance). But the Trooftards are mighty pissed that she's thrown them under the bus.

Is Sarah Palin a Truther?

Alex Jones is pushing this video which claims she is:



Note that most of the video is old gravel-voice exhorting the troops to spread this far and wide; the actual scene with Mrs Palin doesn't come until about 9:30 into the video.

My take? Palin doesn't cover herself in glory by any means. On the other hand, the way the question is posed makes it awkward: "Do you support the victims, family members and first responders of 9-11 that are calling for a new investigation?" You could argue that she's answering the first part of the question more than the second part, except that when she elaborates on the "never again" issue it does sound more like she's talking about a new investigation. I give her a barely passing grade simply because the type of "new investigation" isn't spelled out. Call it a C-.

Note in particular that despite Jones' efforts to blur the line, this hardly forgives Debra Medina, or makes Palin more of a Truther than Medina. Remember, the question that Medina was asked was:

"Do you believe the government was in any way involved in the bringing down of the World Trade Centers on 9/11?"

And the answer she gave was:

"I think some very good questions have been raised in that regard. There are some very good arguments, and I think the American people have not seen all of the evidence there, so I have not taken a position on that."

There's no comparison between Medina and Palin. Palin gave a poorly considered answer. Medina gave a crackpot one.

Debra Medina: 9-11 Troofer for Texas Governor?

Medina claims here:

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.

But this is plainly a dodge. She was not asked if Muslim terrorists flew planes into the buildings, she was asked about whether the government was involved in any way in bringing down the World Trade Center, and she did the Troofer dance about how there are a lot of legitimate questions.

More discussion here:

Oh well, I think she’s done. There’s no coming back from a blunder like this.

Ed Morrissey agrees:

If Medina believes that, then she hasn’t paid attention to the answers that have long been in the public domain. If she doesn’t, then she’s terribly inept at handling media interviews. Either way, Medina’s responsible for her answers and their implications, not Glenn Beck or anyone else. Any candidate who thinks that a nutcase conspiracy theory about the US government destroying the WTC is within the realm of reasonable speculation is a candidate that richly deserves the obscurity she will shortly enter.

She's got the Alex Jones endorsement:


Hat tip to restey9690 and NWO is bunk in the comments on the last post.