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Texas Observer 2/11/10
The Medina Flap: Paul Burka French Kisses Glenn Beck

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The more interesting thing, to me, has been the swift and shocked response from the conservative establishment — led, as usual, by Paul Burka, the Texas Monthly blogger, who dashed off a post headlined, "Medina self-destructs on Glen Beck radio show," his fingers flying so fast that he didn't take the time to spell Beck's first name correctly.

Why did Medina's silly answer about something that has nothing to do with governing Texas mean that she had "self-destructed"? Burka didn't explain (fingers, again, perhaps flying too fast). The things Medina very clearly stands for — nullification and eliminating property taxes, to name two biggies — are sufficiently radical that you wouldn't think her supporters would be especially put off by the fact that she wouldn't take a definitive position on "trutherism."

As usual, one of Burka's commenters made more sense than the man himself: "Anonymous" wrote, "Seriously – how is flirting with 911 truthers considered 'self destructive' when Medina and Perry are openly embracing secessionists, separatists, and people who threaten violence because of their fringe views? Who is deciding what is acceptable and what isn’t? 911 truthers just litter internet message boards with their garbage. There are actual people bringing guns to rallies and presidential speeches and calling for secession. Why isn’t that self destructive?"