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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy not let Texas secede, if they want to? Then Jeb couldn't run for President. nt
hlthe2b
(102,379 posts)I believe he is from FL.
raccoon
(31,126 posts)born. Not sure how that would work.
sofa king
(10,857 posts)Or George Romney's Mexican birth. There is no real rule of law in the United States; it's all about the muscle you bring to the fight. There will always be a Bush in politics until their dastardly past is fully exposed and publicly acknowledged... which won't happen because they can bring more muscle to the fight.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,752 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)They want to...
cali
(114,904 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,988 posts)Plus, they don't get to, regardless if a majority wanted too anyway. This country has already fought a war to put an end to that sort of thing.
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)If the majority (or perhaps supermajority) of a state's voters supported a secession referendum, I very much doubt that there would be much support of going to war to force them to remain. Very, very different times...
Paladin
(28,276 posts)How many have signed that stupid petition? 100,000? 200,000? That, versus 3,300,000 Texans who voted for Obama recently, myself included, with socioeconomic trends clearly indicating a good future for Democrats in the state. Try restricting your wishful thinking to pro-gun sentiments.....
This "let them go" crap gets very tiresome. Texas is on the verge of being a solid blue state. Yes, it is a loony bin at the moment, but it isn't going to last, even with all the effing gerrymandering. If everyone (on the national party level) would quit writing us off it would happen even faster, IMHO.
Paladin
(28,276 posts)Particularly as to the national party: they seem happy with us forking over our money, while writing us off, otherwise. And as for our resident DU Texas Haters, who are so eager for our state to leave, thus reducing millions of Texas Democrats to political refugee status: fuck 'em. And the horse they rode in on......
renie408
(9,854 posts)Paladin
(28,276 posts)But we've got that dipshit Perry as a governor, so we come in for plenty of abuse. As if we all voted for the jerk....
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Despite your silly attempt to read into my post things that were (obviously) not there, all I was asserting was that any contemporary effort to secede that was supported by a state's majority would be unlikely to be opposed by force. That's all. Nothing about whether or not such a majority exists in Texas (I couldn't care less: I don't live there, don't expect to visit).
R.I.F.
Paladin
(28,276 posts)(Sarcasm alert, because I have a feeling it will be needed.)
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)Oh, you mean that take on your state that doesn't exist in any of my posts...?
Thanks for wasting my time.
madokie
(51,076 posts)the bush name is pretty much mud now.
LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,469 posts)Kennebunkport is their summer retreat. Jeb was born in winter, in Texas.
brooklynite
(94,745 posts)sadbear
(4,340 posts)He'll have to run from his brother, but I don't think he would ever get far away enough to win.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)Make7
(8,543 posts)blogslut
(38,018 posts)WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)Buns_of_Fire
(17,197 posts)1) Those folks who wish to secede may do so at any time they wish, and the rest of the country will, I'm sure, wish them well and Godspeed. HOWEVER;
2) Other than the dust on their shoes, they may not take any American land with them.
I believe this approach was summarized in the '60s and '70s by the uber-patriot expression "Love It or Leave It." Since I'm sure they're no less patriotic now, there's surely no reason for them to disagree.
Johnny2X2X
(19,118 posts)I doubt any poll shows that the majority of Texans want to secede. It's just a few loons. Maybe they could all move to the desert.
WolverineDG
(22,298 posts)Sorry, you're bored, but seriously, this shit again? This is getting to be so predictable. Not much going on in the news, so hey, let's have another Texas secession OP!
So creative.