Texas Secession: Perry Says Not Yet

Talking Points Memo:

A few minutes ago, I spoke with Catherine Frazier, spokeswoman for Texas Gov. Rick Perry. Noting that Perry hadn't spoken of imminent secession, I asked her what sort of scenario the governor envisioned when he spoke at the Austin Tea Party, and what the legal ramifications of such a move would be. She sought to assure me that Perry does not want Texas to secede, and directed me to this blog post.

This is interesting that this has really kind of bubbled up, to uh... I refer people back to my statement, and I gotta a charge out of it. I was kinda thinking that, maybe the same people who hadn't been reading the constitution right were reading that article and they got the wrong impression about what I said.

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Comments

[Navy VET EOD]

To those of you in Texas who are embarrassed by your Governor and his Bachman/Palin-like seditionist comments, please do something to become a majority down there and get rid of these people (e.g. Texans like Perry, DeLay, Armee, Bush, Rove, et al).

Please give us more Willie Nelsons, Ann Richardses and Rene Zellwegers...YOW!

[Lam56]

The guv is rather inarticulate, to say the least. I don't think he knows what the hell he is trying to say from one minute to the next.

[Navy VET EOD]

Sounds like his counterpart from Alaska, no?

[MzTexas]

The people of Haskell County, Perry's home county, are thinking of putting up a fence around it to keep Perry out when he loses in 2010. He's not very popular around here.

I think all of the product he uses in his hair has started to seep into the brain cells.

[ChimesOfFreedom]

As a native Texan, let me say this: buh-bye! See ya, Ricky! Don't let the screen door hit you in the ass on your way out. Good luck with the new border thing. We'll be building a 15 foot wall on the north side of the Red River.