Texas Secession

Other Thinks Rick Perry Finds 'Almost Treasonous'

Posted 10.18.2011

If there's one concept that Texas Governor Rick Perry is familiar with, it's treason. On the same day the GOP presidential hopeful said that Presi...

Rick Perry's Birther/Oath of Office Problem

Carl Pope | Posted 10.16.2011

Carl Pope

Yes, Perry made his secessionist comments as part of a campaign to defeat Kay Bailey Hutchison in his re-election campaign. And he beat her. But that doesn't make these comments less dangerous. It makes them even more so.

GOP Hits Perry Wrinkle in Quest for White House

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.11.2011

Karl Frisch

What will tea party voters think when someone points out that Rick Perry was elected not once but three times as a Democrat, voted for what remains today the largest tax increase in modern Texas history, and even served as state chairman of Al Gore's first run for president?

Texas Nationalist Group Rallies For Secession

The Associated Press | Sommer Ingram | Posted 05.25.2011

The Texas Nationalist Movement marked Texas Independence Day with a rally on Saturday at the Capitol urging Texans to save the state by seceding from ...

Texas State Lawmaker Sponsors Secession Rally

Mother Jones | Tim Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

If you can't make it to SXSW, here's the next best thing: The Texas Nationalist Movement, which is exactly what it sounds like, will be holding a rall...

Chris Matthews Slams Gov. Rick Perry For Secessionist Group Involvement: "Ignorance Of These People Is Unbelievable" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Nicholas Graham | Posted 05.25.2011

Despite the ridicule Texas Governor Rick Perry received when he suggested during a 'tea party' protest that Texas could secede from the Union if it wa...

Texas Governor Perry: I Don't Advocate Secession

Austin American-Statesman | Posted 05.25.2011

About a month ago, I stood with a bipartisan group of Texas legislators to speak in support of a resolution honoring the 10th Amendment to the U.S. Co...

Rick Perry, After Raising Secession, Calls For Fed Help With Swine Flu [UPDATED]

Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE 4/27: The Dallas Morning News has a long report on a similar theme: despite his anti-Washington rhetoric, Gov. Rick Perry has raised major amou...

Palin and Perry Skirt Secession

Matt Sledge | Posted 05.25.2011

Matt Sledge

The Tenth Amendment resolutions have been promoted by the Council of Conservative Citizens, the racist successor organization to the White Citizens' Councils of the 1950s.

Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011

Robbie Gennet

Governor Rick Perry of Texas brought up the specter of Secession recently and upon polling, a fair amount of Texans and other Americans seem to think Texas seceding from the US would be a good idea.

Houston, We Have A Solution: Let Texas Secede (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

At a "tax day tea party" last week, Governor Rick Perry fired up the crowd by yelling "secede." He said that the federal government had abandoned the ...

Secession Favored By Half Of Texas Republicans: Poll

Daily Kos | Posted 05.25.2011

With numbers like these, it's obvious why Texas Gov. Rick Perry is talking secession in the runup to what will be a tough primary battle against Sen. ...

Secession Politics

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

Mike Lux

When Gov. Perry of Texas, or the Palins of Alaska associate themselves with something as crazy sounding as secession, don't be surprised: it really is what they believe.

Sam Stein

Ron Paul Defends Secession: "Very Much American" (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Texas Governor Rick Perry may be on the receiving end of some political mockery for his recent endorsement of his home state's right to secede from th...

Texas Secession: Perry Says Not Yet

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

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 ask...

Arthur Delaney

State Department Lists Texas As A Foreign Country

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

Texas Governor Rick Perry suggested after a tax day tea party rally that his state might consider seceding from the union. "We've got a great union,...

The Conservatives' Dangerous Game of Hate and Consequences

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011

John Ridley

Empty of better ideas -- of any ideas -- of how to remain relevant, the reactionary wing of the conservative movement has chosen to quit faking respectability and get back to doing what they do best: cranking up the hate to eleven.

Texas Secession Poll: 75% Of Texans Say No

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

A new poll out Friday shows that, should Texas Gov. Rick Perry decide the time is right for his state to secede, he might not have much support. Seven...

Texas SECESSION? 75% Of Texans Say NO

Posted 05.25.2011

A new poll out Friday shows that, should Texas Gov. Rick Perry decide the time is right for his state to secede, he might not have much support. Seven...

Rick Perry Secession Remarks Echo Convicted Separatist Leader: Olbermann Guest (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

At a Texas Tea Party Thursday, Gov. Rick Perry raised eyebrows by suggesting his state could secede from the union. On Countdown with Keith Olbermann ...

Perry Secession Talk Anti-American, Democrats Say

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 05.25.2011

AUSTIN, Texas — In a state that once was its own nation, a Republican governor who talked about secession without completely dismissing the idea...

Jason Linkins

Glenn Beck: Secession Or Suicide (VIDEO)

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Yesterday, I couldn't help but feel cheated that the doom-rooming, gasoline-pouring, fake-sobbing, out-freaking Glenn Beck went all the way to the Ala...

Gov. Rick Perry: Texas Could Secede, Leave Union

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

HuffPost has comprehensive coverage of the Tax Day Tea Party protests. Click here for the latest photos and video. AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick...

Rick Perry Should Stop Embarrassing Texas

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.25.2011

Joe Cutbirth

Partisanship and political philosophy aside, I can think of few things more irresponsible in this economy than the governor of Texas speaking freely about secession.