Texas Secession

Other Thinks Rick Perry Finds 'Almost Treasonous'

Posted 10.18.2011

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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...

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Rick Perry's Birther/Oath of Office Problem

Carl Pope | Posted 10.16.2011

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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.

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GOP Hits Perry Wrinkle in Quest for White House

Karl Frisch | Posted 10.11.2011

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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?

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Texas Nationalist Group Rallies For Secession

The Associated Press | Sommer Ingram | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 ...

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Texas State Lawmaker Sponsors Secession Rally

Mother Jones | Tim Murphy | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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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

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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...

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Texas Governor Perry: I Don't Advocate Secession

Austin American-Statesman | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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

Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Palin and Perry Skirt Secession

Matt Sledge | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Letting Texas Secede

Robbie Gennet | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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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 ...

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Secession Favored By Half Of Texas Republicans: Poll

Daily Kos | Posted 05.25.2011

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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. ...

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Secession Politics

Mike Lux | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Texas Secession: Perry Says Not Yet

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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State Department Lists Texas As A Foreign Country

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 05.25.2011

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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,...

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The Conservatives' Dangerous Game of Hate and Consequences

John Ridley | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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Texas Secession Poll: 75% Of Texans Say No

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Texas SECESSION? 75% Of Texans Say NO

Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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

The Huffington Post | Rachel Weiner | Posted 05.25.2011

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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 ...

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Perry Secession Talk Anti-American, Democrats Say

AP | KELLEY SHANNON | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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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...

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Gov. Rick Perry: Texas Could Secede, Leave Union

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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

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Rick Perry Should Stop Embarrassing Texas

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 05.25.2011

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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.

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