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Leftwingers took Texas Governor Rick Perry's words out of context in an attempt to blacken the eye of Tax Day Tea Party goers. Of course, we fought a war over whether states had the right to leave the Union, and the Union won. Despite what the Federalist Papers imply about the subject (which is that the Union is and should be voluntary), secession is what the Civil War was about.
What Chris Matthews and others seem unwilling to discuss about Rick Perry's comments is that there is frustration that the "representatives" in Washington are not actually listening to their constituencies when it comes to taxes and spending. There were thousands of telephone calls during the Porkapalooza debate from people who didn't want it, yet Democrats--and a handful of sorta Republicans--decided that they weren't going to listen to the People and vote for it anyway. If that arrogance isn't enough to get the secession talk going, I don't know what is.
And remember,
When Bush Was President, Secession Talk Was Cool.
H/T: Lone Star Times.
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