tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15025768.post8516120666649794421..comments2023-10-06T08:44:08.452-04:00Comments on Blue Ohio Blog: Seriously Rick Perry?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15025768.post-8793538770539273112009-04-16T15:16:00.000-04:002009-04-16T15:16:00.000-04:00I'm not sure what the mechanics of secession would...I'm not sure what the mechanics of secession would be. There are many weighty questions there. But if a duly elected state legislature vote for secession, it's my belief that they have the right to leave the union. And, yes, it's my view that the southern states had the right to secede. Don't take that to mean I'm in favor of slavery, or am racist, because I'm not.<br /><br />Perry is not being treasonous, and neither were those the GOP targeted with the accusation. The "Mom! He did it first!" defense is unbecoming of both sides.<br /><br />There's no doubt that the secessionist movement in Texas is largely a neocon phenomena, one that I don't support. But I think you and others on the left are underestimating another movement that is potentially in the works. I'll be the first to point out that the conservative right has co-opted in some part the "tea parties", and a big part of the draw was the anti-Obama factor. Ironic in that they've been more than willing to put the country in hock for war. But if a small-government mindset takes hold in the civil-libertarian leaning 18-30 year old demographic, the old guard in both parties could be in for some grief.Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551018345311177746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15025768.post-44921117475366417392009-04-16T13:09:00.000-04:002009-04-16T13:09:00.000-04:00No, I'm saying exactly what I said, that a majorit...No, I'm saying exactly what I said, that a majority of Americans voted for change on November 4, 2008. We've already fought one civil war over the idea of secession, we don't need another. <br /><br />I do in fact see lots of change, but there have been a couple cases where I've been disappointed as you have pointed out. <br /><br />I'm saying Rick Perry's comments kinda sound like treason. Remember when the GOP tossed that term around?Nick Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11887018571874451388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15025768.post-33798785429477964452009-04-16T11:41:00.000-04:002009-04-16T11:41:00.000-04:00"They’re doing exactly what the majority of Americ...<I>"They’re doing exactly what the majority of Americans asked them to do on November 4, 2008"</I>So you're saying if a majority of <B>Texans</B> chose secession, they could?<br /><br />And Nick, you've been relatively silent on Obama policies, focusing mostly on politics. But in at least one case you opined that you were not seeing the change you wanted. I don't see very much reversing of <I>the disastrous policies of George W. Bush</I>, do you? In fact, Obama looks like he could outdo Bush on deficit spending, domestic surveillance, and illegal detainment. Bush III?<br /><br />And handcuffs? I'm going to assume that was hyperbole. You don't really think Rick Perry should be silenced, right?Tudorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13551018345311177746noreply@blogger.com