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In reply to the discussion: DUers from TX, exactly how popular is this secessionist movement(? ) there? [View all]Paladin
(28,246 posts)5. I Don't Think There's Much To It.
And I say that as a life-long Texan with a good number of conservative friends (sorry folks, I don't administer purity tests, unless somebody's really gotten obnoxious). There doesn't seem to be be anything in the way of organized efforts to make it happen---no public rallies, no angry emails, no newspaper call-to-arms announcements, no politicos making demands, nothing. Every once in a while I see a faded "Secede!" bumper sticker on a pickup, and that's about it.
Keep in mind that 3.3 million Texans cast votes for Obama, and Obama prevailed in most of the big cities: Houston, Dallas, Austin, San Antonio. And state demographics really are trending away from the lilly-white Republican power structure we've been burdened with for so long. I remain hopeful for the future.
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DUers from TX, exactly how popular is this secessionist movement(? ) there? [View all]
Skidmore
Jan 2013
OP
Oh it's fucking everywhere...the checkers at Krogers have pins calling to secede
snooper2
Jan 2013
#8
And The 3.3 Million Texans Who Just Voted For Obama Can Just Go Fuck Themselves, Right?
Paladin
Jan 2013
#30
From what I understand (relatives in Texas), it's as popular there as it is in Vermont.
hughee99
Jan 2013
#16
may i suggest we put them on the nra list of folks too crazy to own a gun?????
dembotoz
Jan 2013
#43
I'm in Houston and I never hear any talk of it - not even in the Letters to the Editor.
Richardo
Jan 2013
#53