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In reply to the discussion: DUers from TX, exactly how popular is this secessionist movement(? ) there? [View all]AgainsttheCrown
(165 posts)*A majority of Texas voters re-elected Rick Perry after he dodged debating a pretty damn good candidate. In fact I recall Bill White technically being endorsed by the Midland Reporter Telegram in their endorsement of Rick Perry (because he's on Team R).
*I had these discussions a few years ago and I had a looooooong argument with two co-workers about secession about a week after this last election.
*And I've seen a few of the secede bumper stickers on co-worker's personal vehicles. (I'm a cop)
So my thinking is that if a majority can repeatedly elect a dumbass by a healthy margin anything is possible.
And if people in a profession such as policing, in which the professionals are supposedly impartial arbiters of facts (yes I know ) , can arrive at the conclusion that we should secede..then I think it's certainly a possibility and not that far out of the mainstream. I really think they just need a charismatic leader to give them a shove in that direction.