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huffingtonpost.com - 4/17/2009
Texas Secession Poll: 75% Of Texans Say No
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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. Seventy-five percent of Texans would like to stay in the union, according to Rasmussen . However, a sizable minority would be with him: 18% would vote ...
huffingtonpost.com - 4/15/2009
Gov. Rick Perry: Texas Could Secede, Leave Union
— huffingtonpost.com — AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas Gov. Rick Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance... against the federal government and for states' rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, "Secede!" An animated Perry told the crowd at ... (more) Gov. Rick Perry: Texas Could Secede, Leave Union

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rasmussenreports.com - 4/17/2009
In Texas, 31% Say State Has Right to Secede From U.S., But 75% Opt To Stay
— rasmussenreports.com — Thirty-one percent (31%) of Texas voters say that their state has the right to secede from the... United States and form an independent country. However, the latest Rasmussen Reports poll in the state finds that if the matter was put to a vote, it ... (more) In Texas, 31% Say State Has Right to Secede From U.S., ...

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Gov. Rick Perry: Texas might have to secede.
thinkprogress.org - 4/16/2009
Gov. Rick Perry: Texas might have to secede.
— thinkprogress.org — Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) was one of the dozens of Republican lawmakers who are addressing the anti-Obama... tea parties today. He told the crowd he didn’t believe they were all “right-wing extremists,” as others had sought to portray ... (more) Gov. Rick Perry: Texas might have to secede.

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Oliver Willis:  Texas Secession? The Idiot Percentage Holds Up

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Texas Secession? The Idiot Percentage Holds Up
Oliver Willis — ... While 75% of Texans realize that secession, as discussed by their governor, is a nutty insane crazy idea… 18% of Texans don’t. So even at a state level the wingnut percentage remains more or less constant. We need help. ...

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Let the F*cking Texans Secede Already
librarygrape.com 4/15/2009 — Steve Benen does a great job smacking down the latest secessionist nonsense coming out of Texas Governor Rick Perry . There's Perry's rhetoric ... " I believe the federal government has become oppressive. It's become oppressive in its size, its intrusion in the lives of its citizens, and its ...
Most Texans Want to Stay
politicalwire.com 4/17/2009 — Though Gov. Rick Perry (R) insists Texans are talking about secession in response to federal tax policy, a new Rasmussen Reports poll finds that 75% of Lone Star State voters would opt to remain in the United States. Only 18% would vote to secede, and ...
75% of Texans would vote to stay in USA — PoliGazette
Thank you Rasmussen: Thirty-one percent (31%) of Texas voters say that their state has the right to secede from the United States and form an independent country. However, the latest Rasmussen Reports poll in the state finds that if the matter was put to a vote, it wouldn’t even be ...
Cost Conscious — Talking Points Memo
With the apparent desire of some Texans to secede from the United States, one cost conscious eBayer has taken it upon themselves to place the state on the auction block and sell it off to the highest bidder as a way of defraying the cost of the bank bailout and possibly some portion of the ...
Texas SECESSION? 75% Of Texans Say NO — Politics on HuffingtonPost.com
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. Seventy-five percent of Texans would like to stay in the union, according to Rasmussen . However, a sizable minority would be with him: 18% would vote ...
Political frustration and concern trolls — The Next Right
This kind of story is tiresome. The Drudge Report banner headline on Friday morning reads, " Poll: 75% of Texans would vote to stay in USA. "  What's troubling is not that 75 percent of those polled by Rasmussen Reports would vote to remain in the United States; what's ...
Poll: majority of Texans say 'don't mess with the US' — WTF Is It Now?!?
On the heels of Alamo 2: the Insult , a new Rasmussen poll finds that 75% of Texas voters would opt to remain in the United States. Only 18% would vote to secede, and seven percent (7%) were so totally embarrassed by the stupidity of the whole thing they refused to dignify the poll with a vote.
Poll: Three quarters of Texans don't want to secede — News
A strong majority of Texas voters do not want the Lone Star State to secede from the union, according to a Rasmussen poll released Friday. Three quarters of respondents in the survey said Texas should remain part of the United States. Less than two in ten said they would vote to secede. The poll ...
Poll: 31% Of Texans Say State Has Right To Secede -- 18% Would Vote In Favor Of Doing It — TPM Election Central
Here's some good news (kind of) for the cause of Constitutional Unionism: According to a new Rasmussen poll , only 31% of likely voters in Texas think the state has the right to secede. When asked the question, "Do individual states have the right to leave the United States and form an ...
PERRY SUGGESTS TEXAS SECESSION; SPECTER LOSING SUPPORT; BURRIS RAISES JUST $845 IN 1Q; GOP CANDIDATES JUMP INTO CO US SEN, AZ GOV AND NM GOV RACES. — Politics1
TEXAS. Governor Rick Perry (R) thinks many Texans may want to see the state eventually secede from the union. "There's a lot of different scenarios," Perry said. "We've got a great union. There's absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American ...
Secession — TalkLeft
The Family Guy rules our world. Inspired by Petoria, Texas Governor Rick Perry threatens secession: [A]nswering news reporters' questions, Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do ...
Texas Governor Threatens to Secede — Drudge Retort
Texans are fed up with federal tax policies, and might get so fed up that they decide they want to secede from the union, Gov. Rick Perry told reporters today after he attended an anti-tax tea party rally in Austin. "Texas is a unique place," he said. "When we came into the union in 1845, one of ...
Wait, We’ll Help You Pack! — I Am TRex
Texas governor Rick Perry is not taking secession off the table : Perry called his supporters patriots. Later, answering news reporters’ questions, Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas ...
Redefining Unbelievable — Comments from Left Field
Texas Governor Rick Perry, after he addressed a tea party protest: Perry told reporters following his speech that Texans might get so frustrated with the government they would want to secede from the union . “There’s absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington ...
Rick Perry Stirs Up The Secessionists — Swampland
As it happens, I'm headed back to my home state this weekend. Maybe I should pack my passport. This from the Governor today: Perry called his supporters patriots. Later, answering news reporters' questions, Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede ...