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DeLay Defends Perry On Secession Call (video)
more at msnbc.comFormer House Speaker Tom DeLay (R-TX) on MSNBC's Hardball with Chris Matthews, April 16, 2009
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Perry Says He Never Called For Secession (w/ full transcript)
Perry Says He Never Called For Secession (w/ full transcript)
beloblog.com — Governor Rick Perry, who's enjoying being a darling of the tea party movement, signed the first bill... of the 2009 legislative session into law this afternoon. But all the reporters wanted to talk about is the flurry of attention he's... (more) Perry Says He Never Called For Secession (w/ full ...
Texas governor says secession possible
politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com — Perry didn't rule out Texas may one day secede from the nation. (CNN) — Texas Gov. Rick... Perry isn't ruling out the possibility his state may one day secede from the nation. Speaking to an energetic and angry tea party crowd in Austin ... (more) Texas governor says secession possible
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DeLay: Sure! We Can Secede. And The Senate Will Do All The Work
TPM Election Central — Disgraced Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews earlier today and offered his full support to the idea, first proposed by Texas Governor Rick Perry, that Texas might secede from the United States. Watch: Texas was a republic. It joined the Union by treaty. There's a process in the treaty by which Texas could divide into five states. If we invoke that, and the last time it was voted on was 1985, the United States Senate would kick us out and nullify the treaty because they're not going to allow 10 new Texas senators into the Senate. That's how you ...

Tom DeLay On Texas Secession--More Bull Than Gov Perry Ever DREAMED Of
Open Left - Front Page — Some Texas Democrats are perfectly clear on the matter: At the Texas Capitol on Thursday, Rep. Jim Dunnam of Waco, joined by several fellow Texas House Democrats, said some people associate talk of secession with racial division and the Civil War and that Perry should disavow any notion of seceding. "Talk of secession is an attack on our country. It can be nothing else. It is the ultimate anti-American statement," Dunnam said at a news conference. The Democrats are proposing a House resolution expressing "complete and total disagreement with any fringe element advocating the 'secession' of Texas or any other state from our one ...

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thinkprogress.org 4/18/2009 — Yesterday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) raised the specter of his state seceding from the union “if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people.” Today on MSNBC, former House Majority Leader Tom Delay offered a staunch ...
Rick Perry: 'I Have Never Advocated For Secession And Never Will'
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 5/18/2009 — Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) has written an op-ed for the Austin American-Statesman , strongly denying that his stand in favor of states' rights meant he was in any way advocating secession: I can't say I was surprised that critics recast my defense of ...
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DeLay: Sure! We Can Secede. And The Senate Will Do All The Work
tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com 4/18/2009 — Disgraced Former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay appeared on Hardball with Chris Matthews earlier today and offered his full support to the idea, first proposed by Texas Governor Rick Perry, that Texas might secede from the United States. Watch:  ...