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A Republican official in Texas called for his state to separate from the United States and the maggots who reelected President Barack Obama in a newsletter he sent out this week. Peter Morrison, who serves as treasurer of the Hardin County Republican Party, wrote in his post-election newsletter that there was a clear solution to the problem of Obamas re-election.
We must contest every single inch of ground and delay the baby-murdering, tax-raising socialists at every opportunity, Morrison wrote. But in due time, the maggots will have eaten every morsel of flesh off of the rotting corpse of the Republic, and therein lies our opportunity.
Texas was once its own country, and many Texans already think in nationalist terms about their state. We need to do everything possible to encourage a long-term shift in thinking on this issue. Why should Vermont and Texas live under the same government? Let each go her own way in peace, sign a free trade agreement among the states and we can avoid this gut-wrenching spectacle every four years, he wrote.
The contents of the letter were first reported by the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.
Morrison also wrote that many members of minority groups are simply racist against the party most white people happen to vote for. He singled out Asian Americans, who he said should be Republican as they earn more money and pay more in taxes than white Americans.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2012/11/peter_morrison_texas_leave_us_obama.php?ref=fpnewsfeed
Boy Texas has some real winners.
KelleyD
(277 posts)What are you seceding to Mexico...As far as I'm concerned...go ahead!
rcmojo66
(1 post)3.2 million votes. All of you in the "good riddance" camp, stop and think about that. There is more Obama love in Texas than many of your states combined.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Get your own military, money, streets, schools, banks, and pay taxes on imports from other states, passports, and government. I hope they do all that, and Mexico invades and takes it back.
Oh and they MUST be tattooed as a GOP Texan so they can't crawl back when Mexico invades.
Jeff In Milwaukee
(13,992 posts)I hear Australia is nice...
bayareamike
(602 posts)Don't send him to Australia. I love it down under -- wonderful country!
BeyondGeography
(39,382 posts)Dubster
(427 posts)earthside
(6,960 posts)... give statehood to Puerto Rico and we won't even have to change the flag.
I would like to see the Texans reimburse the United States for all the infrastructure we've built for them ... and for moving Johnson Space Center and for the military installations the U.S. has there.
Other than that ... 'Bye Y'all!'
anamnua
(1,119 posts)Wasn't that tried back in 1861?
barbiegeek
(1,140 posts)MassedPole
(242 posts)USA is better without Texas.
Cut texas and let Puerto Rico Join the Union. Still have 50 states.
thelordofhell
(4,569 posts)Bye Bye Texas!!!! And don't come crawling back to us when Mexico invades you!!
aletier_v
(1,773 posts)ungrateful bastards, even after we saved them from the Emperor.
patricia92243
(12,601 posts)tarheelsunc
(2,117 posts)aletier_v
(1,773 posts)DJWBlue
(33 posts)beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)and find a country to his liking like somalia...
titaniumsalute
(4,742 posts)We'll see how tough they are.
courseofhistory
(801 posts)RosedaleGuy
(89 posts)Not. Another America hating democracy hating conservative.
Ilsa
(61,698 posts)place with low taxes like Pakistan!
NYC Liberal
(20,136 posts)JRLeft
(7,010 posts)to beat to boot the right wingers.
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)Please, please, please leave us - but forget about "free trade" pardner. That dog don't hunt.
RomneyLies
(3,333 posts)They cannot have them.
If they dare attempt to leave, it's bloody war.
Can o Beans
(338 posts)Who do we call to sign the papers?
democrattotheend
(11,607 posts)I would not complain about having 32 fewer Republican electoral votes and getting rid of the Texas Congressional delegation. Granted, I think Texas will become a swing state in ten years, but in the meantime, I would be happy to be rid of them.
OldDem2012
(3,526 posts)EmilyAnne
(2,769 posts)That is a higher percentage than Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, N. Dakota, Nebraska, Oklahoma, S. Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, W. Virginia and Wyoming.
Morrison is being a typical Republican in ignoring this reality. Calling 41% of his own state's voters "maggots" is not a good political tactic, to say the least.
Wildcat1955
(69 posts)There is no provision for them to leave. Once in the union, always in the union. That matter has already been settled, and no President will allow the principle to be violated. What would Lyndon think?
polichick
(37,152 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,193 posts)information in them now.
Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)all nuclear weapons within Texas borders must be transferred and transported back into the possession of the United States.
Andy Stanton
(264 posts)Jim Bowie, one of the defenders of the Alamo, was a dealer in slaves. Many Texans still have that same mentality.
and-justice-for-all
(14,765 posts)Rstrstx
(1,399 posts)The south is already a swing state and would have voted for Obama this time by about 40,000 votes. The north would have broken about 2-1 for Romney. Unfortunately it would strand Dallas County
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Texin
(2,599 posts)I would so love to see this state in my rearview mirror but my CPA husband insists he can't leave his clients. Never mind that there are such things as computers, tablets and smartphones that make having a virtual office a snap.