"Gov. [Rick] Perry believes in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it," his press secretary Catherine Frazier wrote in a statement. "But he also shares the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government."
"Several years ago, however, Perry declined to rule out the possibility that Texas could secede from the United States if significant changes weren't made to the nation's economic policies.
"There's a lot of different scenarios," he said at a Tea Party rally in 2009, CNN reported at the time. "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 people, you know, who knows what might come out of that. But Texas is a very unique place, and we're a pretty independent lot to boot."
The Texas governor raised eyebrows when he said, "When we came into the nation in 1845, we were a republic, we were a stand-alone nation," adding, "And one of the deals was, we can leave anytime we want. So we’re kind of thinking about that again."
Last year, Perry sought to clarify his position on the issue during an interview on Fox News. He pointed out that he "never used" the term "secession" in discussing the matter and said that he had "no idea" why anyone would suggest otherwise."
There are a shit load of States getting in on the petition and yes its an open transparent White House web site so anyone from any state can sign in for multiple votes lol.
By Co~Wink~e~dink if you look at the Confederate Map and compare to the Red States you can see and I say this laffin....Co~Wink~e~dink
HaikerensGuide !0VegJ9Jl.Q joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 12 hours later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#366,267
Many of us just want texas to leave.
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 14 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#366,273
Texas also teaches abstinance ony education, and has the second highest rate of teen births in the nation.
squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#366,276
Well, we are the worlds 15th largest economy. We'd actually be able to do it.
Anonymous E replied with this 14 years ago, 8 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#366,280
@previous (squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc)
You'd be able to pay for everything, without government help? Enjoy your next natural disastor.
squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#366,281
@previous (E)
we are the worlda 15th largest economy. We'd be able to handle things as well, if not better, than any country who's GDP is less than texas'.
derpy !hoovesEJmo joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 12 hours after the original post[^][v]#366,282
@366,276 (squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc)
Can't Texas become it's own country?
Anonymous H joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#366,283
@366,276 (squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc)
Good luck paying off your share of the deficit now that the oil has run out.
squeegee !hbZVTk6JYc replied with this 14 years ago, 1 hour later, 14 hours after the original post[^][v]#366,324
@366,282 (derpy !hoovesEJmo)
I believe the civil war says no, we can't actually. @previous (H)
We have a balanced budget, positive job growth, and would nake a perfect corporatr tax shelter. We'd be fine.