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Rhiannon12866

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35. Could this be it?? Great memory, May of 2009. Welcome to DU!

Sat Dec 12, 2020, 03:43 AM

Dec 2020

Olbermann's WTF Moment -- What if Texas secedes?

Gov Rick Perry is such a doof and is such an embarrassment to rational-minded Texans. Olbermann was absolutely brilliant laying out the consequences (as if it were even possible for Texas to secede, which it's not) to those who think it might be a "good idea." He puts it in very simple and easy to understand terms of just how ridiculous such a "threat" is.
(Countdown with Keith Olbermann, aired 5/15/09)

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Texas GOP Flirts With Secession After Supreme Court Smackdown, Suggests..."forming a Union" [View all] Budi Dec 2020 OP

Buh-bye relayerbob Dec 2020 #1

Exactly my first thought. tavernier Dec 2020 #43

Good riddance. dem4decades Dec 2020 #2

Hope they like paying for their own hurricane damage, highways, etc. patricia92243 Dec 2020 #3

Or their billion $$$ Military business. "Mexico will over run them" Budi Dec 2020 #10

They are under the false assumption that they'd get to keep the military bases. GoCubsGo Dec 2020 #47

Yeah, they could give the new "union" a snappy name... Wounded Bear Dec 2020 #4

How'd the Confederacy work out for them last time.. Budi Dec 2020 #14

Confederacy II: Confederacy Harder Initech Dec 2020 #27

Confederacy 2: Electric Boogaloo? Hong Kong Cavalier Dec 2020 #32

Rise Of The Planet Of The Confederacy Initech Dec 2020 #33

Take their marbles, if they had any, Cha Dec 2020 #5

Bring on the TEXodus!! In droves.. C Ya Budi Dec 2020 #17

LOL! Cha Dec 2020 #21

Yes we do Cha MagickMuffin Dec 2020 #50

Thanks. From Dallas to Houston to El Paso..our major cities are Blue. Budi Dec 2020 #52

I know what you mean.. Texas is Cha Dec 2020 #59

Go for it. LSFL Dec 2020 #6

Just don't ask timms139 Dec 2020 #7

That would be rich! tavernier Dec 2020 #44

the only confederate flag that matters... msongs Dec 2020 #8

Great Idea calguy Dec 2020 #9

Five minutes after TX secedes Mexico will invade it. Alpeduez21 Dec 2020 #11

It would make a no-deal Brexit PoindexterOglethorpe Dec 2020 #23

PLEASE BainsBane Dec 2020 #12

Bye Ted Cruz, Louie Gohmert, John Cornyn.. Budi Dec 2020 #20

wanted - one contiguous area large enough to contain 70 plus million or so cult members NRaleighLiberal Dec 2020 #13

You sure can dream, my dear NRaleighLiberal! I'm right there with you. CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2020 #18

Seriously tired of them BGBD Dec 2020 #15

Good .. then we can continue the wall to keep them out. CatMor Dec 2020 #16

Nope. The Mexico wall would be tavernier Dec 2020 #45

I wanted Taco Trucks on every corner under Hillary. CatMor Dec 2020 #49

This message was self-deleted by its author roamer65 Dec 2020 #19

Hey!! tavernier Dec 2020 #46

You are right. Deleting. roamer65 Dec 2020 #56

See ya world wide wally Dec 2020 #22

You folks know this is designed to divide us, right? herding cats Dec 2020 #24

+1000 Celerity Dec 2020 #31

Please go. Join Mexico. ooky Dec 2020 #25

Fine By Me Me. Dec 2020 #26

They will run into the same problem the Confederacy ran into. Economics. Xolodno Dec 2020 #28

Yep, and their idea to MAGA is to reinstitute slavery elias7 Dec 2020 #38

Let them! Johnny2X2X Dec 2020 #29

Please leave. roamer65 Dec 2020 #30

Hi y'all. New member. Does anyone remember BaileyBoo Dec 2020 #34

Could this be it?? Great memory, May of 2009. Welcome to DU! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #35

Thank you! BaileyBoo Dec 2020 #36

Glad to help! And you're absolutely right! Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #37

To the MAGATS, trump is the emperor king mercuryblues Dec 2020 #41

Well, that may be Trump's ideal world, but what we can't forget, Trump hasn't succeeded at anything Rhiannon12866 Dec 2020 #42

very good. Now that it is 2020 treestar Dec 2020 #55

Welcome BaileyBoo bringing a link here is just Copy and Paste Budi Dec 2020 #53

This happens every fvcking election cherish44 Dec 2020 #39

Let them go dansolo Dec 2020 #40

Just do it. So sick of your whining and sniveling over the US preventing you Roisin Ni Fiachra Dec 2020 #48

Trump won Texas by a little over 5% edhopper Dec 2020 #51

Hope they try it. It'll be the end of the TX GOP. Budi Dec 2020 #54

TX isn't going anywhere... harumph Dec 2020 #57

A losers and takers union, that gets no subsidies from blue state economies. Mc Mike Dec 2020 #58