Texas Republicans Inch Closer to Secession

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55. Texas has threatened to secede long before Obama became president.

While racism, fundamentalism, and poverty is BIG in the rural regions,
Texas has some pretty Liberal urban areas. Austin ROCKS.
I've traveled and worked in Texas. The state is beautiful and belongs to us all.
It would be a shame to just throw it away.

Like most places in the United States, you can find what you look for.
If it is bigotry, hate, and division you are looking for, you can find that.
If it is beauty, nature, and enlightenment you are looking for, you can find that too.
If is is great seafood, you can find that too in Galveston (yum).

My Liberal FDR New Deal Pro-LABOR roots are in rural Texas (my parents) close to where Bill Moyers grew up. Where would we be without greats like Molly Ivins, Jim Highlighter, Ann Richards, LBJ and other great Texans who have contributed so much to our country.

I've found Texas Liberals to be courageous, sharp tongued, intelligent, current, and unafraid to share their Liberal beliefs, like this guy:

[font size=1]Photo taken from across the street from the Governor's Mansion[/font]

There will always be those few crazies in Texas (or California, or The South, or The North, or Idaho) who want to secede, and their counterparts screaming for them to go.
I belong to none of these, and just shake my head.

I have been fortunate enough to have traveled, lived and worked in most areas of these United States (Except New England). I want to keep them all, and solve our problems together.

BTW: There are reliable predictions that Texas WILL "turn Blue" in the near future.
I wouldn't want to throw away those Blue votes.

http://www.salon.com/2016/01/31/turning_texas_blue_3_trends_could_undo_the_20_years_of_republican_rule_texas_has_endured_since_the_days_of_ann_richards/

http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/political-animal-a/2016_01/could_texas_turn_blue_within_t059316.php