Texas Secessionism

(I’m not sure “secessionism” is really a word.)

God, I hate partisan ranting.  I’ve been listening to a lot of MSNBC lately, and the very liberal commentators are going nuts over Texas Governor Rick Perry’s talk of secession:

Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that.

“There’s a lot of different scenarios,” Perry said. “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 liberal commentators talk about it, rant about it, and interview constitutional law experts. It’s all very silly. By far, the dumbest comments came from Chris Matthews:

“That’s the kind of talk we heard in 1861. That’s what killed 600,000 Americans. Why is he talking like this?”

Here, let me explain: Texans talk like this all the time. It’s just how they are. Get over it.

Also, it takes two sides to fight a war. We had a civil war because some states wanted to secede and the remaining states fought to prevent them from seceding.