Chris Matthews Talks to Tom Delay About Possible Texas Secession; Limbaugh Comments - Video 4/16/09
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Here is video of former House Majority Leader Tom Delay talking with MSNBC's Chris Matthews tonight about Texas Gov. Rick Perry's comments supporting Texas Sovereignty. Matthews is hysterical about Perry's comments being threats to secede, and Delay makes it clear that Perry is simply standing for the sovereign rights of the state of Texas. Matthews also plays a clip of what Rush Limbaugh had to say about Perry's comments.
4 comments:
thats hilarious. All the clips Matthew put up, don't back his argument :)
Left Wing Moron Troll Nut here - I think Matthews' point was Perry is out of his mind. The clips he played support that (IMO). Delay is nuts too.
Texas joined the US by treaty. One of the provisions allows Texas to split into 5 states. Congress' ratification of annexation confirmed this right. You can find the document on line. That right means 7 or 8 more Republican Senators based on today's Texas statewide voting patterns. If the Congress refuses to honor the treaty, Texas has the choice under international law to abrogate the treaty or let it stay in force. If Texas abrogates the annexation treaty it is an independent country. It is no longer annexed. The US cant pick and chose what it does in a treaty. None of the other states joined by treaty so they lack a way to create the pathway to leave unlike Texas. Its important to note that its up to a Democratic Congress to honor the treaty. Query whether the Democrats would let Texas send 7-8 more Senators to Washington and spoil the lock they presently have on the legislative process. Chris Matthews may think its crazy, but Texas' rights under the treaty are clear and other countries have walked away from treaties when their counterparty breached or recinded it.
So 'United we stand, divided we fall' is the crazy viewpoint? The Civil War taught us that seceding (or threatening it) is a sane way to counter federal policy? I have a better idea - let's have an election once in a while. Let's call our system a representative democracy. Let's not be cave man retards (no offense to cave men or retards)
the Left Wing Nut Troll Moron can't get enough (and is having a slow day at work)
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