Rick Perry: States will 'assert their independence'

Source: Politico

Republican Gov. Rick Perry said Thursday that he expects to see a number of states follow his home state of Texas in pushing resolutions that will “assert their independence from the federal government.”

“If this administration gets its way, we’ll all be the same. We’ll all be the way Washington wants us to be,” Perry said on a call with Gov. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) and roughly 20,000 callers sponsored by the Republican Governors Association, and billed as Tea Party 2.0.

Asked by a caller about his support for a Texas state House resolution reaffirming the state's sovereignty under the tenth amendment, Perry said that the issue “goes right to the heart of what the tea parties are all about.”

“You are going to see more and more laws like that across the country where states assert their independence from the federal government,” he said on the call, which lasted for more than hour.



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watch as the tea parties in Texas turn into Rick Perry for gov. rallies.

Didn't they lose that war?

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Go for it. You will get no pushback from me. If you cowards want to leave the union, go for it.

You lost the war ass-hat! We kicked your ass 150 years ago and will do it again if necessary.
You're never gonna get your precious little confederation you treacherous piece of crap :grr:

Yeah, Rick. You hypocritical cretin.

He started asking for foreign aid before he even finished writing his declaration of independence.

We wouldn't have elected this dumbass again if Friedmen didn't take some of Chris Bell's votes.

And he's itching to get in the game again. We have to trounce him in the primary.

Sad thing is that he has at least one good progressive working on his campaign. Jim Hightower. Broke my heart to see that recently.


:puke:

Sonia

I wouldn't blame Hightower for trying to advise him.

Every one of them that I know, uses the internet for no purpose other than to pass around inane racist and sexist jokes. They know next to nothing about politics, history and science, but they are the quickest and loudest when it comes to offering their opinions on all three of those subjects.

Patriotism means standing with your president in a time of crisis.

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.


The federal government long ago overstretched it's power under the Constitution. Perry is an idiot but the government assumes too large a role in the exerting control over the states.

They may not have extended much comity under Republican rule- but I haven't seen anything enacted beyond Constitutional powers.

This is the first time I find myself on the same side of the table with Perry, but as a general philosophy, having strong regional and local government is the best guarantee that regional and local matters will be handled with understanding of local concerns, and efficiency of action.

We live in a republic for a reason. It's pretty astonishing to me that those who hate the concentration of power and its abuses don't want checks on the growth of federal power.

:freak: Why do we have a rebel without cause as a 'leader' of the people?

Our revolution is for the sake of unique? :FACEPALM:

I'm one who will GLADLY wave bye bye to Ricky and his pals Tom De Lay, Dick Armey, John Cornholio, The DICK and of course, Former President Asshole. Please go ahead and leave and may the door slam you hard on the ass as you go!