re: #16 Obdicut

How do you interpret his statement, and his other pandering to secessionist and ‘states rights’ types? Just pandering, with no actual conviction behind it?

It’s hard for me to accept that that specific lie— which is basically a denial that the civil war and the court judgments that came settled the issue of secession— isn’t a purposeful one. Do you actually think he’s that ignorant, that he really believes Texas could secede whenever it wanted?

I think he knows that Texas cannot do that, but he lied to pump up his support base. Texas often feels a desire to flip Washington DC the bird, and Rick Perry has used that sentiment to his advantage many times.