re: #35 Jimmah

Zach Wamp recants secession talk
examiner.com

Wamp, a Chattanooga congressman, raised the specter of secession in an interview with Hotline on Call. Wamp, talking tough, claimed: “I hope that the American people will go to the ballot box in 2010 and 2012 so that states are not forced to consider separation from this government.”

Wamp is currently running for Governor of Tennessee. His opponents for the GOP nomination, Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam and state Senate Speaker Ron Ramsey, were quick to criticize his over the top statement.

On Saturday Wamp recanted his wild eyed rhetoric. Wamp told reporters at a campaign stop that: “Of course we will not secede from the union. But we will also not have a governor who will cave in to Barack Obama.”

Wamp seems to be taking a cue from Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R). Perry played the crazy card by raising the specter of session in 2009 at a Tea Party rally.

As a former resident of Knoxville, I’m rooting for Haslam.