re: #58 SanFranciscoZionist

But Wamp has promised they won’t secede on his watch.

Actually that was Haslam:

“I can assure you if I’m elected governor, we won’t secede from the union. Period,” Haslam said at a campaign stop in Columbia. “You know, the country had that experiment 150 years ago … I think most Tennesseans are committed to making America better, not leaving it.”

Wamp said:

Wamp did not deny the accuracy of the quote. However, he told reporters at a campaign stop in Memphis that he doesn’t know how the writer of the article on was able to “extrapolate” from an interview that he had suggested secession could be considered in response to federal mandates like President Barack Obama’s new health care law.
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“No one wants even talk of secession, no one wants that,” Wamp said. “But the fact is we have a conflict and we need to resolve the conflict, and we need strong tough governors to step up.”