Leave It

We probably shouldn’t take this secessionist talk of Texas Gov. Rick Perry and a few hard-right partisans too seriously. They’re just throwing red meat to the crowd, and there’s not much to indicate that they really want to secede.

But it’s interesting that the subject is even raised. I don’t recall a Democratic governor ever talking about leaving the Union, no matter how much he disagreed with a Republican President.

Now there seems to be a race among talk show hosts, Republican politicians and conservative pundits to see if they can top each other with sensational, alarmist and dishonest talking points about the Obama administration.

When I was growing up, the hard-right crowd had a favorite saying: “America – Love It or Leave It!”

Ironic that now that the majority of Americans support a liberalsocialist President, some right-wingers are now talking about the latter.