Perry emphasized Thursday that he is not advocating secession but understands why Americans may have those feelings because of frustration with Washington, D.C. He said it's fine to express the thought. He offered no apology and did not back away from his earlier comments.
Good for him.
Earlier in the article:
State Sen. Rodney Ellis, a Houston Democrat, said that by not rejecting the possibility of secession out of hand, Perry "is taking a step down a very dangerous and divisive path encouraged by the fringe of Texas politics."
He's got it backwards. What Washington is doing is a very dangerous and divisive path. Gov. Perry is simply telling the truth. If the Federal government continues on this path, Americans will reach a tipping point. The fact that some people have realized that we've reaching the tipping point already doesn't make them "fringe." It makes them ahead of the curve.
“It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.”- Samuel Adams
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