Seriously, Texas?
Mood: horrified
Posted on 2009-04-23 15:41:00
Tags: politics
Words: 60

From this poll:

QUESTION: Do you think Texas would be better off as an independent nation or as part of the United States of America?

	US	IND	NOT SURE
ALL	61	35	4
DEMOCRATS	82	15	3
REPUBLICANS	48	48	4
INDEPENDENTS	55	40	5

7 comments

Comment from djedi:
2009-04-23T16:56:30+00:00
Lol.

Comment from flamingophoenix:
2009-04-23T18:11:56+00:00
If you don't secede, then TEH GEYZ will come and eat your children!!!

(Or something. I don't follow the mindset myself.)

Comment from spamchang:
2009-04-23T21:46:43+00:00
after they come to their senses, that number will go down.

Comment from tehfanboi:
2009-04-24T00:28:29+00:00
So...would the New Republic of Texas be in Nafta or not?

Comment from medryn:
2009-04-24T10:12:39+00:00
Well, Texas does get only 97 cents back for every dollar it sends to the US in federal taxes. And Texas has plenty of nukes and plenty of oil and energy. It's really not a clear-cut question :-)

Don't forget that liberals also joked about secession in the aftermath of the 2004 election. I think it's a little unfair that as liberals we can make jokes about immigrating to Canada when the leadership is the opposition party, but that we then mock conservatives when they are put in an analogous situation.

Comment from gregstoll:
2009-04-24T10:33:56+00:00
I guess there's a difference between a joke and people answering a survey (not to mention the governor mentioning it out loud). Maybe I'm misestimating how seriously people take surveys :-)

Comment from winocas:
2009-04-24T12:16:32+00:00
All I can do is remind you that these are the same people who voted for W. not only once, but twice.

Fool me once, shame on me; fool me twice, I'm a Republican...

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