[meandog]

"Governor Bush stood up to those fringe elements!"

He also began the bailouts...

[meandog]

Calling all Bushbots...

[Argus]

I’d love to secede from ObamaNation.

[pnh102]

What part of Texas is Rodney Ellis from? DC, Boston, New York, San Francisco, or Seattle?

[trumandogz]

Today, Perry said that Texas should stay in the Union.

[GeronL]

Perry actually leans too moderate... he ain’t fringe. These people know that, they are just blowing steam for the media

[Hodar]

Today, Texas State Sen. Rodney Ellis (D) rightly condemned his state's very fringe Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) for his unconstitutional and outrageously dishonest rant about Texas secession:

Apparently the author is far too busy to bother himself to look up the Texas State Constitution Article 1, Sections 1 and 2; which explictly state that Texas does IN FACT reserve the right to leave the USA at will. Further, Texas can divide itself into 5 seperate states (at will) and the USA explictily does not get a voice in that decision. This is a benefit that Texas drove when the USA asked Texas to join the United States. Texas agreed, upon conditions laid out in their state constitution.

But, you know how liberals and education mix about as well as oil and water.

[wk4bush2004]

“If they did, the Republican Party would not win another presidential election in my lifetime”

Well, they haven’t won the past two elections, the GOP leadership currently has no balls, and, if they don’t get back to conservatism, they won’t win another election.

But, if Texas seceded and all of us conservatives left the USSA, what would we care?

While the USSA goes straight to hell under the tyranny of Comrade Barack Obama, we conservatives in Texas would be living in prosperity and freedom.

[txroadkill]

Pretty tough talk from the party that ran to New Mexico and Oklahoma because they weren't getting their way.

[alecqss]

Texas State Sen. Rodney Ellis (D) rightly condemned his state's very fringe Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX)

Not just "fringe", but "very fringe"... Soon comedians will find themselves out of job due to heavy competition from the democratic politicians.

[Vaquero]

Today, Texas State Sen. Rodney Ellis (D) rightly condemned his state's very fringe Gov. Rick Perry (R-TX) for his unconstitutional and outrageously dishonest rant about Texas secession

who is this Ellis fruitcup?????

[Jim Robinson]

The only way to settle this is for the rest of the nation to secede from Texas. But, of course, then I’ll be moving to the Lone Star Republic! Go TEXAS!!

[SaveTheChief]

How does this nitwit figure "unconstitutional" in what Perry said?

[guitarplayer1953]

"It was only 12 years ago that Texas had a deadly stand-off with those urging secession"

Are they refering to Waco?

[Future Snake Eater]

I urge Governor Perry to ramp down the rhetoric and state unequivocally -- as Governor Bush did in the 1990s -- that secession is not only not an option, it isn't going to be part of the political discussion.

A lot can change in 20 years, twinkle toes. We're tired of screwing around. You're welcome to leave Texas any time...I'll take your house for my family when we move in!

[A_Former_Democrat]

Hey Senator Ellis, you chump . . .you might want to check out the post 2004 election comments from your own Sen. Feinstein before you shoot off your big mouth about “fringe”

[ex91B10]

Black politician. Nothing more has to be said.

[umgud]

Yo guv, throw this trash out whenst you become a nation.

[LibLieSlayer]

Someone needs to whup little rodney’s arse but good!

LLS

[CindyDawg]

Rodney Ellis....Texans...wasn't he in the news lately about something? The name sounds familiar.

[Texas Fossil]

Blast from the Past:

http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/a/20005.htm

Democratic Texas Senators Forced into “Exile”

Just to prove that California isn’t the only state mired in political turmoil, comes this letter from Texas State Senator Rodney Ellis who, along with 10 of his fellow Democratic state senators, have gone into voluntary “exile” in New Mexico. The Democrats have fled Texas in order to prevent the Texas Legislature from passing a Republican-backed bill that would redraw the state’s congressional districts in a way that would eliminate up to 7 Democrats from the U.S. House of Representatives. To make matters even worse, Texas’ Republican Governor Rick Perry has ordered Sen. Ellis and his band of exiles arrested and jailed should they return to their homes. This is quite a letter, folks.

August 18, 2003