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old man 76

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Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:39 AM Nov 2012

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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) old man 76 Nov 2012 OP
there are some blue states in there BainsBane Nov 2012 #1
No, please may I stay? Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #8
of course nt BainsBane Nov 2012 #10
Maybe we can all the states to secede nichomachus Nov 2012 #2
Not a bad idea bongbong Nov 2012 #11
I would have never consider having NJ secede when * got in the second time. no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #3
Validate their Petition? TomClash Nov 2012 #4
Oh! but it's such fun to hate states, regions & cultures. Eleanors38 Nov 2012 #7
How It Could Happen tama Nov 2012 #12
Am I correctly recalling Flashmann Nov 2012 #5
Constitutional Convention nt. tama Nov 2012 #13
Sore losers C_U_L8R Nov 2012 #6
I totally get why the anti-secession people are so. I totally understand the "United" part of the pnwest Nov 2012 #9
Post removed Post removed Nov 2012 #14
Teabaggers and other GOP servile scum should just... santamargarita Nov 2012 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author frankie Nov 2012 #16
Secede? Just effing LEAVE! Grins Nov 2012 #17
this is the mentality of those who whine luckyleftyme2 Nov 2012 #18

BainsBane

(54,739 posts)
1. there are some blue states in there
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:41 AM
Nov 2012

NJ had one of the highest percentage of Obama votes, while Oregon, FL, and Colorado went blue. The rest can go and take FL with them.

Sekhmets Daughter

(7,515 posts)
8. No, please may I stay?
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:11 AM
Nov 2012

BainsBane

(54,739 posts)
10. of course nt
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:22 AM
Nov 2012

nichomachus

(12,754 posts)
2. Maybe we can all the states to secede
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:42 AM
Nov 2012

Yeah, that's the ticket

 

bongbong

(5,436 posts)
11. Not a bad idea
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:30 AM
Nov 2012

Then we can have a new election and vote in another African-American president (or maybe Barack can just put on a Groucho Marx glasses-n-moustache disguise).

no_hypocrisy

(48,748 posts)
3. I would have never consider having NJ secede when * got in the second time.
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:44 AM
Nov 2012

However, I was ready to look into Canada and leave the state altogether if he tried to make a third term.

TomClash

(11,344 posts)
4. Validate their Petition?
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:45 AM
Nov 2012

They cannot secede. Period.

Please note there are Democrats in those states. Lots of them.

 

Eleanors38

(18,318 posts)
7. Oh! but it's such fun to hate states, regions & cultures.
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:53 AM
Nov 2012
 

tama

(9,137 posts)
12. How It Could Happen
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:38 AM
Nov 2012
http://thearchdruidreport.blogspot.fi/2012/10/how-it-could-happen-part-one-hubris.html

Spoiler: Constitutional Convention could do that and much more.

Flashmann

(2,140 posts)
5. Am I correctly recalling
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:50 AM
Nov 2012

That during one of Rick Perry's displays of mental retardation,causing him to threaten secession,that it was established that the act is not constitutionally possible?.....And....If that is so,is expulsion explicitly addressed?.....

ETA:Yes,I am aware that neither is practical even IF possible...

 

tama

(9,137 posts)
13. Constitutional Convention nt.
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:40 AM
Nov 2012

C_U_L8R

(45,685 posts)
6. Sore losers
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 10:53 AM
Nov 2012

Really so pathetic

pnwest

(3,294 posts)
9. I totally get why the anti-secession people are so. I totally understand the "United" part of the
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 11:14 AM
Nov 2012

United States. But just to play devil's advocate here...OMG, how much happier we'd all be if we could just get a divorce. No one can accuse us of not trying to make this marriage work, after 200 years of trying.

Just think about how wonderful it would be to NOT have to fight anymore...to have some PEACE. What if we had a national referendum on where to draw the boundary, and then gave everyone two years to relocate while the border crossings are being built, and then shut the goddamn door. Then next time the New Republic of America had a natural disaster, they wouldn't HAVE to accept federal gov't aid, they can have their privatized aid experiment. Then when they come calling for help anyway, we can LOAN it to them, and charge crazy interest.

Plus, think of the medical tourism we could build, from the Republican citizens with no insurance, and crazy expensive medicine. They'd FLOCK over the border to buy their prescriptions, get dental work...

I know, I'm making light. But I'm serious in asking WHY it would be the end of the world if we all DID just go our separate ways. Let them live in that Fox News, hate-filled ignorance and fear-based way of life that they CHOOSE, and we can all carry on with the 21st century.

Response to old man 76 (Original post)

santamargarita

(3,170 posts)
15. Teabaggers and other GOP servile scum should just...
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 01:46 PM
Nov 2012

leave the country! Get out! Your nothing but interlopers here.

Response to old man 76 (Original post)

Grins

(7,883 posts)
17. Secede? Just effing LEAVE!
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 09:24 PM
Nov 2012

Like the Reich-wingers used to say - "Love it - or LEAVE it!" Just GTFO!

luckyleftyme2

(3,880 posts)
18. this is the mentality of those who whine
Mon Nov 12, 2012, 09:42 PM
Nov 2012

PLEASE, all of you who voted for Romney, plaster these stickers all over your cars, and wear that t-shirt everyday so we know your feelings about our President. PLEASE, keep it in front of our faces for the next four years. Don't ever let up, and don't forget even after Obama is done and someone else is in the White House, keep those bumper stickers on your cars as long as you possibly can. You HAVE to continue to show your hatred, distrust, fear, (insert your emotion here) for all to see. And we PROMISE not to make fun of you for your hypocrisy.

Oh, one more thing; remember not to criticize or make fun of those folks with the "blame Bush" or LePage stickers on their cars. Because they have every right to display their intellectual thought process for all to see, as do you. I know when it was the golden Bush years you thought it was rude and tasteless, but as you now have realized, it's the best way to show us how you
think!
WELL I SAY TAKE YOUR WHINING AND GO TO CHINA OR INDIA! THEY ARE LOOKING FOR THOSE WHO WORK CHEAP,WANT NOTHING IN RETURN AND WILL LOVE THEIR MASTER!
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