helped galvanize and embolden the right wing "hate America" fringe. After all, the governor of the second most populous state in the nation had suggested in April that secession was a possible solution to federal over-reach. Republican political leaders have helped bring "death panels" and the Obama birth certificate nonsense into acceptable discourse; Perry's contribution has been bringing secession into the mix. Read more at www.texasobserver.org ... "Texas secession" "10th Amendment ...