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Ellis: Perry should clarify secession remark
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| Last Edited | RP Apr 16, 2009 03:40pm |
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| News Date | Thursday, April 16, 2009 09:40:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | In a statement this afternoon, Ellis said Perry’s comments were off-mark.
“There are some issues that simply should not be legitimated in any way, shape or form, and secession is one of them,” he said. “By not rejecting out of hand the possibility of secession, Governor Perry is taking a step down a very dangerous and divisive path encouraged by the fringe of Texas politics.
“It was only 12 years ago that Texas had a deadly stand-off with those urging secession. Governor Bush stood up to those fringe elements. 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.
“In the last week, we’ve seen an extremely troubling escalation of rhetoric. Talking about state’s rights, the oppressive hand of the federal government and secession brings up some pretty bad memories in this state. It was not all that long ago that those were the exact words used by those who opposed desegregation and the civil rights movement. The top elected official in the second largest state with our history simply cannot be so loose with his comments. He’s not a radio or cable TV talk show host. |
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