Do neo-Confederates who advocate secession of the South from the United States (again) “love” America? Logic suggests that they do not. Back in April, Rick Perry famously suggested that the secession of Texas was at least a possibility:
REPORTER: Some have associated you with the idea of secession or sovereignty for your state…
PERRY: Oh, I think there’s a lot of different scenarios. Texas is a unique place. When we came in the union in 1845, one of the issues was that we would be able to leave if we decided to do that. You know, my hope is that America and Washington in particular pays attention. We’ve got a great union. There is absolutely no reason to dissolve it. But if Washington continues to thumb their nose at the American people, you know, who knows what may come out of that? So. But Texas is a very unique place and we’re a pretty independent lot to boot.
(Perry is, of course, lying. Texas was not given an option to opt out when it was annexed into the union in 1845.)
But now we have Perry, four months after he was caught palling around with neo-Confederates, suggesting that it is the president of the United States who does not “love” America:
“I think you want a president who is passionate about America — that’s in love with America,” Perry said during a visit to the Iowa State Fair on Monday.
At a Republican Party event Monday night, a reporter asked Perry whether he was suggesting that President Obama does not love America.
“You need to ask him,” Perry responded. “I’m saying, you’re a good reporter, go ask him”
Perry’s remarks at a Linn Country Republican Party meet-and-greet in Eastern Iowa included a sharp critique of President Obama’s jobs record on a night when the president held a town hall meeting in Decorah, Iowa, about 100 miles north of here…
He called Obama the “greatest threat to our country” and touted his own record of job creation in his state, declaring that Texas has “the strongest economy in the nation.”
Perry also indicated that he may not be prepared for the world class proctological exam he is going to receive from the media over the next few months:
“You all do it not unlike running for agriculture commissioner back in Texas in 1990. A lot of probin’ and lot of feelin’ and touchin’ and talkin’ and vetting the candidates and asking questions … it is a good process.”
We’ll see if he still agrees with that assessment after the exam — if he survives it.
