State GOP gets to vote on secession at convention

[DonViejo]

Source: Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal

April 14, 2014 4:00 a.m.

To secede or not to secede.

That will be the question for Wisconsin Republicans at next month's convention.

Earlier this month, the party's Resolutions Committee voted in favor of a proposal that says the state party "supports legislation that upholds Wisconsin's right, under extreme circumstances, to secede."

A version of the so-called "state sovereignty" resolution was first OK'd last month by one of the state GOP's eight regional caucuses as an assertion of the state's 10th Amendment rights. The measure also calls for ending all mandates that go "beyond the scope of the constitutionally delegated powers of the federal government."

Top Republican officials hoped to kill the fringe proposal during a meeting of the resolutions panel at the Hyatt Hotel in Milwaukee on April 5. Instead, the committee made a few edits to the resolution and adopted it on a split vote.



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[Ishoutandscream2]

1. Fucking backwards, hillbilly southerners. Let them go!

Ur, who?!

[Paladin]

10. Yeah, not quite the lip-smacking DU responses over TX seceding.

Imagine my lack of surprise.....

[kentauros]

51. Perhaps it would be wise to bookmark this thread

to remind the hypocrites in future Texas/South-bashing threads

[steve2470]

53. excellent idea :) nt

[Kablooie]

65. No! We need their cheese!

Food cheese that is.
Not this kind of idea cheese.

[groundloop]

2. By hyping distrust of the federal government they're diverting attention....

Just like a good magician who's pulling a bird out of his pocket with one hand while doing abra-cadabra motions with his other hand, the Wisconsin GOPers are saying "look how horrible the federal government is" while hiding the crimes of Scott Walker.

[freshwest]

49. Good point.

[Rozlee]

3. Just let Wisconsin's Republicans secede.

Even here in Texas, it's only 29% of teabaggers that call for secession. I always said to give them their own corner of the state to build their new republic. Preferably, the driest part with the most rattlesnakes and tumbleweeds.

[freshwest]

59. I approve of that plan. Near the Jeffs compound, which is still there. Or maybe they can conquer an

unwanted part of Mexico. When Obama was reelected in 2012, the guy running the Libertarian Republican advised 'Patriots' to flee to Mexico, Central and South America for 'freedom.' He said he was leaving now!!! but had already learned Spanish. He came back with his tail between his legs shortly thereafter.

[Rozlee]

63. Typical Liberturdian.

The price of freedom is too high when your South American digs don't get 300 cable channels and the locals keep messing up your skinny soy macchiato latte.

[freshwest]

64. LOL! That made he laugh. Good way to end the day. Thanks, Rozlee! n/t

[olddad56]

4. adios

[jwirr]

5. I guess they do not want any federal money anymore. Do they have any idea what they would be

losing?

[sorefeet]

6. Good ridance

You fuckers would starve to death or poison yourselves with unregulated food laws.

[oldandhappy]

7. Do they have a plan?

Even t-folk want potholes fixed and fire trucks to show up. gag

[OKNancy]

8. Ukraine and Wisconsin! Something in common

I don't know why a handful on DU think it's bad here, but not so bad over there.

[TRoN33]

9. Just plain stupid.

Once they secede, meaning they can't send their own delegations to D.C., lose tax support from United States, lose military support, lose national guard, Scott Walker can't run for President, Wisconsinites will have to purchase the passport to travel outside of country Wisconsin, and will also lose privilege of state ship in future.

[Iliyah]

26. No Walker!

Also I think majority of Wisconsinites don't want to succeed and of course the GOPers don't give a shit anyways and will proceed with the vote (dumb dumb) but alas maybe Wisconsinites will finally decide to vote the other way (governor). Here's hoping.

[CTyankee]

11. SECDEE!

Every time the GOP comes out yapping about how they've got to "reach out more" to to more diverse ideas and people, they do something like this. It's like a nervous tic they just can't control. They will never win another presidential election if they continue this pattern. Personally, I don't think they CAN stop, even if they want to. All the craziness just spills out...

[KamaAina]

32. ...

[CTyankee]

33. It will forever be "SECDEE" in my mind since that picture!

I love the old guy looking down at the letters, trying to figure out what the problem is...

[Evasporque]

55. HUGH!!11! series....nt

[Botany]

12. This makes the badger sad

BTW They are more democrats then republicans in Wisconsin

Winner B. Obama (i) Dem 52.8% 1,613,950 10
M. Romney GOP 46.1% 1,408,746 0

[freshwest]

60. Still, they suffer from Walker and Ryan. May the contagion leave soon. No, wait, the Koches are

there to stay. Sorry, Badgers.

[rustbeltvoice]

13. to-day's Republicans, completely unlike the first Republicans

The Republican Party was founded in Wisconsin in 1854. Abraham Lincoln, as a Republican, won the presidency in 1860. Historically it is valid to say his presidency consisted of not allowing a state to secede. The War for the Union was fought in a bloody struggle from 1861 to 1865. Lincoln lost his life because that proposition was achieved.

Now, shift to what the Republican Party is to-day. One does not know whether to smack his forehead, or puke.

[Frustratedlady]

14. Go ahead and secede, but...

leave Door County alone. Love that place.

[Botany]

18. Leave Madison and the Chequamegon peninsula too

[CTyankee]

34. We have a house there!

It is midway between Jacksonport and Egg Harbor, belonged to my husband's now deceased parents. He owns it with his sister. We hope to get there this summer during the symphony season. Since his spinal surgeries he has problems with the steps getting to the house. It is very peaceful and quiet. We like to eat at fish fries on Friday nights. He likes the fish boils but I find them kinda tasteless. We were there last in 2011...

[Frustratedlady]

35. Do you rent it out?

There are some really nice (expensive) houses and then some that are not so nice. We've rented two that were both very quiet and homey. It's a good way to go.

We backed out of the fish boil because my friend has breathing problems and the kerosene smell was pretty heavy.

There is a tavern out in the country that has great fish with another one across the road that caters to children with outside toys. Can't remember the name of the first but we really enjoyed our meal.

[CTyankee]

36. No, we don't rent it out. My husband's sister, husband and their two families in WI use it

a lot all year long. It's hike for us to get out there. There are also issues between us and his sister and her RW husband that have made things very difficult. We may or may not be there this August. I love the symphony so much that it is one of the major reasons I like to go. I can get wonderful fresh fish here in New England and my daughter has a vacation home on Martha's Vineyard, so I have no lack of other summertime vacation places. But I would hate to see my husband unable to visit his parents' home there, esp. since it is so peaceful and quiet...good for the soul.

[Frustratedlady]

39. Oh, Martha's Vineyard. That would be a great place to vacation.

I hope you can get back to Door County if for no other reason than the peace and quiet.

[CTyankee]

44. Actually, their house is on Chappaquiddick, a 4 minute ferry ride from Edgartown, MV.

So, it's a bit of a hike from CT, too....up to the Fast Ferry in Rhode Island to the Vineyard, then my daughter picks me up at Edgartown, then we get on the ferry to Chappy, then home mostly on dirt roads to the house. The people there are a little eccentric....some are just New England old family eccentric, others are truly rich. My dtr's just fortunate...

[Frustratedlady]

46. Very fortunate. Enjoy!

[hollowdweller]

15. Seriously I don't know if the general population realizes it

But we are heading for another Civil War in this country if things don't change.

[LiberalLoner]

22. +1

[Phlem]

25. Oh I realize it but

the general population is pretty stupid so I think it's going to take a lot more time and pain before that happens. I am, however, patiently watching for the spark.



-p

[Doctor_J]

30. Counting the days

I am really, really sick of living with these people.

[freshwest]

61. I do. It's being pushed so heavily. It's being held off by PBO. In 2017, SHTF? n/t

[Arkana]

16. Yeah, this will look good if Scott Walker runs for President.

Can't wait to see him try and answer the question of why he wants to be President of a country his state party voted to secede from.

[Jackpine Radical]

17. I say we give them Waukesha County and let them go.

[mokawanis]

48. I support that notion

Let them have Waukesha County, and no access to the rest of the state.

[markmyword]

19. Let Them Secede Please!

These Republicans, Tea BAGGERS, Southerners, religious Right, the Koch brothers, and All the other billionaires who want to fund these Crazy Republicans this is their dream come true.
No government to tell them what to do!
Yes, PLEASE SECEDE, I can't take what you're doing to my country and our Democracy.
Go move and take a few states, live under a plutocracy, have as many guns that you want, grow all the GMO crops you can, just don't sell them to us!
Pollute your rivers ,streams, and air, don't have EPA regulations, or Food and Drug departments to regulate your environment, food and drugs.
We can slug it out at the United Nations, that's if you join.
No abortion clinics great, no unions great, no public schools great, no Social Security great, no Medicare great, no Medicaid great, continuous war great, no Obamacare great, privatize everything great, and pray all day anywhere great.
You now can have EVERYTHING you've been fighting the Progressive Democrats for the last 30 years or more!
SECEDE! SECEDE! SECEDE! PLEASE!

[MurrayDelph]

20. Someone needs to tell them that if they do

They will need passports to cross state lines.

They will no longer be a taker state: what they pay in taxes is all they get.

They would be taken off the power grid.

Any Federal lands would be off-limits. They don't actually think they get to keep all that military stuff, do they?

They would be hit by roaming charges, as the phone companies' would immediately see them as off-network, since their contracts only cover the actual United States.

Oil companies would charge them import fees.

Pretty-much every company would add a currency surcharge.

[Thor_MN]

43. All the cheeseheads working in Minnesota and Illinois will need to reapply for their jobs

after acquiring a guest worker visa. Clearing customs twice a day would be a real pain in the ass.

They would no longer benefit from the Coast Guard or the Army Corps of Engineers. The Docks in Superior would be ice bound much longer in the spring, and they would have to do their own dredging.

The NFL would likely dump the Packers and sell another franchise to the US city that gives the most in concessions to the league.

[joe_stampingbull]

21. the party of Lincoln has become

the party of the burning cross. Their idiotic insanity knows no bounds.

[geretogo]

23. Don't let the door slam on your way out . WE won't try to stop you Confederates this time .

[Phlem]

24. Get the fuck out assholes.

Leave already! More votes for us!



-p

[blkmusclmachine]

27. All of Teabagistan wants to seceed from the USA.

[gopiscrap]

28. Ignorant fuckers!

[Doctor_J]

29. Time for the Dems running for office in November to start calling Repukes, "Crazies"

and calling for every last penny of their federal money to be cut off.

[billh58]

31. It's their right to secdee...

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[freshwest]

62. LOL!

[struggle4progress]

37. John Brown's Song

[struggle4progress]

38. We are coming, Father Abraham

[struggle4progress]

40. Kingdom Coming

Say, friends, have you seen the master, with the mustache on his face?
Went up the road some time this mornin, like he's gonna leave this place!
He saw some smoke way up the river, where Lincoln's gunboats lay
Took his hat, and he left very sudden: I expect he's run away!

He's six foot one way, two foot t'other, and he weighs three hundred pound
His coat's so big, he couldn't pay the tailor, and it don't go halfway round.
He drills so much they call him Capn, and he got a dreadful tan
I expect he'll try to fool them Yankees into thinkin he's contraband ...

[struggle4progress]

41. Battle cry of freedom

[struggle4progress]

42. Poor Johnny Reb still ain't got over losin the war. A hundred fifty years on, he's seized the GOP.

I don't think it's gonna help him none, though

[CTyankee]

45. Am I wrong in thinking that Union sympathy was very strong in WI leading to the Civil War?

I am so appalled to think of this state as even "considering" reneging on its heritage! I am shocked and totally saddened to hear of this...

[AAO]

47. Complete morons.

[Kablooie]

50. Would this make the price of cheese go up?

I mean it's a pretty cheesy thing to do so Wisconsin is the best place for it to happen, I guess.

[Cha]

52. Yeah, I bet Scott Walker would like to secede and not be held responsible for

his campaign finance corruption investigation.

[davidpdx]

54. Send them to Canada

Maybe the Canadians can brainwash them into being good socialist liberals.

[egold2604]

56. Every state representative who votes for secession should be charged with treason

I personally would like to see each and every WI state rep charged with sedition and treason for voting for secession. The federal troops would arrest them and throw them into jail.

[Orsino]

57. Beats working. n/t

[KinMd]

58. If the NFL said the Greeen Bay Packers would have to move if Wisconsin seceded...

that would put an end to that little tea bag fantasy.