White House ‘secede’ petitions reach 675,000 signatures, 50-state participation

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Daily Caller:

Less than a week after a New Orleans suburbanite petitioned the White House to allow Louisiana to secede from the United States, petitions from seven states have collected enough signatures to trigger a promised review from the Obama administration.

By 6:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, more than 675,000 digital signatures appeared on 69 separate secession petitions covering all 50 states, according to a Daily Caller analysis of requests lodged with the White House’s “We the People” online petition system.

A petition from Vermont, where talk of secession is a regular feature of political life, was the final entry.

Petitions from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, North Carolina, Tennessee and Texas residents have accrued at least 25,000 signatures, the number the Obama administration says it will reward with a staff review of online proposals. (RELATED: Will Texas secede? Petition triggers White House review)

The Texas petition leads all others by a wide margin. Shortly before 9:00 a.m. EST Wednesday, it had attracted 94,700 signatures. But a spokesperson for Gov. Rick Perry said Tuesday afternoon that he does not support the idea of his state striking out on its own.

“Gov. Perry believes in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it. But he also shares the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government,” according to a statement from the governor’s office.

A backlash Monday night saw requests filed with the White House to strip citizenship rights from Americans who signed petitions to help states secede. (RELATED: Anti-secession forces fight back with White House deportation petitions)

And in a similar nose-thumbing aimed at Texas’ conservative majority, progressives from the liberal state capital of Austin responded Monday with a petition to secede from their state if Texas as a whole should decide to leave the Union.

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Obama versus America?

[Rokke]

Time is running out to join the leading edge. Once it crosses 1 million you'll just be one of the crowd.

[SrWoodchuck]

Time is running out to join the leading edge. Once it crosses 1 million you'll just be one of the crowd.

Registering my info at the White House website, in order to add my name to the list? Nah.

 

Those pesky bastards would be sending me Obama Victory info.......or sending a drone to say....peek-a-boo Woody.............

[Argyle58]

I wonder how many people signing those petitions are really willing to pledge "Their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor" as did the original founders when they set forth to forge the nation that is being so cavalierly treated?