Texas Governor Wants Constitutional Convention To Take Back States’ Rights

Posted by | January 8, 2016 16:01 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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Greg Abbott says the federal government has “run amok.”

(Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News)

“If we are going to fight for, protect and hand on to the next generation, the freedom that [President] Reagan spoke of … then we have to take the lead to restore the rule of law in America,” Abbott said during a speech at the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s Policy Orientation that drew raucous applause from the conservative audience.

Along with the speech, Abbott released a nearly 70-page plan – part American civics lesson, part anti-Obama diatribe – detailing nine proposed constitutional amendments that he said would unravel the federal government’s decades-long power grab and restore authority over economic regulation and other matters to the states.

“The irony for our generation is that the threat to our Republic doesn’t come just from foreign enemies, it comes, in part, from our very own leaders,” Abbott said in a speech that took aim at President Obama, Congress and the judicial branch. All three, he said, have “run amok.”

 

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59 responses to Texas Governor Wants Constitutional Convention To Take Back States’ Rights

  1. tracey marie January 8th, 2016 at 16:13

    If I ever see you next to a ramp I will stick a broom in your wheels.

    • mistlesuede January 8th, 2016 at 16:22

      Let’s make sure it’s at the top of a long staircase right when you do so. ;)

      • tracey marie January 8th, 2016 at 16:35

        I never threaten people, but this guy and the hog nosed patrick need to disappear.

        • Larry Schmitt January 8th, 2016 at 17:12

          Here’s how you do it. https://youtu.be/U_WEvWcVoFw

          • tracey marie January 8th, 2016 at 17:53

            Now I feel bad for saying what I did.

            • Larry Schmitt January 8th, 2016 at 17:54

              You don’t have that evil laugh.

              • FatRat January 8th, 2016 at 17:59

                You don’t know that for a fact. lol

                • Larry Schmitt January 8th, 2016 at 18:00

                  No, but based on her comments, I think it’s a safe guess.

                  • FatRat January 8th, 2016 at 18:03

                    Logical and also good variation of Pascal’s wager. If she isn’t evil we are safe, if she is, I’m gonna run and hopefully she’ll push you down the stairs whilst I make a clean getaway. lolhttp://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-you-don-t-have-to-run-faster-than-the-bear-to-get-away-you-just-have-to-run-faster-than-jim-butcher-44-81-05.jpg

              • tracey marie January 8th, 2016 at 18:04

                Damnit, I have to work on that.

                • rg9rts January 9th, 2016 at 03:57

                  You have your own thread here TM LOL

            • StoneyCurtisll January 9th, 2016 at 00:27

              Don’t feel bad, it’s Greg Abbott in the chair..:)

          • StoneyCurtisll January 9th, 2016 at 00:25

            Another classic movie~!
            Film Noir…
            That Richard Widmark sure could play the scumbag.

  2. MarcoZandrini January 8th, 2016 at 16:15

    Texass, what else did you expect?

  3. mistlesuede January 8th, 2016 at 16:21

    This friends, is a raving teabagger lunatic who should never be allowed to “govern” anything.

  4. Chris January 8th, 2016 at 16:33

    His 70 page plan is as impressive as my 70 page list for Santa.

    And as likely to get results. Seriously, do Republicans ever do anything consequential anymore?

    • Hirightnow January 8th, 2016 at 18:21

      Well,their rhetoric encouraged what’s happening in Oregon…that’s of consequence.

  5. nola878 January 8th, 2016 at 16:48

    Go ahead and open the doors, jack ass…from what I understand, if we have an unlimited Constitutional Convention, anything’s fair game…including your beloved 2nd amendment.

    Don’t think for a moment that conservatives such as yourself will control the agenda 100%, Abbott.

    Be careful what you wish for.

    ps…why is it that sh*t heads such as Abbott are only concerned about over reaching government when a Democrat’s in the White House?

    • jybarz January 8th, 2016 at 18:32

      It matters most now especially because the president is black not just because he’s a Democrat.

      • Suzanne McFly January 8th, 2016 at 19:21

        Imagine the confusion of republicans if Carson was elected lol. I am glad we will never see that.

    • rg9rts January 9th, 2016 at 04:06

      They always think that they will be the only ones there doing the writing

  6. Larry Schmitt January 8th, 2016 at 17:04

    “State’s rights” was one of the lies used to justify the Civil War. What they meant was the right to keep slaves. Is that the right this clown wants to restore? We are supposed to be one nation, not a collection of 50 enclaves with different rights for everyone.

  7. amersham46 January 8th, 2016 at 17:51

    Remember Texas , you may not get want you want from a change

  8. FatRat January 8th, 2016 at 17:58

    States Rights mantra, where have I heard that term before? It will come to me. /s

    http://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/photo.goodreads.com/books/1418895468i/23937221._UY475_SS475_.jpg

    • maggie January 8th, 2016 at 19:15

      his beard is so weird…sorry…it just is…men don’t groom your facial hair this way…it’s very odd ;)

      • FatRat January 8th, 2016 at 19:23

        I think the Civil War was the time for the oddest hair possible outside of The Road Warrior. lol
        Look at the term sideburns, it came from a General in the Civil War.
        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Burnside#Sideburns

        • maggie January 8th, 2016 at 19:26

          ok ;)

        • maggie January 8th, 2016 at 19:28

          omg so weird…burnside…yuck…sorry ;O

        • Mike January 9th, 2016 at 07:10

          I love those mutton chops…I can’t grow a beard so I’ve always been a bit envious of those who could grow enough hair on their face to fashion it in to some sort of design.

    • StoneyCurtisll January 9th, 2016 at 00:20

      Bingo~!

  9. jybarz January 8th, 2016 at 18:36

    Isn’t it about time Texas secedes?
    Secede.
    Problem solved.

  10. maggie January 8th, 2016 at 19:13

    the state of texas belongs on a high security psychiatric locked ward….;)

    • Suzanne McFly January 8th, 2016 at 19:19

      Which would be a gun free zone of course.

      • maggie January 8th, 2016 at 19:19

        ;O

      • rg9rts January 9th, 2016 at 03:52

        No Texas wants to let the patients have guns too

        • Suzanne McFly January 9th, 2016 at 10:04

          I know, I was being sarcastic. Hard to tell online without the tone in my voice :)

          • rg9rts January 9th, 2016 at 11:04

            /s LOL

            • Suzanne McFly January 9th, 2016 at 13:12

              I know, but sometimes I just type fast and post without adding my little notations to clarify…..my bad. I will now go hang my head in shame…../s lol

  11. Suzanne McFly January 8th, 2016 at 19:18

    His real disability is in his head.

  12. Angelo_Frank January 8th, 2016 at 19:37

    Abbott is picking up where George Wallace left off.

    • rg9rts January 9th, 2016 at 04:04

      But Wallace repented in the end

  13. Mike January 8th, 2016 at 20:57

    Who are all these people suffering under the tyranny of the federal government…???

    • rg9rts January 9th, 2016 at 03:50

      The entire reichwing of what was the gopee

  14. labman57 January 8th, 2016 at 21:07

    To demonstrate their respect for the wisdom of the Founding Fathers and their commitment to “the law of the land” and our sacred U.S. Constitution, many conservative pundits and politicians strive to:

    – eliminate those Articles and Amendments that conflict with their ideology
    – simply ignore other sections that they find inconvenient to honor
    – pick and choose which court rulings they deem worthy to uphold …
    – and which federal laws they will encourage their constituents to defy.

  15. Mensa Member January 8th, 2016 at 21:33

    Texans are just barely Americans.

    Patriots? Not even close.

  16. StoneyCurtisll January 9th, 2016 at 00:19

    Why not just call for a second civil war?…
    basically that’s what he is doing.

  17. StoneyCurtisll January 9th, 2016 at 00:42

    I got your “states rights”..
    Right at the bottom of that long flight of stairs..(ooops)

  18. Frank Foster January 9th, 2016 at 00:55

    That states rights is just code for fascism plain and simple, just what the Don is foaming at the mouth about….Is there an eject button for Texas?

    • rg9rts January 9th, 2016 at 03:49

      I’ll help you find it

  19. William January 9th, 2016 at 01:59

    then we have to take the lead to restore the rule of law in America,” …
    But first all good Texans need to join together and free their brethren who are at this very moment languishing in Jade Helm detention/Wal-Mart centers.

  20. rg9rts January 9th, 2016 at 03:48

    Ans the first thing to go would be the bill of rights…except the second amendment ….for sure the first is toast

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