GOP Rep. And TN-GOV Candidate Wamp: States Might Have To 'Consider Separation From This Government'

while Lt. Gov. Ron Ramsey blasted "Rep. Wamp's trademark over-the-top temperament and overheated, sometimes crazy rhetoric."

"crazy is as crazy does..."

Good. What's stopping you. The south has done us more harm than good. Bye Bye

PS: We want all our stuff back too.

Let them go, I say. Who needs the South. They can keep all the stuff they have too if it'll help them make the decision.

"Patriots".

Anytime one of these assholes uses the word it's immediately obvious they have no idea what it truly means.

yes, you're right. every resident of the south follows every word that comes out of the mouths of politicians. thanks for reminding me, oh enlightened brethren.

What is wrong with these people?

Besides being power-hungry egotists, that is.

Yeah, lets see how Tennessee fares when they secede, and Washington immediately cancels and withholds ALL Federal funding and subsidizing of the state. When they can't even make state payroll for police in a few months to a year, let's see how that secession is working out for you.

The American Civil War started because of the election of a President the south found inherently unacceptable.

Let's see: In 2004 TN received $1.30 in federal aid for every $1 its citizens paid in federal taxes, and in 2008 TN held the honor of the 4th fattest state (doh, just out of the bronze medal!), with obesity rates over 30%. Yeah, seceeding over HCR is a great idea...

I hope they do. It would be a pleasure for the loyal people of the United States to go down there and clean out that snake pit of treason once and for all. Apparently, they didn't do a thorough enough job back in the 1860's.

East Tennessee which has always been the most Republican part of the State was strongly Union in hte Civil War. SO much for history.

For a political party who just had a two-term president who was a deserter and a vp who was one of the most notorious draft dodgers of all time and whose defacto leader is a junkie who dodged the draft with boils on his fat ass, who lied and sent thousands of our young people to die for their profit (I call it murder), not to mention that they hate democracy and shit on the Constitution every chance they get, they sure throw he word "patriot" around a lot.

Let them go. The sooner the better. Tennesee takes more money from the Federal government than it sends in taxes. The rest of us are better without their tax hogging ways.

It is my understanding that as a result of the landmark 1865 decision in "United States of America v. Confederate States of America", states are not allowed to leave the Union.

Please take your fucking redneck hillbillies and KKristian Koaliton and get the hell out.

All the "good riddance" snark aside, I wouldn't be surprised if within ten years there is a deadly serious large-scale secessionist movement active somewhere in the US Mostly likely, yes, in the South.

Wamp is a C Street true believer which means he probably thinks Obama is the anti-christ and that the end times are upon us. In that case why is making plans for the future? Isn't he supposed to be transported to that great white's only Heritage USA in the sky any day now?

(voiceover from British tennis announcer)

"Point to North Carolina. Now, how will South Carolina respond to counter this devestating attack on their status as the most batshit crazy state?"

This time, let them go.

But let's also tighten up on immigration enforcement, including a big electric border fence.

Just think how nice it'll be without all that intolerable music, belligerent preaching, and those noisy racing cars.

Just promise to take the Cheney family with you.

Har har har. And you think Civil War over. Har har har.

Republicans must attack health care reform and tear down as much of it as possible.
Because it has enough in it that is real and good that people will realize that when it's in place.
And that would do two things:
1)make Republicans look bad (noticeably, even to a lot of their usual supporters) and,
2)bring a clamor for more far-reaching reform, such as public option and single payer.

good riddance to bad rubbish. most of these whiners are from states that take in more federal dollars than they contribute. they can secede and anoint the Whiner from Wasilla as their Empress. i won't miss them.

Two words: Good bye!

Tennessee. Texas. This sounds familiar, what is it?
Oh yeah! Davie Crockett at the Alamo!
Maybe there's someplace Perry and Swamp Creature can make a last stand together. And I do mean last.

You know how great it would be for the budget and therefore deficit if Southern states left the Union? Last time I checked, almost every southern state takes in way more tax dollars than it contributes. Let them eat grits.

Secede over health care? What a complete idiot.

Apparently he forgot that Mitt Romney did the same plan in Mass...OR that more than 22 Republicans cosponsored a similar plan back in 1993.

The craziness of today's GOP is simply astounding.

Well, Tennessee gets back $1.27 in federal tax dollars for every $1.00 in federal taxes paid. So -- bye, bye. Enjoy that huge deficit when you leave.

What An IDIOT!
What a MORON!
What A LOON!

Please oh please help the Wamps become unemployed then we can deny them benefits!

Rep. Zach Wamp is blowing smoke through his pie hole. And by the way, it's not just the South ... right outside of San Francisco in the valley communities, you will find lots of people who are just as ignorant and just as stupid as in any Southern State!

these winguts are simply too wacko for words.. seceding over a policy dispute.. seceding because folks shouldn't be required to take responsibility and purchase health insurance.. oh brother.. are they putting something in the water in this country? in the South???

man.. I can imagine how folks in all other developed countries must be laughing their heads off, must be thinking these American right-wingers must be on some really really weird drug not available anywhere else in the world....;-)

It's incomprehensible that they would consider separation (basically starting another civil war) over the issue of trying to get affordable health care to everyone.

In the event it happens, any Southern political refugee who needs a sponsor to come to the US can feel free to contact me.

Promises, promises, promises.

Just Do It!

You can save us all a lot of grief and money too!

Fucking Red Staters for every dollar they pay into the federal government they get that dollar plus more back.

Get OUT!

Go Away!

Stop talking about it and DO IT!

Well...Bye.

Bring it, you dumb fvcking hillbilly!

All of those small backward states suck on more tax money than they pay in. This could be good for places like NY, CT, etc., which pay in much more than they take out.

On the other hand, I'd enjoy it if we could invade some of those seccessionary states and give they a what for.

Is this the same Wamp Rat Luke used to bullseye back in Beggar's Canyon?

Any politician who vocally supports secession should be arrested and tried for treason. It's time to chop the head off of this bad idea before a REAL problem occurs. See Civil War, American, 1861-1865.

as much as I love Tennessee for Nashville and Memphis I'd say call his bluff and let them go. Also boot out Texas too. That way my kid won't have to read that religious crap that they're putting in the textbooks these days. If I wanted religion I'd go to church. Don't put it front of my kid. Also, don't rewrite history to suit your whacko conservative views. I like my history the way it happened not the way some tool sitting on a throne in Texas. Let them all leave and I'll laugh watching them go down in flames. I love country music and all that but whacko needs to be dealt with the only way they know how.

Idle threats. PLEASE SECEDE, PLEASE!

I'm all for letting dumb states secede. Just assure me that I'll be able to move up north to Saneville if Arkansas decides to go with. I'm not one of the crazy hicks here and I don't wish to be stuck with them.

Wamp was in Newt's Class of '94, the Contract with America guys. They promised term limits -2 terms and out -yet Wamp is still in Congress, running for yet another term.
Discuss.

Excellent! No more red state welfare from my northern state to yours, Mr. Wamp. You and your state won't be missed.

If we would have known that health reform would drive the crackers out of the union, we'd have passed it twenty years ago!

Don't let the door hit you on ass the way out, you toothless halfwits.

Zach Wamp. I just like to say it.

Zack Wamp is a lunatic, if he actually did get elected, which knowing some of these nuts in this state, it could happen. I rather doubt he would try to secede from the union. This state depends on the federal govt way too much, because these moron's do not believe in a state income tax. Yes, Tn is regressive in it's taxation, we have one of the highest sales tax in the country.

TennCare, was set up as universal state coverage, for people that could not get coverage with Ins. companies. If you had a pre-existing condition and had proof that you were denied coverage, you could apply and receive TennCare. Any child that did not have insurance (this was before CHIPS) had coverage, at the time, a high percentage of Tennessean children did not have any coverage. Medicaid would pay the state the monies for children at or below the poverty rate.

Then, this country went crazy, and Tn. elected Sundquist, that allowed people that should have never qualified for TennCare, due to income, more than 250k a year, or already had insurance, and used TennCare as a 2nd insurance. It was a huge mess, my husband works for the state. Sundquist, could not seem to keep anyone in charge of TennCare, they either dipped their fingers in the fund, for things not even for health care, such as the wonderful golf courses in this state. Yes, we have golf courses designed by master pro golfers, I am not into golf, but they say on the signs who they are. The state did not have the money for state parks, but we did have money for golf courses. Money that was suppose to go to TennCare. I could go on, but he had the State Employee's Pension and Insurance so screwed up, that my husband received a few months of not having to pay his insurance, because the state employee's over paid and this was caught during an audit done by our now Gov. Bredesen.

I wonder what would happen, if these lunatics, got their wish and actually did secede. The older crazies, which relies on Social Security and Medicare, would no longer have those benefits, since they are benefits to U.S. citizens. Most people in this state are dirt poor, and rely on the state thru Federal Assistance. What do you think would happen if Wamp got his wish. I would foresee, a riot at the Governor's Mansion in Nashville, and Zack Wamp would be barricaded in the basement that the citizens of Tn paid for with the help of the Federal Tax monies by Homeland Security. It would be total Anarchy.

Pls, Mr. Wamp, do the country a favor and take TN out of the union... real Americans have no room for entertaining inbred idiots... real Americans have no room for racist bigots like you... Per Mr. Abraham Lincoln, you need to get your white butt ready for some non-white penis....in the mean time, get yourself read for my white penis...

Treason. Literal treason from a member of Congress.

Where do these people come from and why don't they keep the doors locked there?

Republicans are doubling down on the "crazy" as the primary season comes to a close (primaries in Tennessee are August 8). They want to imitate Arizona, they want to follow Texas.

Incidentally, Wamp's congressional district is dependent on the Federal Government, including the headquarters for TVA and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. If he's really so opposed to Big Gummint, why doesn't he start by closing them down?

Yes, because of the some of the southern repubs are crazy and/or repulsive lets hate all southern states and southerners.

Just like we should hate Minnesota because of Bachmann or Alaska because of Palin.

Yes, let's help the Tea Party by being the bigots that hate the south and make sure that we insult southern independent voters so as to drive them away from ever considering voting for a Democrat.

This north versus south shit is ridiculous. Are some of you stuck in the 1860's?

Here are some more southerners you can hate.

Truman Capote
William Faulkner
Martin Luther King
Larry McMurtry
Barbara Jordan
Booker T. Washington
Jimmy Carter
Bill Clinton
Buddy Holly
Ray Charles
George Washington Carver
Al Gore
Willie Nelson
Jack Daniel :)

The main problem with the end of the War of Southron Treason was that Lincoln did not hang every single one of the southron traitors. But now, I say, get you degenerate treasonous asses OUT of my country!! The sooner we are done with the assholes south of normal America, the better. We don't marry our sisters in normal America. We don't take more federal aid than we contribute. The South is a region of parasitic degenerates. There is nothing of value south of I-70.

Please seceed, please oh please oh please! Or I've got a better idea! Take all the Tennesseans down to TX, blow TX off the map, make OK a seaport, & let Redneck Nation live on "Bush Island" with their King Ricky Perry. Actually, if TN seceeded, that would be great because then, there would be two fewer RepubliKKKans (Alexander & Corker) in the Senate and many fewer in the House like Marsha Blackburn. Check out Mr. Wamp's bio. He lives in C-Street House, and dropped out of both UNC & U of TN in his freshman year due to drug & alcohol addictions. He never completed his college education, but that's alright, because after he found Jesus, and became, of course, a Republican, the Lord called him to politics. The rest is history.

"...states might just have to secede."

Okay with me. buh-bye!

One time too many. At this point I think it's time we put a mechanism in place that allows Mr. Wamp, Mr. Perry, and all of their anti-democratic, anti-american ilk the wherewithal to "opt-out" of the union. It could be done in an orderly fashion; Just give 'em some chunk of the godforsaken SE, and let those who want to go, go. They aren't "patriots," they don't believe in the constitution, and they suck away too many of my tax dollars. Just go. There's always room for another Third World country. But make certain we have a strong immigration policy in place so they don't sneak back in.

Please secede. I beg you.
I will enjoy watching the Federal troops march in and arrest all you traitors. Then line up the leaders like Perry,Wamp,a few teahadists, throw in some of the American Taliban and add that traitor Palin. Ready aim fire.
Guess these mental giants dont remember what happened last time they tried to destroy the Union.