Perry fired up an anti-tax "tea party" Wednesday with his stance against the federal government and for states' rights as some in his U.S. flag-waving audience shouted, "Secede!"
when he was asked about it by a reporter
Perry suggested Texans might at some point get so fed up they would want to secede from the union, though he said he sees no reason why Texas should do that.
From there it pretty much ballooned. What I was pointing out was the people (based on their comments) of that same site had a rather positive response to Vermont, while a rather venomous one to Texas - over the same issue.