Texas
Congressman Ron Paul appeared on CNN's Morning America today
to defend the right of secession as an American tradition amid
a growing media misrepresentation of the concept as unpatriotic.
"I think the biggest surprise to me was the
outrage expressed toward an individual who even thinks along
these lines," The Congressman commented.
"I heard people say this was treasonous and
this was un-American, but don't they remember how we came into
being? We used secession, we seceded from England." Paul
said.
The Congressman explained that just because people
are talking about the principle of secession, that doesn't mean
that they are calling for it.
"It's a very good principle, it's a principle
of a free society and it's a shame we don't have it anymore."
Paul said
"I argue that if we had the principle of
secession our Federal government wouldn't be as intrusive into
State affairs, and to me that would be very good."
The subject hit headlines last week when Texas
Governor Rick Perry raised the prospect of Texas seceding from
the union.
Critics
have charged that Perry is exploiting the burgeoning
States rights' movement for his own political ends.
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Turning to the economy, the Congressman was also asked whether
select banks turning over record profits was an indication of
the success of the bailout policy, to which he replied:
"If a gangster steals money and he's successful you don't
celebrate! This is just going to make the people angrier."
Texas
Congressman Ron Paul appeared on CNN's Morning America today
to defend the right of secession as an American tradition amid
a growing media misrepresentation of the concept as unpatriotic.
