Rick Perry Secession Remarks Echo Convicted Separatist Leader: Olbermann Guest (VIDEO)

At a Texas Tea Party Thursday, Gov. Rick Perry raised eyebrows by suggesting his state couldsecede from the union. On Countdown with Keith Olbermann that night, Texas political writer and Huffington Post blogger James Moore pointed out that Perry isn't the first Texan to suggest secession. He compared the Republican governor to Richard L. McLaren, a separatist leader who in 1997 took his followers into the mountains, engaged in a week-long standoff that left people dead, and now is in jail for life. LinkHere

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