[Blood of Tyrants]

This is just the start. Rats would no longer be able to hold bills and judges hostage for political favors. RINOS could be told to take a flying leap. The federal government could be told to take their programs and stick them where the sun doesn't shine. Schools could once again be controlled at the local and stae level.

The possibilities are endless!

Any comments?

[MegaSilver]

Any comments?

First of all, the Civil War was fought precisely over the issue of whether States that had voluntarily entered the Union could voluntarily secede; the winner would get to decide how to interpret the Constitution in that respect. And the Confederates lost.

As for West Virginia seceding from Virginia, that was an exceptional case, as the West Virginians were loyalists to the Union and the rest of the Virginians were separatists.

Second, even if this were possible, it could backfire by prompting a potential backlash by liberal metropolitan communities in predominantly red states.

[Paleo Conservative]

West Virginia split from Virginia, it simply formed a separate state government and declared itself independent of Virginia WITHOUT THE PERMSSION OF THE STATE OF VIRGINIA. To this day Virginia has never voted to allow West Virginai secede. When they applied for statehood, Congress quickly admitted it. Congress would not be able to reject recognizing the state because precedence has already been established.

I don' think it established a precedent. Technically at the time West Virginia became a state, Virginia claimed to be a state in the Confederate States of America not the United States. If Virginia was not a state in the United States, there is no precedent. It potentially would have been possible for Virgina to have protested the breakoff of West Virginia from it, but that would have been hypcritical. If Virgina had the right to secede from the US, then West Virgina had a right to secede from Virgina.

[PatrickHenry]

Texas already has the right to divide itself into five states:
Joint Resolution for Annexing Texas to the United States, Approved March 1, 1845.

[Paul C. Jesup]

Georgia (Southern and Western secede amd leave Atlanta and the NW counties)

Atlanta is different case from the others, some places in and around Atlanta are VERY conservative, there is one place near Atlanta where by law you HAVE TO own a gun.

[expatpat]

The Eastern Shore of Maryland is separated from most of the rest of the state by the Chesapeake Bay, as well as more traditional, conservative values than the Baltimore-Washington corridor.

[Check_Your_Premises]

I don't know if it is possible, but I like the way you are thinking. Conservatism is inherently defensive. We need to be advancing civilization, not merely defending it.

We need to destroy them, not merely defend against our own destruction. This is how all wars are won.

I also like it because it is completely outside the realm of popularly held possibilities. We are mired in a bloody trench war in political terms. Huge time and resources are expended to make the smallest of advances, only to have those advances lost in coming elections.

We need to flank these bastards. If nothing else you are thinking correctly and encouraging others to do the same.

MDP