All 50 states now have secession petitions and backlash petitions are being filed to exile those who support secession. The online spectacle is becoming somewhat silly, but underlying reasons propelling this incredibly intense frustration are very serious. In the national arena, half the nation has been disenfranchised. They feel they have no voice in Washington anymore, so why should they stay?
The most aggravating factor is the absence of fair play in the national mainstream media. These supposed umpires of truth are hopelessly compromised and corrupted. If every conservative pitch is a ball and every liberal pitch is a strike and all conservatives runners are always out and liberal runners are always safe, why would anyone continue playing?! Conservative ideas virtually get no hearing on the national stage much less any form of fairness. This corrosion of free speech weakens the foundation of the union.
With persistent doubts about Republican commitment to conservatism, Speaker Boehner confirmed those doubts before the votes were even counted. He told the president Republicans are ready to raise taxes and with that he told the conservative base Republicans are preparing to lose the next two elections. So, who is ready to fight in the trenches for another 2 years to give Boehner another opportunity to surrender?
The past four years are prelude to perhaps much more than the next four. The Obama administration doesn't compromise! ObamaCare was jammed through by legislative tricks and zero Republican support. Republicans may have the House, but President Obama happily goes around Congress. If the House impedes his agenda, he flaunts the Constitution and issues an Executive Order. So, why do we care about electing Congress if they have ceded their legislative role to the executive?
Liberals may cheer this now, but the Congress is the people's voice in our federal government and those voices are being silenced. When Congress abandons its powers and fails to restrain executive encroachment, they hand dictatorial power to the president.Conservatives aren't going to forfeit their rights and convictions. However, if half the nation is disdained, their voices denied, and a whole segment of America disenfranchised from the federal government, then secession talk will continue to find fertile ground and as those seeds sprout they will crack the foundation of our nation.