He doesn't like states' rights. Of course, anyone who says "nullification" is a racist. Good grief.
Allow me to tear his amusingly silly arguments to pieces.
First off, he says "Who does she think she is, John Calhoun?" I wish! He'd come in handy right now.
Apparently, Martin Luther King Jr. is an authority on what nullification means. Riiiight. Hey, Matthews, all these "firearms freedom" acts are nullification. Last I checked, the second amendment wasn't racist. This guy is utterly clueless. So what if some freakshow racist governor said favorable things about nullification 40 FREAKIN' YEARS AGO?! That doesn't make it racist.
One of the other folks with him talks about the "racial aspect" of secession/nullification. What racial aspect? It has nothing to do with race at all! Unless you count the fact that for some obscure, probably silly reason certain people associate states' rights with racism even though it is purely political. The New England states in the 1800's favored secession. Last I checked, they didn't have slaves. Another claim was that if Democrats were running around screaming "SECESSION!" they would be denounced as anti-American. Wrong. It's called Vermont. Y'know, little obscure state in the Northeast, trying to secede, filled with, um, FLAMING LIBERALS. And yet, by most secessionists, they are admired despite their liberal ideas. And to top the insanity off, Matthews, a liberal and major Obama worshipper, comments that people who support secession/nullification think they are more American than people who want to abide by the Constitution. My response: Hey, genius, where ya been for the past 250 years? You're the one who is abusing the Constitution. Nullification and secession are specifically to GET RID OF unconstitutional laws. Frankly, secession is fully justified as of right now. Nullification is nice, but secession is better.
Finally, I would like to make one last statement. Hey, Matthews, ever heard of these neat little things called the Kentucky and Virginia resolutions? By Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. What? Never heard of 'em? How 'bout the Declaration of Independence? It's a document of secession, and arguably the most American document ever written. Stop making silly blanket statements. I'm not racist, nobody I know personally who supports secession is racist. Do your research next time.
As an amusing side note, somebody pointed out that one of the guys says that the Texas voters aren't a diverse crowd. He says this while on a show with two other white, liberal, middle aged guys. Go figure.
