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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:17:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to my blog! Denise McNamara, Republican National Committee, Texas<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisemc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=715511&amp;post=31&amp;subd=denisemc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>No Matter How Hard She Tries, Hillary is No Bill</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 18:14:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[            Hillary began her presidential campaign last week by announcing that she wants to “chat” with voters.  The Smartest Woman in the World wants to hear your ideas?  Yeah, right.             This “chatting” tour comes on the heels of the “listening” tour from her 2000 senate campaign.  Can you see a pattern developing?  Hillary is one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisemc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=715511&amp;post=30&amp;subd=denisemc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reagan and Bush Got it Right:  It&#8217;s Good vs. Evil</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[          When President Ronald Reagan first decided to use the word “evil” to describe the Soviet Union in a speech to the British Parliament, squeamish advisors edited it out.  The word evil, after all, is inflammatory.  It might offend someone.  Heaven forbid.  But precisely because Reagan had the wisdom to call a spade a spade, he persisted in communicating to the world what he knew to be true, that mankind is engaged in a battle of good versus evil.  He was not named the “Great Communicator” for nothing.  Reagan will long be remembered for what has been dubbed the “evil empire” speech.  And because of his clear-eyed vision of peace through strength, he toppled the Soviet communist empire. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisemc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=715511&amp;post=24&amp;subd=denisemc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When Republicans Stray, Republicans Pay</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:49:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As we usher in a new year, it is time for Republicans to look back at 2006 and reflect upon lessons learned.  On the national front, Republicans controlled the White House and Congress, but they lacked unity and leadership.  Out-of-control spending, lack of progress on immigration reform, and perceived corruption brought huge losses in November.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisemc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=715511&amp;post=9&amp;subd=denisemc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Conservative Enough?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[           The politics of labeling is alive and well.  The broad classifications of conservative, moderate, and liberal are no longer adequate.  If you’re a Republican, chances are you proudly claim to be a conservative.  In fact, if you are not a conservative, you probably won’t be able to run for dog catcher.  To be called [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisemc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=715511&amp;post=14&amp;subd=denisemc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Secure Fence Act of 2006:  Was Congress Just Throwing us a Bone?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:41:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[            The way that our elected officials are talking, the much-touted Secure Fence Act of 2006 which Congress passed just in time for the November elections may have been just what its title implies:  nothing but an act.  Despite the President’s signing of both the Secure Fence Act and the Homeland Security Appropriations Act which allegedly provides funding for the fence, no one believes that it will ever be built.  

            Scoffers maintain that the fence is an ineffective solution and that illegals will simply dig under or climb over.  That begs the question, what is their alternative plan?  Why did they pass the legislation?  Are we planning on asking our border patrol agents to line up along the border and link arms?  Red Rover, Red Rover, send terrorists right over.

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		<title>Representative Brian McCall:  Impetus for Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 23:41:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[             Kudos to the Honorable Brian McCall, State Representative from Plano, for having the courage to run for Speaker of the Texas House against incumbent Speaker Tom Craddick.              While many Republican Texas House members privately grumbled and complained about the heavy-handed tactics employed by Speaker Craddick, Representative McCall was the only one willing to formally [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisemc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=715511&amp;post=15&amp;subd=denisemc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mr. Patrick goes to Austin</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:41:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[        Senator Dan Patrick may be just a tad bit more vocal than was Jimmy Stewart’s character in the classic movie.  But the comparison is hard to resist.  Regardless of one’s life experience, the first stint as an elected legislator is always an educational one.  In politics there is tradition and protocol and bureaucracy to deal with that most of us are blissfully unaware of in our non-political worlds.  On the opening day of the Texas Senate, while the more seasoned Senators watched in amusement, Senator Dan Patrick proposed to end the time-honored tradition of requiring a 2/3rds approval of the Senate in order to consider a bill.  His proposal went down in flames in a vote of 30-1.  Welcome to Austin, Senator Patrick.  

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		<title>At the RNC, Resistance is Futile</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:40:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always been a big fan of Star Trek.  When I was in the sixth grade, it was my favorite television show.  (Yes, I am a nerd.)  But you don’t normally hear references to Star Trek on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.  So when Congressman David Wu of Oregon, a Democrat, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisemc.wordpress.com&amp;blog=715511&amp;post=10&amp;subd=denisemc&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Suggested New Year&#8217;s Resolutions</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 21:32:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise McNamara</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[       As a party official who has been elected by our convention-going grassroots Republicans, no one understands the frustration currently felt by our base as well as I.  Many of us could see the mood of the electorate leading up the November elections.  As one stalwart leader in the Republican Party, Congressman Jeb Hensarling put it, “…too many Americans came to the conclusion that the Republican Party lost its commitment to limited government, to accountability, to a balanced budget, to less spending.  So that is where there is a huge battle. If you look at the polls, and I've looked at a number of polls, particularly in swing districts, the Republican brand has been damaged.  Fiscal responsibility is one of our core values.  Nobody expects the Democrats to be fiscally responsible.  But if we're not fiscally responsible, I don't know how we ever get back into the majority.  (Texas Congressman Hensarling is currently the Chairman of the Republican Study Group.)

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