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To: michael97123 who wrote (53576)	7/9/2004 2:06:57 PM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793620

As ordered, Mike. texasgop.org 1. Christian Nation – The Republican Party of Texas affirms that the United States of America is a Christian nation, . . . 2. Our Party pledges to exert its influence to restore the original intent of the First Amendment of the United States Constitution and dispel the myth of the separation of Church and State. 3. The Party understands that the Ten Commandments are the basis of our basic freedoms and the cornerstone of our Western legal tradition. We therefore oppose any governmental action to restrict, prohibit, or remove public display of the Decalogue or other religious symbols. Nuff said. Well, these are items extracted from a rather large document. They don't appear in that order in it. So I did not italicize the numbers. Except. In this context, Bush is a moderate. Some of us talked about James Fallows essay in the most recent Atlantic Monthly contrasting the Bush that debated Ann Richards in 94 with the public Bush these days. Fallows makes two points. One, the earlier Bush was almost a policy wonk, spoke in full sentences and paragraphs. In contrast with the present Bush who stays away from policy in public, speaks in shibolleths, and rarely gets a complete sentence out. Two, the earlier Bush worked across the aisles. That Bush didn't make the Washington trip either.