Texas GOP Platform Under Attack

Denise McNamara | SMU Boulevard | Dallas, TX 75206

Fellow Conservatives:

Our conservative GOP platform is under attack! Under the guise of "simplifying" the RPT platform, liberal activists are organizing in an attempt to gut our conservative planks.

It's time to rally the troops.

Last Saturday (4/14) and this Saturday (4/21) Republicans throughout Texas are gathering for their County and District Conventions.

To find information on your convention, go to the Republican Party of Texas website and enter the name of your county.

You may wonder why it is important to attend, especially since the Obama Justice Department has effectively delayed our Texas Republican primary to such a late date that the selection of our presidential nominee may be a foregone conclusion.

But your participation is imperative. During these conventions important work will be done, including selection of state delegates and platform resolutions to forward on to our state platform committee.

There is a move afoot to weaken our platform by having entire sections removed, planks such as:  traditional marriage, sanctity of life, strong national defense, and even support of our long-time ally Israel.

The proponents of these radical views do not have the numbers to start a third party, so they are trying to infiltrate ours. They are well organized, and they have a plan.

In order to defend our conservative principles, conservatives need to be present at their conventions from the moment it is called to order until the convention is adjourned.

There is always a danger of complacency in every election, especially in reliably "Red" Texas. But in order to influence our elected officials and hold them accountable we have to be engaged.

It's a recurring theme, but it has never been more true:

            "The next election is the most important election of our lifetime."

This November we must defeat Barack Obama. The prospect of four more years of Obama, of more Obama appointments to the Supreme Court, more damage done to our economy, unfathomable debt, and out-of-control taxation and regulation should be enough to motivate every one of us to remain engaged and focused.

As President Calvin Coolidge said, "Duty is not collective; it is personal."

So, keep on working, keep the faith, and may God bless Texas!

Denise McNamara
former Republican National Committeewoman, Texas
2004-2008 RNC Resolutions Committee
2010 State Platform Committee
1996-2012 Senate Resolutions Committee

*2010 State Republican Party Platform

Principles

1. We believe in strict adherence to the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. and Texas Constitutions.

2. We believe in preserving American Freedom and Texas Sovereignty

3. We believe in limiting the expanse of government power.

4. We believe in the sanctity of human life, created in the image of God, which should be protected from fertilization to natural death.

5. We believe in personal accountability and responsibility.

6. We believe in self-sufficient families, founded on the traditional marriage of a natural man and a natural woman.

7. We believe in having an educated population, with parents having the freedom of choice for the education of their children.

8. We believe in Americans having the right to be safe in their homes, on their streets, and in their communities, and the unalienable right to defend themselves.

9. We believe in a free enterprise society unencumbered by government interference or subsidies.

10. We believe in restoring American sovereignty and leadership, and we honor all of those that serve and protect our freedom with peace through strength.