->  MM> Hello everybody.   
   ->    
   ->  I have said, the Republican Party no longer exists. It is now   
   ->  the Republican Tea Party. Next election, or the one after, it   
   ->  will be just the Tea Party.   
   ->    
   ->  Contact every legislator or former legislator you know who was   
   ->  beaten in the primary by a Tea Party candidate. Implore him to   
   ->  campaign against the Tea Party candidate.   
   ->    
   ->  I know this will hurt, but it's the only way to keep the   
   ->  Republican Party to suffer the fate I named above, becoming the   
   ->  Tea Party. It's the only way for Republicans to keep the   
   ->  freedom to think for themselves.   
   ->    
   ->  MM> These thoughts are not written by me, but they are written   
   ->  MM> by Dave Nalle and I agree with them.   
   ->    
   ->  MM> For those having trouble following the controversy over   
   ->  MM> rules changes at the RNC, here they are in a nutshell:   
   ->    
   ->  MM> There are basically three proposed changes.   
   ->    
   ->  MM> First, that the delegates will be bound to vote in   
   ->  MM> proportion to the popular vote regardless of how things go   
   ->  MM> in our county and state conventions.   
   ->    
   ->  MM> Second, that the presumed nominee or his agents will be   
   ->  MM> able to remove or replace delegates from state conventions   
   ->  MM> at will.   
   ->    
   ->  MM> Third, that the members of the RNC may at any time between   
   ->  MM> conventions change any of the party rules by a 3/4 vote.   
   ->    
   ->  MM> It appears that most members of the Texas delegation are   
   ->  MM> now opposing these changes.   
   ->    
   ->  MM> I signed on to the GOP to be part of a real political   
   ->  MM> party, not just some pavlovian Punchinello who parades   
   ->  MM> around in a pantomime pageant and claps when they ring a   
   ->  MM> bell.   
      
   Chances are great that the Republicans will take over both the White House   
   and Congress in January, so all anti-Republicans might as well begun   
   adjusting to that ... [sigh] ...    
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