Word: planks
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Will the Republican Party ever be known as anything but the party of big-bucks Texans and Orange Country, California? Maybe. The recent moves to remove the anti-abortion plank from the Republican Party's platform takes them one step closer to--gasp--the party of consensus...
...Oliver North the Republican candidate to oppose Democratic Senator Charles Robb in Virginia. Earlier this month, conservative Christian delegates turned the Texas state convention into a whooping, roiling demonstration of their clout, forcing through the election of their candidate for party chairman and the adoption of a hard-right plank that gubernatorial candidate George W. Bush, the ex- President's son, will now have to run on. Wary moderates like Bush and Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson were careful not to offend the rightists, who rolled over anybody in their way. When one centrist delegate argued that the party...
...they become more schooled in the art of give and take, conservative Christians have been willing to support more centrist candidates and positions. At its state convention two years ago, the California G.O.P. tore itself apart over whether to adopt a strict antiabortion plank. The conservatives won, but in the November election G.O.P. candidates were mowed down by the voters. This year, to avoid hobbling Governor Pete Wilson in his race against Democrat Kathleen Brown, Christians agreed to a softer abortion platform. Religious conservatives are looking for centrists to meet them halfway by supporting candidates like North and Quist, even...
...background. When I read about this girl who likes her perfect, but she knows that breaks the prefect code and she want to share the pain with someone who cares, I'm there, Norma. I care. No more of this Captain, Norma. I say, make him walk the plank. Cares in Currier...
Despite this hardship, the Truckers have not been quite as active in acting on the other plank of their platform. Moxon says there are no concrete plans for monster trucks in the immediate future...