THE REPUBLICAN LIBERTY CAUCUS OF TEXAS E-NEWSLETTER
March 08, 2004
http://www.rlctexas.org/newsletters/2004_03_08.htm
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IN THIS ISSUE:
o SPECIAL MESSAGE - YES! BECOME A REPUBLICAN
DELEGATE BY DON ZIMMERMAN
o SPECIAL REPORT - 2003 US CONGRESSIONAL REPORT
CARD FOR TEXAS
o USEFUL INFORMATION - REPUBLICAN ELECTION
SCHEDULE FOR 2004
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YES!
BECOME A REPUBLICAN
DELEGATE -- A SPECIAL MESSAGE
FROM RLC OF TEXAS EXECUTIVE
DIRECTOR, DON ZIMMERMAN:
Many Republicans despair at the explosive growth of
government which has occurred during the first
administration dominated by Republicans. The House,
Senate, and Presidency were all controlled by Republicans
for the first time in decades, yet we still suffered
LBJ-Democrat style government growth. Some ask, why
bother going to the "Republican" State Convention?
The answer: Ron Paul
As the leading proponent of Constitutional government in
Congress, Dr. Paul will have a resounding reception in
San Antonio at the State Convention, provided that YOU
join us to help lead many thousands of his supporters!
The RLC of Texas has reserved a prime Exhibit Booth
location adjacent to Dr. Paul's campaign booth. So,
volunteers can move between Dr. Paul's booth and ours
as needs dictate.
We need an abundance of RLCers to work our exhibit
booth, which is open during all convention hours. Since
the various district caucuses complete their business
at different times during the convention, it's important to
have an ample supply of RLCers so we have booth
coverage volunteers at all times. RLCers will conduct
surveys of delegates, invite new members to join, and
basically have a great time doing what we love: talking
"Ron Paul Republican" politics.
Finally, on June 4th we have planned a ROCKING party
for the Constitutional Republicans with Dr. Ron Paul and
RLC Chair (and proud new father of twins!) Jerry Patterson;
we have a very good live band scheduled for entertainment,
and we expect upwards to 1,000 visitors. We are going to
ROCK the world's largest political convention and send a
message that America's most courageous pro-Constitution,
anti-Neocon leader, Ron Paul, is the choice of the grass
roots Americans - PERIOD. People may be bored because
there's no race for president, so let's take advantage of the
yawn by promoting the Ron Paul Republicans.Will
you join us?!
Liberty – Step by Step
2 Easy Steps to Promote Liberty
Do you want to promote liberty without wasting
lots of time and money? Do you want to support
“Ron Paul” Republicans at the State Convention
and have a blast!? Then, become a Republican
Delegate to the state Convention this year!
Here are the first two steps:
o Step 1: Show up where you
voted,
after 7pm, on Primary election night,
March 9th, to attend your Republican
Precinct Convention. (or talk to your
Precinct Chair, in your neighborhood, to
find out if the meeting will be somewhere
else; the meeting location notice should
be posted near the entrance at your voting
location. Phone your county GOP office to
learn who your Precinct Chairman is.)
Texas GOP Contact: (for county info)
(512) 477-9821 - www.texasgop.org
o Step 2: Get nominated and elected
to your county or senate convention as
a voting delegate, and then contact us
for more information. Texas RLC Contact:
Don Zimmerman - hq1@rlctexas.org -
(512) 577-8842 - www.rlctexas.org
... For more
information, read the RLC
documentation below:
http://www.rlctexas.org/membership/training
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2003 US
CONGRESSIONAL
REPORT CARD:
http://www.rlctexas.net/candidates/report_card_2003.htm
The latest Congressional Report Card (or Liberty Index) is in.
The latest ranking is for the year 2003. It usually takes over
a year to get the full ranking, so this information is the latest
available.
2003 Session U.S. House Texas Member Ratings:
District | Name, Party = Class
TX 03 | Johnson, Republican = Conservative
TX 04 | Hall, Republican = Enterpriser +
TX 05 | Hensarling, Republican = Enterpriser +
TX 06 | Barton, Republican = Conservative
TX 07 | Culberson, Republican = Conservative
TX 08 | Brady, Republican = Conservative
TX 12 | Granger, Republican = Conservative
TX 13 | Thornberry, Republican = Conservative
TX 14 | Ron Paul, Republican = Libertarian *
TX 19 | Neugebauer, Republican = Libertarian *
TX 21 | Smith, Republican = Conservative
TX 22 | DeLay, Republican = Conservative
TX 23 | Bonilla, Republican = Conservative
TX 26 | Burgess, Republican = Conservative
TX 31 | Carter, Republican = Conservative
TX 32 | Sessions, Republican = Conservative
TX 01 | Sandlin, Democrat = Liberal
TX 02 | Turner, Democrat = Liberal
TX 09 | Lampson, Democrat = Liberal
TX 10 | Doggett, Democrat = Liberal
TX 11 | Edwards, Democrat = Liberal
TX 15 | Hinojosa, Democrat = Moderate (Statist)
TX 16 | Reyes, Democrat = Liberal
TX 17 | Stenholm, Democrat = Moderate (Statist)
TX 18 | Jackson-Lee, Democrat = Liberal
TX 20 | Gonzalez, Democrat = Liberal
TX 24 | Frost, Democrat = Liberal
TX 25 | Bell, Democrat = Moderate (Statist)
TX 27 | Ortiz, Democrat = Moderate (Statist)
TX 28 | Rodriguez, Democrat = Liberal
TX 29 | Green, Democrat = Moderate (Statist)
TX 30 | Johnson, Democrat = Liberal
Definitions:
o Libertarians - Fiscally conservative yet socially tolerant,
libertarians favor lower taxes, limited government and
expanded personal liberty and responsibility.
o Enterprisers - Free market conservatives who support
economic freedom but are inconsistent on civil liberties
issues.
o Conservatives - Moderate free enterprisers who favor a
large government role in shaping society, particularly in
social issues.
o Liberals - Favor strong government interference in
economic affairs but are more laissez faire on personal
liberties issues.
o Moderates - Support moderate government intervention
in economic and personal affairs. Characterized by
reliance on polls rather than principles.
o Authoritarians - Believe in a strong state apparatus
intervening extensively in economic and personal affairs.
o Pers% - Personal freedom
o Econ% - Economic freedom
o Comb% - Combination of the two scores above.
o Class - Philosophical ranking of the Rep..
* Note: These congressmen are "Ron Paul" Republicans.
+ Note: Enterprisers are the second best score.
Information on the Liberty Index:
The Liberty Index is written by Professor Clifford F. Thies.
It rates members of Congress on their official roll call votes
during each session of the House and Senate. For each
Chamber, twenty votes on economic issues and twenty
votes on personal liberty are selected to rank members
for their support of individual liberties.
Rather than the traditional left-right political spectrum,
the two types of votes are plotted on a two-dimensional
Graph, to indicate support for both personal and economic
liberties. The resulting Plot more accurately shows the
political position of each member in both categories.
Each member of Congress has two percentage scores and
a consolidated score, which indicates their standing in the
totalitarian to libertarian axis (lower left to upper right).
The Roll Call Votes used to find Liberty Index scores:
As in past years, construction of the index involved
identifying eighty roll call votes, twenty from each
chamber of Congress in each of economic and personal
liberties. As in past years, there was no problem
identifying a good list of roll call votes in the area of
economic liberties. This year’s list of economics votes
included votes on taxes, spending, economic regulations,
free trade, and energy policy. Also as in past years,
problems were encountered identifying a good list of roll
call votes in the area of personal liberties. Specifically,
this year, in the Senate, I included votes on four judicial
nominees when I would have preferred to include only
two such votes, for want of more useful choices. In
addition to these votes, this year’s list of personal liberties
votes included votes on equal rights, government financing
of speech, arts and humanities, choice in education, the
war on drugs, and internet-based gambling and pornography.
The exact list of votes is given [below]. -- Clifford F. Thies
List of Roll Call Votes:
http://www.rlctexas.net/candidates/report_card_2003_roll_call_votes.htm
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REPUBLICAN ELECTION SCHEDULE FOR 2004:
o March 9, 2004 - 2004 PRIMARY ELECTION
o March 27, 2004 - 2004 County and Senatorial
District conventions.
o April 12-16, 2004 - Runoff Primary Election Early
Voting by Personal
Appearance
o April 20, 2004 - 2004 Primary Runoff Election
o May 10, 2004 - County Chair & Precinct Chairs
begin 2-year term of office
o June 3-5, 2004 - 2004 Republican State
Convention in San Antonio
o August 30, 2004 - Republican National
Convention convenes in New York City
o September 2, 2004 - Republican National
Convention adjourns
o October 18-29, 2004 - General Election Early
voting by personal appearance
o November 2, 2004 - GENERAL ELECTION
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JOIN US!
If you like what we're doing and you'd like to be a
part of our
organization, consider contacting us at
HQ@rlctexas.net . If you
are still sitting on the
fence, undecided about joining other like
minded
Republican friends in the Republican Liberty
Caucus of
Texas, please consider it. We look
forward to your commitment to
joining us in our
fight for LIBERTY.
Our main focus is to encourage
fellow Republicans
to get involved in pro-LIBERTY Republican
campaigns, to win. In order to accomplish this goal
we need to
continue to grow our network of
pro-Liberty Republicans. There is
strength in numbers.
We want to work with you. Join us today, or if you
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OUR PURPOSE:
After decades of New Deal and Great Society social
activism ...
combined with the rapid decline in civics
and American history
education in our government-run
public schools ... mixed with a
growing population
of ill-informed and apathetic voters ...
government at
every level in this country continues to be too big,
too intrusive and too expensive.
Founded in 1990, the Republican Liberty Caucus
of Texas works to
advance the principles of limited
government, individual liberty and
free markets
within the Republican Party and throughout Texas.
Our focus is on a broad range of issues, including
education, taxation,
property rights, gun rights,
free
speech, federalism and the proper
role of
government.
In
addition to giving disenfranchised smaller-government
Republicans a home by
creating incentive to stay in our
party, the Republican Liberty Caucus of
Texas helps
avoid a potential exodus to Libertarian,
Constitutional, and other third parties, which would
open the door to big-government
victories from leftist
candidates. The Republican Liberty Caucus
of
Texas
is proud to promote the GOP's smaller-government
message. Our limited government, individual
liberty and
free market ideas will win by inclusion.
While rolling back decades of government
"nannyism"
will require a
great deal of public
education and
grassroots lobbying, the most
important means of
changing public policy is to
change public officials.
Therefore, the Republican
Liberty Caucus of Texas
works to elect
pro-liberty
Republicans to offices at
all levels, partisan and
non-partisan, in both primary
and general elections.
The Republican Liberty Caucus of Texas is
committed not to just
electing more Republicans ...
but better ones, as well.
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COMMITTEE:
Executive Director:
Mr. Don Zimmerman
Austin, TX
(512) 577-8842
dzimmerman@rlctexas.net
Chairman:
Mr. Jerry Patterson
Austin, TX
jpatterson@rlctexas.net
Vice Chairman:
Penny Langford
Angleton, TX
plangford@rlctexas.net
Secretary:
Mr. John Reed
Buda, TX
jreed@rlctexas.net
Treasurer:
Mr. Richard Relph
Austin, TX
rrelph@rlctexas.net
At-Large:
Mr. Trey Summitt
Dallas, TX
gsummitt@rlctexas.net
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