Cain
5th September 2003, 05:03 AM
The Texas GOP Platform is crazier than I thought:
http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/000444.html
Out of curiosity, I started looking at the affiliations of some high-ranking members of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. I struck paydirt right away with the National Chairman, Massey Villareal.
No, as far as I know, he isn’t a former member of MEChA. But he is a current member of another extremist organization: The Texas GOP.
MEChA has been widely attacked on the basis of this document: El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan.
So, in the interest of equal time, I’m pleased to take a look at the Texas GOP platform from 2000.
And I didn’t even have to translate anything to do it! Good thing, too- the official Texas GOP platform “supports the immediate adoption of American English as the official language of Texas and of the United States of America.”
(Incidentally, I’m using the 2000 platform because I think that it would be unfair to contend that President Bush should renounce the 2002 Texas GOP platform, which has some new planks. For example, it now contains the statement “The Republican Party of Texas reaffirms the United States of America is a Christian Nation,” and it calls for the abolition of the income tax. A summary of the 2002 platform is here; the whole document can be accessed from the Republican Party of Texas official homepage.
However, it seems that the rules of engagement demand that I ask if Mr. Villarreal, Tom DeLay, or Rick Perry supports or renounces this platform.)
Among the highlights listed on the site is "dispelling the myth of separation of church and state." Also listed is a return to the gold standard, opposition to the theory of global warming, and withdrawing from the U.N. If you read the actual document there's some nifty stuff about creationism and flag desecration as well.
http://www.crookedtimber.org/archives/000444.html
Out of curiosity, I started looking at the affiliations of some high-ranking members of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly. I struck paydirt right away with the National Chairman, Massey Villareal.
No, as far as I know, he isn’t a former member of MEChA. But he is a current member of another extremist organization: The Texas GOP.
MEChA has been widely attacked on the basis of this document: El Plan Espiritual de Aztlan.
So, in the interest of equal time, I’m pleased to take a look at the Texas GOP platform from 2000.
And I didn’t even have to translate anything to do it! Good thing, too- the official Texas GOP platform “supports the immediate adoption of American English as the official language of Texas and of the United States of America.”
(Incidentally, I’m using the 2000 platform because I think that it would be unfair to contend that President Bush should renounce the 2002 Texas GOP platform, which has some new planks. For example, it now contains the statement “The Republican Party of Texas reaffirms the United States of America is a Christian Nation,” and it calls for the abolition of the income tax. A summary of the 2002 platform is here; the whole document can be accessed from the Republican Party of Texas official homepage.
However, it seems that the rules of engagement demand that I ask if Mr. Villarreal, Tom DeLay, or Rick Perry supports or renounces this platform.)
Among the highlights listed on the site is "dispelling the myth of separation of church and state." Also listed is a return to the gold standard, opposition to the theory of global warming, and withdrawing from the U.N. If you read the actual document there's some nifty stuff about creationism and flag desecration as well.