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		<title>Brazos County GOP Reagan Day Dinner &amp; Straw Poll Set For Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Feb 2012 02:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ronald Reagan was all about the big tent that the Republican Party used to be. He made the tent bigger, if the results of the 1984 election are any indicator. Since the Republican Revolution of 1994, that tent has shrunk to kick out Conservatives and embrace the &#8220;party over principle&#8221; ideology that has turned Washington, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flores Steals From Edwards’ Playbook To Break Campaign Promise</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:56:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, we&#8217;ve had Bill Flores &#8220;representing&#8221; Texas Congressional District 17 for almost a year. Bill failed us this past summer with his support of increasing the National Debt. Remember, this was Bill saying he knew better than us. That he was the smartest person in the room. The same thing we griped to Chet about… [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Experience And Maturity Are The John Raney Difference</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:22:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had my second conversation with John Raney, the only Conservative left in the special election to fill the unexpired term of Fred Brown in the Texas State House District 14, last Friday, December 9th. You can hear the audio here. [WMA, 18MB] Unfortunately, my battery for my digital recorder ran out, so you don&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Bob Yancy Should Not Get Your Vote</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you haven&#8217;t read Monday&#8217;s article, Why Bob Yancy Won&#8217;t Get My Vote: The Evidence, you really should. It has all the evidence and documents that I may refer to in this post, and I&#8217;m not going to re-post those documents here. Now comes the opinion. And, just to be sure Bob and Amy understand…THIS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Bob Yancy Won’t Get My Vote: The Evidence</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:57:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know, American&#124;Writes has endorsed John Raney for Texas House District 14 in the runoff election on December 13th. I&#8217;ve given you reasons why, and I will give you more as this week progresses, but I want to get the Bob Yancy variable out of the way so we don&#8217;t have to confuse things [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Runoff: The Red Herring Reign, Dear</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 21:23:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The runoff election for Texas State House District 14 has been set. The Governor has chosen December 13th for this election – the only House seat vacant. This seat covers Brazos County and was most recently held by former College Station Councilman Fred Brown for over a decade. Write-Ins will remember that American&#124;Writes endorsed John [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conservative Businessman John Raney Heads To Runoff With Establishment RINO</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:51:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moments ago, at 8:45 PM, John Raney found out he had come in second in a five candidate race for the Texas House District 14 seat, winning him a spot in the runoff election. This was his response: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66elEDl3vUI Raney, whom American&#124;Writes endorses and supports, waged a decent, straightforward campaign while his opponents touted their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisdom: John Raney For Texas House District 14 Representative</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanwrites.com/2011/11/wisdom-john-raney-for-texas-house-district-14-representative/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:15:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I appreciate your patience as we wind our way down to the last week before next Tuesday&#8217;s election. I&#8217;ve been busy studying candidates, as much as they will let me, and I have determined who I am endorsing and voting for as well as for whom any true Conservative in District 14 should vote. American&#124;Writes [...]]]></description>
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		<itunes:subtitle>I appreciate your patience as we wind our way down to the last week before next Tuesday&#039;s election. I&#039;ve been busy studying candidates, as much as they will let me, and I have determined who I am endorsing and voting for as well as for whom any true Co...</itunes:subtitle>
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		<title>A Conservative In Sheep’s Clothing Is A RINO</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanwrites.com/2011/08/a-conservative-in-sheep%e2%80%99s-clothing-is-a-rino/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 22:40:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Congressman Bill Flores has a decision to make: Is he a Conservative representing his conservative district, or is he a Republican, attempting to solidify his relationship with the establishment that got us into the fiscal and constitutional crisis we have been in since December of 2005? The Republicans have negotiated out of fear since this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flores Taps Local Bisinessman For Top Field Position</title>
		<link>http://www.theamericanwrites.com/2011/07/flores-taps-local-bisinessman-foe-top-field-position/</link>
		<comments>http://www.theamericanwrites.com/2011/07/flores-taps-local-bisinessman-foe-top-field-position/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:43:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AmericanWriter</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This just in: U.S. Congressman Bill Flores (R-Texas) announced today that he has filled a position in his District Office in Bryan-College Station, Texas. Brazos County resident James Edge will serve as Field Representative for the southern region of the 17th Congressional District. Flores highlighted the leadership and extensive experience with the local community that [...]]]></description>
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