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nomy," he said. "People overlook guests of varying levels if import-
the fact that we have a worldwide ance.
------------economic recession. He said he is The dome is filled with red, white
From 1A Pleased With the party’s pro-life and blue elephants, stars, stripes,
. . plank and its strong pro-family flags and 220,000 balloons in ceiling
and wore his Rodeo Man °f the stance •... , tubes waiting for Thursday’s big mo-
Year belt buckle. . 0 Reilly attended the Tuesday ment. y 6
O’Reilly chatted Tuesday with dinner for the Texas delegates Almost every seat on the floor and
Marilyn Quayle, who was visitingin hosted by state Republican Chair- the first level is red, except for the
the Astroarena with her sister and man Fred Meyer, and was invited to four rows of 10 blue chairs roped off
co-author who is here selling their a party Barbara Bush was giving for just above the convention floor for
book, Embrace the Serpent. Kan-y Williamson, but it was at the the Bush family.
O’Reilly travels between the dele- same time as the AT&T reception Most of the seats are full at all
gate and alternate sections on the for U.S. Rep. Sam Johnson. times, but no one pays much atten-
convention floor, with occasional Johnsons party was very well- tion until the first lady joins the
visits to the skybox area and the attended, even though it conflicted group. Each night she is mobbed as
suites of Gramm and the Presiden- with a party being given for Rush she enters and after she is seated
dial club. , Limbaugh, the conservative host of photographers stand 10 across and
: O Reilly says he has met many a radio talk show and soon to have four deep right in front of the box
interesting people at the convention, his own television program. and dozens of delegates and alter-
but the most intriguing has been The convention is the 35th since nates gather behind the photo-
Kobert Stinnett, a photographer on 56, when 600 delegates chose graphers and just stare at her
the Navy carrier with Lt. J.G. Sen. William Dayton of New Jersey On Tuesday night, her entrance
George Bush, who shot the photo- over Illinois lawyer Abraham Lincoln coincided with Roger Staubach’s in-
graphs of the future president being for vice president. The dome is set troduction of Housing and Urban De-
pulled from the water after his plane up to seat 36,000, less than half of its velopment Secretary Jack Kemp
was shot down. record crowd of 88,000 when Elvis and the delegates who had cheered
„ O’Reilly describes Bush as an plaved here in 1974. madly for Staubach when he came
outstanding person and a greatThese 36,000 seats are filled with out seemed to consider the matter
president.” 2,210 delegates, 2,210 alternates, only briefly before abandoning him
"He’s taken a bum ran on the eco- 15,000 members of the press and for the first lady 4400018 him
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they would fight for role
@ By JIM DAVIS down meal costs. She was on the front row for what
Harte-Hanks News Service “And they are not just social,” was theconvention highlight for meat
rv : O’Reilly said. "They let us visit with the Tuesday night speech by Kemp
HOUSTON — If you like sitting people from all over the country” to He now is secretarv of and
through long political speeches, suf- share information and campaign Urban Development and a using a of
fering sore feet and legs and going ideas. man development and a favorite of
without much sleep — and you’re For most they are just part of the idential nomination P es-
willing to pay a lot of money to en’ entire convention process that alter- Denton County Judge Teff
dure all this — you may want to nate Dee Bridges of Carronton de- Moseley of Carrollton Said dele-
attenda national political convention scribes as “awesome, just awe- gates, such as himself, and alter-
•But don’t expect to just walk into s°Sne said as a working woman the vices enjoy a feeling of public ser-
P the job. According to those attend- financial burden of a week in Hous- “It’s a very direct sense that we
ing the Republican National Conven- ton isn’t easy. are helping in guiding and
tion here this week, becoming a de- "The reward is the honor to be the future of our nation ” P 8
legate or an alternate usually re- here as an alternate or delegate,” He said the Houston convention
quires sacrifice and hard work.she said with tears coming into her particularly sparks home-state pride
And most of them would be willing eyes. “To be picked by the people in among Texas delegates because of
to fight you for the job when the next my district to represent them is real- the site, Bush’s Texas roots and the
convention comes around in four ly an honor." , important role of various Texas of
I his is Bridges first convention in cials.
an official position, although she As a former aide to U S Sen Phil
worked as a volunteer at the 1984 Gramm, Moseley was particularly
GOP convention in Dallas and as a proud of his old boss’ keynote
staff member for Jack Kemp’s un- speech Tuesday night.
successful try at the presidential Moseley said he hopes everyone
nomination at the 1988 convention in understands that the convention
New Orleans. ., process is an open one. Anyone can
lexas delegates have seats right go to a precinct convention on elec-
infront of the podium, but alternates tion night and try to become a dele-
from all states have to sit near the gate to the county or state senatorial
back on the floor of the huge Astro- district convention.
dome. That process continues through
But Bridges said her delegate, the state and national conventions,
Dallas County Commissioner Jim with fewer delegates and alternates
Jackson, has graciously allowed her selected at each level. It isn’t easy,
to sit up front frequently. he said, but it’s worth the effort. ’
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Hutchison, Mark & Epperson, Wayne. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 68, Ed. 1 Sunday, August 23, 1992, newspaper, August 23, 1992; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1694727/m1/9/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Allen Public Library.