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"Price will vote with Obama during times when Lawson wouldn't"

Yeah, like on escalations in the war, future screwed up military interventions, additional spy powers for the federal government, more drug-war nonsense, etc.

11/4/2008 8:24:12 PM

You forgot "Wall Street bailouts" and "expanding the military-industrial complex."

11/4/2008 8:27:36 PM

Price voted against the war to start with, but kept up funding under a support the troops mentality. Lawson seems more anti-war as a byproduct of being anti-gov more than for any other reason. Under a President Obama I'm confident Price will have a great voting record.

11/4/2008 8:27:47 PM

Because I'm sure a President Obama will scale back the War on Drugs, foreign interventions, civil liberties intrusions...

Oh wait, not so much?

But that's okay.

Universal Healthcare!

11/4/2008 8:33:44 PM

^Well, he actually MIGHT scale back the War on Drugs. Probably foreign interventionism, too... at least militarily.

11/4/2008 8:35:16 PM

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"^Well, he actually MIGHT scale back the War on Drugs. Probably foreign interventionism, too... at least militarily."

You do realize Joe Biden's positions on the WoD, right? And civil liberties? And the fact that Obama turned squeamish even at the notion of even marijuana decriminalization?

And this is the same guy who's promising us new, brilliant interventions like in Sudan.

But just remember: hope, change, and Universal Healthcare!

11/4/2008 8:36:58 PM

Well, I had a great morning & evening handing out Lawson flyers at the polls today. Hope it helped, but the early returns are full of straight-ticket democrat votes. Which should be illegal, but that's another thread...

11/4/2008 8:56:20 PM

man, this ain't looking good.

I met BJ Lawson on friday, was pretty impressed.

This guy is everything that the republican party should be.

11/4/2008 8:58:59 PM

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"Hope it helped, but the early returns are full of straight-ticket democrat votes."

Agreed. That sucks. Shoot, not only straight-tickets should be outlawed - there shouldn't even be party affiliations listed. Only names. If you cannot do your own research to find out who these people are and whether you like them, screw you.

11/4/2008 9:04:00 PM

CNN is calling it for Price.

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" House 04 - NC » 92% precincts reporting Price 65% Lawson 35% "

11/4/2008 9:15:54 PM

^^shit, lets get rid of the names too. Just have blanks and you have to fill in all the names you remember.

^

11/4/2008 9:16:08 PM

^haha, even better.

11/4/2008 9:21:20 PM

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"This guy is everything that the republican party should be."

yup

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"If you cannot do your own research to find out who these people are and whether you like them, screw you."

The sad thing is, statically, in non-partisan races the person listed first alphabetically wins more often.

11/4/2008 9:35:05 PM

I didn't read this thread, but I voted for Lawson based only on the fact that he stated he was against the bailout bill.

11/4/2008 9:37:32 PM

sorry NC

11/4/2008 10:13:10 PM

i really really wanted lawson to win

11/5/2008 12:05:39 AM

any of y'all want souvenir flyers & stickers, send me a PM

11/6/2008 10:52:59 PM

Damn, I really wanted this guy to win as well. I wonder what's next for him.

11/6/2008 11:40:24 PM

When the biggest chunk of the population in your district is the city of Durham and you are the Republican running against a Democrat the same year Barack Obama is running, you aren't going to win.

Hopefully he makes another run, he'll probably fare much better in 2010.

11/7/2008 11:22:34 AM