Post by PapaSmurerf on Oct 12, 2008 23:32:40 GMT -5
The Next Ron Paul?
Written by Jim Capo
Friday, 10 October 2008 14:28
B.J. Lawson Campaign sets record for most money ever raised in single day by a candidate for U.S. Congress in North Carolina.
Within perhaps single digit striking distance of unseating a 10-term incumbent Congressman, first time Congressional candidate B.J. Lawson raised the stakes significantly in his race this Tuesday by raising over $180,000 for his campaign with an on-line fundraiser. The Lawson for Congress campaign, which had raised about $240,000 in total going into last week, has now picked up an additional $230,000. That came after Congressman Ron Paul asked his supporters to hold a money bomb thing for Lawson who, like Paul, is a graduate of Duke Medical School.
Lawson's opponent is Congressman David Price. In previous campaigns, Price won handily, and this year donated the lion's share of his re-election campaign funds to the Democratic National Committee. That must have seemed like a good idea at that time.
Now, the taken by surprise Price is faced with having to deal with a well funded, well spoken and well liked opponent heading into an election. And that election will be held just weeks after Price ignored the clamoring voices of his constituents and voted for the Wall Street bailout bill. No incumbent, who has gone along with the program while the seeds of our financial destruction were sown, has a safe seat this November.
The long-standing position of The John Birch Society has been that our Congress and our country can be taken back if the right caliber of people are elevated by the electorate to positions of true public service in Congress. It is to be hoped that Lawson will, if he wins the election, join others in Congress and work to return the nation to the Constitution. But that restoration depends on hard work by citizens. Leaders in Congress do not just appear out of thin air like Federal Reserve notes. Someone has to educate them and their constituents. This role is played by the members of The John Birch Society.
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Written by Jim Capo
Friday, 10 October 2008 14:28
B.J. Lawson Campaign sets record for most money ever raised in single day by a candidate for U.S. Congress in North Carolina.
Within perhaps single digit striking distance of unseating a 10-term incumbent Congressman, first time Congressional candidate B.J. Lawson raised the stakes significantly in his race this Tuesday by raising over $180,000 for his campaign with an on-line fundraiser. The Lawson for Congress campaign, which had raised about $240,000 in total going into last week, has now picked up an additional $230,000. That came after Congressman Ron Paul asked his supporters to hold a money bomb thing for Lawson who, like Paul, is a graduate of Duke Medical School.
Lawson's opponent is Congressman David Price. In previous campaigns, Price won handily, and this year donated the lion's share of his re-election campaign funds to the Democratic National Committee. That must have seemed like a good idea at that time.
Now, the taken by surprise Price is faced with having to deal with a well funded, well spoken and well liked opponent heading into an election. And that election will be held just weeks after Price ignored the clamoring voices of his constituents and voted for the Wall Street bailout bill. No incumbent, who has gone along with the program while the seeds of our financial destruction were sown, has a safe seat this November.
The long-standing position of The John Birch Society has been that our Congress and our country can be taken back if the right caliber of people are elevated by the electorate to positions of true public service in Congress. It is to be hoped that Lawson will, if he wins the election, join others in Congress and work to return the nation to the Constitution. But that restoration depends on hard work by citizens. Leaders in Congress do not just appear out of thin air like Federal Reserve notes. Someone has to educate them and their constituents. This role is played by the members of The John Birch Society.
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