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Price, Lawson debate on campus

Posted on October 16, 2008October 16, 2008 by Staff

Kirk Ross
Staff Writer

Fourth District U.S. Rep. David Price, a Chapel Hill Democrat, faced off against his Republican challenger, B.J. Lawson of Cary, at a debate Tuesday night at UNC, sponsored by the Dialectic and Philanthropic Societies.

The debate included several sharp exchanges.

Lawson, who has emphasized a libertarian philosophy and de-emphasized his affiliation with the GOP, took Price to task for his support of the Patriot Act, calling it “one of the most egregious crimes against our civil liberties.” Lawson also complained about the recent financial bailout as another example of “corporate socialism run amok up in Washington.”

Price did his best to tie Lawson to Republican policies, with repeated references to “my opponents party” and saying he was not “running away from my national ticket.”

Price defended his tenure as chair of the House appropriations sub-committee that oversees the Department of Homeland Security.

“If there’s one thing that I have been vigilant about and that I’m going to defend myself about it is watching out for people’s civil liberties and privacy in our homeland security measures,” Price said, adding that he held up 12 bills in the last session over privacy concerns.

1 thought on “Price, Lawson debate on campus”

  1. Greg says:
    October 17, 2008 at 11:36 pm

    Watched the debate, and honestly its just time to throw the bums out. Price is out of touch and entrenched.

    From the looks around the 4th district Price is going to lose and he should, and when he does he can bailout the fatcats with the rest of us.

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