Nowhere does BJ claim to have hired a private investigator. All that he says is that Cho, after being questioned by a long time party activist, obtained an attorney and slapped this particular person with a letter threatening legal action.

Is this really the kind of person we want as our party’s nominee and possibly next congressman? Mr. Cho has to recognize the fact that because he has entered into politics and has submitted himself as a candidate for public office. People have the right, and arguably the obligation, to question and vet candidates. Mr. Cho has refused to answer the simplest of questions now…does he really expect that David Price will just give him a free pass? BJ is the best candidate to stand up to the Price machine. He is totally transparent, and is willing to speak with voters about any issue…my experience has been that he really seems to enjoy engaging with voters, something that I cannot say for Mr. Cho.

Furthermore, you ask about BJ’s prior involvement in the GOP. The first time I met BJ was at a Republican Party event before he decided to run for Congress.

BJ Lawson is a man of character and integrity. He is a leader that we can all be proud of, and a leader that we can all follow. He has gained my support since his announcement late last year, and I hope that he’ll have yours on Election Day.

Best,

Justin B. Clark
Former Chair
Durham County Teenage Republicans

Good, that means there is hope! Perhaps when BJ wins this thing you guys can work on getting one or both of them to put aside their disagreements with you and support your cause!

-Matt

The funniest thing is, on the issue of the Fed and inflation, both Augustus and the guy who I suspect is the “really smart young policy guy” you have heard about have both told me personally that they agree with our take.

I learned many things at that class, including the importance of opposition research. Thus, it is simply smart practice when committing to a campaign to learn as much about oneself and one’s opponent as possible. The questions that were raised in this legal dispute were not my questions, however. They were simply questions being raised by voters in th 4th District that my opponent chose not to answer. As Sen. Fred Smith says, “If you don’t paint your own barn, someone else will paint it for you.”

Regarding your questions:
1) I was last actively involved in GOP politics as a high-schooler, before I became engrossed in engineering and medical school. As a lifelong Republican, I was raised on a steady diet of Rush Limbaugh and the National Review, and I phone banked for Bush I back in the good ‘ol days.

2) My votes as a citizen are my business. You can determine when I voted, however, by consulting voter history data available from the State Board of Elections. My votes as a legislator, of course, will be a matter of public record.

3) As I note in my bio, I left surgery residency in 2001 to start a hospital software company:
http://www.lawsonforcongress.com/about/
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2006/05/29/daily23.html?surround=lfn

Thanks to Google, you can read more about it by searching “mercurymd triangle business journal”.

Good point! Even smart people can sometimes be misguided in their ways.

-Matt

Maybe someone shoudl do a background check on :

1. Did Lawson EVER attend a GOP event or meeting before he ran for Congress?

2. Did Lawson ever vote Republican before running for Congress?

3. What was the nature of this “leaving” his position as a physician at tender age of 30?

Fair enough. I’m not saying his positions are right or wrong, I just wanted to clarify the point that what he has on there is just the sort of issue engagement which you (rightly) point out is lacking in politics today. I wanted to make sure that you weren’t seriously characterizing that as “simplistic,” regardless of whether you agree with him or not. I guess the question I have in my own mind is, how much of it is actually his voice. He doesn’t have a blog like this where he can directly respond to people, and I’ve heard through the grapevine that he has a really smart young policy guy helping him. For all we know it could have been written by him. Always tough to tell on these campaigns…that’s why I appreciate the fact that you directly engage with people on here and in person. That’s one of the reasons I’m leaning towards you.

-Matt