{"id":6987,"date":"2014-05-07T09:10:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-07T13:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=6987"},"modified":"2024-09-11T21:44:42","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T01:44:42","slug":"bravo-north-carolina-congrats-walter-jones-primary-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/07\/bravo-north-carolina-congrats-walter-jones-primary-win\/","title":{"rendered":"Bravo North Carolina! Congrats to Walter Jones on Primary Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bravo North Carolina! Rep. <strong>Walter Jones<\/strong> survived a Republican primary challenger who was heavily bankrolled by the Emergency Committee for Israel and other groups and endorsed by Sarah Palin. Jones is one of the most honorable Republicans on foreign policy and has been tight with Ron Paul for years. After initially supporting the Iraq War and launching the hubbub over &#8220;freedom fries,&#8221; Jones courageously reversed position and became one of its most outspoken critics.\u00a0 And he has stoutly spoken out against going to war against Iran, Syria, and other &#8220;targets of the week&#8221; of Washington laptop bombardiers.<\/p>\n<p>North Carolinians\u00a0did themselves proud and sent a message to members of Congress who may be looking for the gonads\u00a0not to join the next\u00a0militaristic stampede. \u00a0<strong>Jim Antle<\/strong> did a series of fine articles for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/articles\/walter-joness-conservatism-and-its-critics\/\">American Conservative<\/a> on the conservative case for Jones, and <a href=\"http:\/\/antiwar.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/06\/antiwar-rep-walter-jones-beats-neocon-backed-gop-rival\/\">Antiwar.com<\/a> has also been a vigorous supporter of the congressman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bravo North Carolina! 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