US Sen. Elizabeth Dole made a campaign stop at the Republican Party campaign office in north High Point this evening at about 5:35. She signed a pledge to repeal the estate tax, and accepted commendations from anti-tax activists before launching into a 21-minute speech featuring tough talk against her Democratic opponent, NC Sen. Kay Hagan, warning that Hagan and other Democrats would approve union card-check legislation. Hagan has pledged support for the legislation, which would likely pass the Senate if the Democrats were able to elect a filibuster-proof, 60-percent super-majority.
Republican campaign volunteers comprised much of the standing-room only audience, estimated at 150-200 by Guilford County Republican Party Vice-chairman Patrick Tillman. Dole also stopped in Graham and Asheboro today. She'll be in Wentworth tomorrow.
The Republican incumbent, who is in a difficult race to keep her Senate seat, invoked former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher by charging that "Kay Hagan has gone wobbly," adding that her opponent has been indecisive or evasive on issues such as immigration, domestic offshore oil drilling, the financial bailout and the war in Iraq.
Dole was joined in High Point by Guilford County Sheriff BJ Barnes and Dallas Woodhouse, North Carolina state director of Americans For Prosperity. Dole was interrupted twice by Woodhouse, who yelled, "Drill, baby, drill," during her talk about energy policy, and said, "Union thugs," in response to Dole's statement that "that card check would mean that you'd have to sign publicly whether or not you want to have a union; now, you know there'll be coercion and there'll be all sorts of pressure."
"You all feel free to comment at any point," Dole said, after acknowledging Woodhouse's second outburst.
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Correction: Dole actually said, "My opponent has gone wobbly."
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