Neal would block funds to end war [Charlotte Observer]
U.S. Senate candidate Jim Neal told his alma mater he’d play hardball to end the war in Iraq.”Congress should use the opportunity to deny the president the money to wage his war, in order to get him to come to the negotiating table,” Neal told The Daily Tar Heel, UNC Chapel Hill’s student newspaper, in an interview.
“Would I (use) defense authorization spending as a tool to block the president’s war and to put responsibility in his court? You’re damn straight.”
Neal, a Democratic contender for the seat now held by Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., said he wouldn’t do anything to put troops in harm’s way.
Neal also told the student paper he can relate to economic difficulties.
“I’ve also stood in an unemployment line,” the Chapel Hill investment banker said. “You know when you’ve been there, you understand more what it’s like for people who are in that position.”
