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By JON HEDDLESTON
Rappahannock Newt SUIT Writer
In a race his Democratic opponent
D. French Slaughter, Jr. is codl, cahn and collected. “I don’t think we’re neck and neck. It looks good,” the candidate for a congressional seat from Virginia’s 7th District said August 30 during an interview in Culpeper.
Why is this candidate confident in a race that’s due to roar out of remission following pre-Labor Day formalities? According to Slaughter, his confidence is linked to the “fundamental change of course” the American people made in 1980. Slaughter said economic recovery, a stronger defense, progress in problem solving and emphasis on traditional values have spumed confidence among Americans. The decision before voters now, he contended, is whether or not to continue on that course.
Slaughter disagreed with top rival for the 7th Congressional District seat, Democrat Lewis M. Costello, who recently said issues shouldn’t be the voters’ primary concern because of the conservative philosophy shared by him and Slaughter, which could make their voting patterns similiar.
“I think it is an issues thing,” Slaughter said. “And a choice of other things, too. The difference could hardly be greater than between Reagan and Mondale.”
In regard to the implication by Costello that the candidates are philosophically the same, Slaughter said, “I don’t want to argue with him about what he is.”
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