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It's over, Madison POS Cawthorn lost (Original Post) pbmus May 2022 OP
All humanity rises up with this pwb May 2022 #1
i wish the same fate for MTG and Boebert ananda May 2022 #2
Good, he's a pissant. Not sure winner is any better or easier to beat in general, though. Hoyt May 2022 #3
Actually the winner will be hard to beat MyMission May 2022 #22
Good to hear he's not a rabid trumpster. I live in a similar district. Hoyt May 2022 #23
Even money he's going to end up on Faux "news." Archae May 2022 #4
He'd fit right in at any of those places. ShazzieB May 2022 #39
He photographs well. calimary May 2022 #66
One link to GOP cocaine "origies" gone. Kid Berwyn May 2022 #5
"origies" ARPad95 May 2022 #15
And you don't have to buy a star to get the spell check function... littlemissmartypants May 2022 #74
Cawthorne's future will be interesting. OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #6
Maybe now he can be the man he wants to be. hunter May 2022 #17
Gov. Abbott may have a job for him in Texas FakeNoose May 2022 #43
Good night for Democrats. applegrove May 2022 #7
So much for tRump's pick CRYthorne ..... LenaBaby61 May 2022 #10
(um, typo? "tRump's p_ick"?) lastlib May 2022 #44
Cawthorn is gonna be replaced by someone even worse! LeftInTX May 2022 #27
Fight back, Madison! Run as an independent! Mister Ed May 2022 #8
Bummer, North Carolina adopted that sore loser law. Brother Buzz May 2022 #14
The election is rigged in three...two...one Norbert May 2022 #9
Or that pos liar will say that the Dems were responsible for his loss .... LenaBaby61 May 2022 #12
This makes my week, Karma has come calling. sarcasmo May 2022 #11
This might be his total undoing. Ocelot II May 2022 #13
Agree LeftInTX May 2022 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author LeftInTX May 2022 #59
Yup. Of course, he's just outgrown adolescence, Hortensis May 2022 #58
Maybe he will hit bottom, get help and turn away from politics LeftInTX May 2022 #60
Sure. Or not hit bottom, just go on to do no more harm than Hortensis May 2022 #62
Hopefully, his concession speech is the last we hear MerryBlooms May 2022 #16
The good news is that his rubes MontanaMama May 2022 #29
😄 MerryBlooms May 2022 #31
No way! smirkymonkey May 2022 #18
Ding Dong the Gaslit POS is Gone! Cha May 2022 #19
Well, there's one name dweller May 2022 #20
May he, and his enablers, receive everything they deserve. niyad May 2022 #21
Bye, Felicia evolves May 2022 #24
Excellent. MontanaMama May 2022 #30
LOL geardaddy May 2022 #64
About fuckin' time! COL Mustard May 2022 #25
And he conceded Traildogbob May 2022 #26
THAT is the important thing. Thank the universe that asshole is gone. ancianita May 2022 #28
Now we Traildogbob May 2022 #33
Awwwww. SergeStorms May 2022 #34
Maddy the Woodpecker VGNonly May 2022 #35
If only he hadn't run such a woke campaign rpannier May 2022 #36
I'm glad he ran a woke campaign jmowreader May 2022 #41
First rule of Sex Club is you don't talk about Sex Club Lucky Luciano May 2022 #37
(hey--i see you had a du anniversary about a week ago... orleans May 2022 #48
Hah! So I did! Thx! 😊 Lucky Luciano May 2022 #54
What do you want to bet he just stops going in to work? Hekate May 2022 #38
Or doubles down on the cray. Pelosi should let him nowhere near the Jan 6 hearings, or assign him ancianita May 2022 #46
At this point in time I can live with the Republican nominee for this seat getting in jmowreader May 2022 #40
I prefer that he stay in LeftInTX May 2022 #61
I hope he runs as an independent ZonkerHarris May 2022 #42
He lost because he exposed his Republican collegues and their cocaine filled orgies. Galraedia May 2022 #45
What is he qualified to do now? jmbar2 May 2022 #47
He is qualified to do nothing, except feeding at the government trough. NCjack May 2022 #50
Wrong HuskyOffset May 2022 #56
Yes -- I forgot that. But, with his personality of a steaming pile, NC safety net will support him. NCjack May 2022 #57
I guess Madison can fully let his freak flag fly now. LudwigPastorius May 2022 #49
YaY! Now I will never have to say his name again!!! Coventina May 2022 #51
Hell this just makes my evening. No, it makes my month. BigDemVoter May 2022 #52
NC's IQ just went up by 20 points. n/t SpankMe May 2022 #53
I hope his parents have lot s of money Warpy May 2022 #55
This is why he is suing his friend for 30 million in damages from the wreck Thtwudbeme May 2022 #67
Depends on when he filed the case Warpy May 2022 #68
Unfortunately, Republicans have a very deep bench... dlk May 2022 #63
when is this childs last day? samnsara May 2022 #65
After the November election I would think. lunatica May 2022 #71
It ain't over yet though -- Mad Caw disease has infested the GOP Blue Owl May 2022 #69
Who will be Rebl2 May 2022 #70
Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Wounded Bear May 2022 #72
I live in his district Wonder Why May 2022 #73
welcome to DU gopiscrap May 2022 #76
He's a no talent, illiterate prig and with his history of reckless driving I littlemissmartypants May 2022 #75

MyMission

(1,855 posts)
22. Actually the winner will be hard to beat
Tue May 17, 2022, 10:49 PM
May 2022

Chuck Edwards was endorsed by senator Tillis, who also spent a lot of money to help defeat cawthorn. He's a local politician, anti immigration, and is a good ole boy who will go along with the GOPQ agenda, not make waves. But he's not a rabid supporter of tfg, so that's something.

Haven't seen if there's a democratic winner yet, but whoever wins will be at a disadvantage in this +9 red zone. Elections generally run 60/40 their favor. But there's always hope, and a chance we can elect a Democrat to Congress. Heath Shuler, a yellow dog democrat, was our rep for 6 years before we were gerrymandered. Now that we're "un-gerrymandered" we have a better chance, but
Edwards will be hard to beat so we'll have to work hard.

I'm so glad cawthorn lost. I expect him to be more of an ass as he completes his term in Congress. Perhaps he'll resign early and leave us without a congressperson, as Meadows did.
Did I mention I live in his district, but don't call him my representative.


 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
23. Good to hear he's not a rabid trumpster. I live in a similar district.
Tue May 17, 2022, 10:53 PM
May 2022

Thanks for the solid information.

Archae

(46,371 posts)
4. Even money he's going to end up on Faux "news."
Tue May 17, 2022, 09:56 PM
May 2022

Or maybe some other far-right nutcase network like Newsmax or OAN.

calimary

(81,566 posts)
66. He photographs well.
Wed May 18, 2022, 01:46 PM
May 2022

And he’ll get lots of sympathetic viewers because of the wheelchair. I hate to be crass and I apologize. But folks, that works on a LOT of unengaged voters. “Awwww, he looks like a nice guy. Think I’ll give him a chance…”

OAITW r.2.0

(24,756 posts)
6. Cawthorne's future will be interesting.
Tue May 17, 2022, 09:59 PM
May 2022

I see a disabled person's like spiraling down as his 25YO looks abandon him and he just becomes another insufferable middle aged asshole.

hunter

(38,346 posts)
17. Maybe now he can be the man he wants to be.
Tue May 17, 2022, 10:23 PM
May 2022

Not a good man, I'm certain, but better than Republican meat puppet.

LenaBaby61

(6,979 posts)
10. So much for tRump's pick CRYthorne .....
Tue May 17, 2022, 10:06 PM
May 2022

He really needs to be in jail and not running for ANYTHING, and so does his master tRump. Unfortunately, tRump won't be going to jail.

Anyway, his fellow seditionist, racist pos buddy LOST as many thought he would



LeftInTX

(25,743 posts)
27. Cawthorn is gonna be replaced by someone even worse!
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:01 PM
May 2022
https://www.chuckedwardsforcongress.com/

The district is very red.
Cawthorn was "asleep at the wheel"...now they're putting a smarter jerk in there

It's like when Ted Cruz beat Lt Gov David Dewhurst in the primary. Hubby said, "Watch out Ted Cruz is extreme"...Well, that was an understatement on hubby's part............

Mister Ed

(5,946 posts)
8. Fight back, Madison! Run as an independent!
Tue May 17, 2022, 10:02 PM
May 2022

It'd be nice to see the right-wing vote being split in the general. A fella can dream, can't he?

Ocelot II

(115,968 posts)
13. This might be his total undoing.
Tue May 17, 2022, 10:10 PM
May 2022

He's a hot mess who was an immature, entitled ass even before his accident. After that it seems he never was able to come to terms with what happened, so compensated by acting out and being as outrageous and transgressive as possible. He was far too immature and psychologically damaged to be a Congressman but it was all he had going for him - or all he thought he had going for him. Now that he's lost that, I expect him to either find an extreme right-wing outlet to help him stay in the spotlight, or start having serious substance abuse problems (if he isn't already), or, most likely, both. Without some drastic intervention things will not end well for him.

Response to LeftInTX (Reply #32)

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
58. Yup. Of course, he's just outgrown adolescence,
Wed May 18, 2022, 07:59 AM
May 2022

so there's a possibility he'll get more functional and build on whatever he's left himself. He does have a proven talent for self aggrandizement, but within the current RW insanity, itself extremely unstable.

Yours seems the more likely picture, certainly the most usual one, and fingers crossed. Continued self destruction for him and his extremist supporters.

LeftInTX

(25,743 posts)
60. Maybe he will hit bottom, get help and turn away from politics
Wed May 18, 2022, 08:26 AM
May 2022

I was reading his bio in Wikipedia.
Seems like he was headed toward politics before his accident

Maybe he thought being in the spotlight helped him cope, but probably made him worse..

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
62. Sure. Or not hit bottom, just go on to do no more harm than
Wed May 18, 2022, 09:08 AM
May 2022

the right to vote confers on all of us.

MerryBlooms

(11,776 posts)
16. Hopefully, his concession speech is the last we hear
Tue May 17, 2022, 10:18 PM
May 2022

From this creep. Although, he's probably already got a book deal. Wonder how much dirt he has on those repub coke orgies. 😄

MontanaMama

(23,366 posts)
29. The good news is that his rubes
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:06 PM
May 2022

can’t read with any competence so they’re not likely to understand fuck all. He will have to buy his own books just like junior did.

 

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)
18. No way!
Tue May 17, 2022, 10:29 PM
May 2022

I can hardly believe this. I am honestly having a hard time getting this through because they never seem to suffer the consequences of their actions.

Pinch me, I must be dreaming!



Traildogbob

(8,879 posts)
26. And he conceded
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:00 PM
May 2022

That close I thought for sure him and trump would do Stop the Steal insurrection in Raleigh.

Traildogbob

(8,879 posts)
33. Now we
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:20 PM
May 2022

Can drive around and not see his wheel chair campaign signs plastered everywhere. Makes for dangerous driving flipping off all those damn things.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
34. Awwwww.
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:23 PM
May 2022

Poor Maddy.

Wheel yourself out of the House of Representatives, Maddy. No more cocaine fueled orgies for you, dimwit.

The next time you try to carry a piece onto an airplane you're going to jail, motherfucker!

rpannier

(24,350 posts)
36. If only he hadn't run such a woke campaign
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:28 PM
May 2022

Should have run a Trump-like campaign
Should have tied himself more to Trump

jmowreader

(50,585 posts)
41. I'm glad he ran a woke campaign
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:50 PM
May 2022

He woke the voters in his district the fuck up and they got rid of him.

Hekate

(91,003 posts)
38. What do you want to bet he just stops going in to work?
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:38 PM
May 2022

If I had one wish for that little hyperaggressive overcompensating turd, it would be to take the salary he’s gotten from this gig and find a psychiatrist. That boy ain’t right.


ancianita

(36,210 posts)
46. Or doubles down on the cray. Pelosi should let him nowhere near the Jan 6 hearings, or assign him
Wed May 18, 2022, 12:01 AM
May 2022

a minder.

jmowreader

(50,585 posts)
40. At this point in time I can live with the Republican nominee for this seat getting in
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:50 PM
May 2022

Trust me, I would MUCH rather see that seat flip. But removing the loose cannon on deck that is Cawthorn is far more important, and that's done.

Hopefully Boebert and Greene also lose their primaries.

LeftInTX

(25,743 posts)
61. I prefer that he stay in
Wed May 18, 2022, 08:28 AM
May 2022

He gives the GOP a bad name.....

Unless a Dem wins the seat.

The guy replacing him is a Ted Cruz type...

Galraedia

(5,028 posts)
45. He lost because he exposed his Republican collegues and their cocaine filled orgies.
Tue May 17, 2022, 11:56 PM
May 2022

Too bad he's too stupid to realize that it was republicans that leaked those videos and pictures of him. Well I think we know now why republicans vote in lockstep with each other. They're holding damaging information on their members.

jmbar2

(4,917 posts)
47. What is he qualified to do now?
Wed May 18, 2022, 12:02 AM
May 2022

I'm glad to hear that he's going to be able to spend more time with his cousin. But it sounds like cousin has some high-flying tastes. So Maddie needs to get a job.

Having recently been looking for work myself lately, gotta say that it's more BRUTAL than anything I experienced in the past.

What is Maddie's next job?






HuskyOffset

(892 posts)
56. Wrong
Wed May 18, 2022, 12:52 AM
May 2022

He is the best at punching trees. The. Best.

I imagine the tree punching job offers are pouring in as we speak.

NCjack

(10,279 posts)
57. Yes -- I forgot that. But, with his personality of a steaming pile, NC safety net will support him.
Wed May 18, 2022, 07:49 AM
May 2022

Warpy

(111,429 posts)
55. I hope his parents have lot s of money
Wed May 18, 2022, 12:51 AM
May 2022

They're going to need to support his cigar habit and lavish lifestyle for the rest of his life as he tells everybody who will listen what a big shot he used to be in Washington.

Let's hope the other useless wastes of skin who got swept in on a wave of Q hysteria face the same fate---or get replaced by Democrats.

 

Thtwudbeme

(7,737 posts)
67. This is why he is suing his friend for 30 million in damages from the wreck
Wed May 18, 2022, 02:12 PM
May 2022

I am not a lawyer- but, I am not sure he'll get that. My understanding is that the statue of limitations on damages from an accident in NC is 7 years. The wreck was in 2014.

Warpy

(111,429 posts)
68. Depends on when he filed the case
Wed May 18, 2022, 04:45 PM
May 2022

He might have gotten it in last year, just under the wire. Some crook might have given him that advice, my guess is Meadows.

dlk

(11,598 posts)
63. Unfortunately, Republicans have a very deep bench...
Wed May 18, 2022, 10:34 AM
May 2022

There will be others like him; we can count on it.

Wonder Why

(3,320 posts)
73. I live in his district
Wed May 18, 2022, 08:52 PM
May 2022

I live in his district and in NC, independents can vote in either primary but if there is a runoff primary, they must vote that same party if they want to vote. They cannot vote in one party's primary and the other party's runoff. A lot of my friends who register as independents and who voted, did so in the Republican primary specifically to vote against Cawthorn. Some went so far as to look at every candidate for every position they could vote on to see if they favored Trump and if so, voted for someone else.

littlemissmartypants

(22,853 posts)
75. He's a no talent, illiterate prig and with his history of reckless driving I
Thu May 19, 2022, 01:38 AM
May 2022

Wouldn't be surprised if he ends up wrapping his fast car around a light pole or slides it sideways doing a switchback on the Blue Ridge Parkway in a rainstorm.

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