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Cal Cunningham Gets 'Empty Chair' Treatment From Media as Election Day Nears, Journo Sums up Things Best
RedState ^ | 10/31/2020 | Sister Toldjah

Posted on 10/31/2020 11:02:30 AM PDT by BenghaziMemoriam

As I wrote last week, embattled Senate nominee Cal Cunningham has been getting brutalized by the North Carolina political media down the homestretch of his Senate campaign, something you rarely see happen to Democrats here in NC.

Here we are a week later, and things haven’t gotten any better on that front for the married father of two who back in September looked like he might have a lock on the race against his Republican opponent Sen. Thom Tillis. In fact, they’ve gotten worse when you watch what reporters have to say about their continued attempts to contact him in order to ask some questions.

In the final full week before election day, Cunningham – who admitted earlier this month to an affair with the wife of a fellow Army veteran – has been hit with, among other things, the dreaded “empty chair” treatment from the media, courtesy of local news outlet WTVD.

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With polls showing a serious tightening in this race, and considering one North Carolina State University political analyst’s observation that “it’s hard to attribute [Cunningham’s erosion in support] to much other than” the affair scandal, Cunningham might find that the voters he needs to defeat Tillis on November 3rd simply won’t show up, either.

(Excerpt) Read more at redstate.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: calcunningham; cunningham; northcarolina; senate; thomtillis; tillis
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1 posted on 10/31/2020 11:02:30 AM PDT by BenghaziMemoriam
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To: BenghaziMemoriam

Tillis is a jerkweed, but keeping this Senate seat may be crucial to the Federal court system...

Hold your noses in NC...please!?


2 posted on 10/31/2020 11:07:38 AM PDT by MCEscherHammer
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To: BenghaziMemoriam

That POG REMF was caught banging a Noncom combat veteran’s Dependa.


3 posted on 10/31/2020 11:19:41 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (What if the Lord sent COVID-19 to immunize the world from something more deadly?)
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To: MCEscherHammer

I did just that (hold my nose and vote for Tillis that is).

Jody Cunningham’s inability to keep it in his pants and his refusal to address the issue really has earned him some serious negative press here and it really has hurt him in the polls. I’m confident Tillis will win now whereas before I thought Tillis was a goner. The funny thing is Jody was hand picked by Schumer and out of state Donkeys sunk $80 million into his campaign. (sound of toilet flushing)


4 posted on 10/31/2020 11:23:36 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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To: BenghaziMemoriam

Note to NC Dems: This is what you get for letting Chuck U pick your candidate for you.


5 posted on 10/31/2020 11:28:12 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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To: MuttTheHoople

What does the “G” stand for? Typo?


6 posted on 10/31/2020 11:29:30 AM PDT by Laslo Fripp (The Sybil of Free Republic)
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To: BenghaziMemoriam

I hope it costs him, though Rasmussen has him beating Tillis 47%-44%. I guess voters must find his sexting escapades endearing.


7 posted on 10/31/2020 11:30:52 AM PDT by ScottinVA (First, letÂ’s deal with the election; then weÂ’ll deal with BLM.)
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To: BenghaziMemoriam

I want to see him hauled up on UCMJ Adultery charges , tried by his fellow JAG officers before a mixed jury of General officers and Command Sergeant Majors.

The Firing Squad will be PFCs using Ruger 10/22 Mini-14s with two magazines each of .22 Shorts.
(I suppose the Ruger won’t fire Shorts)


8 posted on 10/31/2020 11:32:04 AM PDT by BwanaNdege ( Experience is the best teacher, but if you can accept it 2nd hand, the tuition is less!)
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To: MCEscherHammer

Already did - a dipstick R is better than some commie scum D


9 posted on 10/31/2020 11:32:32 AM PDT by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: ScottinVA
NBC/Marris poll (yeah I know) has him over Tillis by 10 points
10 posted on 10/31/2020 11:34:09 AM PDT by The MAGA-Deplorian (It is the Trump way! It is the only way!)
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To: Laslo Fripp

Person Other than Grunt. I was a POG too, but I didn’t go around banging Depemdapotamuses.


11 posted on 10/31/2020 11:34:09 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (What if the Lord sent COVID-19 to immunize the world from something more deadly?)
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To: mewzilla

Did Chuck pull his candidate out of a carpetbag to make the illusion complete?


12 posted on 10/31/2020 11:34:39 AM PDT by Bernard (No tag today. Maybe tomorrow.)
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To: The MAGA-Deplorian

Apparently screwing the wife of a military subordinate caused his popularity to skyrocket. Weird times we live in.


13 posted on 10/31/2020 11:38:56 AM PDT by ScottinVA (First, letÂ’s deal with the election; then weÂ’ll deal with BLM.)
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To: ScottinVA

The polls are either old or inaccurate. Tillis will win easily. Take that to the bank. Cooper, on the other hand, I think he’ll win.


14 posted on 10/31/2020 11:42:54 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: BenghaziMemoriam

It’s sad that this race is still kind of close. The worse thing for cal and his followers would have been secretly taped at a prolife meeting or praying


15 posted on 10/31/2020 11:43:56 AM PDT by pangaea6
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To: MinorityRepublican

What’s telling you Tillis will win?


16 posted on 10/31/2020 11:45:50 AM PDT by ScottinVA (First, letÂ’s deal with the election; then weÂ’ll deal with BLM.)
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To: BenghaziMemoriam

Cunningham was cheating on at least - 3 women ... How many other other hook-ups does the Jody have?

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3890778/posts


17 posted on 10/31/2020 11:47:41 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: ScottinVA
This is the Bible Belt. People are not going to like Cunningham filling around with other people's wives. So Tillis will win by default.

Cooper, for all his flaws, he's seen as an honorable man so that's why he will stay in the Governor's Mansion.

18 posted on 10/31/2020 11:48:15 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: RightGeek

Yeah the time to replace the RINOs is in the primary, not the general election.


19 posted on 10/31/2020 12:26:33 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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To: ScottinVA

I think Trump is going to drag him along on his coat tails. I think even Cooper is going to have a closer run than many believe.


20 posted on 10/31/2020 12:28:04 PM PDT by Kozak (DIVERSITY+PROXIMITY=CONFLICT)
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