He may have gone a bit too far this time.
I hope WNC is proud.
Yep, during the primaries he was on cable news multiple times a day as well as the Sunday talk shows. Hell, they even let him phone in which wasn't done at the time. It's also how he was able to have success with no money and no political organization.
Don't forget the 2000 Russian hackers.GoCubsGo wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:52 amYep, during the primaries he was on cable news multiple times a day as well as the Sunday talk shows. Hell, they even let him phone in which wasn't done at the time. It's also how he was able to have success with no money and no political organization.
Remember, the whole campaign was run out of a backroom in trump tower with about 20 people.
All while running a "campaign" entirely devoid of substance.O Really wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 11:55 amTrump managed to make the entire campaign conversation about him. People liked him or hated him but everyone talked about Trump Trump Trump. Cruz talked about Trump; Little Bush talked about Trump - they all talked about Trump and then he would entertain the unwashed masses by winging back insults like kids playing "yo mama" on a playground court.
For example:O Really wrote: ↑Wed Sep 01, 2021 12:11 amThere's no reason whatsoever to give press coverage to Cawthorn or Bohmbart or any other first-term minority back bencher except that it's more entertaining than covering the majority of CongressCritters that are actually trying to do their jobs. They get more clicks for some village's idiot saying something stupid or outrageous. But in giving them publicity, they're giving them the only power they have. Ignoring them would be like pouring water on the witch or shining light on the vampire, but that's not gonna happen.
Speaking of normal wandering people who are now "political hostages":Great idea, but most RepuQs are too stupid, unpatriotic and cowardly.Madison Cawthorn’s ‘alarming’ behaviour should be censured by GOP, his home town paper writes
... The congressman from North Carolina has been widely condemned after he said that there could be “bloodshed” over elections in the future.
The remarks were slammed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and branded “insane” by Representative Adam Kinzinger, who is a fellow Republican.
Mr Cawthorn has also been criticised for describing those arrested after the 6 January pro-Trump insurrection in Washington DC as “political prisoners”.
Now the editorial board of The Charlotte Observer has called for Republicans in their state to censure the first term lawmaker.
“His fellow Republicans, including those in North Carolina, should respond,” the paper stated.
“They should join Democrats in condemning Cawthorn and, in a bipartisan effort, censuring him in the US House.”
The newspaper also pointed to Mr Cawthorn’s “antics” such as his “formal request that the US cabinet invoke the 25th Amendment” to remove Joe Biden as president.
A member of Congress cannot “formally” make such a request and Cawthorn even misspelled the name of vice president Kamala Harris in his letter.
The newspaper added that Mr Cawthorn’s election to Congress is a sign of such national polarisation that GOP supporters would rather vote for a person “with a glaringly thin resume and a bloated history of lying” than for a Democrat.
“Republicans surely would rather not target one of their own and face the possible wrath of their base, not to mention the former president,” the board wrote.
“But Cawthorn can no longer be dismissed as a silly Congressman braying from the mountains of North Carolina. His rhetoric is dangerous, not only to his party but his country.
“It’s time to stop ignoring him.” ...
Worse than just refusing to vote for a Dem, they picked the looniest of the bunch in primary. They could have had a garden variety bat-shit crazy drooler, but nooooo. They had to pick Cawthorn.Vrede too wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 8:18 amGreat idea, but most RepuQs are too stupid, unpatriotic and cowardly.The newspaper added that Mr Cawthorn’s election to Congress is a sign of such national polarisation that GOP supporters would rather vote for a person “with a glaringly thin resume and a bloated history of lying” than for a Democrat.
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Speaking of loons in Congress:
And of course:... Meanwhile, several Republican governors said they would seek to challenge the new requirements, including Govs. Brian Kemp of Georgia, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Greg Abbott of Texas, and Doug Ducey of Arizona.
Oh sport…. Bless your heart.
The same OSHA that needs to be greatly expanded and further empowered? Is everything you strive for completely bass-akwards?
Governing is for serious people, Maddy. You are not even close to a serious person.
Next up for Maddie: filing a bill to reinstate child labor.
I have a theory that he was only elected because he's a young handsome dude in a wheel chair and these dips assumed he was a disabled vet, and that's the kind of stuff people eat up when they view the world through the lens of TV tropes and memes.
It's Western North Carolina, he was elected because he wasn't a Democrat.
The RepuQ nominee was certain to win election in this district. As for his primary upset the chair may have gotten him sympathy votes, but I don't think many thought that he was a vet. Instead, he massively lied in other ways about his resume and lied about his runoff opponent. He also got quiet but widespread support from our right-wing xtian network.
