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97. We aren't the only ones talking about it

Mon Oct 5, 2020, 11:18 PM

Oct 2020

https://www.cbs17.com/news/your-local-election-hq/nc-senate-candidate-cal-cunningham-drops-out-of-virtual-town-hall-amid-sexting-scandal/

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Cal Cunningham, Democrat US Senate candidate, confirms sexts [View all] MelissaB Oct 2020 OP

Nice going, champ Stinky The Clown Oct 2020 #1

God! Yes! Needs some major kicking, and if he loses I hope Hortensis Oct 2020 #88

I don't agree with that rockfordfile Oct 2020 #93

The opposite is responsible and ethical. Like most Hortensis Oct 2020 #94

Well he's done. There's a seat we won't win in November. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #2

So RApist Trump is ok but this guy having a consensual affair means it's over for him and BIden ? JI7 Oct 2020 #9

Yes. That's typically how it works with Democrats, unfortunately. Drunken Irishman Oct 2020 #14

Wikileaks dumped Podesta emails hours following the Access Hollywood Tape JonLP24 Oct 2020 #46

THANK YOU. At this point, given the GOPs outright hypocrisy, Volaris Oct 2020 #56

F! underpants Oct 2020 #3

Did he have a shot? Edit -- Appears he did. Thanks for nothing. Hoyt Oct 2020 #4

Yes, he is currently leading JI7 Oct 2020 #6

Darn. Hoyt Oct 2020 #8

He's been ahead in polls 5 to 10 points for months wishstar Oct 2020 #7

He's one of the most important seats Awsi Dooger Oct 2020 #10

Yawn Proud liberal 80 Oct 2020 #5

finally .. a dem sex plot dweller Oct 2020 #11

Oh damn. Blue_true Oct 2020 #12

No sex? No crime? stillcool Oct 2020 #13

He sexted with an adult woman who was also married? But now that this has been exposed NewDayOranges Oct 2020 #15

If he was a Republican he'd be fine right... Historic NY Oct 2020 #16

Given that Tillis has the Covid, he may still yet have a chance Rstrstx Oct 2020 #17

Democratic, god dammit. nt coti Oct 2020 #18

Exactly. MrsCoffee Oct 2020 #61

GD.. if he's "so nervous about the next Cha Oct 2020 #19

Seems like everything from this idiot was recent Awsi Dooger Oct 2020 #22

TY.. apparently thinking he would never Cha Oct 2020 #26

That's what I'm wondering. cwydro Oct 2020 #47

Why do people that do such shit run for public office. Blue_true Oct 2020 #68

That is sexting? LOL.... no. Not really. SlogginThroughIt Oct 2020 #28

Dammit. crickets Oct 2020 #20

stupid qazplm135 Oct 2020 #21

Who cares? BGBD Oct 2020 #23

+1 Behind the Aegis Oct 2020 #48

Exactly. I give not a single fuck In It to Win It Oct 2020 #78

That may have cost us our chance to control the Senate. DavidDvorkin Oct 2020 #24

That doesn't really qualify as sexting Generic Brad Oct 2020 #25

Yeah my thoughts exactly SlogginThroughIt Oct 2020 #30

It's between him and his wife BannonsLiver Oct 2020 #27

Yep, seems like GOP shenanigans...assisted by a jealous husband who found the texts. Chasing Dreams Oct 2020 #31

Trump changed the rules on this. Yavin4 Oct 2020 #29

We are still allowing personal relationship issues Sunsky Oct 2020 #32

He isn't running in CA, this is NC and this stuff matters there Amishman Oct 2020 #57

Where did I mention CA? Sunsky Oct 2020 #58

Ethics and morality matter to us. Why should we take our lives down into the sewer Blue_true Oct 2020 #69

Yup I missed it nt Sunsky Oct 2020 #72

Well he picked a good day to come clean Sewa Oct 2020 #33

He was confronted with the texts and chose not to lie Amishman Oct 2020 #62

He could have avoided all by not fucking doing what he did. nt Blue_true Oct 2020 #70

Nothing about sex in the texts. texasfiddler Oct 2020 #34

What is wrong with these people? Texting?? So stupid! Boogiemack Oct 2020 #35

That is the big question for me. If he knew that he had those issues, why in the fuck Blue_true Oct 2020 #71

Thank goodness early voting has already begun in NC Wanderlust988 Oct 2020 #36

I live in NC so I can tell you that he still has a Jspur Oct 2020 #38

I didn't know sexting is sending cheesy flirtation Jspur Oct 2020 #37

Just looked up the woman he was having the Jspur Oct 2020 #39

There comes a time in married people's lives when the routine with Blue_true Oct 2020 #76

He was leading too, dammit. cwydro Oct 2020 #40

I guess there was a reason he reminded some of us of John Edwards. LisaL Oct 2020 #42

True dat. cwydro Oct 2020 #45

Well, send him money anyway. We need the seat. UCmeNdc Oct 2020 #41

I guess that's about sums it up. LisaL Oct 2020 #43

I agree rockfordfile Oct 2020 #50

What a dope. BlueStater Oct 2020 #44

You stated my feeling perfectly, without any F bombs. nt Blue_true Oct 2020 #77

Those aren't sexts ibegurpard Oct 2020 #49

This is disappointing but it's not game over, far from it Withywindle Oct 2020 #51

That's some low-key sexting. Codeine Oct 2020 #52

You are not running for public office. That is an important red line for me. Blue_true Oct 2020 #80

If this were a Republican DFW Oct 2020 #53

We have ethics, republicans don't. That matters to me. Blue_true Oct 2020 #82

His judgment is certainly in question, however DFW Oct 2020 #84

You make a good point. Hopefully voters go in with the notion that there is Blue_true Oct 2020 #86

Agreed, and we should hold our own to a higher standard, but as a comparison.... DFW Oct 2020 #87

I know about Scott DesJarais. Blue_true Oct 2020 #91

Oh great, another self-inflicted wound. Captain Stern Oct 2020 #54

I can never understand why these people who run for office do such self-destructive smirkymonkey Oct 2020 #55

I have a guess at about why that happens Captain Stern Oct 2020 #64

I agree with your hypothesis and will Jspur Oct 2020 #96

The thing that has me gnawing my teeth now is his cavalier betrayal of all the people that believed Blue_true Oct 2020 #83

I already voted dsc Oct 2020 #59

Ugh. honest.abe Oct 2020 #60

Well, he certainly shot himself and the possible Democratic Senate sinkingfeeling Oct 2020 #63

Meh. OnDoutside Oct 2020 #65

More embarrassing than disqualifying Mr. Ected Oct 2020 #66

in a sane and rational world...... Takket Oct 2020 #67

There is probably no better than a 50% chance that *any* politician has been ... dawg Oct 2020 #73

Any person, really. Codeine Oct 2020 #81

He just needs to talk about policy like healthcare. Buckeyeblue Oct 2020 #74

Don't care In It to Win It Oct 2020 #75

Won't move the needle in this environment, radius777 Oct 2020 #79

And it shouldn't. It's none of our damned business, and who knows what has happened in the other ... dawg Oct 2020 #85

It's the 21st Century... scardycat Oct 2020 #89

Republican have aleady condoned sexual assault and grabbing them by the p----. WyattKansas Oct 2020 #90

What an absolute IDIOT. budkin Oct 2020 #92

It's time to stop talking about this BGBD Oct 2020 #95

We aren't the only ones talking about it FBaggins Oct 2020 #97