Posted on 10/29/2014 6:34:16 AM PDT by WXRGina
> Thad Cochran does NOT deserve to be “rewarded” for
> his—possibly criminal—conduct in the primary run-off.
I agree. This kind of conduct must NOT be rewarded.
Write-in McDaniels.
Cochran doesn’t seem to be mentally up for even the easy “challenge” of being a long time Senator.
The lesser of two evils is still, by definition, evil.
Write-in McDaniels.
That way the GOPe will see the margin of voters who are conservative. They may not learn their lesson, but they will at least know the numbers.
Writing in McDaniel would not count, because he’s not a legal write-in candidate. You might as well stay home.
The whole thing is evil. This is NOT about "supporting" one bad candidate over another bad one. This is about defeating the establishment.
MS ping
I have no dilemma, I’m not voting for Cochran. That’s all that matters to me, to keep him out, and to put a monkey wrench into Barbour’s plan to have his nephew appointed in Cochran’s place when Cochran retires due to senility.
It does not need to be rewarded but handing the seat and possibly the Senate to the Demonrats accomplishes for them what they set out to do.
I will be first in line at the polls next Tuesday to vote for Childers. My vote is a total spite vote.
It's been a big dilemma for me, because I didn't want to just not vote, and voting for the Democrat is awful. But, I want to "hurt" Cochran's chances somehow. This is the only way I can see to do it, and it's a crummy way.
DITTO! Mine, too!
This is new ground for me. I have never voted Democrat even locally before. But Haley and Henry went to far.
Oh, Jackson where is our closed primaries????
In this particular case, Cochran isn't even the lesser of two evils. I don't know for sure how I'd vote if I actually were a MS voter. But looking at this from outside, what happened is so disgusting that if the 'pubs want a majority in the US Senate, they'll have to do it with a Cochran loss. As constitutional conservatives, we lose if their tactics work.
“What we would get in that case is another RINO like Cochran, except younger, and he would be much harder to defeat than a newbie Democrat like Travis Childers.”
Some thoughts:
1) Six years is a long time. Whoever “wins” the seat has a six year term. Even a newbie Democrat can build a power base in six year. Look at Hagan in NC, she’s been a loyal puppet of Chuck Schumer and Obama yet she turned out to be much stronger than anyone though in the campaign and may win reelection. Earlier this year this “newbie” Democrat seat was expected to be a sure thing for the GOP.
2) The electoral map arithmetic in 2016 will be negative for Republicans. The GOP will be defending more vulnerable or close seats than the Dems. None of the seats capture by the GOP in 2014 will have to be defended in 2016. If Hillary or Warren is the Dem nominee you can be sure the Democrat ground game will be pulling every homeless person and illegal they can find into the polls as well as voting the dead. The shift of Cochran’s seat and/or McConnell’s seat to the Democrats in 2014 would be payback for treachery but could very well make a Harry Reid return to the Majority Leader seat in 2016 a reality.
3) Politics is a hardball sport both inside the party and between parties. Our two party system is corrupt and it will not reform itself. I’ve learned over decades of voting in most races true conservatives are usually given the choice of the lesser of two evils, not a candidate one can enthusiastically support.
4) Given #2 & #3 is the cause of liberty better served by sending a message to the GOPe or keeping the seat in the GOP camp? Whichever choice conservative voters make it is once again the lesser of two evils from the individual’s perspective.
Likely Thad will resign for medical reasons shortly and another Republican will be appointed awaiting a new election.
The appointee could be McDaniels or at the very least McDaniels will be a big frontrunner in the election to replace the resigned Cochran.
Voting for the dem, ANY dem, will give help to Reid and nobama. Sitting out THIS IMPORTANT ELECTION will be the same as voting dem.
Great article.
Thanks for posting, WXRGina.
Thank you, SRT. I know it’s not a popular argument. :-/
Then he needs to make that a promise and the promise has to exclude Barbor associates.
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