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Chris McDaniel: I was “betrayed” by the GOP establishment
MOFO Politics ^ | 25 Jun 14 | MFP

Posted on 06/25/2014 7:35:18 PM PDT by xzins

Chris McDaniel, onthe blatantly unethical and illegal tactics employed by Thad Cochran and Haley Barbour in the Mississippi GOP runoff Tuesday…

“McDaniel: I am a two-term state senator, I have fought for this party my entire life, I’ve given money…I’ve done everything they’ve asked me to do– and last night, they pulled over 35,000 Democrats into a Republican primary to defeat me…we feel betrayed.

Hannity: Do you foresee any circumstance under which you would support this guy? Because I don’t think I could do it.

McDaniel: I prayed about it last night…my core principle is gonna have a hard time even looking at politics again.

Hannity: You sound like you got punched in the gut. You sound like you’ve been betrayed.

McDaniel: Sean, I was…I have fought for these people. These are my colleagues. They are my friends…I don’t understand!

But Ted Cruz has bigger fish to fry… “

“I certainly congratulate my colleague, Thad,” Cruz said on Fox and Friends Wednesday morning, pointing out that the Republican establishment poured millions into the Mississippi race and only won by a thin margin. Cruz reminded the hosts that he did not endorse a candidate in the Mississippi primary, as he promised to stay out of incumbent Senate races.

As does Rand… “

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a potential 2016 presidential contender, declined to support tea party critics of Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran’s efforts to mobilize non-GOP voters to win the Republican nomination.

“I’m for more people voting, not less people voting,” Paul told reporters Wednesday.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: betrayal; chrismcdaniel; cruz; gope; mcdaniel; mississippi; ms2014; randpaul; tedcruz; thadcochran; treachery
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To: xzins

How about winning by way of 35000 Democrat voters? Cohran’s not a Republican anymore. No Republican should vote for him.

For a long time I’ve argued that the GOP needs to be reformed, but given Paul’s and Cruz’s comments and actions I’m not certain there’s a there to save. These guys are so out of touch with the base it isn’t funny.

I think our ideas, presented well, for example by Mike Lee recently, win all the time. Not elections per se, but in the war of the ideas. I did wish for a GOP majority and I still do, but if these guys keep playing games come January 2015 I am totally ready for a new party.


61 posted on 06/25/2014 7:58:52 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: xzins

Does he want to bring down Cochran? McDaniel should run as a write-in / 3rd Party Candidate.

The Democrat will then likely win.

Therefore, what the Mississippi Republican establishment will likely do - offer McDaniel a whole lot of money or some plum job NOT to do such a thing.


62 posted on 06/25/2014 7:58:56 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: 1010RD

What democracy?


63 posted on 06/25/2014 7:59:24 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: xzins

Rand has worked so hard to appeal to liberals he’s lost all the support he’s had from conservatives.

He won’t be getting any votes from me.


64 posted on 06/25/2014 7:59:30 PM PDT by boycott
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To: C. Edmund Wright

Agree. Pathetic is an excellent descriptive word for Rand Paul.


65 posted on 06/25/2014 7:59:50 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will. They ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe
Every state needs to prohibit crossing over to vote for the other party in the Primaries.

The GOP fights that, tooth and nail.

/johnny

66 posted on 06/25/2014 8:00:04 PM PDT by JRandomFreeper (Gone Galt)
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To: Republican Wildcat

We should somehow start a campaign to send Chris money for whatever he wants to pursue. If all the conservatives who are pissed off with this deal even sent $10, he’d be rich.

A campaign, ‘Remember Mississippi’ to show Chris that there are good people left in America.


67 posted on 06/25/2014 8:00:29 PM PDT by Kenny
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To: C. Edmund Wright

This victory by treachery will long be regretted by the GOPe. It will mark the beginning of the end for them. I wouldn’t vote for Cochran if he were running against Obama.


68 posted on 06/25/2014 8:00:32 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: xzins

GOP continues to lose support with such dirty tactics. Those at the top are apparently not too bright.

People will sit at home again rather than vote for a crooked party. Doesn’t the GOP realize that?


69 posted on 06/25/2014 8:01:15 PM PDT by Cedar
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To: xzins; Jim Robinson; wmfights
At this point Cochran is unelectable. Remember when the GOP was telling all the tea party candidates to "step aside" because they said something politically incorrect?

Well What Cochran did here was completely beyond the pale. He and his cronies betrayed everything the Republicans were supposed to stand for in order to cheat and encourage voter fraud to keep out an up and coming, intelligent, loyal conservative candidate who fought a fair and honest fight.

The only way to even begin to repair the damage is for the entire GOP senate caucus to ask Cochran to step aside. Absent that, then there is no saving the party.

At this point I despise the entire GOP and all that they stand for. They certainly don't reflect my values anymore. They have crossed the Stix and have entered into Hell.

Let them burn!

70 posted on 06/25/2014 8:01:55 PM PDT by P-Marlowe (There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
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To: baddog 219

That’s very accurate.


71 posted on 06/25/2014 8:02:00 PM PDT by Excellence (Marine mom since April 11, 2014)
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To: Rome2000

Yep, and Paul fancies himself as a student of history. He’s a gump.


72 posted on 06/25/2014 8:02:10 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: PGR88
From what I can see there is no provision in Mississippi law for write in candidates but he could possible run as an independent. If he is a spoiler for the dems then so be it, maybe the GOPe won't be so eager to stab real conservatives in the back next time.
73 posted on 06/25/2014 8:02:48 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: baddog 219

Good one! I’d have to agree.


74 posted on 06/25/2014 8:03:40 PM PDT by Shery (in APO Land)
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To: clintonh8r

Palin made a real mess in Alaska for the oil industry. She’s great in her sphere, but I would never vote her into the Presidency if an alternative existed.


75 posted on 06/25/2014 8:03:46 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: xzins

“You believed them...you F’d up” to paraphrase a line in Animal House.

Folks, the GOP only has power because someone out here gives them power. Now that this hard lesson last night has proven what some of us here on FR have been trying fruitlessly to get across, it won’t be so fruitless.

People continuing to support the GOP, make excuses for them and attack conservatives are every bit as evil as the GOP itself. Take away the support and the GOP is powerless. the money men vanish and we can fight the dems without the protection the GOP provides them.

Period.


76 posted on 06/25/2014 8:03:49 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: Cedar

If you have not noticed, the GOP is working to replace your vote with
a new citizen from Metico.


77 posted on 06/25/2014 8:04:34 PM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Cochran And Boss Hogg.)
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To: P-Marlowe

Do you hate Chris McDaniel?


78 posted on 06/25/2014 8:04:38 PM PDT by Durus (You can avoid reality, but you cannot avoid the consequences of avoiding reality. Ayn Rand)
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To: Ghost of Philip Marlowe

He’d cry like a baby if it happened to him.


79 posted on 06/25/2014 8:05:02 PM PDT by 1010RD (First, Do No Harm)
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To: tennmountainman

PM me if you do. I might join you. This is it. Enough is enough.


80 posted on 06/25/2014 8:05:13 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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