Posted on 10/29/2014 6:34:16 AM PDT by WXRGina
After the Mississippi Supreme Court last week refused to hear MS State Senator Chris McDaniel’s appeal of a lower court’s dismissal of his challenge to the fraud-riddled Republican Senate primary run-off election, conservatives in Mississippi are now bereft of our chosen nominee, Chris McDaniel. Conservatives and Republicans in this state twice voted as a majority for Chris McDaniel to be our nominee for the Senate.
In the original Republican primary election, Senator McDaniel defeated U.S. Senator Thad Cochran, but he didn’t get the required fifty percent of the vote to avoid a run-off. After a detestable, slimy—and possibly criminal—run-off campaign undertaken by the desperate Haley Barbour-Thad Cochran machine, Chris McDaniel still got nearly sixty percent of the Republican vote. But Cochran “won,” because of Democrats voting in the Republican primary run-off, even though many of them had already voted in the earlier Democrat primary election, which is illegal in Mississippi.
Since last week, many thousands of Chris McDaniel supporters are struggling mightily with how to vote next Tuesday or whether to even vote at all. After the wicked behavior of Thad Cochran’s campaign in telling detestable lies about Chris McDaniel and his supporters, along with allegations of possible vote buying and other gutter tactics, we are left with a terribly crummy dilemma. What true conservative would want to vote for Thad Cochran after his reprehensible actions? So, what do we do?
Before you knee-jerk that we “have no choice” but to vote for Thad Cochran, just give me a few minutes here.
I read an outstanding column by Ryan Walters published Sunday at the Mississippi Conservative Daily. “Cochran vs. Childers: To Vote, Or Not To Vote: That Is The Question” is truly a must-read for Mississippi conservatives who are still reeling from the Cochran-campaign-from-Hell and the clear collusion in the fraud-laden sham of an election by GOP and state officials at every level. In his column, Mr. Walters analyzes each voting option available to us: voting for Thad Cochran, voting for Democrat Travis Childers, voting for third-partier Shawn O’Hara, writing in Chris McDaniel or not voting at all. Beginning with option one, Mr. Walters writes:
The first option, and the one pushed by the establishment, is for all McDaniel Republicans to let bygones be bygones and be nice little Republicans and support the nominee. Honestly, I’d rather work for a week at an Ebola treatment center without a HAZMAT suit than cast a vote for Thad Cochran. It’s simply unthinkable in my eyes, but certainly an option for many Republican voters, at least those curiously obsessed with taking back the US Senate from Harry Reid and the Democrats.
He then goes on to explain the flaws in this choice. It is commonly rumored that Thad Cochran will retire and not complete his next term, so a replacement would be appointed by Governor Phil Bryant. 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.
The other choices in this election are to vote for the third party candidate (wasted vote), to write in Chris McDaniel in protest (wasted vote), to not vote (wasted vote) or to vote for the Democrat Travis Childers. To most conservatives, voting for the Democrat is almost unimaginable. However, Travis Childers presents himself as a “moderate” Democrat (a rare breed today, if indeed he is one) who has signed a pledge to fight against amnesty for illegal aliens and who supports a balanced budget amendment, although that is fraught with its own problems (see “balanced budget amendment” information here). When it comes to being conservative, Childers and Cochran could compete with each other—that’s how bad Thad Cochran is.
What about the argument that we simply must vote for Republicans to recapture the Senate? We can look back at the last time Republicans held the House, the Senate and the presidency. How did that work out for conservatism, freedom, and a return to constitutional government? It didn’t. How about that Republican opposition to every lawless act of the Obama Crime Syndicate and congressional commie Democrats? You would need an electron microscope just to see even a fleeting, atomic hint of it. Do you really believe establishment Republicans like Thad Cochran have any intention at all of opposing the evil agenda of the thug administration of Barack Obama (or whatever his name is)?
Of the we-must-support-Republicans-no-matter-what argument, Mr. Walters writes:
Does anyone really think it will be any different this time around? During this election cycle, the GOP has no platform, no agenda, and no ideas to speak of. Amazingly, they are not even running on repealing Obamacare anymore or against the administration plan to bring in as many as 35 million immigrants and put them on the fast track to citizenship. We simply can’t trust them to do anything about this lawless President. So far they’ve done nothing with control of the House and, without a new cast of true conservatives like Chris McDaniel, they won’t do anything with control of the Senate either.
And what about Harry Reid? He seems to be the personification of evil in the US Senate and a target for many Republican campaigns: Let’s rid the Senate of Majority Leader Harry Reid. Childers has promised not to vote for Reid for any leadership position, and although many might argue that he will surely go back on that promise, at least he has taken a public position on it. Has Cochran vowed not to support Mitch McConnell? Is McConnell really that much better than Reid? No, he’s not.
So the bottom line for a Childers vote is this: the only sure way to get rid of Thad Cochran and punish the establishment is to vote for Travis Childers. And in six years, we can replace Childers with a solid conservative.
I can already hear the screeching and derision from Republicans who, out of fear, insist that we have no choice but to vote for Thad Cochran, but I strongly disagree. Our nation is on the brink of disaster at the hands of communist enemies within, and going with the establishment flow has no chance of stopping them. Without people like Chris McDaniel replacing RINO fixtures like Thad Cochran, we certainly have no chance. Sending Thad Cochran back will not stop or even slow down the communist Democrat agenda. At this late hour, we may not be able to stop it anyway, but at least we would have a better chance of later defeating Democrat Travis Childers than anyone Gov. Bryant might appoint to Cochran’s Senate seat. What if he appointed former MS Governor Haley Barbour? We would have no chance of defeating Gov. Barbour later.
I have heard from many Chris McDaniel supporters who intend to vote for Travis Childers (not FOR Childers but AGAINST Cochran). If every Chris McDaniel supporter voted for Travis Childers, we could defeat Thad Cochran, because we would be adding our votes to the Democrats, including the ones who voted for Cochran in the run-off but who certainly won’t vote for him in the general election. We could send a clear message to the RINO establishment that the degenerate, sewer campaign by the Barbour-Cochran machine will not stand, will not be rewarded. This would not be an endorsement of Democrat Travis Childers but a repudiation of the slime and cynicism of Thad Cochran’s campaign (not to mention his big-spending, big-government voting record of 754 years in Washington).
Or, we could just go ahead and send the RINO Cochran back to D.C. to continue his complicity in the destruction of our constitutional Republic.
I say, “Remember Mississippi!” Say NO to Thad Cochran!
The “conservative” democrats I’ve had occasion to meet and talk to end up justifying votes for obama, hood, pryor, childers, or manchin of course I’ve never heard childers give his justification for voting for “The Food Safety Act”. If you look at the voting record numbers the “conservative” democrat Conservative voting percentages are below the liberal Republicans such as cochran and wicker. How many “conservative democrats didn’t vote for reid and pelosi. In 1964 I lived in Memphis and traveled most of Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas most were democrats even on a local scale today the county democrat office holders still promote liberal democrats another reason we need closed primaries in Mississippi.
No you will get the ballot. Like my one little protest vote will determine the balance of the senate??? Wish I was that powerful in other areas of my life.
We get the same sort of affair here in Maine. The margin is so big on the federal races that there is no reason to hold your nose.
Isn’t the Democrat Underground missing you about now Alaska or are you a Mukowski-style Republican?
Since you don't agree with my comments, I should be PURGED?
WOW, it makes me proud to have served my country, so that you can have an opinion, but mine should be PURGED?
You are selfish and have a liberal's approach to disagreement, just PURGE them.
I don't care how pissed off some Mississippi FReepers are, there are bigger things in the world than your precious feelings.
PURGE DAT.
Can’t wait. I will snap you pic of my ballot and post here next Tuesday morning for your viewing pleasure
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LOL! Love it! You da man Sybeck1.
You seem to be promoting travis childers to be my next Senator, don’t you think we have enough problems in Mississippi with our own cottonmouth republican snakes without electing a democrat rattlesnake?
Good. I thought duffee convinced you to vote for Thad.
I would respectfully request that you read Post #61. Your choice is yours to make. You have to live with yourself.
What an IDIOT! 
I’ve posted many times that I intend to “WRITE IN” Chris McDaniel and will not vote for cochran, childers or the third party guy and YES, I know it won’t count but it counts for me. Whatever happens I’ll have no regrets. And I may have at least as good idea of what barbour, the cochran campaign, the NRSC and the Mississippi Republican party has done to Conservatives as you do. Where are you from?
1. If Cochran resigns next year, and the governor names a replacement..it's NOT for the full term..just until the next statewide election. Miss has a gubernatorial election next November, and then of course, there's the 2016 election, so dependng on when Cochran gets send to the old-age home...McDaniel could run in the primary against whomever is appointed, and I assume would likely win. The GOPe wouldn't be able to pull the same crapola again..and Miss conservatives..would be flat out ready for the primary.
2. If you write in Cochran's name, is the entire ballot invalidated, or just your Senate vote?
Thanks..
I’ve posted many times that I intend to “WRITE IN” Chris McDaniel and will not vote for cochran, childers or the third party
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Well, that’s good news. It sure seemed like you were picking Cochran as a “hold your nose” vote. I’m from Texas. But, I’m interested in all the Senate Races because in the U.S.A., there are 350 million people and only 100 people in the Senate representing 350 million in the entire nation. Every Senator affects my life regardless of what state either of us is from.
And one more thing, FWIW....... I’m skipping the Senate Race on the ballot here in Texas. I am NOT voting for my RINO Senator, John Cornyn, who has his head so far up Mitch McConnell’s rear end, if Mitch ever made a quick turn at a corner, it would break Cornyn’s neck.
Staying at home punishes the down-ticket candidates, too.
So go to the polls and vote for Childers, but also support your down-ticket candidates. Don't let them get caught in the anger.
Remember... this is a special case where the incumbent rule won't apply in 6 years. A Democrat in Mississippi will be much easier to remove than a hand-picked Barbour protege, because the Republican machine will target the Democrat in 6 years. They will protect the Republican in 6 years.
Take the bullet now and vote for Childers, and oust him in 6 years.
-PJ
LOL, well put, the snake analogy.
One has to consider the Barbour machine in Mississippi. If it is really that fearsome, then I wouldn't worry about a Democrat entrenching himself over the next 6 years.
Either Barbour is a paper tiger or he's not. So far, the way he stopped the McDaniel court challenges at every level in Mississippi, he ought to be able to stifle any attempt at a Childers empire building attempt.
-PJ
If you write in Cochran’s name, is the entire ballot invalidated, or just your Senate vote?
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I think you meant if you write in “McDaniel’s name”. No your ballot is NOT invalidated. You have the right to write-in a name. The rest of your ballot votes will count.
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