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HALEY BARBOUR: Cochran's foes don't know Pascagoula from Pontotoc
Sun Herald ^ | 3/25/2014 | HALEY BARBOUR

Posted on 03/26/2014 11:04:04 AM PDT by Sybeck1

Mississippians appreciate Sen. Thad Cochran because he has been so effective for our state and our people. He recognized the federal disaster assistance laws that were in place before Hurricane Katrina were grossly insufficient to deal with the worst natural disaster in American history. Because of the respect he enjoys and the influence he wields on behalf of our state, he led the effort that passed new emergency disaster assistance laws that not only helped the Coast rebuild bigger and better after the storm, but his legislation became the model for future disaster assistance.

This is but one obvious reason Sen. Cochran is so well-regarded here. Another reason, however is that Thad is a gentleman who tells the truth and sticks to his word.

Regrettably, the author of a column in the Sun Herald last week is not bound by the facts. Instead, the op-ed written by former Congressman Chris Chocola is as hypocritical as it comes. I expected as much when I read the headline, "Thad Cochran is a liberal." But with all the out-of-state money being pumped into our state by groups like Chocola's Club for Growth, distortion was to be expected.

Chocola, a former two-term congressman from Indiana, runs a political action committee that spends most of its money trying to defeat Republican incumbents in GOP primaries. That group succeeded in defeating long-term Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar in the Republican primary in 2012, allowing a Democrat to win what had previously been a safe Republican Senate seat.

In his column, Chocola attacked Sen. Cochran for voting to increase the federal debt ceiling. What Chocola doesn't say is that he himself voted to increase the federal debt ceiling every time it came up while he was in Congress. So this "gentleman" attacks Cochran for doing exactly what he did every chance he got during his four years in Congress. How hypocritical can you get?

This is reminiscent of Chocola's preferred candidate in Mississippi, plaintiff lawyer Chris McDaniel. McDaniel campaigns against the Common Core education standards that the Mississippi Department of Education is implementing. What McDaniel doesn't tell you is that he has repeatedly voted in the state Senate for Common Core education standards legislation. In fact, he voted twice to fund the implementation of Common Core. Even though he is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which wrote this bill, he recently defended his votes to fund Common Core by saying he did not realize the funding was in the bill. Priceless.

This hypocrisy is bad enough, but then Chris Chocola flatly states that Sen. Cochran voted to fund Obamacare. What a fraudulent claim.

Sen. Cochran has stood against Obamacare at every turn: he has voted against its passage, to repeal it, to amend it and to defund it. Over and over again. What Chocola claims as voting to fund Obamacare was actually the fact that Thad Cochran voted to reopen the federal government after the shutdown last October.

The federal government shutdown, which was a failed political tactic, threatened the livelihoods of tens of thousands of workers on the Coast, from Ingalls Shipyard to Keesler Air Force Base, from the Seabee Base to Stennis Space Center, and more.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., whom no one has ever accused of being a "liberal," said before and after the shutdown that it was a tactic that had no chance of success.

Still, Sen. Cochran voted to defund Obamacare when the House sent the bill to the Senate in September. Indeed, he has continually fought and voted against Obamacare, despite the false claims of Chris Chocola.

Sen. Cochran has not only represented Mississippi well in the Senate, he was the giant who stood tall and produced for our state at our greatest hour of need after Katrina. I don't know where we would be today if not for his effectiveness.

The great news is Thad is line to be chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee if Republicans win control of the Senate, as experts say appears increasingly likely this November.

He will again be able to ensure Mississippi and the Gulf Coast are treated fairly and the runaway spending of the Obama Administration is stopped in the last two years of President Obama's term.

Everybody reading this knows Cochran and his record of service. Every one of you can judge his service.

But don't be swayed by some out-of-state phonies who couldn't tell you the difference between Pascagoula and Pontotoc.


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: barbour; chrischocola; chrismcdaniel; clubforgrowth; cochran; commoncore; dicklugar; haleybarbour; indiana; mcdaniel; mississippi; thadcochran
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1 posted on 03/26/2014 11:04:04 AM PDT by Sybeck1
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To: Sybeck1

The pardoner in chief speaks


2 posted on 03/26/2014 11:05:34 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Vote McDaniel June 3rd Mississippi!)
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To: Sybeck1

Cochran supported Chuck Shumer and turn coat Rubio in the failed attempt at amnesty and he deserves anything he gets including this stiff challenge. He is a RINO.


3 posted on 03/26/2014 11:07:50 AM PDT by SADMILLIE
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He will again be able to ensure Mississippi and the Gulf Coast are treated fairly and the runaway spending of the Obama Administration is stopped in the last two years of President Obama's term.


4 posted on 03/26/2014 11:10:51 AM PDT by Night Hides Not (For every Ted Cruz we send to DC, I can endure 2-3 "unviable" candidates that beat incumbents.)
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To: Sybeck1
What a crock! Haley, you lie!

You're the one with the over-the-hill candidate being Backed By DC Super Lobbyists!

A Politico story revealed the real efforts to keep Senator Thad Cochran in office are not coming from grassroots activists across Mississippi, but rather the offices of lobbyist and political operative brothers Henry and Austin Barbour ... Nearly 60% of the money raised for Thad Cochran's campaign this cycle has been from DC and Virginia. Only about 6.6% came from Mississippi.

5 posted on 03/26/2014 11:11:26 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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That’s all well and good, Haley, but Thad votes like a liberal!!

Cochran (MS) - 06/03/14 - 54% (Average) - 57% (Heritage) - 56% (CFG) - 60% (ACU) - 41% (FreedomWorks)


6 posted on 03/26/2014 11:11:40 AM PDT by cotton1706 (ThisRepublic.net)
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To: Sybeck1

Go away Haley. Your time has passed and we’re not buying the same old GOPe b.s. anymore. Gind someplace nice to retire to and mind your own business. We got this now.


7 posted on 03/26/2014 11:12:14 AM PDT by pgkdan
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To: WKB

Thad Enough? ping ...


8 posted on 03/26/2014 11:12:55 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Sybeck1; Malichi; WXRGina; duffee; Din Maker; onyx; DrewsMum; Tupelo; mstar; jdirt; ...

tHAD enough and to hell with haley ping


9 posted on 03/26/2014 11:13:43 AM PDT by WKB
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To: Sybeck1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YunLYtD4B5c


10 posted on 03/26/2014 11:13:55 AM PDT by Psalm 144 (FIGHT! FIGHT! SEVERE CONSERVATIVE AND THE WILD RIGHT!)
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To: onyx; wardaddy; WKB; houeto; LibLieSlayer

Ping.


11 posted on 03/26/2014 11:13:56 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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The Boehner of Mississippi


12 posted on 03/26/2014 11:14:38 AM PDT by Viennacon
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Thirteen seconds LOL.

houeto wants to be on the MS list if he/she isn’t already.


13 posted on 03/26/2014 11:14:38 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Sybeck1

Yeah, Barbour, I’ll believe a blow-hard Big Government establishment politician like you over a group trying to send conservatives to D.C./s


14 posted on 03/26/2014 11:14:48 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: WKB

Sounds, and smells, of desperation.


15 posted on 03/26/2014 11:17:20 AM PDT by ken5050 (I fear a world run by adults who were never spanked as kids and got trophies just for participating)
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To: Black Agnes

Got houeto covered, Great minds still think alike.


16 posted on 03/26/2014 11:22:10 AM PDT by WKB
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To: Black Agnes; WKB; onyx; Islander7

Thanks a ton folks! I’m on Islander’s list too.


17 posted on 03/26/2014 11:29:03 AM PDT by houeto (We intend to liberate Democrats from the dreaded Job-Lock this November!)
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To: Sybeck1

Perhaps not Haley, but we DO know the difference between a RINO and a true American!


18 posted on 03/26/2014 11:35:47 AM PDT by rhinohunter (Freepers aren't booing -- they're shouting "Cruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuz")
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In his column, Chocola attacked Sen. Cochran for voting to increase the federal debt ceiling. What Chocola doesn't say is that he himself voted to increase the federal debt ceiling every time it came up while he was in Congress... McDaniel campaigns against the Common Core education standards that the Mississippi Department of Education is implementing. What McDaniel doesn't tell you is that he has repeatedly voted in the state Senate for Common Core education standards legislation. In fact, he voted twice to fund the implementation of Common Core. Even though he is a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, which wrote this bill, he recently defended his votes to fund Common Core by saying he did not realize the funding was in the bill. Priceless.

19 posted on 03/26/2014 11:49:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/alreadyposted/index)
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Get stuffed Barbore,


20 posted on 03/26/2014 11:53:47 AM PDT by VRWC For Truth (Roberts has perverted the Constitution)
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