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Did Cochran campaign coordinate smear on McDaniel with local PD?
Business Insider ^ | 5/20/14 | Brett LoGiurato

Posted on 05/20/2014 10:46:16 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson

McDaniel supporters have also questioned the Madison Police Department and wondered whether the cops coordinated with the Cochran campaign. Erick Erickson, the editor-in-chief of the conservative political blog RedState, wrote a post Monday noting the lack of press releases from the department has issued this year before issuing a flurry of announcements on the Kelly investigation. Erickson said this disparity made him wonder if it was a "coordinated hit" on McDaniel.

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1 posted on 05/20/2014 10:46:16 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

UHHHH...YES!


2 posted on 05/20/2014 10:47:00 AM PDT by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Yes


3 posted on 05/20/2014 10:49:22 AM PDT by Viennacon
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

I’m also wondering why, since she’s the wife of a sitting senator, it wasn’t immediately a federal case...

Why was there even discretion on the part of the Cochran campaign about this? Looks to me like there would have been only one recourse, and that was to call in secret service or whoever handles this type of threat against a sitting senator’s wife.

Did they contact the secret service in a timely fashion?


4 posted on 05/20/2014 10:50:10 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Cochran is running a very dirty campaign. Maybe he’s auditioning to switch
parties.


5 posted on 05/20/2014 10:50:34 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: txrefugee

I don’t actually think it’s Cochran doing this. Have you seen the latest pictures of him? I don’t think he’s got the mental faculties to do this type of stuff anymore. Honestly. He wanted to retire. He looks so very tired and worn out. I really think this is why his handlers won’t let him debate McDaniel. He doesn’t have the mental acuity for a debate.

This has the Barbour machine written all over it though. And Cochran is guilty of putting them in charge of his campaign. I just don’t think he’s actually the one pulling the strings here.

One of the articles indicated that his campaign honchos has this information for days/week before they even contacted Thad about it. That’s disturbing in and of itself.


6 posted on 05/20/2014 10:56:09 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

Mississippi politics is a very dirty business.


7 posted on 05/20/2014 10:59:03 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson; txrefugee; cotton1706; House Atreides; Black Agnes
It's quite obvious that the only campaign that wishes this story to have 'legs' following the arrest and condemnation of the 'blogger' is the Cochran campaign, for the sole purpose of smearing McDaniel.

Screw the Rove/McConnell/Barbour/gOpE and the horse they rode in on.

8 posted on 05/20/2014 11:00:00 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Black Agnes

I think it would have been the Capitol Police, not the Secret Service.


9 posted on 05/20/2014 11:01:09 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2M for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: Black Agnes

if even half of what you write is true, that is horrifying. reminds me of when wilson was incapcitated, and his wife was pulling the strings in 1919. let the guy retire and live out the rest of his days with his mistress


10 posted on 05/20/2014 11:02:04 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Still, not Madison PD.


11 posted on 05/20/2014 11:02:16 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: US Navy Vet

That is my guess.


12 posted on 05/20/2014 11:03:43 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson
http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/206493-cochran-campaign-knew-of-wifes-taping-for-weeks#.U3pWp6sXe3g.twitter

"“We were made aware of [the video] that morning because people were emailing us saying, ‘Did you see this?’ ” Russell told The Hill. “We conducted our own review for a few days and then went to Sen. Cochran about it, and that was when the decision was made to turn it over to the attorneys.”"

13 posted on 05/20/2014 11:04:56 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

would the capitol police have jurisdiction in Miss.? if it was a federal offense the FBI would probably investigate


14 posted on 05/20/2014 11:05:57 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson (An amateur built the Ark; professionals built the Titanic)
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To: Black Agnes

Madison PD a/k/a Barbour’s running dogs


15 posted on 05/20/2014 11:07:15 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson (An amateur built the Ark; professionals built the Titanic)
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To: ghost of stonewall jackson

If I found out someone on my campaign and/or legal staff withheld information regarding the safety of my spouse for even five MINUTES I’d have fired them all on the spot! Much less my spouse that’s as vulnerable as a little old lady in a home.

I’m just like ‘wth’?


16 posted on 05/20/2014 11:08:06 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Black Agnes

How come no one else saw it in the political world? Three weeks ago???


17 posted on 05/20/2014 11:12:11 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: petitfour

more political advantage for cochran/barbour to sit on until closer to the election


18 posted on 05/20/2014 11:14:18 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson (An amateur built the Ark; professionals built the Titanic)
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To: petitfour

There’s just too much hinky stuff with the story. Way too much.

Two weeks is enough time for any video surveillance to be overwritten or just deleted. And any shift work records to be diddled. Etc.

Why on earth would you WAIT when there was an obvious threat to her (and any other little old people in that home) and an obvious security breach at that home? He could have been actually dangerous. He could have skipped the country in the ensuing 2 weeks.


19 posted on 05/20/2014 11:14:45 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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this story is like an onion. the more layers you peel back, the more it stinks


20 posted on 05/20/2014 11:23:11 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson (An amateur built the Ark; professionals built the Titanic)
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