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Democratic fundraisers hosted at home where GOP senator rents apartment from top aide (Cochran)
washingtonexaminer.com ^ | 5/28/14 | Joel Gehrke

Posted on 05/29/2014 8:40:11 AM PDT by cotton1706

top aide to Sen. Thad Cochran, R-Miss., hosted two fundraisers for Democratic lawmakers during the wave elections of 2006 and 2008 at the home in which she lives and which she rents to her boss.

Kay Webber is Cochran's longtime executive assistant, someone so important to his duties that she frequently travels with him on official trips overseas. Cochran lists the basement apartment of her home on Maryland Avenue NE in Washington as his local residence.

"Cochran spokesman Jordan Russell and others say Webber, 76, who has worked for the senator for 33 years, is a key employee and trusted advisor," per the Clarion Ledger.

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In one case, the house was used as a substitute for Democratic National Committee headquarters, when a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee fundraiser for Texas Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee was postponed from June 3, 2008, to June 24, 2008. The June 24 event was a "Texas Style Barbecue" at the Webber House, according to Sunlight Foundation records. The event invitation also mentioned Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss. Before the 2008 cycle, DCCC had previously hosted a campaign fundraiser at the Webber house on June 21, 2006, for Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y.

"She has events at her residence for political and non-political people such as engagement parties and wedding showers," Cochran campaign spokesman Jordan Russell explained to the Washington Examiner.

It is true that Webber hosts a variety of events at the house, "an exquisite 1878 Victorian home," as the caption to a photo from a U.S. Senate Youth Alumni Association dinner in 2002 notes.

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1 posted on 05/29/2014 8:40:11 AM PDT by cotton1706
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To: cotton1706

Democrats and Republicans are pretty interchangeable these days


2 posted on 05/29/2014 8:41:42 AM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: cotton1706

Oh my.


3 posted on 05/29/2014 8:43:08 AM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Obamacare)
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To: WKB; onyx; petitfour

Ping.


4 posted on 05/29/2014 8:43:21 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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tHAD enough ping
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6 posted on 05/29/2014 8:48:32 AM PDT by WKB
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7 posted on 05/29/2014 8:49:19 AM PDT by DJ MacWoW (The Fed Gov is not one ring to rule them all)
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8 posted on 05/29/2014 8:51:22 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: tennmountainman

The McDaniel Camp needs to jump on this like a hungry dog on a ham bone.


9 posted on 05/29/2014 8:53:28 AM PDT by Din Maker (Susana Martinez in 2016! Governor, Conservative, Female and Hispanic)
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To: cotton1706

I bet Cochran got some big, big points plus-up from the Democratic party for keeping his Democrat traitor executive assistant employed.

There is simply no excuse for this other than Cochran is a frigging Vichy RINO.


10 posted on 05/29/2014 8:54:21 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: Gaffer

Wonder what Miss Kay’s voter registration has been over the years.


11 posted on 05/29/2014 8:56:35 AM PDT by Black Agnes
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To: Din Maker

senator cochran, sheila jackson lee’s best friend


12 posted on 05/29/2014 8:58:08 AM PDT by ghost of stonewall jackson (An amateur built the Ark; professionals built the Titanic)
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To: cotton1706

Well, gollee…ol’ Thad doesn’t mind paying that rent a bit. In fact, she may even give him a discount *wink*. That “till death us do part” is for the Little People.


13 posted on 05/29/2014 8:58:26 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: cotton1706

Rat infil-traitor!


14 posted on 05/29/2014 8:58:27 AM PDT by JimRed (Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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To: GeronL

They seem to service each other rather than do what is right for the country, ya think?


15 posted on 05/29/2014 8:59:47 AM PDT by ExTexasRedhead
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To: Gaffer

Cochran’s not just a RINO, he’s a Democrat In All But Label Only (DIABLO)/ a member of the republican wing of the democrat party.

May Haley Barbour’s choice be permanently removed from elective office.


16 posted on 05/29/2014 9:02:07 AM PDT by Waryone
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To: Waryone

DIABLO! Love it!


17 posted on 05/29/2014 9:03:44 AM PDT by milagro (There is no peace in appeasement!ll)
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To: WKB

:-)


18 posted on 05/29/2014 9:05:22 AM PDT by petitfour
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To: GeronL

One big happy family DC.


19 posted on 05/29/2014 9:05:40 AM PDT by tennmountainman (Just Say No To Obamacare)
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To: Black Agnes

Have you seen the commercial where it is making a big deal Chris didn’t vote for Haley Barbour? That is funny


20 posted on 05/29/2014 9:05:59 AM PDT by Sybeck1 (Vote McDaniel June 3rd Mississippi!)
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