Posted on 06/28/2014 3:38:13 AM PDT by OldRanchHand
RINO – Republican In Name Only – is a term used to describe people who are not truly Republican, they just run as a Republican on the ballot to get elected. Is Chris McDaniel a RINO?
He claims he is a lifelong Republican, but…
He voted in the Democratic Primary
“Records show conservative Republican U.S. Senate candidate Chris McDaniel voted as a Democrat in the 2003 state primary.” –Associated Press 11/13/2013
Chris McDaniel denied it. But, “McDaniel’s campaign spokesman Keith Plunkett said it is possible McDaniel voted in the 2003 Democratic primary.”
Mississippi’s Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann confirms it: “I looked at [the records], and they show he voted Democrat when Haley Barbour, Amy Tuck, Tate Reeves and Stacey Pickering were running in the Republican Primary. They also show he didn’t vote in the presidential election in 2004 — when Bush was running — and didn’t vote in the Republican Primary in 2008.”
So, Chris McDaniel says he is a lifelong Republican. But he voted in the Democratic Primary; didn’t vote in an important Republican Primary, and when liberal Democrat Senator John Kerry was running against President George W. Bush…he didn’t vote at all.
Chris McDaniel, he says one thing, his record says something else.
Which Party Is It?
When Chris McDaniel first ran for his office in 2007, Ryan Walters, one of his top advisers on his campaign committee was just four years prior the Vice Chairman of the Mississippi Reform Party and served on the Reform Party National Committee.
In 2012, Chris McDaniel was a featured speaker at the Mississippi Constitution Party’s State Convention.
And in April, when faced with criticisms of the Libertarian Party, he tried to make amends with that organization, he said, “I defended the Libertarian party on many occasions, despite objections from some on the political right.”
So which is it, Chris? Reform Party or Constitution Party or Republican Party or Libertarian Party or Democratic Party?
Perhaps we’ll never know, because as McDaniel said to the Libertarians, “the longer I serve in government, the more my positions evolve.”
Editorial
The Carthaginian – November 21, 2013 Editorial: McDaniel can’t cry ‘Liar’
A few years back a new newspaper editor moved into a South Delta town and began pumping life into the local weekly with lively news that evoked some consternation.
It led to some serious name calling against the scribe, culminating, the story goes, with a elderly farmer walking through the door of the newspaper and inquiring, “Are you the fellow everyone’s calling a ***-**-*-*****?”
“Yes, sir.”
“Well,” the old farmer rejoined, “ain’t nobody calling you a liar.”
Chris McDaniel, Tea Party hopeful for the U.S. Senate seat now held by Sen. Thad Cochran, has taken issue with reports he has, in times past, voted a Democratic Party ticket or skipped major Republican Party votes.
After initial confusion in his reply, it came out that state maintained computer records did show McDaniel had voted in a Democratic Party primary and skipped a GOP primary.
That apparently being a grave insult to his conservative credentials, McDaniel or his mouthpieces countered that he had to vote Democratic to vote in local elections, that perhaps someone had struck a wrong key and his vote was improperly recorded, that Secretary of State Delbert Hosemann, a rumored GOP aspirant to the Senate seat, was playing politics at state expense.
The key now is, he ain’t calling nobody a liar.
Do your own google search. The fact that McDaniels voted in a Democratic primary and sat out the presidential election was reported by a number of independent news sources, including the associated press.
Chris McDaniel voted Democrat in a primary... once…eleven years ago. Thad Cochran votes with democratic principles on every major issue. I think it’s a pretty clear choice who we need in that office.
Yay! You’re here! As I’ve said, those are regurgitated reprints of the original Barbour-funded hit piece you posted.
LOL. Just noticed the original date and source of this “article”. The Cochran campaign reeks of desperation on every level. Maybe if they did some more begging for Democrat table scraps, they could conjure up a few more votes in the recount.
I'm sure Barbour and the MS GOPe machine has deep pockets. They're funding these Trolls who post ridiculous threads like this one on FreeRepublic. Wonder how much they're getting paid?
Yea that. On a smart phone arg
Yes. It’s the smell of my preferred candidate winning. It’s a better smell than losing.
“So, Chris McDaniel Voted in the Democratic Primary in 2003; didn’t vote in an important Republican Primary,
and when liberal Democrat Senator John Kerry was running against President George W. Bush in 2004 he didn’t vote at all. “
The 2004 NOT voting makes McDaniel an EARLY T.E.A. party member
As for 2003 - It appears the McDaniel new more about Haley Barbor in 2003 then the rest of us
What is the purpose of this article?
McDaniel has always voted in a legal manner.
The issue at hand is the thousands and thousand of illegal votes cast in this runoff election.
“and isn’t it amazing his voting record exists”
ALL records of who Voted (Remember you have to sign the register) are County public records. All you have to do is go to the local court house and look for yourself
And what did you win ?
As if that isn’t like sewing on Frankenstein’s finger?
Sitting it out would be more honorable.
So...how much is Haley Barbour’s nephew Henry paying you to post on FreeRepublic? Inquiring minds want to know!
I'm not a republican, I'm a conservative, and liberals (especially liberal republicans) are the enemy.
/johnny
“Get the best Republican you can, but if you can’t get a good one, get any Republican.”
buddy boy you are talking to the wrong group - You need to be on a web site visited by the Mississippi Uncle Toms, they very much like to vote for “any Republican.”
And just where has it been proven there were “thousands and thousands” of illegal votes case. All we have are the accusations of disgruntles McDaniel supporters. Let’s wait and see that the courts decide.
You have aligned yourself with the devil - quoting this despicable PAC as a source. Your FR cred is now forever gone.
Well then....have fun living under the thumb of the Democrats. And you wonder why conservatism continues to wither. It’s because of statements like this.
Unethical ones if not also illegal... notice the huge peak in Hinds?
And they were garnered by scurrilous accusations of McDaniel to the lowest of low information voters.
If this election was bought, it was bought with souls.
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