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Cochran Campaign Manager Busted in Illegal Vote Buying Operation
Gotnews ^ | 6/30/2014 | Charles C. Johnson and Joel S. Gilbert

Posted on 06/30/2014 6:34:36 PM PDT by Viennacon

Edited on 06/30/2014 6:57:17 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

A black reverend stiffed by the Cochran campaign has exposed an alleged criminal conspiracy by Cochran staffers to commit massive voter fraud ahead of Tuesday's controversial U.S. Senate Republican runoff election in Mississippi.

Reverend Stevie Fielder, associate pastor at historic First Union Missionary Baptist Church and former official at Meridian's redevelopment agency, says he delivered "hundreds or even thousands," of blacks to the polls after being offer money and being assured by a Cochran campaign operative that Chris McDaniel was a racist. "They [the Cochran campaign] told me to offer blacks fifteen dollars each and to vote for Thad."

It is illegal under several provisions of Mississippi law and federal law for campaign officials to bribe voters with cash and punishable up to five years in jail. (MS Code 97-13-1; MS Code 97-13-3 (2013) (Federal Code 18 U.S.C. 597, U.S.C. 1973i(c)) Voter fraud schemes are not unusual for Mississippi. In 1999 Mississippi's attorney general reported massive voter fraud allegations throughout the Palmetto state. In 2011, a Mississippi NAACP leader was sent to prison for voter fraud, according to the Daily Caller.

It would seem that laws were broken here, too. At the direction of the Cochran campaign, Reverend Fielder went "door to door, different places, mostly impoverished neighborhoods, to the housing authorities and stuff like that," telling fellow blacks that McDaniel was a racist and promising them $15 per vote. "They sold me on the fact that he was a racist and that the right thing to do was to keep him out of office," Fielder says.

Text messages released to Got News and a recorded interview with Reverend Fielder confirmed that Saleem Baird, a staffer with the Cochran campaign and current legislative aide to U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, and Cochran campaign manager, Kirk Sims, were involved in a $15 per vote cash bribery scheme to target members of the black community.

"They said they needed black votes," said the Reverend Fielder on the phone. He says Baird told him to put "give the fifteen dollars in each envelope to people as they go in and vote. You know, not right outside of the polling place but he would actually recruit people with the $15 dollars and they would go in and vote." Fielder said he received thousands of dollars in envelopes from Baird and distributed them accordingly. Fielder also says he went to the campaign office on another occasion to pick up $300 in cash and was among a room full of people who were doing the same thing he was.

Excerpt, read more at gotnews.com


TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: charlescjohnson; chrismcdaniel; cochranrico; electionfraud; electionfraudrico; fraud; goperico; mcdaniel; teaparty; thadcochran; votefraud; voterfraud
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To: TigerClaws

Again, going to go all the way up to Rove, the Chamber of Commerce, and hopefully McConnell.

Just remember the freaking out repeatedly by Dingy Harry.. someone’s messing up his machine.


281 posted on 06/30/2014 11:45:13 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: Viennacon

Mississippi is not the Palmetto state as this article suggests.


282 posted on 06/30/2014 11:51:25 PM PDT by for-q-clinton (If at first you don't succeed keep on sucking until you do succeed)
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To: Aurorales

$15?

Cheapo RINOs and cheap, pathetic black voters in this case.

What kind of person would take a measly $15 for their vote?

I would rather sell my blood for $15 then sell my vote.

Everyone involved in this crime should NEVER be allowed to vote for anything.


The type of person that doesn’t give a damn. The type of person that supports Obama because of the “free stuff”. The takers of the world.


283 posted on 07/01/2014 12:01:30 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: leapfrog0202
The type of person that doesn’t give a damn. The type of person that supports Obama because of the “free stuff”. The takers of the world.

There is absolutely no fear of being caught at voter fraud in this country, we can thank the Rat culture for doing it and the Rino culture for letting it happen.
Now the Rino culture has decided to get in on it and do it themselves.

284 posted on 07/01/2014 12:12:12 AM PDT by The Cajun (Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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To: don-o
Well, Charles Johnson "broke" a story on David D. Kirkpatrick, the New York Times Cairo bureau chief, which turned out to be about 95% false. He actually used an obviously fake/satire newspaper as "proof" that Kirkpatrick had posed for Playgirl.

The true part of the story was that Kirkpatrick was arrested for lewd conduct after streaking, which is apparently a Princeton tradition, go figure. The rest of it - the newspaper pictures, the quotes, the Playgirl stuff, and being nude on a bridge, were all fake, and Charles Johnson fell for it. Here is a link to the story, and to Charles Johnson's direct response, where he admits he was fooled.

Daily Caller Cites 24-Year-Old Fake Princeton Newspaper to Attack the NYT's Benghazi Reporter

Note that he really took his time admitting that he was wrong.

Johnson paired with birther filmmaker Joel Gilbert (creator of "documentaries" including Paul McCartney Really Is Dead: The Last Testament of George Harrison and Elvis Found Alive!) on a story that Cory Booker never lived in Newark, which turned out not to be true.

Cory Booker: Yes, I Live In Newark. The claim that Booker resides elsewhere, which his opponent alleged Monday, is a “desperate stunt,” his campaign says. Property records and documentation of rental payments put Booker in Newark, where he has served as mayor since 2006

And now it looks like he's working with Gilbert again on the Mississippi stuff.

This is the same Gilbert who claims in his birther film that Obama's mother made pornographic films. The problems are many: the model in the photos is known; the photos were published when Obama's mother would have been very underaged, making publication of the photos a felony; and she couldn't have known Frank Marshall Davis, who Gilbert says took the pictures, during the time frame they were taken and published.

Oh, and he's working on a book, claiming that he's doing "DNA research" that claims that Obama can't be the son of his father because of brown spots on his face. Here is the Free Republic thread: Shock: Fmr Breitbart Journo Did Extensive DNA Research; Will Destroy Obama’s Legacy!?

In short, I'm not holding my breath.

285 posted on 07/01/2014 12:36:21 AM PDT by mountainbunny (Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens ~ J.R.R. Tolkien)
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To: The Cajun

There is absolutely no fear of being caught at voter fraud in this country, we can thank the Rat culture for doing it and the Rino culture for letting it happen.
Now the Rino culture has decided to get in on it and do it themselves.


Very true.


286 posted on 07/01/2014 12:37:20 AM PDT by leapfrog0202 ("the American presidency is not supposed to be a journey of personal discovery" Sarah Palin)
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To: don-o
Andrew Breitbart will always be with us. Yes, Andrew, this one’s for YOU. Miss you, dear Patriot!
287 posted on 07/01/2014 1:01:19 AM PDT by itssme
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To: Windflier
Hot damn! It's all coming undone, and I'm lovin’ it!
288 posted on 07/01/2014 1:03:11 AM PDT by itssme
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To: leapfrog0202

Now maybe the Rats will get so jealous of it that they won’t be able to hide any more.


289 posted on 07/01/2014 1:06:50 AM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: Foundahardheadedwoman

How much would I take for my vote?

My vote is not for sale. That is the truth.

But I believe it is beyond pathetic to sell out for $15.
A low life should at least make it worth the lie and the crime.


290 posted on 07/01/2014 1:44:56 AM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence!)
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To: itssme
It's only coming undone if Mississippi does something about it.

I'm not convinced of that. In today's climate, I wouldn't be surprised if everyone just looks the other way and pretends that no laws were broken.

-PJ

291 posted on 07/01/2014 2:58:08 AM PDT by Political Junkie Too (If you are the Posterity of We the People, then you are a Natural Born Citizen.)
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To: Political Junkie Too
So We the People push and demand that Mississippi do something about it. We're all in this together, whether we live in MS or not. So, we think positively and we push back, fight hard and make this a win for McDaniel & We the People. Less negativity and a shrug of the shoulders and more enthusiasm to push forward and get the job done. We don't have time for doubts about how this will all turn out. We need to devote our time & energy to making sure Mississippi follows the laws,and that the GOP-e gets what they deserve.
292 posted on 07/01/2014 4:19:32 AM PDT by itssme
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To: mountainbunny
In short, I'm not holding my breath.

That's a good idea. Look. How about we focus on this pastor in Mississippi? Let's get his affidavit and find a Prosecutor to convene a Grand Jury.

Johnson's shortcomings can be investigated as another matter.

293 posted on 07/01/2014 4:27:23 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Syncro

But, but, but the Tea Party is dead. I read it on teh internets.


294 posted on 07/01/2014 4:28:15 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: Din Maker; All

“Was the source of your notification credible? I just find it hard to believe that a story of this magnitude has not been picked up by any news agency except “Got News””

Flashback to 1998; Who the hell is Drudge?


295 posted on 07/01/2014 4:31:30 AM PDT by mazda77
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To: mazda77

I gave the link to Levin and Eric Bolling on Twitter.


296 posted on 07/01/2014 4:35:08 AM PDT by don-o (He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever!)
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To: txhurl

Josh Painter (I-TX) @Josh_Painter · 7h

Flashback, 2007: Haley Barbour relative defrauded FEMA after Katrina, judge rules - http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/08/31/122


297 posted on 07/01/2014 5:07:04 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: all the best

Thanks for the link, I just “LET ‘EM HAVE IT”!


298 posted on 07/01/2014 5:24:26 AM PDT by bazbo (God would have you vote your conscience, men would have you vote for a "winner".)
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To: Linda Frances

I didn’t know until I tried to post something from that newspaper a few days ago and got a message that we can’t post their content on FR because there had previously been a complaint.

Most newspapers permit an excerpt or at least a link, but some deny that altogether and since there has already been lawsuit FR had to fight off, they’re extra careful now.


299 posted on 07/01/2014 5:25:15 AM PDT by randita
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To: RitaOK

IF they “bought” 6000 votes, it would have cost around $90,000. Did they have that kind of money available?


300 posted on 07/01/2014 5:36:41 AM PDT by nikos1121
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