Posted on 06/30/2014 8:50:51 PM PDT by Viennacon
A black Mississippi pastor has emerged to claim Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-MS) campaign paid “thousands” of Democrats $15 each to vote in the June 24 GOP runoff – and that he was part of the scheme. Rev. Stevie Fielder, an associate pastor at First Union Missionary Baptist Church in Meridan, Mississippi, says Cochran's campaign “told me to offer blacks $15 each and to vote for Thad.” Fielder, who was paid by freelance journalist Charles C. Johnson for the story, provided a new outlet launched by Johnson—GotNews.com—with four text messages from a person purporting to be Cochran campaign staffer Saleem Baird. The messages cite an official Cochran campaign email address—Saleem@ThadForMs.com—and include detailed discussions of the campaign providing envelopes of money to distribute to people who vote. “Send me individual names and amounts along with home address to saleem@thadforms.com and I’ll have money separated in envelopes at the office waiting for you,” one message, sent three days before the runoff, says. Fielder said he helped distribute the Cochran cash for votes on a promise of eventually getting paid $16,000—and because a key Cochran campaign staffer convinced him that Cochran’s conservative challenger state Sen. Chris McDaniel was racist. “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 said. But Cochran's campaign never paid, Fielder said. But as to whether Cochran himself—the “candidate,” per Mississippi law—would be responsible for the actions of his campaign staffers, election law attorney Trey Traynor of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP told Breitbart News that “clearly yes,” Mississippi’s “statutes applies to candidates and their agents.”
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Sent them an email. Looks like they read it :D
The establishment is nothing but dirt bags. follow the money trail to the RNC and McConnel. This is why I am an Independent Conservative.
Hope enough people send it to Drudge.
All together now.....COR......RUP.......TION!
Well, while I didn’t want people to get all hair trigger (which has typically killed off half-decent candidates in favor of quarter-decent ones), this has to be the lowest the GOP has ever sunk. Let it BE investigated.
Cuccinelli had his election stolen as well. I wish he would have fought for it.
He went onto the Senate Conservatives Fund, and as Attorney General from VA, is going to be an asset there.
May already be an asset: witness Brat picking off Cantor.
They purposely undercut him in a very winnable race. Now the GOPE is doing the same to Brat in Ohio.
My spirits are MUCH higher!
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We can ‘thank’ all the people that decided to either stay home or didn’t like the way Cuch combed his hair.
Anyone that has been paying attention for 10 or 15 years should have known that McAwful was a Clinton lacky and had attempted to purchase the home in NY for them.
That was bad enough but to lose two close (VA) Senate races in winnable districts was obscene also.
Got to watch Moron’s old district. Beyer is running ON oBamaScare and walked away with the primary.
Another D in that race was running on the ‘back’ of Barney Frank and Fauxahantas Warren.....
R’s should take Puckets seat but they will have to leave the comforts of home and go out to vote.
Am sure you realize the ‘$hiite Sangwich(sic)’ the Libs will be ‘feeding’ us if the D’s take that seat back and they resume power....
Bump
I think Cuch may have been instrumental in Brat’s victory.
No, it can’t be. Black Democrats were voting for Thad because they love him.
Bump
$15...wow that’s like a meal at Burger King for two.
I’ve noticed southern Dems politicians can be bought quite cheaply.
One race here they just bought the votes with free lunches.
The fact the Pastor SIGNED SOMETHING means there’s a record of him both working for the campaign and getting cash.
The individually prepared envelopes of 15 or 20 bucks. That widens the conspiracy. The office prepared cash handouts for votes? That implicates more of the campaign staff and management.
The power of investigative journalism, it is amazing what you can find out just by walking around and asking questions.
They will, but they are going to wait until October and then arrest Cochran in front of CNN. Timing, this scandal is blowing up too soon for their liking.
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“In a normal world, the DOJ would be all over this.”
Patience. If they believe it’s to their advantage, they will be.
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