Posted on 07/02/2014 2:49:18 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A Thad Cochran campaign call Wednesday afternoon tumbled into disaster when a questioner asked why the Cochran campaign was "harvesting black people" for votes. The call was held to push back against claims from the campaign of Mississippi state Sen. Chris McDaniel, Cochran's intra-party challenger who contends he won last week's Republican primary runoff election illegitimately by courting the votes of Democrats and African-Americans.
But the call was quickly hijacked by callers who later referred to themselves as supporters of McDaniel. One repeatedly interrupted Cochran campaign adviser Austin Barbour.
"Quick question," said the caller, who did not identify himself. "Since black people harvested cotton, why is it OK to harvest their votes? Why is it OK to harvest the votes of black people?"
After Barbour largely ignored the question, the questioner asked again: "If black people were harvesting cotton, why do you think it's OK to harvest their votes?"
This finally triggered a response from Barbour.
"Sir, I don't know where you're calling from, but I'm happy to address any question, no matter the lunacy of it," Barbour said.
But the questioner continued to press, insistent on derailing the call.
"Why did you use black people? Why did you use black people to try to get Cochran elected when they're not even Republicans? You're treating them as if they're just idiots, that they'll just vote for Cochran just because they're black. Why did you harvest black votes?"
This was when Barbour decided to end the call — or at least end his participation.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
68% say McDaniel should NOT concede.
Maybe because (90-95%) of afroAmericans are so easily led? Sorry, but it's obvious. I'm tired of walking on egg shells.
Picking Cotton = Cochran/Barbour/GOPe HOAX.
Now they’ve learned the victim Hoax trick to gin up racism charges. There is no bottom to the pit of the GOPe’s despicability.
My white family picked cotton in the 30’s.
26% yes
71% no
3% don’t care
5:50 pm
Cool
It`s 71% now.
Thanks to Nomad for pointing this one out:
“Do you think Chris McDaniel should concede the race to Thad Cochran?”
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73% No
24% Yes
3% I don’t care
Love it!
Probably 100% of those who own farms.
The business insider post a picture of senator cochran as if he were present. The announcement said senator cochran had called for a press conference, not his handlers. Can the senator not communicate anymore? Is he being held captive? I didn’t see anyone there from the campaign except austin barbour. What did barbour say of substance? Nothing just more rants denigrating Senator McDaniel, his campaign and Conservatives. I think this was a phony press conference with the conference call format and a “staged “racist” caller so a pro Cochran publication, “Business Insider”, can continue their attacks against Conservatives. Fear of losing cochran’s “amnesty” vote may well be what’s driving much of the crap in this campaign. we know the US chamber of commerce is FOR thad because of “AMNESTY.”
and for $15/vote. Could it get any lower?
I wish we would have known that all we had to do was pay each black voter 15 bucks and the Kenyan would have been denied a second term. Damn!
AND the blacks let themselves be used by their plantation masters, the democrats.
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Yes
24%
No
74%
I don’t care.
2%
Except the Dems pay blacks about $25k per vote when all is said and done.
75% No (Don’t concede)
Hush little baby
Don’t you cry...,
luv that song.
Do you think Chris McDaniel should concede the race to Thad Cochran?
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No
75%
I don’t care.
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