Posted on 06/25/2014 7:35:18 PM PDT by xzins
Chris McDaniel, onthe blatantly unethical and illegal tactics employed by Thad Cochran and Haley Barbour in the Mississippi GOP runoff Tuesday…
“McDaniel: I am a two-term state senator, I have fought for this party my entire life, I’ve given money…I’ve done everything they’ve asked me to do– and last night, they pulled over 35,000 Democrats into a Republican primary to defeat me…we feel betrayed.
…
Hannity: Do you foresee any circumstance under which you would support this guy? Because I don’t think I could do it.
McDaniel: I prayed about it last night…my core principle is gonna have a hard time even looking at politics again.
…
Hannity: You sound like you got punched in the gut. You sound like you’ve been betrayed.
McDaniel: Sean, I was…I have fought for these people. These are my colleagues. They are my friends…I don’t understand!
But Ted Cruz has bigger fish to fry… “
“I certainly congratulate my colleague, Thad,” Cruz said on Fox and Friends Wednesday morning, pointing out that the Republican establishment poured millions into the Mississippi race and only won by a thin margin. Cruz reminded the hosts that he did not endorse a candidate in the Mississippi primary, as he promised to stay out of incumbent Senate races.
As does Rand… “
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), a potential 2016 presidential contender, declined to support tea party critics of Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran’s efforts to mobilize non-GOP voters to win the Republican nomination.
“I’m for more people voting, not less people voting,” Paul told reporters Wednesday.
How about winning by way of 35000 Democrat voters? Cohran’s not a Republican anymore. No Republican should vote for him.
For a long time I’ve argued that the GOP needs to be reformed, but given Paul’s and Cruz’s comments and actions I’m not certain there’s a there to save. These guys are so out of touch with the base it isn’t funny.
I think our ideas, presented well, for example by Mike Lee recently, win all the time. Not elections per se, but in the war of the ideas. I did wish for a GOP majority and I still do, but if these guys keep playing games come January 2015 I am totally ready for a new party.
Does he want to bring down Cochran? McDaniel should run as a write-in / 3rd Party Candidate.
The Democrat will then likely win.
Therefore, what the Mississippi Republican establishment will likely do - offer McDaniel a whole lot of money or some plum job NOT to do such a thing.
What democracy?
Rand has worked so hard to appeal to liberals he’s lost all the support he’s had from conservatives.
He won’t be getting any votes from me.
Agree. Pathetic is an excellent descriptive word for Rand Paul.
The GOP fights that, tooth and nail.
/johnny
We should somehow start a campaign to send Chris money for whatever he wants to pursue. If all the conservatives who are pissed off with this deal even sent $10, he’d be rich.
A campaign, ‘Remember Mississippi’ to show Chris that there are good people left in America.
This victory by treachery will long be regretted by the GOPe. It will mark the beginning of the end for them. I wouldn’t vote for Cochran if he were running against Obama.
GOP continues to lose support with such dirty tactics. Those at the top are apparently not too bright.
People will sit at home again rather than vote for a crooked party. Doesn’t the GOP realize that?
Well What Cochran did here was completely beyond the pale. He and his cronies betrayed everything the Republicans were supposed to stand for in order to cheat and encourage voter fraud to keep out an up and coming, intelligent, loyal conservative candidate who fought a fair and honest fight.
The only way to even begin to repair the damage is for the entire GOP senate caucus to ask Cochran to step aside. Absent that, then there is no saving the party.
At this point I despise the entire GOP and all that they stand for. They certainly don't reflect my values anymore. They have crossed the Stix and have entered into Hell.
Let them burn!
That’s very accurate.
Yep, and Paul fancies himself as a student of history. He’s a gump.
Good one! I’d have to agree.
Palin made a real mess in Alaska for the oil industry. She’s great in her sphere, but I would never vote her into the Presidency if an alternative existed.
“You believed them...you F’d up” to paraphrase a line in Animal House.
Folks, the GOP only has power because someone out here gives them power. Now that this hard lesson last night has proven what some of us here on FR have been trying fruitlessly to get across, it won’t be so fruitless.
People continuing to support the GOP, make excuses for them and attack conservatives are every bit as evil as the GOP itself. Take away the support and the GOP is powerless. the money men vanish and we can fight the dems without the protection the GOP provides them.
Period.
If you have not noticed, the GOP is working to replace your vote with
a new citizen from Metico.
Do you hate Chris McDaniel?
He’d cry like a baby if it happened to him.
PM me if you do. I might join you. This is it. Enough is enough.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.