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Thad Cochran Press Call Descends into Madness After Question About ‘Harvesting Black Votes’
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| July 2, 2014
| Josh Felman
Posted on 07/02/2014 2:16:25 PM PDT by true believer forever
Edited on 07/02/2014 2:19:44 PM PDT by Admin Moderator.
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Here is another link covering the call:
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/dailyledes/2014/07/02/cochran-conference-call/12105085/
To: don-o; WKB; Black Agnes
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:22:12 PM PDT
by
ken5050
("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
To: true believer forever
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:23:14 PM PDT
by
COBOL2Java
(I'm a Christian, pro-life, pro-gun, Reaganite. The GOP hates me. Why should I vote for them?)
To: true believer forever
Someone Asked About Harvesting Votes Like Cotton on Thad Cochran’s Press Call
A press call held by Sen. Thad Cochran’s campaign was cut short by a comparison between harvesting cotton and harvesting votes. According to reports from several journalists, at one point a man asked “If black people were harvesting cotton, why is it OK to harvest their votes?” Cochran’s campaign abruptly ended the press call after that, but several people stayed on the line to yell at one another.
The call was meant to push back claims that the Cochran campaign purchased votes or otherwise won the election illegitimately, but only served to further tensions within the Mississippi Republican party. According to Business Insider, the caller asked twice about “harvesting black votes,” before Cochran campaign advisor Austin Barbour replied “Sir, I don’t know where you’re calling from, but I’m happy to address any question, no matter the lunacy of it.”
The name of the commenter isn’t currently known, but some suspect it was a McDaniel supporter. Charles C. Johnson, the conservative blogger who accused the Cochran campaign of engaging in a votes-for-cash scheme tweeted the call-in information to his followers before the call and invited them to crash it with him.
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http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/07/someone-asked-about-harvesting-votes-like-cotton-on-thad-cochrans-press-call/373879/
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:35:02 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: true believer forever
Is this why we are seeing reports that the LSM including Fox are giving zero attention to this story?
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:37:57 PM PDT
by
uncitizen
(Buckle up! We're on the Facism Fast Track!)
To: Responsibility2nd; true believer forever
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:39:50 PM PDT
by
Darksheare
(Try my coffee, first one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
To: true believer forever
LOL! How dare someone mention that which should not be named!
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These people are disguising, terrorizing people into committing voter fraud by falsely accusing the opponent of targeting them because they're black.
Then again, they DO use Thad Cochran like he's some kind of meat puppet, so I guess fraud would be a step UP for them.
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:40:01 PM PDT
by
MamaTexan
(I am a Person as created by the Laws of Nature, not a person as created by the laws of Man)
To: uncitizen
I cannot explain why the MSM isn’t jumping all over this “Republican vote-buying scandal”.... or maybe it is because the guy is really a Dem?
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:40:26 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: Responsibility2nd
This ranks up there with the guy who asked Hilary if she would make out her book to Christopher Stevens.
"No, I can't do that."
"What difference does it make now?"
Boom.
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:40:50 PM PDT
by
St_Thomas_Aquinas
( Isaiah 22:22, Matthew 16:19, Revelation 3:7)
To: true believer forever
I don’t care who you are, that’s funny!
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:41:16 PM PDT
by
day10
(Integrity has no need of rules.)
To: GeronL
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:42:31 PM PDT
by
FreeAtlanta
(Liberty or Big Government - you can't have both.)
To: GeronL
Or because his co-conspirators were Democrats and the media knows they would be drawn in by any investigation too.
To: true believer forever
Beware of false flag operations. Just sayin' ... If you were a Tea Party advocate with a singular opportunity to catch Cochran off guard with a difficult question, would you really waste it with tripe in the form of a simile like that? Not likely. I give my Tea Party friends, and myself, credit for far more intelligence, creativity, civility than that. Sounds more like a liberal pretending to be a conservative to me.
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:44:09 PM PDT
by
so_real
( "The Congress of the United States recommends and approves the Holy Bible for use in all schools.")
To: so_real
It wasn’t the Tea Party. Clarion Ledger reported they have a hunch they know who it was, and he’s not in the McDaniel camp. He’s a local crazy.
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:46:06 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
(Rebuke the Repuke!)
To: All
Best headline I’ve read in a long time.
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:46:43 PM PDT
by
pluvmantelo
(Democrats:the party of moral hazard, the IRS, the NSA and the heckler's veto)
To: true believer forever
Gee, Who saw this coming?
/sarc
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:50:33 PM PDT
by
G Larry
(Which of Obama's policies do you think I'd support if he were white?)
To: Viennacon
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:51:29 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
To: pluvmantelo
Cochran is losing it, he is going nuts.
His handlers can not hide this insanity.
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:52:29 PM PDT
by
longtermmemmory
(VOTE! http://www.senate.gov and http://www.house.gov)
To: GeronL
They’re shilling for Cochran. Clarion Ledger reports accurately.
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posted on
07/02/2014 2:52:53 PM PDT
by
Viennacon
(Rebuke the Repuke!)
To: so_real
I don’t think it was either. My guess is a plant from Cochran’s sludge campaign. I think someone will figure it out...
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