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GOP Sen. Thad Cochran grappling with illness
Associated Press ^ | Oct 16, 11:16 AM EDT | Andrew Taylor

Posted on 10/16/2017 5:23:11 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Mississippi Sen. Thad Cochran is continuing to grapple with a urinary tract infection that has delayed a planned return to Washington, his office announced on Monday.

The GOP veteran, 79, has been absent from Washington for a month. Cochran’s chief of staff, Brad White, made the announcement in a statement issued by Cochran’s office.

White said Cochran’s wife told him late Saturday that the infection had returned. His office had said last week that Cochran would return to work on Monday. […]

Cochran’s health has been the subject of speculation in Washington, fueled by his extended absence and tweets by Trump, who at one point mistakenly said Cochran was hospitalized. …

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: cochran; thadcochran; uti
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To: gov_bean_ counter

The asparagus helps the band-aid to be ingested. I mean the band-ad does have to be applied on the inside. 8>)


41 posted on 10/16/2017 6:28:28 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Olog-hai

Cochran needs to go, along with McCain, McConnell and the rest of the GOPee.


42 posted on 10/16/2017 6:30:35 PM PDT by wjcsux (The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
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To: Robert DeLong

HA!


43 posted on 10/16/2017 6:31:04 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter
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To: DiogenesLamp

Mitch and the Barbours were the operational heads of the plan, but Ted Cruz as NRSC chair had to sign off on the expenditure.


44 posted on 10/16/2017 6:31:18 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

I would have to see something that specificly ties Cruz to the events that occurred in Miss........got proof along those lines?


45 posted on 10/16/2017 6:33:05 PM PDT by heshtesh ((New Yorker for Cruz))
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To: Olog-hai

Hailey “Boss Hog” Barbour knew Cochran had one foot in the grave when he was paying Black Democrats to vote for Cochran in the GOP primary against conservative McDaniel.


46 posted on 10/16/2017 6:35:30 PM PDT by txrefugee
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Mitch and the Barbours were the operational heads of the plan, but Ted Cruz as NRSC chair had to sign off on the expenditure.

But I don't think the NRSC funds went for the racist ads or the walking around money. I thought that came from Mitch McConnell's super pac.

I believe Gateway Pundit did a story on this that named names and sources of funding.

I'm pretty sure the NRSC funds just went to conventional advertisements and expenses. I find it very hard to believe that party members in Mississippi would tolerate Party funds being used for that purpose.

I believe it was an outside pac, not NRSC funding that payed for those ads and the "walking around money."

47 posted on 10/16/2017 6:35:36 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: lee martell

“I guess when you’re a senator or congressman, your entire health history becomes public information.
I don’t think we had ‘the need to know’ about his UTI.”

I think that privacy relating to heath matters should GO OUT THE DOOR when one runs for public office (unless it can be certified that the condition is not a future threat). For example, many here would like to know just WHAT THE HELL is wrong with Hillary, and I’m sure people would have appreciated knowing just how sick FDR was during his last term (when he died). Not to mention the REAL STORY regarding Justice Scalia...in his case, he family wanted a quick cremation after a suspicious death, even though the guy doing the ‘autopsy’ had his license pulled. I could care less regarding the family’s wishes, if a person is in such a powerful position as to be able to CHANGE THE DIRECTION of this country, then we need to make informed decisions regarding that person. Think about it just on a local level - if my wife is found murdered in my home and I have blood on my hands, will the police let me hire some disgraced quack for a 10 minute autopsy and then let me cremate her the next day?

If people don’t like public disclosure, they always have the option of not running or taking office, or resigning.


48 posted on 10/16/2017 6:38:12 PM PDT by BobL
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To: Lurkinanloomin
All Mississippi GOP Suspicions Confirmed – McConnell, Cornyn, Portman, Corker and Blunt Paid For Racist Attack Ads In Mississippi Against Chris McDaniel….

Mississippi Conservatives, in turn, was funded in part by Sally Bradshaw of the RNC’s Growth and Opportunity Project, former RNC Chairman and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour, the United States Chamber of Commerce, and the political action committees created for Senators Mitch McConnell ($50,000), John Cornyn ($50,000), Rob Portman ($25,000), Bob Corker ($25,000), and Roy Blunt ($5,000).

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2014/07/16/all-mississippi-gop-suspicions-confirmed-mcconnell-cornyn-portman-corker-and-blunt-paid-for-racist-attack-ads-in-mississippi-against-chris-mcdaniel/

49 posted on 10/16/2017 6:40:12 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

Thank you for the clarification.
Ted was still chair and had to know.


50 posted on 10/16/2017 6:45:33 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Now lets think for a moment are we going to have the Vice Chairman(Ted Cruz) or the Chairman John Cornyn be in charge of releasing funds? I’m going to need some time to consider which of these 2 gentlemen would be more likely to ATTACK the man who was likely to vote like Cruz? Try not to catch your hair on fire!


51 posted on 10/16/2017 6:46:57 PM PDT by heshtesh ((New Yorker for Cruz))
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To: heshtesh

See #49, the money came from Cheap Labor Express Senators PAC’s and the RNC Growth Fund.
Ted Cruz was chair at the time and it would be hard to believe he did not know about it.


52 posted on 10/16/2017 6:49:51 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: heshtesh

He’s a swamp creature even if a little less slimy than most.


53 posted on 10/16/2017 6:51:19 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: Lurkinanloomin

He’s basically been in office too long.


54 posted on 10/16/2017 6:54:14 PM PDT by Reily
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Ted Cruz was NEVER the Chairman of the NRSC. It was John Ensign, John Conyers then Jerry Moran, if you look it up you will not find Ted Cruz was ever Chairman.


55 posted on 10/16/2017 6:54:26 PM PDT by heshtesh
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To: Lurkinanloomin
Thank you for the clarification. Ted was still chair and had to know.

Someone sent me a message on another thread telling me they didn't think Cruz ever chaired the NRSC.

A quick check found this that says he was the Vice-Chairman, but I haven't found anything that says he was the chairman. It also says he's spent his time on the NRSC fighting with his colleagues.

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has not been engaged in his role as vice chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, according to multiple sources familiar with GOP politics, and a growing number of Republicans are frustrated that the freshman senator has aligned himself with a group actively attacking their incumbent colleagues.

"The vice chairman of the NRSC is actively raising money for an organization going after Republican senators," one GOP aide bluntly observed.

https://www.rollcall.com/news/policy/cruzs-title-at-nrsc-highlights-conflict-with-colleagues

56 posted on 10/16/2017 6:56:01 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: Lurkinanloomin

Glad to know that Ted didn’t kiss whoever’s ass it would have pleased you for him to have done......you wound butt hurt!


57 posted on 10/16/2017 6:59:44 PM PDT by heshtesh
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To: heshtesh

wound=sound


58 posted on 10/16/2017 7:00:22 PM PDT by heshtesh
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To: DiogenesLamp

Good information, thank you.
His colleagues obviously need fighting with.


59 posted on 10/16/2017 7:02:30 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: DiogenesLamp

Please enough with TRUTH,FACTS and REALITY!!!


60 posted on 10/16/2017 7:03:21 PM PDT by heshtesh
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