Posted on 11/21/2018 10:17:42 AM PST by reaganautl
For the uninitiated, a lot of McDaniel fans feel they got screwed in former Sen. Thad Cochran’s re-election, when the Cochran-Barbour machine in Mississippi worked every conceivable angle to deprive McDaniel—who is regarded as a stauncher conservative but also was accused of racism and may even have appealed to some Mississippi voters as a result of it—of a win.
Subsequently, that same machine let a short time pass, Cochran exited the US Senate, and Hyde-Smith—a former Democrat who also has the backing of the same Mississippi GOP establishment—took his place.
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Not only did Hyde-Smith used to be a Democrat; like her Democratic opponent, she reportedly has some big Clintonworld connections. He was a Cabinet secretary for Bill, by far the more Southerner-friendly of the pair. She, by contrast, has been reported by a McDaniel-friendly publication to have been in business with one “Umesh Sanjanwala, the father of a Hillary Clinton consultant.” (Fun tidbit: The business reportedly used a URL previously used by an occult-oriented firm that offered “services for communicating with the dead”; if you believe this report, Hyde-Smith may have been planning to use it for an online ministry).
The same report also indicates that as a lobbyist, Hyde-Smith worked for the National Coalition on Health Care, which has some pretty lefty members and is supportive of Obamacare—likely a deal-breaker for hardcore McDaniel fans.
The rumor among McDaniel folks is that Hyde-Smith voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2008 Democratic primary, a rumor that is basically reported as fact by this same pro-McDaniel outlet, and one that hasn’t exactly been put to bed by Hyde-Smith and her own comments on the topic.
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I don’t care at all if she loses.
I’ve no further use, need or want for these ones.
She’s a Bush League Republican, but we need the seat to offset the other Bush League Republicans, or something like that.......
I don’t know much about her Democrat bonafides, except she used to be one. I also don’t know much about her GOPe/RINO bonafides, except everyone seems to think she is one.
However, it’s readily apparent to even the most casual observer she is no smarter than Maxine Waters and an embarrassment to the Republican party.
Alas, it’s for the people of MS to decide.
Whether she wins or loses, I’ll not mourn either way.
I honestly don’t care what she was. ESPY will be another black human shield for the democrats to trot out at every confirmation and will start acting like he, personally, was Emmet Till’s dad whenever there is a judicial confirmation or anything else our side needs. HE would be another Fartacus or Ugandan Giant just out there playing the race card left and right for the dems whereas Hyde-Smith would at least vote for our judicial nominees. I can’t let “purity” make me a part of putting ESPY in office just like being for “winnable” helped Arizonans put Kyrsten Enema in office.
Trump will drag her across the finish line with 2 rallies on Monday
We may need her v out te down the road
In other words, I would have been for McDaniel against Espy, too, but he couldn’t win his primary. Sorry, buddy, you had your shot.
“Trump will drag her across the finish line with 2 rallies on Monday”
Certainly this dunce needs all the help she can get.
Joe Blow Republican precinct captain would have won MS by 25 points, or 40.
“She will support trump who will be doing a Rally for her next Monday.”
At least she will have smart people around her telling her how to vote. And hopefully to tell her “Just shut up and vote”.
If she shows any inclination to speak her mind, or to think for herself, we’d be better off without her.
She voted for Kavanaugh and supported Collins when she gave her speech in support of him. Espy will not support the President’s judicial nominees.
That's all that matters. That's all we've got left.
McDaniel is a loser. We now need all patriots to get behind the R candidate, regardless of their doubts and feelings.
McDaniel is a loser. We now need all patriots to get behind the R candidate, regardless of their doubts and feelings.
McDaniel is a loser. We now need all patriots to get behind the R candidate, regardless of their doubts and feelings.
She better be in Oxford at the Egg Bowl tomorrow night. I had never heard this woman speak until after the primary. I Just don’t know what Bryant was thinking with one. He had to remember 2014 and the scars from that. We are voting for her but no excitement
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You sound like a Democrat. What are you doing posting ion this site.? Anybody supporting Espy in this race is either a Democrat or an Idiot...
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