Friday, June 6, 2014

Blast from the Y'all past

Who can forget this May 8 taunt from Frank Corder on Y'all Politics:

Money has stopped flowing so freely. Ads from fully engaged outside PACs have dried up on television and radio. Endorsements have come and gone with little fanfare. No elected officials anywhere seem to be jumping on the bandwagon. A once ambitious, active campaign is looking shopworn down the stretch. (KF: The Cochran camp was outspent in the last couple of weeks)

You have to wonder: If Mississippi's U.S. Senate Republican primary is the hottest front on the national Tea Party's midterm fight with what they term as the "establishment," just where is Chris McDaniel's cavalry?

Where’s the money from political donors?

Where’s the Senate Conservatives Fund?

Where’s Ted Cruz?

Where's Rand Paul?

Where’s Mike Lee?

Why aren't potential Tea Party Senate colleagues, men who McDaniel reference and aspire to be, touting the state senator, standing beside him?

Where's Glenn Beck, Laura Ingraham, Sarah Palin and others who have endorsed him?

Why aren't these Tea Party giants here in Mississippi on the ground, stumping for their boy?
(Um, Rick and Sarah showed up, Frank)

Why are all of these giving no credence, beyond lip service and a few minutes of talk radio airtime, to the hottest Tea Party versus establishment race in the country?

In other words, what do they know that the local Tea Party faithful don’t know or can’t bring themselves to yet admit? (Frank, they probably knew the strategy, how much money they would spend, what the media buys would be. Things you don't share with the public. Are you that dense?)

Chris McDaniel just may be the Tea Party's Custer and that's unfortunate for a state senator who once held potential for higher office.

But that's the nature of the political beast the Tea Party has become at the national level, and it's one reason why McDaniel should not have wrapped himself so tightly in their label.

The connection between the two was a strategic decision aimed at gaining precious, much needed dollars and raising name ID but the manner in which such a relationship has forced McDaniel to run this race may soon be his biggest regret, barring a ballot box surprise.

Anti-Barbour Tea Partiers don't want to hear it but Haley has long said, “Purity is a loser." That advice seems to be bearing out.

These national Tea Party types have little staying power and even less principled commitments to stick with a fight even when it starts trending against them. They aren't loyal to their candidates of choice (make one wrong vote and they kick you to the curb) or the people they continually beg for donations from, like the average hardworking conservatives right here in Mississippi
. (You really look dumb after reading this paragraph. You know that, don't you?)

It's big political business, with high salary leaders and double dipping consultants with relatively little long-term investment in their candidates on the ground in the fight.

And that's not likely to change anytime soon.

Why? Because these Tea Party elites like to talk a big game, dip a toe in here or there, and move on to the next train wreck. They will dump a marginal candidate in a heartbeat only to flock to a more sure thing to show relevance. While it stirs the emotion and tugs at the wallets of those hometown conservatives who truly want to see a more constitutional government, the news cycle and political winds blow swiftly and many local Tea Party loyalists often get left holding the bag.

McDaniel's camp might as well circle the wagons because by all indications just three weeks out from June 3rd the cavalry isn't coming, and if it does, it will be too late.

Frank, the truth is YOU were the Custer.  They kicked your ass, didn't they? Chris has won regardless of the outcome in two weeks.  If it weren't for the nearly 5,000 votes that went to Tom Carey, you would be looking for ways to drown yourself in the Gulf Coast.  Experts can debate why so many people voted for Carey.  What is clear is that despite all your taunting and boasting, the race is going to a runoff. McDaniel won.  In fact, your IQ falls with each passing word written in this column.

We had Baghdad Bob. What is a similar name for Frank?  Take a tip from The Kinfish: Do your taunting after the game is over. 

18 comments:

Anonymous said...

True. Also, listened to Gallo for a few minutes this morning. Talk about it the tank. Cochran should have to list Gallo's show as a political contribution. Made me want to puke, so I changed the channel.

Anonymous said...

Are you mad?

Kingfish said...

Hell no. Having fun. ;-) The stupidity has been strong this week. Today we are having fun on this website unless something breaks.

Anonymous said...

In Pascagoula after his weak run for Mayor we call him Failed Frank. He was predicting his own victory in the same taunting way during his campaign of arrogance. Nothing has changed except he now is interviewing for a job with another failed candidate named Thud Cochran. No disrespect meant Senator. You deserve to return home to a ticker tape parade after your runoff defeat. The time is right for a change and I am not a CM supporter but will be on election day. Michael Watson was spot on.

Anonymous said...


So it is "mad" 10:24 in your mind to illuminate how far into the tank Lange and Corder are for Cochran? Lange (search on 'John Alan Lange') doesn't even bother any longer when writing about his Thad-love to disclose that he has made reportable contributions to the Cochran campaign. Y'allPolitics is nothing more than Haley's propaganda website.

Who killed the mayor? said...

Corder will continue to tell us how horrible McDaniel is when he is in the general with the mainstream blue-dog Childers right?

Hell yea he will. No way he walks it back and starts sucking up to new most powerful Republican in the state: Chris McDaniel, right?

Anonymous said...

If the tea party zealots can just behave for a few more days they will win.

Anonymous said...

McDaniel wins only if Thud fails to rally the fence-sitting Independents. Donna's young Progressives, and the Mabus Democrats that skipped the primary. The best DC media craftsmen are working on those three segments of the Mississippi polity as we speak.

Anonymous said...

Read Politico & CNBC writer Ben White on the prospects of the Mississippi senatorial race. He says the beltway brain trust is happy about the Tea Party crashing the Republican establishment icon. Basically the job numbers look good for the midterms and the Fed won't put the brakes on for another year. The EU is on the same plan. Post midterm the Tea Party message will be verified as inflation moves up. Will the expanding workforce and growth minimize inflation?

Anonymous said...

"beltway brain trust" = oxymoron

Anonymous said...

2 US Senators representing Mississippi from the SAME county (Pontotoc). Cochran got 52% vs. McDaniel's 47% in Pontotoc County. McDaniel received 85% of Jones County.

Wonder if this makes Wicker nervous. He was appointed after all.

Anonymous said...

The whole point of the re-election of the aged Senator is to have an appointed Senator. Republicans are generally not that democratic...the establishment type is a strong believer in paying your party dues, tradition, and seniority. That means hand picked leadership.

Anonymous said...

After this senatorial election our senators will open Hattiesburg offices going forward.

Anonymous said...

Chris knows that austerity is just around the corner. Ship contracts and military base closings will not be averted regardless of the influence or seniority of our delegation once the process starts. Our military is broken and so is our civilian and judicial government. We cannot educate our youth because our morality and pedagogy is corrupt. Foundations and principles of government must be renewed.

Anonymous said...

Gallo embarrassed himself on this deal. Daily. Yall is beyond a joke and I stopped paying attention to anything they had to say, other than to scoff, a couple of years ago.

7:10 - The people who know McDaniel, really like McDaniel.

8:09 - Agreed. It's obvious that Cochran didn't want to run, he wasn't preparing for or prepared to run, and it's all about getting an appointment Senator. They are attempting to usurp the will of the Mississippi voters. They had plenty of time to mount their own candidate, since McDaniel didn't suit them, but decided to slip in the back door like the back room cowards that they are. Not working out for them to the great joy of many of us.

Anonymous said...

What the hell is yall politic? I'm in the dark.

wilkiegirl said...

Yes, I got a good laugh out of that post for sure. Even as he was making his pronouncement, freedomworks and Tea Party Patriots were gearing up on the Coast and in North MS.. Talk about a Custer.. lol

Anonymous said...

"drown yourself in the Gulf Coast"

Not to split hairs, but one would have to suffocate "in the gulf coast". In order to drown, one would have to drag their wore down dying body a few feet further to the Gulf of Mexico. ;)


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