Jackson Jambalaya

KF, do you agree with Erickson's premise?

How many mistakes and mistruths can one person make and say in that short a voicemail. Wow

12:09; I don't know the answer to your question. Perhaps you can delineate those you think you spotted. You may take more time if you need it.

give it a rest you thad trolls! I have it on good source that the thad campaign is behind this in an effort to divert voters attention from thad's left wing agenda. The REAL issue is thad's 40+ year voting record and how cozy he is with obama and the left wing screw heads that run this country. Here is a suggestion, you thad troll stop wringing your hands and gnashing your teeth over some renegade blogger and ask some real questions about thad 's voting record and his overseas travel. If you are honest with yourself you will agree it is time for a change.

Sojourner is finished - only one term in the State Senate. Won't return phone calls to her voters! The people of Adams, Franklin, Amite and Franklin counties voted for her to represent them and she's missed so many votes this year. They need someone else now - Hell Bob Dearing may be back. Couldn't be much worse than what they've had the last 2 1/2 years.

It's interesting (and kinda sad) to watch the stupidly-obvious campaign-organized trolls make noise (like 7:00 a.m. above), juxtaposed across from the regular partisans who are just pulling for their guy and the regular commenters just waiting for the other shoes to drop.

Does either campaign really believe those paid trolls move the needle? Or are they now just status symbols, like yard signs, "We have 100 paid trolls turning every internet post into an attack on my opponent and an endorsement of me!"

I wish Kingfish would whittle their asses down a little. Their posts suck. Both campaigns.

sorry @7:34 AM you can huff your "I am saddened and above the fray" self serving drivel. there is nothing "stupid" about those of us that are sick of the lying politicians , uncontrolled spending, conservative opinions being attacked from all sides and a society where adultery is acceptable, among other things. I sure hope your sadness doesn't spoil your day.

Whoops, there's another yard-sign at 8:06.

The one common thread in every McDaniel misstep is Melanie Sojourner. Don't get me wrong, Chris deserves some of the blame for putting her in charge of his campaign, and a little more of the blame for keeping her in charge after all her failures, but she screws up everything she touches.

McDaniel is toast . It obvious someone in his campaign knew about this and the but jobs coming out to defend him certain will make level headed people think twice. Thad team has dirt on McCloskey and his team and I for one wish he would release it for the good of the state .

8:56 , who is McCloskey?

What's the big deal here? I'm not following...

McDaniel is charging ahead with the campaign because he nor anyone in his campaign had absolutely nothing to do with this.

So let's recap.

Rabid Cochran campaign supporter and disclosed financial contributor Alan Lange barfs up 1500 words summarizing 100% of other people's work late Sunday -- with no original reporting -- after Gallo asks him to come on the radio Monday morning to discuss all matters Kelly. This is Lange's all-too-familiar pre-Supertalk appearance modus so Gallo can spin Lange to the Supertalkers as some sort of self-annointed player with direct political campaign expertise. (Which he doesn't possess.)

Before his radio appearance MSGOP insider wannabe Lange links directly at Y'allCochran to Kingfish's work product on Youtube in a blatant direct rip off of JJ hit traffic. Lange attributes the clip to "Kingfish" so as to not drive eyeballs to the brand and website Jackson Jambalaya.

Then, unbelievably, when Lange gets on the air this morning he tells the radio audience he's the local political chattering class equivalent of Michael Corleone in Godfather 3 who has inexplicably, despite all his best efforts, been sucked back into the pontification business by the other families because he, alone, is somehow the only sage with the chops to explain the Kelly affair to all the unwashed statewide.

GET FUCKING OVER YOURSELF Lange.

I'm pretty sure 9:19 used a double-negative. By using "nor" and "nothing" the comment literally says someone on his campaign had something to do with this.

Better be careful how you say things, folks. It ain't just the "word" police who are watching. The "real" police are, too. No post is TRULY anonymous.

9:19 your doubles negative says he had something to do with it. Thank you.

Thad supporters attaching themselves to this non-story like fat ticks to a sick dog.

What did Whole Foods know and when did it know it?

Except for the fact that he just cancelled his editorial board meeting with the Ledger

Be specific 10:32. Who cancelled what meeting?

It's too late to dump Sojourner now. 13 days left. She and this Fritsch fellow should have been sent packing months ago.

+++1 for 10:32 a.m. Ha!!!

I wonder if Thad will do Viagra commercials with his secretary after he steps down and Haley tells Feel who to appoint? Reminds me of 'ol Bob Dole.

Alan Lange tweets Sunday night, including the #mssen hash, about Kingfish's arraignment video without mentioning Jackson Jambalaya but the embed routes directly to the Y'allCochran pilfer of KF's work product. Then a little bit later the Supertalker News Director Davis retweets and drives more hits to Lange's theft of other people's work.

Chris, just fire Sojourner today and put Keith Plunkett in charge.

and then Keith, fire the current communications person and hire anyone else, perhaps a cat or a lamp

Maybe Chris can get Morgan "Bingo" Shands to manage his campaign. He and Plunkett made a great team for Hewes!

The Natchez rumor mill has answers to a lot of the questions that have been raised.

Speaking of Viagra, did anyone happen to notice whether Paul Gallo stood up during the Alan Lange appearance?

I skipped over the meaningless anonymous comments because I don't care what cowards think about anything.

King Fish,

You say, 'We report you decide.'

What are you reporting on Thad and Kay?

Jim Giles, go crawl back under your rock.

Check out the forum with one member. Scary picture though. Said the coward.

"Jim Giles, go crawl back under your rock."

You must recall my efforts to destroy the Republican Party. As it turns out, they are doing a good job of it themselves.

As to the etymology of your response, it seems incongruous at best.

We lack for not only meritorious representatives but also a worthy citizenry.

As Maistre wrote in 1811, "Every nation gets the government it deserves."

McDaniel said Sojourner called him at 7:30 AM about the incident but that he cut her off. Yet, 11 minutes later, she calls the Cochran campaign stating that McDaniel wishes to speak to the Senator concerning the matter. Now, a couple of weeks before the election, a United States Senate campaign manager is not available and will not return phone calls? This has just torpedoed what's left of his campaign. They dropped it in Cochran's lap.

Until further, and different, information comes out, spreading the notion that this on McDaniel, or Sojourner, requires one to willfully ignore the facts that are available. Both campaigns knew about this video weeks ago, going back to the day that it was posted. This has been established as fact. The Cochran campaign most likely has a copy of the video. I'm sure McDaniel, like most candidates would, asked his supporters to contact the responsible party in order to have it removed after he was made aware of its existence.

Anyone that has been even remotely involved with Republican politics in MS, especially central MS, over the last decade knows that Mrs. Cochran has been at St. Catherine's for a decade-plus (and, quite frankly, many/most know that Senator Cochran lives with Kay Webber as well). As Kingfish has already pointed out, while neither the identity of Kelly nor Mrs. Cochran was revealed, the story of an individual being arrested in connection with St. Catherine's was broken here late Friday night. Dots were connected, just as any logical person might do: Both campaigns knew about the video for weeks, so they knew for weeks that it could potentially become an issue. Once the ball started rolling, those with an understanding of the situation, I'm sure, could very easily see what was taking place.

Consider: Arrest takes place. That night some source, my guess being either Madison PD or the Cochran campaign, relays information to select political bloggers/news sources. Posts are made prior to midnight breaking a story about an individual arrested in connection with St. Catherine's. (The people that read political blogs at midnight on a Friday picked up the story. Who reads blogs on Friday night/Saturday morning? Politicos. Campaign junkies. People that would get on the phone/email and start asking questions. Exactly the kind of people that would get in touch with Sojourner, which I'm sure is why the voice mail made mention of her being awake most of the night. This a very simple and logical story/timeline to follow.) Phone call is made early the next morning from Sojourner to Sims: Because both campaigns knew about the video for weeks, and because Sojourner had been up most of the night following the story, it is entirely possible that McDaniel could know of the weeks old video and be opposed to it, while not yet being aware of the hours old arrest (The candidate not being immediately informed isn't unusual. Consider Sen. Cochran's staff allegedly sitting on the information for a couple of weeks before notifying him; if waiting weeks is normal, surely waiting hours for daybreak is, too.).

There are a lot of pieces that are yet to be figured out. Guilt and blame may end up at the feet of certain individuals, but that time has not yet come. Based on the information that's available at this time, it's unreasonable and pure politics to put this personally on McDaniel. Again, that time may come - the evidence will speak to that one way or the other - but as of now it's purely speculation, and potentially slander.

Finally, not to excuse this particular event, or the alleged behavior of the defendant (Kelly), but it seems to me the Cochran re-elect team wanted a dirty, pull-no-punches race, and that looks to be exactly what they've gotten. Not only did Senator Cochran's legacy and the people of Mississippi deserve better, but an innocent woman fighting a grueling battle has paid the greatest price in this cut throat political game the campaign engaged in.

At this point, the best these candidates, their families, and Mississippi can ask for is that nothing more or worse occur, though at this point that would probably require a (major) miracle.

MPD sent it out to all the media. He CC'd, not bcc'd. Over 30 reporters and news directors. Here are the ones I am seeing: WLBT, NOrthside Sun, WJTV, WAPT, Telesouth, Clearchannel, Clarion-Ledger, Madison County Journal.

law enforcement agencies do not cherry pick reporters or media with official press releases, they go out in mass. individual officers may call a favorite individual and tell them some details or where to look. with Madison PD, they did whatever the heck Mother Mary told them to do and asked no questions such as: why?

Regardless of the eventual outcome of this can of works, Sojourner's political career is OVER. Bob Dearing is said to be gearing up for the next election.

Hey 11:14. The guy that did the video is a kook. 99% of the US equates kooks with tea partiers. Right or wrong, that's just the way it is. Some things aren't going to change. Bruce

I hear someone on that voicemail who is 1. Nervous 2. Scared 3. Making it up as she goes along 4. probably lying. Hard to believe this person is actually a Mississippi state senator.