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Boddy does have a point in that MS Republicans have never had any reason to visit their black constituents. They were never going to get their votes anyway... Now Cochran's back is against the wall and he's trying to drum up every vote he can. "I was against the Department of Education until I was for it, and it's $800,000,000" Haley Barbour.

No bias at all between these two, I'm sure?

Regardless whether or not he got paid, the kid Jeremian is that articulate. If you've ever listened to him speak those are his words and his sentiment is no different than it has been all along. I'll bet you $100 that he's not a former Cochran Senate Page exploiting impressionable minor girls in his community to steal and destroy campaign signs. Jeremiah's integrity is untarnished just because he got paid.

I personally know Mr. Boddy and I totally belive his outrage is sincere. Even if he wasn't getting paid he would say the same exact stuff. Now Kingfish, about Kim Waaade I'm not so sure. But to me Mr. Boddy's character is above reproach.

This guy is killing us. He's the real deal. Come'on fellow Cochran supporters. Kingfish is showing us the way. Let's get this guy.

So let me get this right. Cochran has been buying people off for four decades with literally billions of dollars of your and my money.

McDaniel pays a bright, articulate African American conservative $1000 of privately raised money to make a few speeches on his behalf and that's somehow questionable? If so, when are you going to demand that every person on the take from Cochran's pork appropriating largess disclose the many thousands they are getting before they speak favorably of him?

I don't understand why Uncle Thaddeus thinks blacks will vote for him any way? I remember when former President Bush was conned into speaking at the NAACPKKK meeting to pander for black votes. He pandered, was ridiculed and Al Gore got 96% of the black vote anyway.

@ 10:57 good idea!! Should we take pictures of his grandmother or should we break into his voting precinct through a "side door" at 2 am?

@11:19, or you could just exploit your own damn family member and hold your ‘outrage’ until it’s a little closer to the election….or you could beg the liberals to vote for you because you’re just so--cough—'conservative'.

I'm having trouble having outrage about this one, and not because I'm supporting anyone in this fight.

Would Cochran even be a senator if someone had not paid Charles Evers to run a campaign as an independent back in the 1970s? I don't think so. And you can be sure Evers got a lot more than $1000 for that urn.

Who broke in to a voting precinct?

Smart young man. He gets it!

He was paid to deliver signs in the month of March, not to give speeches in May.

@11:34 no one. Just in the spirit of the Court House break in. Chocran supporters could break into Mr. Boddy's voting precinct to mess with his vote. Like Soctt Brewster and company was trying to do at the Hinds County Court House.

Ask the man what he would charge to work on the Cochran campaign. First to deliver signs, then how much to make speeches.

Now it's come to paying colored boys to make speeches in support of grand wizard McDaniel. Next there will be midgets and strippers. Lord knows at this point that's all the sordid tell of the Mississippi tea baggers is lacking.

Do you HAVE to be a casual observer or apathetic to government/politics to be concerned about what Boddy witnessed? I don't think so. If a law enforcement officer captures someone in the commission of a crime, should the perp be released because the officer has a bias against crime?

Its really quite simple. He makes a video that makes it seem as if he is outraged. Ok. He just neglects to say he gets paid in the past by the campaign. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less.

I personally know Jeremiah Boddy, and while he lacs judgement and may seem strange, he does have a point that Thad is now all of the sudden caring about blacks. However, McDaniel could have found a better young man to do this for him. Jeremiah is not anyone that I would trust.

Jeremiah is not anyone that I would trust.

Since you are anonymous it doesn't really matter if you would or would not trust him.

"Colored boys"? Does the pharmacy you work for know your racial views? Well...no matter. I'll attend to that for you right now. Now where did I put that phone?

I share the outrage. How dare Thad Cochran campaign for black votes when apparently the proper way to do it is to pay them $1000 to work on your campaign.

Jeremy Malone is a freakin' idiot. Somebody better do a 'pill count', and soon.

Good point @11:19. What's the latest on the nursing home fiasco?

Hell, I bet Kenneth Stokes would have done the videos and a few speeches for $500. It's really a match made in heaven between him and the tea party leadership in Mississippi. He would take the shenanigans and high jinks to the next level.

Kingfish I'm suprised your even messing with such a little fish. Personal grudge?

Wow, must have been a slow news day if you are attacking a Young College Student for caring about his country and community.. You are Shallow and petty on this one..

@5:59 pm asks why Kingfish is bothering with this story. Because it's a big deal to the Cochran campaign – no doubt the source of Kingfish's information.

The Cochran campaign must discredit and identify to African-Americans the McDaniel supporters in their midst. This mistake (a McDaniel supporter being present) can't happen again. How do you think Boddy's story -- if confirmed by others -- will play to the typical Cochran voter who voted for Thad on June 3 because – well – because that voter always votes for Thad? Do you think white Republican voters might be put off by stories of the Cochran campaign telling blacks to vote for him implying that if they don't, McDaniel will cut off funding for historically black universities and for food stamps?

The other reason why Jeremiah Boddy's video is a big deal is because what the Cochran campaign is doing may be illegal. For years Republicans have been accusing Democrats of violating the tax code by overtly campaigning in mostly African-American 501(C)(3), nonprofit churches. Yet astonishingly, Boddy says the Cochran campaign is now doing precisely the same thing. There very well may be a tax violation here, not to mention the fact that Republicans have often claimed that a payoff to the pastor and/or the church to buy speaking time from the pulpit is a prerequisite.

If taking pictures of Rose Cochran is big, Jeremiah Boddy's story supported by a couple more witnesses in different churches confirming his account could be huge.

They are my source of information? Yeah right. Don't read this site much, do you? Guess what? I read campaign finance reports. Sometimes I actually recognize names. I decided to have some fun with Young Boddy. Its politics. If he's man enough to take a paycheck and man enough to make videos as he did without telling people the comp he got earlier, oh well. I like much of what he has to say. Makes good points.

I'm having fun with him more than anything as we can't keep this campaign too serious all the time. Something some of you should remember as everything is total war with some people right now.

Why would I let them do my research for me anyway? Whose research would I trust? A campaigns, any campaigns, or mine?

By the way, the Cochran bunch at times thinks I"m working for the other side. Both sides do actually. Its pretty funny.

Kingfish: Your headline article reads "Pieces of silver can pay for alot of outrage." Your headline for the article related to the McDaniel people getting locked in the courthouse reads, "She's at it again: Tea Party edition." If you are going to write headlines that clearly accuse people of wrongdoing with sketchy evidence, the rest of us are similarly entitled to connect the dots when examining your actions and article selection.

I don't doubt that you read the McDaniel campaign-finance report yourself. But are you saying that no one prompted you to notice Jeremiah Boddy's name in it? Of course, you're free to say that no one did. However, by your own journalistic standards, others are equally free to conclude to the contrary.

Maybe because this is not Ms. Lanes first or second time to be involved in some controversy.

Of course, an objective person can't disagree with you. He has to be bought and paid for by the other side. Know who likes to pull the same trick? Obama.

Lighten up people and Mr. Blog Owner.

Guess what? We have been in 50th place forever, and we will still be in 50th place whichever one of these guys wins this Senate seat. The sky will not fall if your candidate loses, nor will we be delivered to the promised land if your candidate wins.

The only difference it will make is which candidate's friends get the benefits that come with backing the winner. Kind of depressing for the average Joe, huh?

Kingfish hasn't matured, journalistically, over the past five years. That's evident. He's still like a small rattler, waiting to strike out at anybody who dares to challenge his comments, his work or his conclusions. Often he will do that anonymously, but obviously. In the above several retorts, he chose to lash out using his screen name. Depends on his particular level at the moment I suppose.

At least he has progressed from the 'Start Your Own Blog' mantra of old and now attempts to defend himself. Picture someone like George Will snapping at those who disagree with him or call him to task. The Fish is more into chanelling Sam Donaldson, who was always uncomfortable in his skin.

No doubt Kingfish took a journo judging juggernaut like 'Not A Fish-Sheeple' very, very seriously.

Did it feel good 'Not A Fish-Sheeple'? Do you feel bigger now?

"Alot"? KF, KF, darling boy, this is not one word; never has been, never shall be. You've been reading too many comments from readers who don't proofread...P

11:39PM - Finally! Someone with the properly cynical truth about our political machine. I have a very tough time trying to think of a reason to tell my kids they should vote and care.

I predict that the Tea Party will effectively provide a complete handing over of the reigns to Democrats. The Ross Perot principle on a local, state and national level. It's depressing...

@ English Teacher....I shall, You Will, He/She/It Will.

I think you might have meant to say 'It never will be'. Unless you were attempting a formal, conditional, subordinate clause; and, I shall doubt that was your purpose.

The kid's a college student. Works a part-time job. And has received a total of $1,000 from the McD campaign. This merits a "pieces of silver" metaphor, which itself carries implication of some betrayal?

And how does any of that negate or undercut his main point: Cochran has never sought out black or Democrat votes, but is now so desperate he does so, bragging about food stamps.

I've got to agree with McDaniel partisans, you can get paid and still have pure motives. Of course, that kind of destroys all their arguments about why people are helping, campaigning, contributing to Cochran. But that's ok. No one ever accused the McDaniel folks of being consistent.

Dear "I Shall @ 11:59:

Shall we tell our brethren and sistren of color that "We Shall Overcome" is poor grammar? Shall we bowdlerize Kipling's poem, and rewrite it as "East is East and West is West, and ne'er the twain WILL meet?" Shall we upbraid Messrs. Rodgers and Hammerstein for their egregious blooper, "SHALL We Dance?" While you are technically correct, you will find that there is precedent aplenty in poetry, song, and conversational emphasis for "shall" in other than the first person.

Hey, Fish, where did you learn to spell? I like your creativity (alot)! :-)

http://hyperboleandahalf.blogspot.com/2010/04/alot-is-better-than-you-at-everything.html

Required reading for ALOT of people!

@amused, the above (Alot of Outrage) would be a terrible sort, I suspect, frightening little children (and some grown men).