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There is nothing strange about people honoring their Founding Fathers and proclaiming their Constituitional right to vote for whoever they think is guiding Mississippi's future in the right direction. Even if they are liberal, Democrat, Moderate, or Independent and happen to Legally vote for Thad Cochran. There is nothing extreme about denouncing a candidate that speaks in grandiose terminology but never never gives specifics about what he will do if elected. This election has once again elevated Mississippi in the national spotlight with racial overtones clouding the debate... Except that this time, Black, White, and Hispanic have come together freely and denounced what we have been plagued with for so long. Your time has passed for the scary folks who are holding the good people of our state back. We celebrate our creative economy, our festivals, our Universities and the social scene that accompany that culture, parades, festivals, Seashore, music and progress as a healthy Mississippi. Teabillys no longer have a seat at that table and this election proves that. And the Courts will show that McDaniel has no standing based on his sermons and desperate fundraising. Happy 4th of July.

I am not a big fan of the Tea Party for various reasons, but I don't think they should be written off (yet). If they ever regain their focus, they might be a more formidable foe to the establishment. I voted for McDaniel and support his challenge (though I keep that separate from whatever "Charles C Johnson" is doing, which I think mainly self-promotion to sell a book he wrote that will be soon released). I think the only challenge that is viable for the McDaniel campaign is the "rule" or "law" which is supposed to keep a democrat from voting as a Democrat the first primary and then Republican in the challenge. The statute doesnt seem like it was enforceable though during the actual election, and could only be addressed by a challenge. At the least, the McDaniel challenges will provoke some changes and clarify to Mississippi election laws. IMHO

And Tom Head re-emerges @ 10:10, notably failing to mention gay-pride, the fruited plain and abortion rights.

In happier times when the Democrats and the Republicans courted "Tea Partiers."

Haley Barbour created the divide. Barbour Be Gone!

Zorek , the law regarding crossover is absolutely easy to enforce so as to make a challenge unnecessary.

Each candidate has ONE poll watcher ( see instructions KF posted on July 3rd).

If you look at the Democratic primary numbers, you will see that the numbers were low in every precinct.

Every candidate's poll watcher is aware of the process and notions made by the Poll worker. They are given the Poll Worker Handbook and can make sure it's followed.

Maybe KF needs to post the Handbook as well.

Add voter ID to all of the above and I think you'll see that illegal crossover is far fetched.

I voted for Cochran, but I wanted to thank Zorek Richards for his reasoned comment above. I have disapproved of the strategy of the Tea Party, but I support its principles and still think it deserves respect. Indeed, though the Tea Party's behavior in the aftermath of this election has, in my opinion, been reprehensible, I agree with Mr. Richards in supporting the McDaniel campaign's efforts to ensure no illegal votes were cast. That said, I wish Chris McDaniel hadn't offered a bounty for election fraud, as it's made me, and I'm sure many others, take his claim much more lightly. He may yet justly overturn the election, but whereas before I assumed he had evidence of illegal voting, I now wonder whether he does. In any case, I am a conservative and a Republican, and I intend to continue to support conservative principles and hope that both Cochran and McDaniel's supporters will continue to do the same even after this bitter election.

To 9:15--It is true that the best place to challenge illegal voting is via a poll watcher in a precinct, but it is almost impossible for even the best organized campaigns to maintain poll watchers at every single precinct throughout the day on an election day. Indeed, even where there is a poll watcher, it is sometimes difficult for them to be effective as the poll workers may not be cooperative (not out of malice but in an effort to protect the integrity of their own work). For those reasons, I, even though I voted for Cochran, think it is reasonable for the McDaniel campaign to review election results. McDaniel should not, however, call an election illegal nor himself the winner, until he has enough evidence to actually present a challenge.

Voter ID was supposed to 'solve' all of this. So now that you sided with the losing candidate, you want to impose more 'restrictions' on voting? The double-standard of the far-right is just astounding.

Oh dear, it's those rich white Democratic crossovers in Highland Colony and Parkway and Northbay etc that did McDaniel in !

Why over 1500 of them showed up in ONE precinct!

What a scandal! There aren't even a 100 "real" conservatives in any of those nearly all lilly white and wealthy precincts!

NOT!

The truth is we have tolerated the Tea Party injecting their political diatribes into every group gathering, no matter how non-partisan or social that gathering is intended to be. You have taken our good manners or silence as agreement. When we have found one thing in which we can agree , you have assumed that meant we agree with every thing and everybody you support.

We don't think you bad people without redeeming qualities, but you have gotten way to annoying and are spoiling those times we wish to escape for a little enjoyment.

If we wanted to be into politics all the time, we could stay home and watch a news channel or read some party propaganda book or go to a website to reinforce what we've already decided to believe and to argue politics.

And, there are some of you ( and you know who you are) who have gotten so caught up in politics that it has ended some of your long time friendships and even caused estrangement in your families. You've left the church your family went to for generations. You no longer care that cousin Joe was your best buddy growing up and helped you fix your plumbing leak and was there for you when your momma died , he's a Democrat and now your enemy. He must have changed! It can't possibly be your attitude that changed or that what was important to you in life that changed!

Please people, try to get some perspective. Life isn't all about politics!

Am trying to get Rankin's results. Will post them when I do.

Joe Nosef should release all precinct results but given his track record with the media, I seriously doubt he will.

To the Tea Party folks. I don't think the GOP or most Mississippians are going to write off the Tea Party's ideas in any way. It's just a really bad way to sell it in adopting a "Holier Than Thou" (the TRUE conservative) campaign with a weak candidate with a very checkered background. Very few of us would be able to campaign in today's environment, but a talk show host promoted by a game show host and political pariahs is not a good candidate. The continuation of this futile sore loser campaign is just firming up over 2/3 of Mississippi and the nation that McDaniel was not ready for prime time. His recent appearances, showing only arrogance and denial, further that. Hopefully, we will all come to our senses.

Kingfish, I personally asked Nosef to release them as they were received. He refused, even after I begged him. I pointed out that it would establish transparency for the process and forestall some blowback when the final certified numbers swing significantly one way or the other.

He still refused.

I pointed out that this is 2014. That didn't help either.

That's why I dug up the cert sheets from Leflore County and posted them - after the State GOP refused to do so.

11:20 -- CORRECT!

Let's just get to the truth and move on. If everything is as Barbour says, then opens the books up and let McDaniel's people finish. Either there is something to hide or there isn't. Let's wrap it up either way.

9:39 am It may be hard in some counties but I never had trouble in Hinds or Madison finding 6 people to work 2 hour shifts in the two contested upsets I was involved with in a statewide and district race.

In the state race we knew in advance which counties and precincts would be key.

I'm so surprised that doing that has gotten harder instead of easier. Information gathering and rapid receipt of key information should have improved with the computer age or so I imagined.

We didn't even have anyone to do mass mailing and were proud that we got out in one week 50000 hand addressed flyers! We were pretty sure that was a record!

Maybe I was better at the logistics of a campaign than I thought! Of course if either of the candidates had asked me my party affiliation and required me to answer " yours", then I wouldn't have been involved in either campaign!

I was involved because dealings with their opponent had convinced me MS deserved better.

12:52 pm there have been lots of comments on why you can't just " open the books" and let any Tom,Dick or Harry see how INDIVIDUALS voted.

Some of us want to protect the sanctity of the voting booth even though it's not a curtained booth anymore!

For those concerned about government, try to use your imagination to how the parties could misuse knowing who by name and location voted how! Want to have a takeover? You'll know who is with you and who's not!

Part of the problem is we are not going to get the truth anytime soon. Right now, we've had ample experience to show us that McDaniel and his crew are not entirely competent. Their assertions have proven to be swift and inaccurate. Untrained, and, God help their civil liability, unscreened "volunteers" (NO experience, or training, or education, required!) have made a joke of the process. And none, absolutely none of their assertions have been challenged, much less to a forensic standpoint. Since they can't give a press conference without mixing Dem and GOP books, it's a very bad sign as far as ever making into, much less successfully out, of a court other than opinion. Their seems to have been no chain of custody, no security for the books initially given to McDenial's crew, and very little oversight. A court is just not going to accept either side's opinion. And, as continually pointed out, the only acceptable procedure to challenge votes is at the poll. Not in court. Let them flail away. But when it comes time for court, a lot tighter set of standards are going to apply than "round up Bubba" in his tricorner hat and nag and ride to the courthouse. As it should be. The True Dat Vote Cajun counting crew is not going to pass muster in Federal court for overturning a Federal election.

If TP Mississippians want to know who is driving their agenda, here's the New York Times: "“Oh, we are watching. We are furious. The G.O.P. wants us to sit down, shut up and vote for their RINO,” Jane Bilello, chairwoman of the Asheville Tea Party in North Carolina, said, using the acronym for Republican in Name Only. “We are putting our foot down, and until the Republicans learn this lesson, they’re going to continue to lose elections.” The Carolina Carpetbagger is here to save us.

I am telling you the Tea Party is a cancer and needs to be removed from the GOP.

Anyone got a report on the TP Freedom Rally at the Capitol today? From the pics I saw it looked like tens of people were there.

This election has exposed the tea party acolytes as a bunch of wackadoodle neo-confederates. The sooner they fade away like Ross Perot and his third-party push of yore, the better.

Well, if we extrapolate using TP Math, that would be 185,000 outraged patriots, I'll have you know! It's like married math. She only gives one point, but takes away 7,000 for any infraction. Or, ummm, "irregularity."* *to be defined loosely at best.

2:36 -- I HOPE that was the correct posting "TENS" of people not tons :)

10:01 said ... He must have changed! It can't possibly be your attitude that changed or that what was important to you in life that changed!.... Speaking only for myself... my attitude has changed because I see the country going down the tubes. But my principals HAVE NOT changed. I think you will find that most of us on the right end of the spectrum believe the same things we have always believed. But we see Oboma and friends doing things that no one would have dreamed of just a few years ago - for instance - enforcing Federal laws as they see fit (immigration) and ignoring laws they disagree with (there is a solution for this. It is call impeachment). Turning the nation's healthcare into a Federal welfare project, suing states whose residents pass laws (voted ID) to improve honesty at the polling place, taking over student loans by the federal government, telling folks what kind of light bulbs they can use, pouring billions in federal dollars into solar technology that is not commercially viable while at the same time blocking an energy producing pipeline that is commercially viable. Most of all destroying million of jobs due to their wild and unpredictable attempts to govern. (Businesses will not take risks as long as these crazy people are in power. This kills jobs.) I could go on and on and on. Point is - at our core what is right and wrong, what will work and not work, we are the same people we have always been. But we have realized that people who have no clue how to run the country are killing us and we must be more aggressive. The things we believe in - less federal government, capitalism with less government interference, allowing citizens to succeed or fail on their own merits -these are not unproven ideas. They are the ideas that made this country great. You can see country after country in Europe failing because off too much power given to the central government. I'm sorry that we are not as much fun at cocktail parties as we used to be, we are trying to save the country. We need your help!

Amen 2:27 I wish they would stay in Jones County where they belong.

" The things we believe in - less federal government, capitalism with less government interference, allowing citizens to succeed or fail on their own merits -these are not unproven ideas." Or, even less taxes, all the benefits YOU like, and the delusion that you are "self made." It would be great if you realized how dependent you actually are on the GubMint and your neighbors instead of the delusion that you, or Paul Ryan (Social Security recipient), or whoever, did it all on your own. That would be the first start in establishing credibility. Next, study after study after study, from both conservative and liberal places, shows that the "JOB CREATOR" myth of libertarians is a joke. In Forbes, there is a very good article called (calm yourself first) The Pitchforks Are Coming. It explains why having a thriving middle class is good for everyone. And the TP is funded by the Uber Rich and uses buffoons to do its dirty work. Yes, we don't want a Nanny State. But God Almighty folks. You can walk around today slinging an M4 carbine, buy pot in some states, we have the lowest taxes in 80 years, and businessmen run wild, with CEOs earning 400 times as much as workers. How much less "interference" can we take? No, we need some kind of strong, honest government. And a talk show host from Ellisville ain't the answer. Spare the spew. If lip service solved problems, McDaniel would be getting the Nobel and being carried around on our shoulders. Hot air from a hothead is the problem. Not the solution.

Tens is correct although YP says dozens. "Surprise" speaker the good senator from the "Free State"

I counted about 55 heads in the photo. I believe that was about 25 folks from Ellisville, counting his Mama and great aunt, and 30 reporters looking for him to melt down, wrap himself in the snake flag, and burn a cross. The way things used to be, as he said. I noted his CNN interview again declares he is oh, so, worried about integrity but still has not formed the prerequisite intent required under primary vote to support the winner. Much like his 2003 Dem primary vote. So much for "integrity." Integrity to Chris McDaniel means nothing. "I'll pray on this." Bless your little heart, Chris. It must be tough to follow the law, being a lawyer and all. Nope, it's all about "the integrity" and them "liberal Democrats" who are black.

Can someone please write a Xanax prescription for @4:05 PM

"Turning the nation's healthcare into a Federal welfare project?" My healthcare is still private through BCBS - if you're on a Federal Welfare Program get off it and find a job!

"telling folks what kind of light bulbs they can use"? That was an energy act from 2007 - WRONG PRESIDENT!

Turn off talk radio and stop watching Alex Jones videos! Geesh!

Guess you didn't count those black folks. There were 17 of is that would have been there, but for a family birthday party planned weeks ago. Anyhow, it all comes down to the existence of fraud or lack thereof.

Who, other than themselves, gives one whit in Whazoo what Zorek Richards (with a photo of his goofy hat) and John Pittman Hey (in blue letters) think or say. What arrogant buffoons. If Bill Minor could still type, he'd complete the triune.

4:05 pm might need something stronger than a Xanax if he or she thinks they are " saving the country" by spoiling social gatherings or by causing family rifts.

You seem to have little respect for your friends or family if you think them uninformed and incapable of forming their own opinion.

We have real problems in this country that require solutions not slogans or buzz words or lectures by the poorly informed.

It's really amazing to me that those who haven't read anything but party biased material think their opinions are informed.

It's like reading a synopsis of Hamlet and never reading Hamlet.

So you know all about Obamacare and the health insurance and health care issues are by listening to someone else's opinion. You never read the first bills or know how the final bill was amended and by whom. Do you know how it differs from the Dole bill or the Kennedy bill? Have you studied how health insurance differs from state to state or how health insurance has evolved or why it is employment based?

Which conservative economists have you read? Have you read anything on economic history? Do you know what measures other countries are taking to improve their economic future that are working?

Have you looked at taxes in other countries? You might like Estonia's version of a flat tax.

I'm sorry but you aren't in a position to inform anyone and clearly don't know how to persuade anyone if you think cornering them and badgering them with your opinion is going to change theirs!

All I believe about you is that you are unhappy with " the way things are". I don't believe you have a clue of how we got to this state of affairs or how to go about fixing problems!

So, as we turn in tonite and recite our evening prayers, we find Ole Thad suffering from a bit of Conundrum-Doldrum with a twinge of stomach commotion.

Seems the black folk who handed him victory's margin have decided to call in they marker and have call upon the good Senator to join the claven in a leadership role he never thought he'd be offered.

Whether by design or happenstance, they be callin' in they marker and axin Thadeus to lead the Senate in again requiring certain Southern states to gain pre-clearance prior to any changes to they election procedurals in those states.

What to do - What to do. Thad find hisself right up between a rock and shit creek with no haystack. And they be needlin' him.

OK, Thad. They scratched your back now show us just what kind of Democrat you really are!

PS: Will some Barbour Harpie please wake Thad up and advise him of this tangled web he done weaved?

Goodnight JimBob
Goodnight Mary Ellen

With the smell of bacon grease wafting through the basement apartment, Thad stumbles over to his landline set and phones Jeppie Barbour. "Jep, it's Thad. Please tell me I was dreaming last night when I imagined the NAACP is calling on me to carry their banner. What the hell should I do?"

6:56

"I just hope Elenore don't be puttin Mitzi ... the buzz headed lesbian Nubian Princess of high morals we hired ...on our arse; she could be trouble! Any bacon left?"

Democrats Win,Democrats Win !!! All this is just static until November. McDaniels is looking for a T.V. show or Radio Show and could really careless how this ends as long as he gets attention.

7/5/14 11:56 pm
..."Seems the black folk who handed him..."
"... they be callin' in they marker and axin Thadeus to lead the Senate..."

"What to do - What to do. Thad find hisself right up between a rock and shit creek with no haystack. And they be needlin' him.

OK, Thad. They scratched your back now show us just what kind of Democrat you really are!

PS: Will some Barbour Harpie please wake Thad up and advise him of this tangled web he done weaved?

11:56, you country ass bumpkin with your sorry cracker version of eBonics. You come up in a black man's face like mine and say your cowardly horse-piss drinking BS if you aren't just a pussy, you hear? I'll slap that gd dip outa yer mouth, boy. And make YOU say thank ya, sir. Indeed I will, you cowardly MF.

But no, you're a country cracker coward who is plumb skerred of a real man that would be crackin yer old lady if she had a say in the matter. And once she's had a real man and not some pasty white pansy needled!ck like you, she'll be throwing rocks at your sorry punk ass to keep you away, but only after she runs out of bricks to throw at the inkydinkywittlepeepee boy. Shove your eBonics up your bagger ass while I'm teaching that sweetie pie how to tea bag a real man's sack.

Boy, I thought you was black the way you tried to talk, but I can tell by that little bulge you ain't packin that you're either 9 years old or you're just a TeaBagger lil whitie man. Country ass cousin f~cker. Punk.lol