Jackson Jambalaya

If you are good to the Military Industrial Complex then it will be good to you.

Appropriate considering how much damage Cochran caused in his 46 years of office.

It is fitting. Did Thad ever vote against sending Mississippians to a foreign war?

We (our elected officials) just love to name things for each other. I'm sure Cochran was a fine man, was kind to old people and dogs and went to church every Sunday. But what he did for the State of Mississippi was what he was supposed to do, what he was paid to do. Yes he was in the Navy for a couple of years, but there is an almost endless list of members of the U.S. Navy who gave their lives for this country who are far more deserving of this honor than Thad Cochran. Aren't there enough things named for him already?

Would be fitting if it was kept in a harbor not owned by the U.S.

Wow! You people need therapy for your negative cynicism. How does a name on a boat provoke such bs?

11:28 + 1, y’all need to get a life...or maybe so do I since I spent the last few minutes reading your gripes and trying to come up with a witty response...

Absolute best way to honor Senator Cochran would be to name the ship the USS Porkulus.

I pity the poor souls who have so much bitterness and hatred pent up. Life is too short to spend it spouting vile and bitter thoughts. None of y’all would even be able to walk in Thad’s shadow.

@1:27
Never worship a man. Neither Senator or President is worthy of reverence. If you honestly think politicians are heroes then you are totally lost.
Look at the absolute state of this country and people like Thad and Bennie are equally culpable.

Thad Cochran was one of the most efficient and effective congressmen that any state ever sent to Washington. The positive things he did for the State of Mississippi are too numerous to mention. Naming a building and a warship for this remarkable man is the very least we can do to keep his memory alive. Senator Thad Cochran was a gentleman’s gentleman. Rest In Peace.

Bennie? Hell, Bennie has never brought the first dollar or job to his district. If you disagree, please post evidence.

@4:09 PM - I beg to differ, sir. He brought staffer jobs to his district offices. :)

Thad Cochran was a good ole' boy POS. ALL he did was get Mississippi completely addicted to federal money. When the music stops, millions will be asking "What do you mean there's no money?" Because the state dollars are being raped and pillaged by the education industrial complex in Mississippi. No roads, bridges, mental health system, nor educational system....and they're naming a billion dollar boat on the pusher man who made it happen. Good GOD is Mississippi in dark straits intellectually.

But, but, he "brought home the bacon."

What's the national debt these days?

"... Dedicated his life to serving nation and state..' Until it was time to retire and then he pretended he could serve six more years and thereby denied the voters the right to chose his successor and put any who wished that seat and weren't chosen by the power brokers at a huge disadvantage.

Perhaps . . . one day, in the very VERY distant future . . . we can have an aircraft carrier
named the USS Bennie Thompson.

Cynical Sam - how much smarter do you think you are than everyone else? I have yet to see one positive post from you on any thread. You are always tearing others down. It would be one thing if you demonstrated a shred of intelligence while doing so. Instead, you chose to be stupid and mean at the same time. No way to go through life, kid...

I'm not going to pile the hate in Sen. Cochran. But what happened to naming ships after glorious victories or terrifying creatures?

Thad Cochran was a true public servant. He worked hard for decades to improve Mississippi. He represented out state with charm dignity and great intelligence. We were lucky to have him. I wish we had him back.

Not to knock Thad, but to name a warship after him, especially an Arleigh Burke, is rather odd. Arleigh Burke served in the U.S. Navy for nearly 40 years, in 2 wars,was awarded the Nacy Cross, three NDSMs and a Silver Star. Thad was in for a couple years during peacetime. Now, if Huntington Ingalls was paying for this ship, by all means it (and its predecessors) have billions of reasons to name a warship after him, but the U.S. Navy, not so much.

That said, if Mississippi wants to name something else after him, it doing so would be at least arguably reasonable. For example, if Jackson and Oxford "farm to table"/"nouvelle southern cuisine" type restaurants want to come up with a pork loin stuffed with secret sausage and comeback-infused cornbread, that might be a more-suitable tribute to the man and his legend.

10:09.

Rarely does a comment so plainly reveal the writer as a pompous windbag.

And the knowledge of “secret sausage” reveals a good bit more.

Good to know JJ fanbase extends to San Francisco

(1) "Appropriate considering how much damage Cochran caused in his 46 years of office. November 14, 2019 at 9:57 AM"

Name one. We'll wait.

(2) "It is fitting. Did Thad ever vote against sending Mississippians to a foreign war?"

Can you post the date and results of ANY such vote?

(3) Without men like Stennis, Eastland, Sonny Montgomery, Cochran and Lott, many portions of this state would resemble the Mississippi Delta. It's a congressman's/senator's job to bring home a little bacon.

Half the buildings, runways and ditches in West Virginia are named for a Klansman who served in high office for 51 years. At least the efforts of OUR men brought tens of thousands of lasting jobs to this state.

The McDanielites are out in force on this thread. Boy y’all sure are still butthurt from the whooping Thad put on him. Look snowflakes your boy lost and is now an irrelevant has-been that never was. So get over it and move on.

10:09 PM here. First, it is hilarious that at least one commenter thought of homosexuality and SF on the mention of "sausage" rather than the very common political reference to sausage-making and most folks not wanting to know how it is made. I also find it pretty humorous that so many folks in a "conservative" state like Mississippi have no problem with excess pork for themselves, but abhor it for others. And I find it sad that with all the pork that has flowed into Mississippi, it is still near the bottom of so many lists of positive things and near the top of so many lists of negative things. Maybe if the people of Mississippi had a little less pork the state wouldn't have the health and obesity issues it has.

As to my original point, Thad simply did not have a distinguished naval career during warfare or conflict nor did he have much of a military career at all. I assign no blame and intend no slight to him because of it (he served a couple of years around 1960, so he had no opportunity to serve during a war) and it has nothing to do with him being a "good" or "bad" politician. If a political building were named for him, it would at least be arguably appropriate. Would reasonable people question if Faulkner were named to a sports hall of fame for his literary work, or if Manning were named to a literary hall of fame for his sports career? I suggest they would, so it seems equally questionable for a man with no substantive military career to have an Arleigh Burke bear his name.

Thanks 10:39 & 2:02 - Truth!

@11:48
the average IQ of Mississippians are in the double digits. Things are the way they are because of this. Everyone with triple digit IQ flees.

11:48 - Who the hell are you to evaluate Cochran's military service?

You also made this insipid remark: "I also find it pretty humorous that so many folks in a "conservative" state like Mississippi have no problem with excess pork for themselves.."

Newsflash: People in 50 states find fault with the pork brought to the other 49 while relishing that which lands in their own. It's silly of you to suggest otherwise. You must not be from 'round here or you'd know this poor state has been the recipient of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in wages and taxes that have resulted from 'pork'. Get the hell out of here with your nonsense!