Conservative Freakout Blames 'Uncle Tom' And Voter Fraud For McDaniel Loss
Source: Talking Points Memo
Some conservatives aren't happy that their preferred candidate, state Sen. Chris McDaniel (R) lost to Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS) in the runoff of the GOP primary for U.S. Senate in Mississippi. Many tea party types are openly speculating foul play and that Democrats and black voters were involved. Take Rush Limbaugh who wondered if Cochran's campaign slogan in Mississippi over the last few days was "Uncle Toms for Thad."
"I wonder what the campaign slogan was in Mississippi the past few days, 'Uncle Toms for Thad'? Because I thought it was the worst thing you could do as an African American, vote for a Republican. The worst thing you could do," Limbaugh said on Wednesday. "But somehow they were made to believe that voting for old Thad would be fine and dandy. And why? Because they were told Thad's done a lot for black people in Mississippi. Must be the first time they were told that."
Cochran's turnaround victory in the race on Tuesday was immediately met with criticism by McDaniel and tea partiers over his strategy of reaching out to not only Republicans but also Democrats and African-Americans, a move that dismayed tea partiers but isn't illegal under Mississippi's open primary laws.
When Cochran was named the winner, McDaniel himself openly questioned the results, and said "there is something a bit strange, there is something a bit unusual about a Republican primary that's decided by liberal Democrats." "Before this race ends we have to be absolutely certain that the Republican primary was won by Republican voters," McDaniel also said.
Read more: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/tea-party-chris-mcdaniel-voter-fraud-democrats-black-voters-thad-cochran
randys1
(16,286 posts)while he was whining like a 3 yr old about how he lost becuse of liberals voting for his opponent and in the middle you hear this dumb woman, had to be white, yell out "We want our country back"
The prick McDaniel didnt say anything to her, just let it stand, because he is just like her.
His candidacy and her yell has NOTHING TO DO WITH ANYTHING other than OPPOSING
Black President.
Hey teaparty, you are racist...duh
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)CTyankee
(63,901 posts)THAT was an eye-opener right there!
big_dog
(4,144 posts)for spreading out the 'walking around money'
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)Backfired terribly for Thadeus Ewe. I thought it would myself. On Monday, his numbers looked BaaaaaaaaD!
CTyankee
(63,901 posts)sow...
24601
(3,959 posts)Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Didn't you and your tea party friends have enough ballots for stuffing the boxes?
tanyev
(42,543 posts)CTyankee
(63,901 posts)They get their asses whipped in the last election and vow to "do something" about it and wind up in deeper shit than before! I think they just can't help it...really, I do...brain dead or terminally stupid, take your pick...
Paladin
(28,249 posts)Yeah, cry me a river, Rushbo.
JackRiddler
(24,979 posts)that crossovers voted for the crazy guy to fuck up the GOP "mainstream" (insofar as that's even a concept).
Isn't this what they'd also do in Mississippi? Help vote out the GOP incumbent?
JI7
(89,244 posts)in Cantor's case he would have been helped by Democrats if he had helped with immigration reform and some other issues because democrats would have seen that if they are going to be stuck with a republican they will go with the one who doesn't suck that much.
but in the case of Cochran it did have to do with large black turnout who were going to get it the worst if that teabagger was to end up being senator.
it doesn't mean cochran is so great but he does support some things which the teabagger would not and it would most likely hurt the black community more than others.
big_dog
(4,144 posts)jeff47
(26,549 posts)One of 435 House members being a crazy teabagger doesn't change much of anything. And taking down Cantor is beneficial.
One of 100 Senators being a crazy teabagger causes much greater problems. And Cochran is not in a leadership position, so getting him out of the Senate doesn't have the benefits of getting Cantor out of the House.
Plus Cochran has a history of actually helping his state, unlike Cantor.
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)Last edited Wed Jun 25, 2014, 07:20 PM - Edit history (1)
Maybe the sleaze factor lost the election...iandhr
(6,852 posts)If Cochran's mother was alive she would well over 100 since Thad is 78.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)iandhr
(6,852 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)Were they gonna try to claim Cochran had left her to rot in her bedsores or something?
BumRushDaShow
(128,779 posts)because once again, IOKIYAR. And with his having a listenership of pea brains with 15 second attention spans, it will always be this way.
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2008/05/is-limbaughs-op/
I seriously doubt there was that much crossover, let alone from the black community in MS. Trying to get folks there to even turn out in a general is hard enough, let alone in a primary, and let alone a separate run-off.
Arkana
(24,347 posts)into the same xenophobic diatribe.
Zorro
(15,737 posts)Tea Party segregationists talking secession from the party vs. the GOP establishment trying to maintain party unity.
canuckledragger
(1,636 posts)NEVER takes responsibility for it's own failures?
Thier failures always seem to be the fault of the poor folks, the liberals, etc.
kokobell616
(35 posts)Snarling, growling, upheaval of the finest kind. Republicons shaking off the respectability and the veil of honesty in efforts to win elections. We, the majority, see them for what they truly are. Power hungry fakes whose only goal is power to take away from working people.
meow2u3
(24,761 posts)because their guy lost.
They're the Veruca Salt of politics: I want absolute power and I WANT IT NOOOOOWWWWW!
Grow TFU, Teabaggers, for once in your misbegotten lives!
gwheezie
(3,580 posts)Please continue to have your bloated mouthpiece call african american voters uncle toms. Please go on rushblows show and fawn all over him and kiss his ass. Continue to spread your outreach. This is going to be fun to watch.
BronxBoy
(2,286 posts)Republicans have been wringing their hands over attracting Black voters.....They turn out and vote for a Republican candidate and now they are being called Uncle Toms because they didn't vote for the WHITE Republican candidate.
Oy Vey. What an outreach program.
On edit; Fat ass Rush doesn't really understand the meaning of "Uncle Tom"
Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)If not, is it a possibility that McDaniel will stand in the fall as an Independent 'Bagger?
davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Maybe someone from Mississippi can answer that.
leftynyc
(26,060 posts)they do have a sore loser law. McDaniel would have to go the write in route.
Skittles
(153,142 posts)sofa king
(10,857 posts)The open primary trick is--was--just another way to cement majority rule in the south. Until now, Republicans used it to pick who they wished to run against, and have used the system in exactly that way for at least 40 years.
So now the weapon gets taken away from them and they're crying that it's painful. But only the daftest of the knuckle-draggers will propose to get rid of it, because they recognize its utility for themselves.
Skittles
(153,142 posts)madmom
(9,681 posts)It doesn't matter if he won with dem or repug votes, he won with votes from who are presumably his constituents. Won't he be representing them too? Don't the have a right to say who they want no matter what party they are registered with?
blkmusclmachine
(16,149 posts)moondust
(19,972 posts)Response to big_dog (Original post)
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pampango
(24,692 posts)If we had a Democratic primary between a real progressive candidate and an establishment one in an open primary state, and republican voters swung the nomination to the latter, many of us would be upset. Although crossover voting would be legal, I would not like the idea that republicans had possibly played a critical role in keeping the real progressive from being our candidate.
That said, it is great that the "crazier-than-thou" republican did not win their nomination and their intraparty freakout burns hotter than ever.
Closed primaries undoubtedly have their share of problems, too, which may be why states seem to be getting away from them.
Rhinodawg
(2,219 posts)and now they wonder why they AA community paid them back.
Pay back really is a bitch.