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big_dog

(4,144 posts)
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:17 PM Jun 2014

Chris McDaniel: Democratic Votes for Sen. Thad Cochran Were 'Illegal'

Source: CBS News-5 hours ago

State Sen. Chris McDaniel, who lost to incumbent Sen. Thad Cochran in a runoff election for the Mississippi Senate Republican primary, alleges that Democrats who helped Cochran win the election Tuesday night broke the law by casting votes for a candidate they won't support in the general election.

"We have a statute, a law in our state that says you cannot participate in a primary unless you intend to support that primary winner in the general. [Democrats who voted for McDaniels] have no intention to do that, they'll be voting for [Democratic nominee] Travis Childers in November. We know that, they know that, and so that makes their actions illegal," McDaniel told conservative radio host Mark Levin Tuesday. "We're going to be fighting this."

Mississippi law allowed anyone who did not cast a Democratic ballot on June 3 to cast a Republican runoff ballot, the Associated Press reported. McDaniel and his supporters previously cited a defunct Mississippi law - effectively invalidated by the courts - that requires primary voters to support a party's nominee in November. That would bar Democrats from supporting Cochran, the McDaniel camp argued. Mississippi elections officials confirmed before polls opened that the law is functionally unenforceable, according to the AP. McDaniel also suggested in the radio interview that some of McDaniel's Democratic supporters voted in the Democratic primary before voting in the Republican runoff.

"We haven't conceded, we're not going to concede right now, we're going to investigate," McDaniel said, though headmitted it can be difficult to challenge an election. He announced on Tuesday that his team would be examining "irregularities" in the results to determine whether to mount a challenge. He promised to "root out this corruption" in Mississippi, accusing the Cochran campaign of paying people to vote and insisting he would have won by a landslide if Democrats had not supported the incumbent.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/chris-mcdaniel-democratic-votes-for-thad-cochran-were-illegal/



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Chris McDaniel: Democratic Votes for Sen. Thad Cochran Were 'Illegal' (Original Post) big_dog Jun 2014 OP
Quelle meltdown. nt alsame Jun 2014 #1
I am assuming it's too much to hope... iandhr Jun 2014 #2
Democrats should help FUND that effort!!!!! JoePhilly Jun 2014 #4
My funny bone would get a hard on if that happened! AAO Jun 2014 #8
a funny boner? 0rganism Jun 2014 #41
Yeah, I think boners are funny. Boners don't rape. People rape. AAO Jun 2014 #47
Where is the repub "get over it" "sore loserman" crowd now? arcane1 Jun 2014 #3
McDaniel should call a Wahhhmulance Renew Deal Jun 2014 #5
Haley Barbour can tell him where they all are at big_dog Jun 2014 #7
He is considering a write-in campaign Dawson Leery Jun 2014 #6
Democrats should TOTALLY get behind that! TygrBright Jun 2014 #10
Good to see a post from you, 'Bright! Ferretherder Jun 2014 #43
Wouldn't it be a bit difficult... lexx21 Jun 2014 #9
Egzactly--a totally unenforceable law. truebluegreen Jun 2014 #24
McDaniel is really desperate Jack Rabbit Jun 2014 #11
Nice! BillZBubb Jun 2014 #29
like a true Repub:"My opponent's victory is not legitimate if he didn't disenfranchise blacks" yurbud Jun 2014 #12
Sore loser caucus. Bette Noir Jun 2014 #13
Chris McDaniel's tantrum only serves to reinforce how Tea Party idiots can't stand losing tomm2thumbs Jun 2014 #14
How appalling it is that so many people who run for office have tblue37 Jun 2014 #15
He's a republican, so yes he is a very ignorant man. BillZBubb Jun 2014 #30
They should create a sore loser clause and name it after him just to shut him up. QuestForSense Jun 2014 #45
Someone call the Whaaamulance! blackspade Jun 2014 #16
And he wouldn't complain a bit if they voted for him. louis-t Jun 2014 #17
A federal judge leftynyc Jun 2014 #18
what an asshat. ... concede already@! you don't have a snowball's chance in hell! secondwind Jun 2014 #19
He need to run as an independant... Historic NY Jun 2014 #20
He can't leftynyc Jun 2014 #21
This Asshat Fred Gilmore Jun 2014 #22
Agreed (nt) nyabingi Jun 2014 #23
The MS Dem response is an epic troll. SansACause Jun 2014 #25
"Inspecting the ballot boxes" in the general election Mr.Bill Jun 2014 #32
Correct SansACause Jun 2014 #38
Does This Mean That McDaniel Voters Will Not DallasNE Jun 2014 #26
The McDaniels hissy fit will probably mean a write in campaign by true believers Warpy Jun 2014 #31
Remember when this was a brilliant political tactic to the Republicans Mr.Bill Jun 2014 #27
Aw, poor crybaby. Warpy Jun 2014 #28
Please proceed sir! (nt) IowaGuy Jun 2014 #33
With that much anger... I would check the wife and kids for bruises. nt TheBlackAdder Jun 2014 #34
Poor McDaniels: All that pandering to GOD, and you were forsaken. Perhaps GOD does know all. nt TheBlackAdder Jun 2014 #35
Legally registered citizens exercising their jaysunb Jun 2014 #36
So, when Republicans were pushing primary votes for Hillary in '08, what was that? N/T nytemare Jun 2014 #37
Translated to mean.. abakan Jun 2014 #39
Has Mississippi developed Mind-Reading technology? No. Alex P Notkeaton Jun 2014 #40
He prolly lost cause his peeps broke into a nursing home and the county courthouse at 3AM. But nooo deminks Jun 2014 #42
Two Words... Blue Idaho Jun 2014 #44
McDaniel is a teabagger of aggressive racism. rustbeltvoice Jun 2014 #46
Yes! Whip up that hatred and bitterness IronLionZion Jun 2014 #48
They're not, because it was an open primary. Arkana Jun 2014 #49

iandhr

(6,852 posts)
2. I am assuming it's too much to hope...
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:19 PM
Jun 2014

… McDaniel starts a write in campaign and it would be enough to swing the vote to Childers.

JoePhilly

(27,787 posts)
4. Democrats should help FUND that effort!!!!!
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:23 PM
Jun 2014

First Democrats vote for Cochran to hurt McDaniel in the primary. Then they help McDaniel put together a write-in campaign to hurt Cochran in the general.

That would be hilarious.


 

AAO

(3,300 posts)
47. Yeah, I think boners are funny. Boners don't rape. People rape.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 09:46 PM
Jun 2014
I can't believe I said that. It was the last Long Island Iced Tea that put me over the top.

Renew Deal

(81,847 posts)
5. McDaniel should call a Wahhhmulance
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:28 PM
Jun 2014



Good luck finding the Democratic Cochran voters and questioning them.

TygrBright

(20,755 posts)
10. Democrats should TOTALLY get behind that!
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:41 PM
Jun 2014

Throw a little cash at it, put up highly visible "Write In McDaniels" signs in useful places, alla that.

Then vote their consciences.

G'wan.... you know you want to...

amusedly,
Bright

Ferretherder

(1,445 posts)
43. Good to see a post from you, 'Bright!
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 06:59 PM
Jun 2014

And I totally agree! We (Democrats) need to help this shitbag, um, guy out with his write-in campaign.

lexx21

(321 posts)
9. Wouldn't it be a bit difficult...
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:38 PM
Jun 2014

to PROVE voter intent? It would seem that "law" is about as useful as lace on a bowling ball.

 

truebluegreen

(9,033 posts)
24. Egzactly--a totally unenforceable law.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 04:57 PM
Jun 2014

But it does make for good tail-chasing behavior. Have at it, McDaniel!

Jack Rabbit

(45,984 posts)
11. McDaniel is really desperate
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 03:46 PM
Jun 2014

How does he expect to enforce a law like that and maintain the integrity of a secret ballot?

I am not a big fan of open primaries. There is only one thing that would have helped him last week, namely, a closed primary. Unless Mr. McDaniel wanted to break into local government office buildings late at night and stuff ballot boxes. I don't suppose that would ever cross his mind. Surely neither Mr. McDaniel nor any member of his staff would ever be caught in a government office building right after an election where ballots are stored in the wee hours of the morning.

tomm2thumbs

(13,297 posts)
14. Chris McDaniel's tantrum only serves to reinforce how Tea Party idiots can't stand losing
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 04:01 PM
Jun 2014

and LOSE they did. Big time.

Somewhat ironic that they'd probably cheer if Democratic votes put Cantor out of business, eh?

Goes to show how hypocrisy is a one-way street in the Tea Bagger world.

tblue37

(65,227 posts)
15. How appalling it is that so many people who run for office have
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 04:10 PM
Jun 2014

no ability to comprehend the laws they want to participate in shaping and enforcing. He must be a very ignorant man.

QuestForSense

(653 posts)
45. They should create a sore loser clause and name it after him just to shut him up.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 07:29 PM
Jun 2014

The whining is embarrassing for everyone.

 

leftynyc

(26,060 posts)
21. He can't
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 04:33 PM
Jun 2014

MS has a sore loser law. He could do a write in campaign and I think we should strongly encourage that.

 

Fred Gilmore

(80 posts)
22. This Asshat
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 04:34 PM
Jun 2014

said every mean and disparaging thing that he could muster in an effort to motivate only white voters to vote for him, and he now has the unmitigated gall to call out those whom he so offended during the campaign, for voting for someone other than him.

He didn't want any minorities voting for him, yet he didn't want them voting for his opponent either. In his mind, only those voters to whom he appeals should be allowed to cast ballots.

It is pieces of shit such as him that give politicians such a bad name.

SansACause

(520 posts)
25. The MS Dem response is an epic troll.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:03 PM
Jun 2014

From: http://yallpolitics.com/index.php/yp/post/38372/

In an interview by phone with Breitbart News late Tuesday evening after the McDaniel headquarters cleared out, state Democratic Party chairman Rickey Cole said McDaniel should challenge the election results. “Clearly there was some sloppiness to say the least, and probably some failures to comply with the law,” Cole told Breitbart News.

“I listened to some of McDaniel’s speech, and in a race this close I’m sure there are irregularities that ought to be looked into,” Cole said. “I’ve been around a lot of close elections in my life. I think the candidate owes it to his supporters to make sure that everything was done on the up and up.”

[snip]

Cole said the legal options by which McDaniel can proceed is he can request to inspect ballot boxes at any and every precinct statewide—there is no recount provisions in Mississippi election law. “They or their representative can come inspect the contents of any box and make notes of any irregularities and once they compile whatever evidence they may have, then they present a challenge to the Republican State Executive Committee,” Cole said. “Then the Republican State Executive Committee would have to rule on it, and if either party was dissatisfied by the Republican State Executive Committee ruling you would appeal it to a circuit court and it would be heard de novo in the circuit court—which means the circuit court would look at everything the Republican executive committee did just so you don’t have to start completely from the start.”

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
32. "Inspecting the ballot boxes" in the general election
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:28 PM
Jun 2014

will not tell anyone who voted for who, and it certainly will not tell you how they voted in the primary. Once that ballot is dropped in the box, it is anonymous, and the boxes are sealed from the time the poll opens until it closes.

DallasNE

(7,402 posts)
26. Does This Mean That McDaniel Voters Will Not
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:16 PM
Jun 2014

Vote for Cochran in November?

Nah, that is just wishful thinking. But I can dream.

Warpy

(111,166 posts)
31. The McDaniels hissy fit will probably mean a write in campaign by true believers
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:28 PM
Jun 2014

Whether it's enough of a split to put a Democrat in office is moot.

Chances are good we wouldn't like a Mississippi Democrat all that much, either. However, we can still dream.

Mr.Bill

(24,244 posts)
27. Remember when this was a brilliant political tactic to the Republicans
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:24 PM
Jun 2014

when Rush Limbaugh called for people to do this to Hillary Clinton during the Democratic Presidential primaries?

Warpy

(111,166 posts)
28. Aw, poor crybaby.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 05:26 PM
Jun 2014

It's been done like this for many decades, almost since the country was founded.

If Mr. Crybaby doesn't think it's right, maybe he should petition his legislature to make future primaries closed. The problem there (and the repubs know it) is that his party has used open primaries to defeat strong Democrats.

He's just unhappy because Democrats used it to defeat a crazy Republican.

abakan

(1,815 posts)
39. Translated to mean..
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 06:13 PM
Jun 2014

all the votes that were not for me, are illegal. Nice democracy you got there, Mr. McDaniel.

 

Alex P Notkeaton

(309 posts)
40. Has Mississippi developed Mind-Reading technology? No.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 06:18 PM
Jun 2014

But Chris McDoofus probably believes that black people voting at all should be illegal. Good riddance to him!

deminks

(11,014 posts)
42. He prolly lost cause his peeps broke into a nursing home and the county courthouse at 3AM. But nooo
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 06:34 PM
Jun 2014

he thinks he lost cause black people voted in a Republican primary.

Quelle idiot!

rustbeltvoice

(429 posts)
46. McDaniel is a teabagger of aggressive racism.
Thu Jun 26, 2014, 08:36 PM
Jun 2014

Instead of taking a chance, and sitting this out, black voters came to vote against the danger of McDaniel. McDaniel is not a genius (1--Republican, 2--teabagger), but he understood why he lost, and being what he is, graciousness is not there...

http://rustbeltvoice.blogspot.com/2014/06/o-please-please-please.html

IronLionZion

(45,380 posts)
48. Yes! Whip up that hatred and bitterness
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:58 AM
Jun 2014

and his supporters should just boycott the november election on principle.

He should challenge every vote in every precinct. Definitely challenge the "intent" of these voters by using mind reading methods and the thought police. Or he could always use the color of their skin, their gender, or other demographic identifiers to target those who voted against him. And punish the white male establishment types too since they are traitors.

Just heap a lot of bile and bitterness and negativity, just make sure to draw it out through November and spend tons of money doing so. Real tea party patriots are not quitters, right?



Arkana

(24,347 posts)
49. They're not, because it was an open primary.
Fri Jun 27, 2014, 09:59 AM
Jun 2014

People were free to vote if they wished, for whoever they wanted, regardless of political affiliation.

McDaniel looks foolish flailing around like this.

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