LOCKED - Looks like the universities are all supporting Cochran...

[idog]

you're wrong

All kidding aside, does anyone else feel cheated by the Cochran candidacy ? I know Hoseman wanted to run and there was probably another one or two qualified guys out there. The Cochran campaign has been sad to watch for two reasons 1) Thad`s mind is obviously slipping 2) There`s no way the man has another 6 years left in his tank. I honestly had no idea of his condition and feel like Haley and his posse had traditional republicans figured for idiots who would vote for Cochran regardless or his failing competency. I just feel a little cheated by this.

Thad is sharp as a tack. He is physically slower than he used to be, which is difficult during a campaign, but mentally he is completely fine. You obviously haven't spoken to the man(ever).

 

[Faustdog]

Reading through this thread, it doesnt seem like anyone is supporting mcdaniel.

So my question is...who are all these people voting for him?

I don't think McDaniel voters are the college going type of people, so they aren't on an MSU message board. They're the type that have never left Kemper county but are die hard Bama fans. There are a bunch of them out there.

 

[thatsbaseball]

The part that really pisses me off is that the old fart has kept his lady friend up on taxpayer money.

 

[Shmuley]

Allegedly.

 

[thatsbaseball]

I was with a group of young folks the other night which included three young women. Two were attorneys one was a second year resident at UMC . While they sure as hell don`t hang out on message boards they are "college going type people" all of whom went to OM. To a person they said they couldn`t stand the sight of Cochran because of the way he`s treated his wife and were voting for the other guy just to play a part in beating Thad. Not saying that constitutes a grass roots movement or anything but I think you`re misjudging things a bit. Now they all my vote for Childers this fall but there are a lot of women who would love to see Thad get his *** kicked....many of whom did go to college.

 

[thatsbaseball]

You`re correct....I know it to be no more than an allegation.

 

[ronpolk]

I was with a group of young folks the other night which included three young women. Two were attorneys one was a second year resident at UMC . While they sure as hell don`t hang out on message boards they are "college going type people" all of whom went to OM. To a person they said they couldn`t stand the sight of Cochran because of the way he`s treated his wife and were voting for the other guy just to play a part in beating Thad. Not saying that constitutes a grass roots movement or anything but I think you`re misjudging things a bit. Now they all my vote for Childers this fall but there are a lot of women who would love to see Thad get his *** kicked....many of whom did go to college.

Anybody who hates Thad cause of the way he treats his wife is an idiot. A huge idiot. St. Catherine's is probably the nicest nursing home/assisted living facility in the state. If his wife has been there since 2000 then Thad has probably paid close to 500k to keep her there. I have family that works there and I was told he vists often. There are a lot of reasons to not like Thad but that's not a good one.

 

[johnson86-1]

You`re correct....I know it to be no more than an allegation.

Im pretty sure she had her position before there was a personal relationship. While I don't think senators or representatives should be able to hire girlfriend/boyfriends or keep them on staff after a relationship turns personal, it's a unique situation and the fact that it's been left alone other than basically some borderline crazy people tells you that the vast majority of people would not have a problem with the details if they were advertised.

 

[johnson86-1]

Oh let's be honest, the lower middle class white southerner could put up with government spending until a black man was elected. Then for some reason they got super motivated...

Your and idiot. It's not that they started to care when it became clear govt spending became too high to be compatible with their already dubious belief that they could have their expected ss/Medicare and low middle class taxes. They were fine with having their taxes jacked up or ss/Medicare cut. It was only the thought of a half black, half white person in public office that changed things.

 

[WilCoDawg]

Did I miss sarcastrisks or are you truly stupid? If the latter, I guess you don't really get away from MSNBC much. Or maybe you're really Miss Cleo? You in the mind-readin' bidness?

 

[Sutterkane]

There were plenty of lower middle class white southerners ready to vote for Herman Cain.

 

[randystewart]

Are we really accusing a 76 year old man of having an affair? Hell, the woman in question is older than Thad. I seriously doubt there is much affair type activity happening.
Also twitter is abuzz about McDaniel having a long time affair with another state senator/his campaign manager and I've heard many around the legislature confirm the rumor.

 

[CEO2044]

I was with a group of young folks the other night which included three young women. Two were attorneys one was a second year resident at UMC . While they sure as hell don`t hang out on message boards they are "college going type people" all of whom went to OM. To a person they said they couldn`t stand the sight of Cochran because of the way he`s treated his wife and were voting for the other guy just to play a part in beating Thad. Not saying that constitutes a grass roots movement or anything but I think you`re misjudging things a bit. Now they all my vote for Childers this fall but there are a lot of women who would love to see Thad get his *** kicked....many of whom did go to college.

Just because someone has an education does not mean they have common sense.

With that said, I'm not saying they don't, but it would take something pretty major for me to consider what Cochran's done a negative as far as his job goes. That kind of says it all that they're going to vote on something this important out of spite, but I guess there are plenty of others that vote for things other than political views.

That Kroger video sadly sums this campaign up. I will be voting, but I'm not voting for McDaniel- not even if he wins the primary.

 

[beachbumdawg]

I'd like to see you rationalize divorce in this situation.

I would not try to rationalize divorce....however to say no "reasonable" person would say he is having an affair is equally absurd

Is he married to the lady in the nursing home? Yes
Is he married to the lady he is banging on the side? No

is that the very definition of adultery? Yes

Whether she has the cognitive ability to understand/know what the hell her husband does not wipe his hands clean from having to be faithful to her anymore to some dude/chick that does the same thing behind their husband/wife's back...just because someone does not or will not know, does not make it OK.

Er...so you suggest that he be honorable by divorcing her? See above How is that any better when applied to your comment about 'till death do us part; sickness and in health; etc.'?????
Goodness, talk about absurd. Correct, just as absurd as saying he is not having an affair....maybe i should have used quotations around "honorable"

Do the honorable thing and divorce the woman who no longer recognizes you and requires around the clock care! Be a man!

Ha ha ha, what a joke.




We only live once. I cant ever imagine divorcing or even cheating on my wife. And if she was no longer 'her' due to death, decades long coma, or severe memory degradation- I cant imagine remarrying/dating someone else.
But you only live once.
Even though at this time I couldn't see myself doing that, I can hardly fault someone in his position for trying to live their life to the fullest while balancing love and responsibility.
Judging someone for not just giving up on having a fulfilling personal/intimate relationship is pretty brutal to do.

We only live once. No sense in missing out on that which you desire when you are in that position.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Anyone seen the Tweets of @RidgelandRepub over the past few days?

 

[mcdawg22]

Anyone seen the Tweets of @RidgelandRepub over the past few days?

That one timeline is full retard. I can't comprehend someone who gets on pissing matches, quoting scripture using less than 140 characters.

 

[dawgstudent]

I'm thinking this thread got linked somewhere on facebook today.

 

[FormerlyHighLifeRebel]

You said that he could divorce her and marry the sidepiece. I want to you to explain just how that could be done without committing adultery. I'm assuming you're using the biblical definition of adultery.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

That's not a rumor, it's fact and I am shocked that no news outlet has found out. My source is someone that would know and works with them every day.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

That's not a rumor, it's fact and I am shocked that no news outlet has found out. My source is someone that would know and works with them every day.

There must be a reason (or lots of different reasons for different people) why the media would keep this under wraps?

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

That's what I can't figure out because the media is favoring Cochran. I guess they want undeniable proof.

 

[Maroon Eagle]

Eric Clark, former state secretary of state and current executive director of the state community college board, has also endorsed Cochran.

Link: Yallpolitics.

 

[o_1984Dawg]

Don't watch MSNBC. I just live in the real world. Sorry y'all can't handle the truth.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

That's the whole problem with Mississippi...its politicians talk "conservative" but economically are to the left of Stalin. Maybe if Mississippi stopped depending on Gubmint to take care of them ($4 of U.S. taxes come in to Mississippi for every $1 Mississippi sends to Washington). For too many years, the Mississippi's biggest heroes have been politicians who can bring in the pork- Bilbo, Eastland, Stennis, Montgomery, Lott, Cochran; rather than businessmen who produce wealth.

 

[HammerOfTheDogs]

I bet you Iowegians are fired up about Joni Ernst becoming Senaor

 

[Optimus Prime 4]

There's not a good guy vs bad guy side to it

It's very delicate, and anyone reporting on it would just look like an *******

 

[beachbumdawg]

You said that he could divorce her and marry the sidepiece. I want to you to explain just how that could be done without committing adultery. I'm assuming you're using the biblical definition of adultery.

Never said marry the side piece...I used the Webster definition of adultery

 

[QuaoarsKing]

It's very delicate, and anyone reporting on it would just look like an *******

The guy uses "Christian values" as a centerpiece of his campaign. If he's actually a hypocrite just masquerading as a Christian and openly cheats on his wife (and the entire Mississippi Tea Party organization knows and doesn't care), that's a pretty major story that voters need to be aware of before they send him to DC for 6 years.

 

[WilCoDawg]

Hell, here I was thinking I lived in the real world! I could've sworn conservatives have been fussing about pork et al many years ago. Also, I sure did think there were many-a black people conservatives support. You know, those your kind call "Uncle Toms" like Tim Scott, Allen West, and Herman Cain. One day, hopefully, you'll realize it isn't the fact that Obama is half-black conservatives don't like about him. It's just his socialist politics.

 

[o_Bigohh]

Eric Clark, former state secretary of state and current executive director of the state community college board, has also endorsed Cochran.

Link: Yallpolitics.

The Cochran campaign just sent out a letter from Robert Khayat endorsing Cochran. It's a great letter that I think all folks on either side of this issue would agree with (other than the vote for Cochran part of course). I wish Dr. Ruby would write a similar piece.

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Hell, here I was thinking I lived in the real world! I could've sworn conservatives have been fussing about pork et al many years ago. Also, I sure did think there were many-a black people conservatives support. You know, those your kind call "Uncle Toms" like Tim Scott, Allen West, and Herman Cain. One day, hopefully, you'll realize it isn't the fact that Obama is half-black conservatives don't like about him. It's just his socialist politics.

This is why most people don't take the Tea Party seriously. "Socialist" is not a catch-all word to describe anything you don't like.

 

[FormerlyHighLifeRebel]

Please explain why divorcing her and continuing to take care of her in this situation would be "honorable."

 

[WilCoDawg]

Correct. But if you don't think all the things this admin has done and

Continues to do isn't socialist, then you need to look up "socialism".

 

[FormerlyHighLifeRebel]

You don't know what socialism means.

 

[BoomBoom.sixpack]

See Mississippi in the link below. The governor can appoint an interim senator. However, a special election must be held within 100 days of the governor receiving notice of the vacancy.

Link

Barbour ignored that law before, and the courts backed him up on it. Was it Lott's replacement?

 

[QuaoarsKing]

Continues to do isn't socialist, then you need to look up "socialism".

Government "entitlement" spending is not a synonym for Socialism -- "socialism" is an economic system in which the workers own the means of production rather than an owning class. Stalin's farm collectivizations in the 1930s are a good example. A factory whose workers completely threw out all of the owners and ran the factory themselves would be an example. A more benign example would be Britain's health care system, which is socialistic because the government doesn't just pay for medical services, it owns all the hospitals and doctors offices too. (By contrast, Canada's health care system isn't very socialistic because the government pays for the services, but medical care is still performed by private, market-oriented doctors. The American system is even less socialistic than Canada's because the government only covers the olds and the very poor, although you could make an argument for veteran health care being very socialistic because of the VA hospitals, but I doubt that's the angle you were going for.)

Anyhow, Obama has done nothing approaching actual socialism -- never advocated for mass collectivization or anything like that. Don't you think there's a reason why all actual American socialists hate Obama?

 

[mstateglfr]

The academic use of a term and applying that term to real life is often quite different.
Sure, he is an adulterer by definition. I would not say he is a cheating husband though because to me(and a **** ton of others), cheating means leading a second life/sneaking around/keeping the affair quiet.

There is just a difference, even if his actions fit the textbook definition.

 

[mstateglfr]

Talk about someone who has risen up the popularity chart quickly for nothing but a catchy commercial or two.

Yeah- real proud of her. **

 

[patdog]

Kind of right, and kind of wrong. Wicker did have to win a special election to serve the remainder of the term, but the special election was held almost a year after Lott resigned. Bottom line is, a governor can't just name the successor for a retiring senator.

Link

 

[WilCoDawg]

Don't you think there's a reason why all actual American socialists hate Obama?

So socialists are racist too?

You don't see how the govt basically owning private industry, like healthcare where people are forced to buy a product and the govt dictates what the govt will pay to those private industries, basically means the govt controls that industry and technically owns it? And the redistribution of wealth is a perfect example communism. But I'm sure that doesn't bother you either. And the way the govt is attempting to take over thru regulations and control everything in our lives? Doesn't bother you? Aw hell. Nevermind. I'm just a stupid, racist so you can't talk sense to me.