Tea party makes its last stand in Mississippi, targeting longtime Sen. Thad Cochran

The Washington Post ^ | Thursday, May 22, | Philip Rucker and Robert Costa

[ZULU]

Disgusting

[prof.h.mandingo]

Would love to hear the story. Our local party had its problems and we really have been hit hard by liberal leaning media. We have a couple of people here who are their own worst enemies.
Numbers are down as we have been tarred with the “radical” brush.
We are getting some members into the Republican establishment. That is our new tactic and it is working. We are slowly taking over in that way. But they fight back hard and dirty. Many are disgusted by the dirt and I don't really blame them. It is truly depressing in a conservative area (southern MS) to have to fight so hard for what is right. The economy still sucks and people are in hunker down mode for the most part. “There is alot of disillusion with the national party and many are just waiting for the election. Making a living is taking precedence over politics.
FReep mail me on Dayton.

[88keys]

No bias here, lol!

It strikes me as peculiar that the "Tea Party" is referred to as a legitimate, organized, and established "party", when it's no such thing. I mean, it's a general descriptive and legitimate nickname, and there ARE organized groups with the name that back specific candidates, but I've yet to see a ballot that lists a candidate's party affiliation as "Tea"!

We have partisan primaries in Ohio...my choices were Republican, Democrat, or issues only. No primaries for Green, Libertarian, Constitution, or Tea parties.

The "Tea Party" name may be losing it's luster (?) but I doubt the people who were/are involved in actual organized groups have changed their minds about anything, they just want candidates who can win! That's what the primaries are for, and at grass roots and state levels, it's been successful...at the Federal level, and particularly with incumbents, it's like the "mills of God", but we WILL get there, eventually...IMHO.

[EDINVA]

He issued a statement IMMEDIATELY calling the behavior of the blogger reprehensible, etc., etc., etc., and IIRC, offered sympathy to the Cochran family.

[88keys]

I would like to hear both of your stories...please FReepmail me too!

It sounds like there have been some "undercover operatives" at work, besides some genuinely unsavory radical types who misunderstand what/who the "Tea Party" really is. These of course are the ones that get all the headlines - the "badly behaved"!

[Black Agnes]

It’s all over but the shouting.

Even if the madison county lawyer is totally innocent they will never prove that before the election.

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/05/mayfield-arrested.html

The empire has struck back. This will be all over the news cycle at 5pm in this area. McDaniel is toast now.

This has what happened to Bill Allain written all over it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Allain

“In 1983, while Allain was running for governor against Republican candidate Leon Bramlett of Clarksdale, private detective Rex Armistead, formerly with the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, helped to spread rumors that Allain had sexual intercourse with two African-American male transvestites.[7][8][9] Allain denied the charges.[8] The tranvestites went on the record with a lie detector but in 1984 claimed they had never met Allain and had been paid for their testimony.”

[88keys]

Reprehensible is right...and I smell a blogger rat, although I don't know whose rat it is...

Either that, or bordering on criminal stupidity!

[Black Agnes]

Read the link I just posted. They’ve arrested a bigwig with the Central MS Tea party. A lawyer in Madison.

And sent a SWAT TEAM to do it too.

[88keys]

What does this have to do with McDaniel? Why was Mayfield arrested? (on what charges?) and, who is Clayton Kelly?

signed, ignorant in Ohio

(seems that people who know these people would not be swayed or deterred in their voting choices by bogus "Barney Fife" tactics?)

[GeronL]

last stand??

More wishful thinking??

[Black Agnes]

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/05/madison-police-arrest-clayton-kelly-for.html

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/05/mcdaniel-issues-statement-calls-cochran.html

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/05/initial-appearance-of-kelly.html

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/05/we-report-you-decide-voice-mail-edition.html

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/05/citizens-united-poll-shows-mcdaniel.html

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/05/breitbart-campaign-knew-about-video.html

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/05/the-constitutional-clayton-plot-thickens.html

http://kingfish1935.blogspot.com/2014/05/kelly-faces-another-charge.html

http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/senate-races/206493-cochran-campaign-knew-of-wifes-taping-for-weeks#.U3pWp6sXe3g.twitter

http://www.redstate.com/2014/05/19/thad-campaign-nrsc-had-weeks-to-coordinate-mcdaniel-attack/

[1Old Pro]

LOL, first of all, the idea that an upstart underfunded candidate could outs Mitch McConnell was a loooong shot. So it didn’t have any relevance to the strength of the tea party “movement”.

That would be like saying because Republicans lose a statewide election in NY or MA that the party is dead nationally.

[88keys]

I need to find the bunny with a Moon Pie on his head...LOL!

(IOW, I have no idea what you mean re: last stand/wishful thinking?!)

[GeronL]

When the WASHINGTON POST says the TEA Party is making it’s “last stand” (check headline), I think there is some wishful thinking going on.

[88keys]

What does Mayfield have to do with it?

[Black Agnes]

Good question. Kelly may have implicated him.

But regardless of whether or not he really DOES have anything to do with it (see the wiki exerpt on Bill Allain) is irrelevant. The 5pm news shows will have much footage of the arrest of the ‘Tea Party Big Wig’ for the taping of Thad Cochran’s incapacitated wife.

It’s 2 weeks till the election.

If Mayfield gets exonerated in July and Kelly ultimately charged with nothing more than a misdemeanor it will be too late for the election.

[88keys]

OH! In that case, I totally agree!

[vetvetdoug]

Gallo was on this morning attacking the Tea Party and McDaniel’s people. The lawyer that was arrested also donated to Cochran’s campaign and this was omitted by Gallo. Gallo has begun to sicken me with his partisanship.