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Brett Favre tries a Hail Mary for Cochran (Endorsement)
The Hill's Ballot Box ^ | June 18, 2014 | Alexandra Jaffe

Posted on 06/18/2014 9:29:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre is hoping he can help Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) pull out an overtime win in his runoff battle with primary challenger Chris McDaniel.

The championship quarterback offers his support to Cochran in a new ad out from the Chamber of Commerce in which he touts Cochran as Mississippi's "strong voice in Washington."

"I’ve learned through football that strong leadership can mean the difference between winning and losing," he says in the ad.

"Trust me, Mississippi can win," he goes on, with Cochran in office.

The three-time MVP started his career as a quarterback for the University of Southern Mississippi, and is still well-known and liked in the state.

The last-minute push from Cochran allies is an attempt to save his race, which has lagged in most surveys.

The most recent such long-shot effort is the push from Cochran's campaign for Democratic votes. Though there's a chance the tactic could backfire on the senator, he told a local reporter he's not concerned about pitching for Democrats because, he said, he used to be one himself.

The Clarion-Ledger reported Tuesday that a Democratic operative in the state is leading a get-out-the-vote effort geared toward turning out African-American Democrats to vote for Cochran in his upcoming runoff battle against McDaniel.

It’s not the first time in the race that an outside actor has pitched Democrats on Cochran, and his own campaign team has made turning out Democrats a part of its strategy to push him over the edge in the runoff. But that tactic could backfire if Republicans see him as a traitor to the party, and national conservative group the Club for Growth argued just that in a recent ad, accusing Cochran of trying to “hijack” the runoff with Democratic votes.

But asked by WAPT reporter Scott Simmons about recruiting Democrats to support him, Cochran seemed unconcerned about the possible backlash.

Simmons tweeted that Cochran responded, “why not ‘I used to be a Democrat.’ ”

Cochran was indeed raised as a Democrat, but ran Richard Nixon’s campaign in Mississippi in 1968 and eventually became the first Republican to win statewide in Mississippi in a century when he was elected to the Senate in 1978.

He had, in previous interviews, expressed similar nonchalance about Democrats turning out to vote for him in the primary. In an interview with WAPT on June 9, Cochran said his “arms are open” to Democrats.

“My arms are open and welcoming and we hope that they would join our campaign and go vote on Election Day or by absentee ballot. ... We need a big turnout.”

But during a Tuesday interview with WAPT, when asked about the GOTV effort reported by the Clarion-Ledger, Cochran says, “haven’t heard that, don’t know.”

That specific effort has raised eyebrows because Mississippi Democratic Party Chairman Rickey Cole suggested the man in charge of it, James Warren, may be exchanging money for votes.

Mississippi Republican Party Chairman Joe Nosef said in a statement Wednesday that he’s been in touch with legal counsel in case of any improprieties in the race.

"The law prohibits anyone from buying or selling a vote, as it should. We want a clean, hard fought primary decided by voters who plan to support the Republican Party and our candidates in November,” he said. “I personally have been and continue to be in touch with legal counsel as well as representatives from both campaigns in order to ensure that our runoff is accurate and legal."


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Philosophy; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: 2014; brettfavre; cochran; democrats; football; gotv; mcdaniel; mississippi
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1 posted on 06/18/2014 9:29:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

thought this was yet another catholic caucus piece being posted today.


2 posted on 06/18/2014 9:35:08 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Great— a guy who texts pics of his wang to women supports a guy who did indecent things to farm animals as a child....


3 posted on 06/18/2014 9:35:19 PM PDT by freebilly
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; WKB; Lil Flower; Din Maker; Malichi; WXRGina; duffee; onyx; DrewsMum; Tupelo; ...

MS Ping


4 posted on 06/18/2014 9:36:21 PM PDT by petitfour
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Who’s going to endorse him next? Homofascist Chris Kluwe?


5 posted on 06/18/2014 9:36:54 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: freebilly

A big sign of desperation for Cochran.


6 posted on 06/18/2014 9:36:57 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

Exactly. Trot out a disgraced football player for last minute plea for more of the status quo.

Kick out the RINOs and take back the Republic!


7 posted on 06/18/2014 9:39:13 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Viennacon

Paul “Pee Wee Herman” Reubens is shooting on location and couldn’t be contacted....


8 posted on 06/18/2014 9:39:24 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million for ANY 2016 pro-2nd Amendment candidate.)
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To: TigerClaws

Vote out all collectivists (DemPubs) and replace them with conservatives.


9 posted on 06/18/2014 9:40:13 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I still don’t get how F-A-V-R-E is pronounced F-A-R-V-E.....


10 posted on 06/18/2014 9:40:38 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Can Juan Williams possibly be that stupid?)
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To: Viennacon

Speaking of legends (in their own minds, at least), I have not heard anything about Michael Sam since Oprah postponed his gay football player reality show. Is nothing going to happen till late summer when they start practicing? I know he likes the limelight.


11 posted on 06/18/2014 9:41:00 PM PDT by lee martell
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He’ll be quietly dropped once the media finds a new deviant to focus on. He sucks at the game.


12 posted on 06/18/2014 9:44:23 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: clintonh8r

It’s all John Madden’s fault.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MX0nuEuuKIk


13 posted on 06/18/2014 9:49:18 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Viennacon

LOL!


14 posted on 06/18/2014 9:53:30 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: Viennacon

It seems he just signed a four year contract.


15 posted on 06/18/2014 9:55:33 PM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: 2ndDivisionVet; All

This is the same Brett Favre who texted a picture of his little (and I do mean “little”) weenie to an NFL Cheerleader.


16 posted on 06/18/2014 10:04:35 PM PDT by Din Maker (Susana Martinez in 2016! Governor, Conservative, Female and Hispanic.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Paul “Pee Wee Herman” Reubens is shooting on location and couldn’t be contacted....

Shooting did you say? Shooting? No, I won't say it, I will not say it, I just can not say what I am thinking, but I would like to. I will have to freep mail you with that. This is a public forum.

17 posted on 06/18/2014 10:06:35 PM PDT by Mark17 (Rudyard Kipling: Liberals be wary, when the SHTF, The Wrath of the Awakened Saxon will clobber you)
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To: freebilly

Oh come on! Who among us has not shared a tender moment with a....

...or is it just...Nevermind. Forget I mentioned anything...


18 posted on 06/18/2014 10:19:31 PM PDT by Norm Lenhart (How's that 'lesser evil' workin' out for ya?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Another libtard. Nothing but a flasher and a goat pimp.


19 posted on 06/18/2014 10:19:40 PM PDT by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: TigerClaws

Bett Favre = Obamabot Low Life!!! MS voters....all of you....Vote for Chris McDaniel next Tuesday, June 24, 2014!!! Thad Cochran, Obamabot lover, must be defeated!!!


20 posted on 06/18/2014 10:49:05 PM PDT by JLAGRAYFOX ( My only objective is to defeat and destroy Obama & his Democrat Party, politically!!!.)
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