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Democrat Pastor Accuses Thad Cochran Campaign of Vote-for-Pay Scheme (Breitbart: FRONTPAGE!)
Breitbart ^ | 6/30/2014 | Matthew Boyle

Posted on 06/30/2014 8:50:51 PM PDT by Viennacon

A black Mississippi pastor has emerged to claim Sen. Thad Cochran's (R-MS) campaign paid “thousands” of Democrats $15 each to vote in the June 24 GOP runoff – and that he was part of the scheme. Rev. Stevie Fielder, an associate pastor at First Union Missionary Baptist Church in Meridan, Mississippi, says Cochran's campaign “told me to offer blacks $15 each and to vote for Thad.” Fielder, who was paid by freelance journalist Charles C. Johnson for the story, provided a new outlet launched by Johnson—GotNews.com—with four text messages from a person purporting to be Cochran campaign staffer Saleem Baird. The messages cite an official Cochran campaign email address—Saleem@ThadForMs.com—and include detailed discussions of the campaign providing envelopes of money to distribute to people who vote. “Send me individual names and amounts along with home address to saleem@thadforms.com and I’ll have money separated in envelopes at the office waiting for you,” one message, sent three days before the runoff, says. Fielder said he helped distribute the Cochran cash for votes on a promise of eventually getting paid $16,000—and because a key Cochran campaign staffer convinced him that Cochran’s conservative challenger state Sen. Chris McDaniel was racist. “They sold me on the fact that he was a racist and that the right thing to do was to keep him out of office,” Fielder said. But Cochran's campaign never paid, Fielder said. But as to whether Cochran himself—the “candidate,” per Mississippi law—would be responsible for the actions of his campaign staffers, election law attorney Trey Traynor of Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, LLP told Breitbart News that “clearly yes,” Mississippi’s “statutes applies to candidates and their agents.”

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Front Page News; Government; Politics/Elections; US: Mississippi
KEYWORDS: agitprop; chismcdaniel; electionfraud; fraud; mississippi; ntsa; smartmove; teaparty; thadcochran; votefraud; voterfraud; whinewhinewhinewhine
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To: Viennacon
ConservativeTreeHouse has it.

Explosive Developments In Mississippi – Cochran Campaign Manager and Staffer Busted in Illegal “Vote Buying” Operation
41 posted on 06/30/2014 9:37:32 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey NSA!)
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To: Girlene

Sent them an email. Looks like they read it :D


42 posted on 06/30/2014 9:38:04 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: Viennacon

The establishment is nothing but dirt bags. follow the money trail to the RNC and McConnel. This is why I am an Independent Conservative.


43 posted on 06/30/2014 9:42:15 PM PDT by Busko (The only thing that is certain is that nothing is certain.)
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To: Viennacon

Hope enough people send it to Drudge.


44 posted on 06/30/2014 9:42:52 PM PDT by Girlene (Hey NSA!)
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To: Viennacon

All together now.....COR......RUP.......TION!


45 posted on 06/30/2014 9:43:38 PM PDT by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: House Atreides

Well, while I didn’t want people to get all hair trigger (which has typically killed off half-decent candidates in favor of quarter-decent ones), this has to be the lowest the GOP has ever sunk. Let it BE investigated.


46 posted on 06/30/2014 9:47:18 PM PDT by HiTech RedNeck (Embrace the Lion of Judah and He will roar for you and teach you to roar too. See my page.)
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To: txhurl
The Cuccinelli loss gut-punched me, as did this one, but looks like it’s turning around!

Cuccinelli had his election stolen as well. I wish he would have fought for it.

47 posted on 06/30/2014 9:50:18 PM PDT by Kenny (<p)
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To: Kenny

He went onto the Senate Conservatives Fund, and as Attorney General from VA, is going to be an asset there.

May already be an asset: witness Brat picking off Cantor.


48 posted on 06/30/2014 9:56:55 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: Kenny

They purposely undercut him in a very winnable race. Now the GOPE is doing the same to Brat in Ohio.


49 posted on 06/30/2014 10:00:37 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: txhurl

My spirits are MUCH higher!
= = = = = = = = = = =
We can ‘thank’ all the people that decided to either stay home or didn’t like the way Cuch combed his hair.

Anyone that has been paying attention for 10 or 15 years should have known that McAwful was a Clinton lacky and had attempted to purchase the home in NY for them.

That was bad enough but to lose two close (VA) Senate races in winnable districts was obscene also.

Got to watch Moron’s old district. Beyer is running ON oBamaScare and walked away with the primary.
Another D in that race was running on the ‘back’ of Barney Frank and Fauxahantas Warren.....

R’s should take Puckets seat but they will have to leave the comforts of home and go out to vote.

Am sure you realize the ‘$hiite Sangwich(sic)’ the Libs will be ‘feeding’ us if the D’s take that seat back and they resume power....


50 posted on 06/30/2014 10:01:26 PM PDT by xrmusn ((6/98)"Better to keep your enemies inside peeing out, rather than keep them outside, peeing in.".)
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To: Viennacon

Bump


51 posted on 06/30/2014 10:02:19 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: xrmusn

I think Cuch may have been instrumental in Brat’s victory.


52 posted on 06/30/2014 10:09:26 PM PDT by txhurl (2014: Stunned Voters do Stunning Things!)
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To: Viennacon

No, it can’t be. Black Democrats were voting for Thad because they love him.


53 posted on 06/30/2014 10:11:33 PM PDT by pallis
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To: Viennacon

Bump


54 posted on 06/30/2014 10:23:40 PM PDT by manic4organic (It was nice knowing you, America.)
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To: Viennacon

$15...wow that’s like a meal at Burger King for two.

I’ve noticed southern Dems politicians can be bought quite cheaply.


55 posted on 06/30/2014 10:34:51 PM PDT by RginTN
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To: RginTN

One race here they just bought the votes with free lunches.

The fact the Pastor SIGNED SOMETHING means there’s a record of him both working for the campaign and getting cash.

The individually prepared envelopes of 15 or 20 bucks. That widens the conspiracy. The office prepared cash handouts for votes? That implicates more of the campaign staff and management.


56 posted on 06/30/2014 11:38:10 PM PDT by TigerClaws
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To: Viennacon

The power of investigative journalism, it is amazing what you can find out just by walking around and asking questions.


57 posted on 06/30/2014 11:40:16 PM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: xrmusn

They will, but they are going to wait until October and then arrest Cochran in front of CNN. Timing, this scandal is blowing up too soon for their liking.


58 posted on 06/30/2014 11:43:43 PM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: Viennacon

^


59 posted on 07/01/2014 1:07:57 AM PDT by rdb3 (Get out the putter, this one's on the green.)
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To: TigerClaws

“In a normal world, the DOJ would be all over this.”

Patience. If they believe it’s to their advantage, they will be.


60 posted on 07/01/2014 2:22:11 AM PDT by RKBA Democrat (Be a part of the American freedom migration: freestateproject.org)
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