Thad Cochran Press Call Descends into Madness After Question About ‘Harvesting Black Votes’

Mediaite ^ | July 2, 2014 | Josh Felman

[true believer forever]

Here is another link covering the call:

http://www.clarionledger.com/story/dailyledes/2014/07/02/cochran-conference-call/12105085/

[ken5050]

FYI

[COBOL2Java]

[Responsibility2nd]

Someone Asked About Harvesting Votes Like Cotton on Thad Cochran’s Press Call

A press call held by Sen. Thad Cochran’s campaign was cut short by a comparison between harvesting cotton and harvesting votes. According to reports from several journalists, at one point a man asked “If black people were harvesting cotton, why is it OK to harvest their votes?” Cochran’s campaign abruptly ended the press call after that, but several people stayed on the line to yell at one another.

The call was meant to push back claims that the Cochran campaign purchased votes or otherwise won the election illegitimately, but only served to further tensions within the Mississippi Republican party. According to Business Insider, the caller asked twice about “harvesting black votes,” before Cochran campaign advisor Austin Barbour replied “Sir, I don’t know where you’re calling from, but I’m happy to address any question, no matter the lunacy of it.”

The name of the commenter isn’t currently known, but some suspect it was a McDaniel supporter. Charles C. Johnson, the conservative blogger who accused the Cochran campaign of engaging in a votes-for-cash scheme tweeted the call-in information to his followers before the call and invited them to crash it with him.

more....

http://www.thewire.com/politics/2014/07/someone-asked-about-harvesting-votes-like-cotton-on-thad-cochrans-press-call/373879/

[uncitizen]

Is this why we are seeing reports that the LSM including Fox are giving zero attention to this story?

[Darksheare]

Absolutely funny.

[MamaTexan]

LOL! How dare someone mention that which should not be named!

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These people are disguising, terrorizing people into committing voter fraud by falsely accusing the opponent of targeting them because they're black.

Then again, they DO use Thad Cochran like he's some kind of meat puppet, so I guess fraud would be a step UP for them.

[GeronL]

I cannot explain why the MSM isn’t jumping all over this “Republican vote-buying scandal”.... or maybe it is because the guy is really a Dem?

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

This ranks up there with the guy who asked Hilary if she would make out her book to Christopher Stevens.

"No, I can't do that."

"What difference does it make now?"

Boom.

[day10]

I don’t care who you are, that’s funny!

[FreeAtlanta]

we have a winner!

[Boogieman]

Or because his co-conspirators were Democrats and the media knows they would be drawn in by any investigation too.

[so_real]

Beware of false flag operations. Just sayin' ... If you were a Tea Party advocate with a singular opportunity to catch Cochran off guard with a difficult question, would you really waste it with tripe in the form of a simile like that? Not likely. I give my Tea Party friends, and myself, credit for far more intelligence, creativity, civility than that. Sounds more like a liberal pretending to be a conservative to me.

[Viennacon]

It wasn’t the Tea Party. Clarion Ledger reported they have a hunch they know who it was, and he’s not in the McDaniel camp. He’s a local crazy.

[pluvmantelo]

Best headline I’ve read in a long time.

[G Larry]

Gee, Who saw this coming?

/sarc

[GeronL]

Tell that to the Business Insider, their article leads one to conclude that McDaniel supporters did it.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3175250/posts

[longtermmemmory]

Cochran is losing it, he is going nuts.

His handlers can not hide this insanity.

[Viennacon]

They’re shilling for Cochran. Clarion Ledger reports accurately.

[true believer forever]

I don’t think it was either. My guess is a plant from Cochran’s sludge campaign. I think someone will figure it out...