Discussion for article #224068
A five year old could come up with a better lie.
Lemme guess: the “uniformed official” carried only one bullet, in his shirt pocket, in case of an emergency?
And the McDaniel supporters were found locked in a Courthouse cell with Otis Campbell?
The counting was over by the time they entered the courthouse. Why were they really there for?
But why bother? This investigation is going nowhere. The DA is being called in merely to so the Sheriff’s department can continue to say they had nothing to do with anything (that was ALL they were concerned about answering in their own investigation). There will be no charges brought up on anyone…hell, there is nobody even asking for charges to be drawn up. Cochran just doesn’t care.
Mississippi resident here. Let’s assume these people are pure-as-the-driven-snow innocent. Given what’s known at the moment, it’s still perfectly reasonable to suspect them of screwing around with votes.
Which makes the real story here Cochran’s inability to make this a campaign issue, just like he was unable to capitalize on a different serious crime committed by McDaniel supporters.
To be clear, it is for lack of effort on his part. How insanely lackluster a race is he running? McDaniel’s message at this point is all but saying “Poor sad tired old sad old tired Thad Cochran–he can’t even muster up the energy to fight back when we do this kind of thing.”
The McDaniel campaign has claimed the three were sent to the courthouse after ballot counting had stopped to monitor the election process…
Bzzzzz. We’re sorry, but that answer is irrational, illogical, and incorrect. Thank you for playing our game. Johnny, please tell our contestants about our lovely parting gifts…
In a related story, I heard that McDaniel once locked his keys in his car, and it took him three hours to get his supporters out of the car.