Discussion for article #224220
I get the national Ds point, but man itās fun to see the wing nuts get their buns in a knot about those nefarious Negros messing with their election. Whatās the chance that if Cochran wins, the Tea Partiers will be so disgusted that they just sit on their hands come November, thereby giving an opening to to Childers?
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Well, Iām not sure what kind of chance Childers has against either Republican. All I really know is that this is great fun to watch, and that I really need to think about increasing my popcorn budget for times like these.
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āit is illegal for a Dem to vote in a GOP primary, then vote Dem in the generalā said a former US attorney. Who formerly hired this legal scholar?
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Iām glad heās upset. In a sense, Iām disappointed to see apparent sneaky electioneering happening at the hands of Democrats, but Iāve also been disappointed many,many times at the many, many similar opportunities theyāve missed. Iām never disappointed when RNC cheats. The only thing comforting about them is their absolute lack of surprises.
The only thing that could make this better would be for minorities to exercise their 2nd amendment rights and legally carry firearms near election stations
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So, if the law prohibiting a Dem who votes for a repug in the primary from voting for a Dem in the general was still in force, how the hell would anyone know which candidate they voted for in the general? They donāt have secret ballots in MS?
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Canāt you guess? From Wikipedia:
The United States Department of Justice Civil Rights Division under the George W. Bush administration hired Adams in 2005.
I donāt know, I think āsneaky electioneeringā would actually be voting for McDaniel, even though you disagree with him even more than you disagree with Cochran, because you think heād be easier for your guy to beat. Voting for Cochran because you think heās at least better than the other guy, and youāre doubtful that a Democrat is going to win in any event, is simply hedging your bets and trying to mitigate the damage you think a Republican is likely to do.
This is what you have to do in what is essentially a one-party state, where the real election contest is in the primary and not the general election, if you hope to have any impact on the outcome at all.
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Exactly. Theyād only have a case against you if you declared when you requested the ballot that you did not intend to vote for the guy in the general election in any circumstances. And even then, the law he is talking about has been struck down by the courts.
Republicans might not have this problem if they had not so gleefully tried to insert themselves into the Democratic presidential primaries in 2008.
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Why would a Democrat want to vote for either one of these Republican hillbillies? Now, writing in Bill Clintonās name might be an idea. Would be funny if Bill came in above either one of these conservatives.
Because the teabaggers have always been about ethics and voter rights, yeah, right.
The new has completely worn off of the teabaggers and they are now just a goofier fringe group of Republicans fighting for a place at the trough that they supposedly despise.
Remember just a month or so ago the teabagger challenger was breaking into the old folks home to get pictures of a sick woman to use against his opponent and that was after he visited a few KKK parties. This teabagger like all teabaggers is beyond extremely conservative, he is also a wacko.
MS has open primaries. The only restriction is if you voted in the Democratic primary this year. The flyer is clear about that. Also, I believe a fair number of Democrats voted in the Republican primary anywayā¦it happens in GA all the time. If the race on one side is boring and the winners are certainā¦you can vote in the other. It will be interesting to see if the āwhite confederateā candidate targets black voters who decide to cross over.
As far as I am concerned the best outcome would be a Cochran loss and a Childers win. Barring that Iād like to see a Cochran loss and a McDaniels win. Let the nation see up close what the Crazy Caucus will do. The problem is I see MS as a square on a chess board and the people who live and work there do not have that luxury. I desperately want the Dem to win but if the Dems in the state see that as highly unlikely and want a sane senator that looks (somewhat) after their interests then I can not blame them for voting for Cochran.
Well, in principle that is one way to drag them back a bit. It is voter fraud whenever someone is not conservative enough votesā¦
And, um, who exactly is tracking how persons vote in general elections down there? Arenāt we supposed to at least keep up the illusion of the secret ballot-- even in Mississippi?
You know, in Wisconsin a couple years ago, Tea Party types thought it was clever for Repubs to run as Democrats in primary elections, and for Repubs to vote in Democratic primaries.
All I know is that Comrade Lenin would be proud of them.
Exactly. You got there ahead of me!