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Tea Party Republican Chris McDaniel has been a Republican since he was 13 years old. He is a two term state Senator and a true conservative. But, those credentials weren’t good enough for GOP Establishment who wanted to keep their ‘Good Ol’ Boy’ network together. So, the Thad Cochran campaign, with blessings and money from GOP Establishment, mounted a campaign of dirty tricks to win the election.
Cochran did not simply ‘reach out to black voters’. He actively sought out the vote of black Democrats, many who had already voted in the Democrat Primary with no intention to vote for a Republican in the General Election. This tactic was not only dirty, but also illegal. According to Mississippi law, you cannot vote in both the Democrat and Republican primary and if you vote for one party’s primary, you must vote for that party’s candidate in the General. CNN proved that many of the black Democrats who voted had no intention to vote for Cochran in the General.
Instead, they were driven to cast their illegal votes by a set of disgusting, colossal lies by the Cochran campaign that framed his opponent, McDaniel, as a racist Tea Partier who would take away food stamps and funding for historically black colleges. They were even led to believe, through pretty blatant language, that McDaniel was trying to take away their right to vote.
Some within the GOP are praising these lie-filled dirty tactics. Any criticism of these tactics is described by the Left as Republicans not really wanting the vote of black people. These accusations are being hurled by some of the same people who denigrate and attack black conservatives as ‘tokens’ for belonging to the Republican Party.
One of the members of the Republican ‘Good Ol’ Boy’ network who is singing praises for Cochran’s dirty tricks is Arizona Senator John McCain, who has twice been censured by Republican groups in his state for his tendency to side with Democrats and against his own Party’s platform.
Not only did McCain go to Mississippi to campaign with Thad Cochran, he is now saying that these dirty tricks should be employed by other Republicans in an effort to push out Tea Party candidates. In fact, McCain supports the dirty trick of framing your opponent with race-baiting lies, in an effort to deceive black voters so that one can maintain power, that he is considering employing the same dirty tricks should he run for re-election in 2016.
The Arizona Republic reports on McCain’s distortion of the objection to these tactics by the McDaniel campaign.
“Obviously, I claim credit for it, but, actually, the reason why he won was that he had a really excellent get-out-the-vote campaign,” McCain told The Arizona Republic. “There are some people who are complaining that African-American voters voted. I thought one of the major priorities of the Republican Party was to get all minority and ethnic voters out to vote for Republicans.”
McCain continued by alluding to the possibility that he will follow Cochran’s lead with similar dirty tricks in Arizona.
McCain has not yet announced whether he will seek a sixth Senate term in 2016. But McCain has acknowledged that he would likely attract a tea-party-style primary opponent, and says he will be ready to rumble if it happens.
“The key to it is you’d better pay attention, you’d better work hard, you’d better organize,” McCain said. “And you’d better understand that there is a strong anti-Washington/anti-incumbency sentiment out there, which is justified, and you’ve got your work cut out for you. If I run again, I know what I’m going to be up against and I know that it’s going to be a long, hard slog. But I enjoy campaigning. I love it. And I love traveling around the state.”
There has been criticism for years that the Republican Party fails to reach out to the black community, that conservatism sells if you explain the principles effectively. The pandering that the Cochran campaign, and his allies in the GOP Establishment, did to lure black Democrats should be seen as reaching out to black voters. Rather, it was luring them in, through the art of deception, with no real concern over whether they actually supported what the candidate stood for. All Cochran and his cronies cared about was beating the Tea Party candidate. Truth and principles be damned.
Get ready, Arizona. John McCain has all but publicly vowed to use the same dirty tricks in 2016.
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