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20. I hope they show up too.

Reply to calimary (Reply #16)

Sat Jun 28, 2014, 07:12 PM

Jun 2014

I hope they bring their friends and family out to vote with them. Their votes do matter. Which is one of the biggest lies the GOP relies on in red states to keep Democrats from the polls. "You're never going to win, so why waste your time?"

If we could motivate our base to vote, some red states would turn purple in one election cycle. Seriously, one election cycle.

I agree, poor Mississippi. They're so used to being served crap on a plate and being told they have to like it, they don't know there's anything other than that anymore. At least this once they kept an even worse senator out of office. If I lived there, and I was able to, I'd have even held my nose and voted for Cochran in this one instance. Which is something I'd have never thought I'd say in my lifetime!

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With runoff over, Cochran says no to Voting Rights Act. [View all] RandySF Jun 2014 OP

I don't think his insane TP opponent edhopper Jun 2014 #1

Of course not. Thats not what matters. Here in Mississippi he owes black voters for his survival Rowdyboy Jun 2014 #3

Yeah, Giant Blowback to get Peeps to the Polls to vote this hypocritical Ingrate. Cha Jun 2014 #8

This is what good people get when they try to help folks understand. CTyankee Jun 2014 #2

??? Cheviteau Jun 2014 #14

don't know the guy at all. CTyankee Jun 2014 #24

was wondering what the quid pro quo was going to be... dhill926 Jun 2014 #4

The MS election was like choosing hanging or electrocution SoCalDem Jun 2014 #5

And it's that simple malaise Jun 2014 #9

Shocked, I say... 3catwoman3 Jun 2014 #6

Of course he does.. he's an ingrate. Cha Jun 2014 #7

Thatsa good thing donco Jun 2014 #10

Though it may have been easier to beat McDaniel and replace him with a Democrat Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #11

Yes the prospect that he might actually win is scary. But if we could have beat him totodeinhere Jun 2014 #15

I weighed the prospect of getting a Democrat but didnt think we had a chance Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #17

polls showed the teabagger would win against the Dem also, mississippi is more JI7 Jun 2014 #19

I agree and McDaniel was surely the upmost worse of any candidate. Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #21

Lets hope and work for the day when it doesn't have to come down to the lesser of totodeinhere Jun 2014 #25

perfect! ecstatic Jun 2014 #12

The devil you know. herding cats Jun 2014 #13

Well, I hope those African Americans who flocked to the polls in greater numbers to help him out calimary Jun 2014 #16

I hope they show up too. herding cats Jun 2014 #20

Right on cue. JaneyVee Jun 2014 #18

Regardless of what he chooses to do, all the liberals in Miss., LuvNewcastle Jun 2014 #22

I couldn't make myself vote in the Republican primary. As much as I detest McDaniel I could not ask Rowdyboy Jun 2014 #23