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Cochran Bought Dem Votes?

Mike

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Evidence of vote buying & corruption still piling up in the Mississippi Senate Primary. Appears as though Tea Party will be the big winner here.
Boom! More Breaking: More Evidence of Illegal 'Cash for Vote' Operation by Cochran Campaign Piles Up
Got News | 7/7/14 | Charles C. Johnson


Cochran campaign staffer Amanda Shook was illegally reimbursed for over $40,000 cash in walking around money during the Republican primary, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings. The payments are described as "Reimbursed Expenses - Campaign Walkers." Regulation 11 CFR 116.5 expressly defines funds advanced by campaign staff for any reason other than travel or subsistence as a loan. It is illegal under FEC rules to loan money to a campaign in excess of the contribution limit of $2,600. "f your loan exceeds the limits, it is an illegal contribution, even if it is later repaid in full," notes the FEC website.

Shook was previously alleged to be one of the sources of street cash in an alleged vote-buying operation in a Gotnews.com report from the Reverend Stevie Fielder.

Shook is Director of Operations for the Thad Cochran campaign, where she works for campaign manager Kirk Sims, who was also mentioned by Fielder as someone he worked with on the Cochran campaign. Shook previously worked for Sims in the office of Governor Phil Bryant, where Sims was the governor's chief of staff and Shook was his scheduler. Sims is U.S. Senator Roger Wicker's son-in-law.

FEC reports list seven payments by Citizens for Cochran, the candidate's official campaign committee, to Shook totaling $52,625. The bulk of these payments describe the purpose of the disbursement as "Reimbursed Expenses - Campaign Walkers." It is unclear how 27 year-old Shook acquired such large sums of cash for the initial outlays. Requests for comment from Shook went unanswered at the time of this writing.
 

Steve

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there are illegal actions taken.. and those involved should be prosecuted..

but it is the unethical actions of the Cochran campaign and the party elite that bother me the most..

I can understand them supporting the incumbent.. but not at the cost of all integrity..

and that is why I support the TEA party.

some of the candidate may have failed miserably.. but our intent was to have a fair election.. and to challenge the status quo of DC politics.
 

hypocritexposer

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Steve said:
there are illegal actions taken.. and those involved should be prosecuted..

but it is the unethical actions of the Cochran campaign and the party elite that bother me the most..

I can understand them supporting the incumbent.. but not at the cost of all integrity..

and that is why I support the TEA party.

some of the candidate may have failed miserably.. but our intent was to have a fair election.. and to challenge the status quo of DC politics.

I guess that's what makes you an "extremist", in OT's opinion, Steve

OT sure seems to get all giddy like a school girl, when one of these corrupt establishment Repubs, or Dems wins, that's for sure
 

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