Here's some irony for you: Not only is Mississippi Republican Senator Thad Cochran openly courting African-American votes to fend off Chris McDaniel in tomorrow's GOP Senate primary — but the main group that is bankrolling the "poll-watching" effort against any possible members of Blacks For Cochran is headed by Ken "On Second Thought, Let's Just Save White Fetuses" Cuccinelli.
The Cootch! He has a life apres-McAuliffe!
Actually, we cats knew that. But we find it grimly amusing to see Cootchy's name associated with this latest voting Republican outrage in Mississippi. Why any person of color would step inside a voting booth, in any state in the country, and pull a lever or punch a card or swipe a screen for a Republican candidate is absolutely, totally beyond us.
And we're not only wondering if Cootchy would have bothered to represent Virginians of all complexions had he won our gubernatorial race last year. It's also kind of outrageous that the first election in Mississippi that counts since Governor Phil Bryant — a Cochran supporter, by the way — signed one of the worst pieces of anti-voting legislation possible is one in which Republicans are depending on a Hail Mary pass with blacks to pull out an unlikely win.
Attention, Democratic voters down in Mississippi: Don't bother with this Cochran fellow. Of course, we know that the 80,000-plus most likely Democratic voters in the Magnolia State can't vote tomorrow anyway, because they've already voted in the Democratic primary. But just in case, here's a handy reminder: Thad Cochran is no one's friend. For example, he doesn't want you to get healthcare. We cats HISS.
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