Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Jen Kuznicki on the suicide in Mississippi of Mark Mayfield

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"The Republican Senatorial primary in Mississippi exhibited an over-the-top abuse of power, showing how the accumulation of one party political power corrupts the entire system.

Upon the death of Mark Mayfield, an attorney who had been arrested and charged with felony conspiracy for supposedly telling blogger Clayton Kelly how to access Rose Cochran’s room in a nursing home, I began to look into how that ridiculous incident had gotten so out-of-hand. During the primary, I watched as Bradley Dayspring, communications frat-boy of the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), made such a big deal about the arrest of the men that investigators had linked to the photo of Rose Cochran.

It is typical of the NRSC to hammer distracting details of supposed scandals of the opponents of their incumbency protection racket, rather than allow a debate between the establishment Senators they back, and any challengers. So, I treated the arrest of these so-called conspirators as a distraction during the campaign, and didn’t pay much attention to what the phony frat-boy was tweeting at the time.

The death of Mark Mayfield changed all that.

After reading the charges, the bonds issued, the claims by the lead investigator, and the resulting fall-out of the over-the-top political theater from the courtroom in front of a world press, I’ve come to the conclusion that a good, kind, decent man died needlessly, and several factors perhaps contributed to the depressive state in which he took his own life.

First of all, the basic story of the Rose Cochran “break in.”

Clayton Kelly, wishing to establish his blog during the heated Mississippi Senate race, wanted to get a photograph of Senator Thad Cochran’s wife, to prove that she was bedridden while the Senator was gallivanting around the nation and world with a woman who had, at times, been passed off as his wife, his assistant, Kay Webber. If Kelly was able to show that Mr. Cochran was not true to his wife, it could be used as political fodder, and the photo was briefly used in a youtube offering on Kelly’s website. It was taken down very quickly, supposedly when Kelly heard through channels that McDaniel abhorred it, and wanted it off the internet. When Kelly was arrested and charged with a felony, his bond was set at $200,000 by Judge Dale Danks, an appointee of the mayor, Mary Hawkins Butler, a close personal friend of Senator Thad Cochran.

Clayton Kelly held no real ties to the McDaniel campaign, and Senator McDaniel thoroughly denounced the actions of Kelly, repeatedly.

Days later, three other men were arrested in connection with the supposed crime, a high school gym teacher, a former radio show host, and attorney Mark Mayfield. All three were charged with felony conspiracy. The gym teacher, Richard Sager, was also charged with tampering of evidence, and his bond was set the highest of all four, at $500,000. Mayfield’s bond was set at $250,000, and though his attorney claimed it was too high, paid it so Mr. Mayfield could be released.  The bonds were set by Judge Dale Danks who, just to give you an idea of the corruption of politics this case reeks of, had earlier this year, set a bond of $50,000 for each of four counts of sexual battery and gratification of lust for a man who allegedly forced himself on a girl under 16. The former radio host, John Mary, was not arrested because of health problems.  A week later, both Kelly and Sager’s bond was reduced to $75,000 and $50,000 respectively, after the press had a field day with the outlandish news, that a group of “tea-party” McDaniel supporters committed felonies."...(continue reading) via Mark Levin twitter

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Comment: The Democrats have an actual, functioning political party. Republicans aren't a party, they're just the Bushes and the Barbours. The two families and their hangers-on pocket $1 billion every four years by running a pathetic presidential candidate. Neither the candidate nor the two families has any intention of beating the democrat. That was certainly the case with Bob Dole, McCain, and Romney. As to the second George Bush, he didn't win the popular vote in 2000, barely won in 2004, and was not part of the plan to begin with. His parents (truly vicious people) always thought Jeb would be their next family president. George surprised them when he jumped in.



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