Geoff Pender

The Clarion-Ledger

Twitterdom has been abuzz over comments U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran made in a speech at Forrest General Hospital on Tuesday, about doing "indecent things with animals."

Cochran in his speech opening was telling of his family connections to the Pine Belt area, where as a child he would often visit his grandmother in the country. He joked about "doing all sorts of indecent things with animals" as a kid. The audience appeared to take it as intended -- a joke, apparently about harassing wildlife or livestock.

But opponents, particularly on social media, have been trying to make hay with it. Above is a clip of his speech intro.