South Carolina and the new Democrat.

[GostHacked]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/09/surprise-south-carolina-democratic-senate-nominee-refuses-step-aside/

Interesting stuff.

An unknown, unemployed man who had done no campaigning yet still wins the Democratic election to face a Republican in the fall. Not sure, but I am a little wary of this election. How does a complete unknown win an election without campaigning?

And he looks like he is getting the cold shoulder from even the Democrats. You'd think they would be happy about a nobody winning the election, because that would show democracy works.

Dunno, this confuses me some. I'll be watching this for the next bit. Could be big.

[M.Dancer]

Dunno, this confuses me some. I'll be watching this for the next bit. Could be big.

I have heqard of this fellow who ran for school trustee and number of years ago on a lark. His last name by dint of aphabetical listing put him first on the ballot.

He won. He was surprised but not shocked. No one except a small percentage of parents with kids in the school system know who their trustee is....this may have been the case here. His name was 1st on the list or at least, above the party choice.

Calls for an investigation have been made suggesting that the unemployed nominee is a republican plant. Never the less, his upcoming felony trial might make that redundant.

[Michael Hardner]

the 32-year-old unemployed veteran was arrested last November in Columbia, S.C., for allegedly showing obscene photos to a college student.

That's a crime ?

[M.Dancer]

That's a crime ?

I think following her to her room didn't help...

[punked]

I already started this topic. He is a plant.

[Shady]

I already started this topic. He is a plant.

Why would he be a plant? It's not like Jim DeMint is any trouble in South Carolina.

Anyways. This is a complete train wreck. Here's an interview Greene did with Sheppard Smith on Fox News earlier today. It's more than painful to watch, but highly entertaining.

Video

[punked]

Why would he be a plant? It's not like Jim DeMint is any trouble in South Carolina.

Anyways. This is a complete train wreck. Here's an interview Greene did with Sheppard Smith on Fox News earlier today. It's more than painful to watch, but highly entertaining.

Video

There was more then one plant in SC there was three. I think we might see some voter fraud in this race yet.

You know what I have has some time to reflect on this. If he isn't a plant and is truly a man who wants to change the USA. Then I commend him. An unemployed veteran who lives with parents pinched his pennies and spent every dollar he earned to enter a state primary because he believes in government. I don't think he should win and I am still skeptical but I am happy their are people out there who believe in the system.

Edited June 10, 2010 by punked

[punked]

So today we find out that one of the SC candidates accused of being a plant IS A GOP OPERATIVE. So go on Shady explain.

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/06/clyburns_dem_challenger_denies_hes_a_plant_--_but.php?ref=fpb

[Shady]

This is a must see interview regarding Alvin Green on CNN today. Must see!

CNN

This guy is my favourite politician, ever!!!

[Shady]

Big news today!

Alvin Greene Primary Win Over Vic Rawl Upheld by Democratic Committee

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - The South Carolina Democratic Party's Executive Committee Thursday rejected a protest of the June 8 primary for U.S. Senate, in which Alvin Greene defeated Vic Rawl.

Link

Ladies and gentlemen, your Democrat candidate for senate from South Carolina, Alvin Greene!

[punked]

Crazy seriously almost as bad as Angle in NV, these people are not fit to be in the Senate. Get ready for an Indie to run in this one.

[Shady]

Crazy seriously almost as bad as Angle in NV

Nope. Angle can speak in complete sentences. She's also been in the state government. This dude is just weird.

[punked]

Nope. Angle can speak in complete sentences. She's also been in the state government. This dude is just weird.

We wouldn't know because she wont talk to the media for at least weeks according the head of the Republicans Senate campaign. At least Green will do that much.

[Argus]

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/06/09/surprise-south-carolina-democratic-senate-nominee-refuses-step-aside/

Interesting stuff.

An unknown, unemployed man who had done no campaigning yet still wins the Democratic election to face a Republican in the fall. Not sure, but I am a little wary of this election. How does a complete unknown win an election without campaigning?

By someone screwing with the voting machines. They're highly vulnerable to tampering.

I honestly see no other way. I mean, if it was a choice between an anonymous name and a child molester, maybe he'd get 60% for real, but I just don't see it happening any other way.

Annabelle Robertson, a columnist on local newspaper The Item, spent two hours with Mr Greene.

"He sways from foot-to-foot when you are talking with him. He wrings his hands. He repeats himself. He has key phrases he repeats over and over. He has trouble being too close to people."

He is not very articulate, she suggests.

"I was surprised he was in intel [uS Army intelligence]. He can barely string two sentences together."

Indeed, his sentences are often followed by "erms" and long pauses. Then again, he does have a degree in politics from the University of South Carolina.

And he is dismissive of Todd Rutherford, the South Carolina legislator who questioned his mental state.

"He is one of the knuckleheads," Mr Greene says, before descending into giggles.

[GostHacked]

By someone screwing with the voting machines. They're highly vulnerable to tampering.

Yes indeed, it's how Bush won re-election in 2004 .

[Shady]

By someone screwing with the voting machines.

Nope, it had nothing to do with voting machines. People voted for this guy because nobody knew of him, or the others on the ballot. He was the fist name on the list. This is a great example of why everyone shouldn't be voting. Only informed voters please!

[Shady]

Looks like the Dems have another interesting candidate!

Texas Democrats Grapple With Their Own Surprise Candidate

South Carolina's unexpected Democratic nominee for the US Senate, mystery man Alvin Greene, says he wants to play golf with Barack Obama. But in Texas, another surprise Democratic primary winner, congressional nominee Kesha Rogers, wants to impeach the President

Rogers, 33, told TIME she is a "full time political activist" in the Lyndon LaRouche Youth Movement, a recruiting arm of the LaRouche political organization that is active on many college campuses. The LYM espouses LaRouche opposition to free trade and "globalism" (the UN, the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund) and it also calls for a return to a humanist classical education, emphasizing the works of Plato and Leibnitz.

Time

[Remiel]

I do not understand what they mean by emphasizing Plato... Emphasizing what about him? He is a great read, and one of the most historically important philosophers, but I would hardly make him the basis of an entire education...

[Guest TrueMetis]

I do not understand what they mean by emphasizing Plato... Emphasizing what about him? He is a great read, and one of the most historically important philosophers, but I would hardly make him the basis of an entire education...

What are you talking about? Everything you need to now can be taught be someone who lived 2000 years ago.