In case you don't know, Alvin Greene is the South Carolina Democratic nominee for the Senate. Greene has about as much political credibility as a can of dog food, and he makes George W. Bush look like Abraham Lincoln.
I am not proud of Greene, nor am I happy that he's running for anything. The truth is that he simply doesn't appear to belong in politics or any position of responsibility. It's not that I have so much respect for politicians -- I generally don't trust them -- but I only had to watch one interviewwith Greene to know that he probably wasn't the one to put himself in the position that he is in right now.
Democratic Whip James Clyburn has called for an investigation into Greene's candidacy, and I agree with that assessment. The Democratic Party has recently upheld Greene's win, primarily because it can't find a way to prove any wrongdoing. I'd like to know how this unemployed veteran, who doesn't seem to know whether he was honorably discharged or whether he printed up thousands of flyers or just 100, came up with the $10,400 filing fee to enter the primary.
I am usually very happy when the underdog gets a chance to win, but I'm not supportive when I believe that Republicans might be playing games. The campaign was brought to the South Carolina Democratic Party Executive Committee byVic Rawl, who lost to Greene. The 61-member committee rejected Rawl's protest by a 5-to-1 margin.
Greene is facing a felony obscenity charge, and there are ongoing investigations into voting machine problems or anything else that might have led to Greene's surprise win, which occurred with almost no campaigning whatsoever.
Greene is set to face Jim DeMint in the final election. I sincerely hope the Democrats don't fold on this issue, which appears to be a serious violation of the civil rights of the people of South Carolina.
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Are you kidding me? Seriously? The PEOPLE who vote in PRIMARIES know who the heck they are voting for! Stop being SO ARROGANT! This is an OPEN primary, and trust me, REPUBLICANS New to vote for that man. There were more people voting in this election than in the general. Something is UP.
People who voted for obama, "because he's black" are NOT people who vote in primaries. Its very uppity of you to think black people would just vote like that, because I havent met a ONE in SC that has.
Check again. He got most of his votes from the white community. That's why given he's not well known but emerges with 60% of the vote without campaigning to anyone's knowledge-- that everyone is taking another look.
Why are some black people so dead set against Alvin Greene running for the U.S. senate? Do they prefer that the white man win? Is it because Mr. Greene do not fit the profile of the typical negro caricature of a white man? It is not that Black people have so much political power that they can be magnanimous. Why must there be a suspicion that a white bogey man is behind every successful aspiration that black people made ? If green lost then there won't be a complaint from them! see www.pyramidoftruth.com
Because unemployed people don't spend $10,000 of their money and NOT EVEN CAMPAIGN (he didnt campaign AT ALL) TO WIN an election. Thats why. simple, isn't it?
I don't think he has to justify his money or his desire to run for office. Its sad when a black man who seeks a new challenge that does not fit what uppidty blacks waqnt is questioned. Why can't he be an ambitous brother that God put a fire in to change America. Can we give another brother a chance. That crab mentality still exist and it is truly sad...
GREENE MUST BE SMARTER THAN PEOPLE THINK IF HE WON IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY , THEY RATHER HAVE WIFE CHEATERS AND SCANDELS THAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE BY JOINING THE MILITARY . IF THE US AND ALL COUNTRIES ON EARTH DONT STOP HONORING HUMANS INSTEAD OF GOD , WELL GET MY BOOK FROM EXLIBRIS.COM , IN 2008 I'M VOTING FOR THE TOTAL PACKAGE , THEN YOULL SEE AND KNOW.
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Does this look like another person? we have all seen sarah but she was more charming, it looks like someone is playing a joke , this is not a good thing to mess with politics. PEOPLE DESERVE MUCH BETTER. the goverment seems a little lax in allowing this to go forward without an investigation as to what mr. Greene really knows about politics
The man paid his (exorbitant) filing fee (deliberately intended to eliminate candidates from among the poor classes), won the primary, for whatever reason, quite possibly because almost none of the voters had name recognition on either candidate, and his name came first.
Winning that way would not have required him to campaign _at all_, so where is the issue if he didn't campaign detectably?
If the Democratic Party thinks it has been snookered, maybe it would have behooved it's operatives to investigate the primary candidates, publish any suspicions, and lend support to the Party's favorite, _before_ the election.
After the election, the horse has escaped the barn, and it is, even legally, too late to shut the door to keep it in.
The Democratic Party (says this flaming liberal) should shut its (collective) trap, take its lumps, to prevent appearing even more the public fools, and be more attentive in the election two years down the road, than they were in this one.
Compared to most members of Congress, for sale at the drop of a lobbyist's hat, even road kill would be an improvement, and Mr. Green is palpably breathing and talking coherently if not revealingly.
He's not likely to be the principal author who writes sweeping legislation that changes our society, but he's likely to vote in ways the demographic that includes him would appreciate.
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By: BillSchrier on 6/18/2010 1:40AM
"Dr." Watkins says he's not proud of Greene.
Well, it was fellow blacks who voted for him, for the same reason they voted for Obama ... he's black, that's all they needed to know.
If Greene can be thrown out, than why should those blacks who voted for him not have their votes thrown out forever?
Get your story straight.
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By: lisa on 6/18/2010 3:56PM
Are you kidding me? Seriously? The PEOPLE who vote in PRIMARIES know who the heck they are voting for!
Stop being SO ARROGANT! This is an OPEN primary, and trust me, REPUBLICANS New to vote for that man.
There were more people voting in this election than in the general. Something is UP.
People who voted for obama, "because he's black" are NOT people who vote in primaries. Its very uppity of you to think black people would just vote like that, because I havent met a ONE in SC that has.
Maybe you're the idiot. Just saying.
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By: Tricia on 6/19/2010 10:25AM
Check again. He got most of his votes from the white community. That's why given he's not well known but emerges with 60% of the vote without campaigning to anyone's knowledge-- that everyone is taking another look.
Greene needs to come clean.. before he goes dry on 'credibility.' Want to see us involved in the politics of this country.. but not like this--secretly/undercover?
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By: KHEPERKARE on 6/18/2010 9:15AM
Why are some black people so dead set against Alvin Greene running for the U.S. senate? Do they prefer that the white man win? Is it because Mr. Greene do not fit the profile of the typical negro caricature of a white man? It is not that Black people have so much political power that they can be magnanimous. Why must there be a suspicion that a white bogey man is behind every successful aspiration that black people made ? If green lost then there won't be a complaint from them!
see www.pyramidoftruth.com
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By: lisa on 6/18/2010 3:55PM
Because unemployed people don't spend $10,000 of their money and NOT EVEN CAMPAIGN (he didnt campaign AT ALL) TO WIN an election. Thats why. simple, isn't it?
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By: Skeewee on 6/19/2010 3:49AM
I don't think he has to justify his money or his desire to run for office. Its sad when a black man who seeks a new challenge that does not fit what uppidty blacks waqnt is questioned. Why can't he be an ambitous brother that God put a fire in to change America. Can we give another brother a chance.
That crab mentality still exist and it is truly sad...
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By: TERRY on 6/19/2010 12:40PM
GREENE MUST BE SMARTER THAN PEOPLE THINK IF HE WON IN A MYSTERIOUS WAY , THEY RATHER HAVE WIFE CHEATERS AND SCANDELS THAN HAVE SOMEONE WHO HAS PUT HIS LIFE ON THE LINE BY JOINING THE MILITARY . IF THE US AND ALL COUNTRIES ON EARTH DONT STOP HONORING HUMANS INSTEAD OF GOD , WELL GET MY BOOK FROM EXLIBRIS.COM , IN 2008 I'M VOTING FOR THE TOTAL PACKAGE , THEN YOULL SEE AND KNOW.
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By: pring on 6/25/2010 6:37PM
Does this look like another person? we have all seen sarah but she was more charming, it looks like someone is playing a joke , this is not a good thing to mess with politics. PEOPLE DESERVE MUCH BETTER. the goverment seems a little lax in allowing this to go forward without an investigation as to what mr. Greene really knows about politics
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By: Kent Paul Dolan on 7/18/2010 1:19PM
The man paid his (exorbitant) filing fee (deliberately intended to eliminate candidates from among the poor classes), won the primary, for whatever reason, quite possibly because almost none of the voters had name recognition on either candidate, and his name came first.
Winning that way would not have required him to campaign _at all_, so where is the issue if he didn't campaign detectably?
If the Democratic Party thinks it has been snookered, maybe it would have behooved it's operatives to investigate the primary candidates, publish any suspicions, and lend support to the Party's favorite, _before_ the election.
After the election, the horse has escaped the barn, and it is, even legally, too late to shut the door to keep it in.
The Democratic Party (says this flaming liberal) should shut its (collective) trap, take its lumps, to prevent appearing even more the public fools, and be more attentive in the election two years down the road, than they were in this one.
Compared to most members of Congress, for sale at the drop of a lobbyist's hat, even road kill would be an improvement, and Mr. Green is palpably breathing and talking coherently if not revealingly.
He's not likely to be the principal author who writes sweeping legislation that changes our society, but he's likely to vote in ways the demographic that includes him would appreciate.
Why isn't that enough?
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