Those Democrats, we’re often told, are just plain smarter than Republicans. They’re more informed. More educated. And, apparently, more likely to nominate someone like Alvin Greene.
Greene won South Carolina’s Democrat Senate primary on Tuesday, but no one is quite sure how. A lot of candidates get labeled unknown outside their own states, but Greene is unknown inside his own state. That may explain why he won the primary.
In addition to being unknown, Greene is unemployed. He says he paid for his entire campaign with his own funds.
“It was 100 percent out of my pocket. I’m self-managed. It’s hard work, and just getting my message to supporters. I funded my campaign 100 percent out of my pocket and self-managed,” he added.
South Carolina Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler says blind luck may have propelled Greene to victory:
“[Greene may have] won because his name appeared first on the ballot, and voters unfamiliar with both candidates chose alphabetically.”
Unfortunately for Greene, he is not completely unknown in South Carolina. Police seem to know him pretty well. In November of 2009, he was charged with a felony for showing “adult” photos to a University of South Carolina student. A conviction could mean up to five years in prison and if he should he win in November, that would overlap rather neatly with his six-year senate term.
Greene may become the first Democrat to be convicted before going to Washington, DC, effectively reversing the typical Democrat career path.
UPDATE: We found his Alvin Greene’s inspiration.
Source: Gawker.com
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One more thing- Greene "won" in majority white counties by a wide margin as well, so stop making this about race. The question is: Was this primary legit?
Was it legit? Of course. Even is someone gave him the money to get on the ballot, that's not illegal. All politicians take money. As I told you in another comment, no one forced stupid voters to make a vote based upon a name, a (D) or simply because it was the first name on the ballot.
What an indictment of Democrat voters.
And therein lies the problem. It's assumed that Democrats, black voters in particular, ran to the polls in droves to vote for Greene. The fact is, he carried the western part of the state as well, which is primarily white. So it isn't about race. There's also report that in some precincts Greene received more votes than total votes. Not to mention the fact that there's some irregularities between absentee votes and election day votes. I guess time will tell what the real deal was.
'Let’s see – he’s black, he’s a democrat and may soon be a felon – hell yes, he’s qualified for congress'
Quit crying about black people, bigot. The fact is, NO ONE knew who this guy was, what he looked like, what his position on the issues were - NOTHING!! If you think that black voters were running to the polls to vote for a guy that they never seen, heard or knew nothing about, then you are an idiot. There's no way that this guy had $10,400 at his disposal, when he couldn't even afford an attorney and had a public defender assigned to him at his felony hearing. It's more than obvious that this was someone's way of screwing around with the election process, and use race to do it, which seems to be the norm in S. Carolina. And before you blame this on Democrats, please note that Republicans can vote for Democrats in S. Carolina primaries, and vice versa.
"If you think that black voters were running to the polls to vote for a guy that they never seen, heard or knew nothing about, then you are an idiot."
Really? Then why did 90+% of the black population vote for Obama given no experience and knowing nothing about him?
Oh, and you're right - all the Republicans rushed to vote for a guy that, as you said, "no on had ever seen, heard or knew nothing about" to ensure a Green victory? Are you kidding?
'Really? Then why did 90+% of the black population vote for Obama given no experience and knowing nothing about him?'
I hear this argument all the time, and it's BS. How much did we know about the last president? Or the one before that? Plus, these same people that whine about Obama getting 90+% of the black vote said nothing when Kerry, Gore and Clinton got 90+% of the black vote. Now if you want to discuss the fact that Democratic candidates recieve the majority of the black vote, that's something to talk about. But this time it benefitted a candidate that happens to be half black, so therefore it's a problem.
if it's all about being black, then how come Al Sharpton didn't do well when he ran for president? He couldn't even win S. Carolina. John Edwards won. But he's black. He should've won, right?
'Oh, and you’re right – all the Republicans rushed to vote for a guy that, as you said, “no one had ever seen, heard or knew nothing about” to ensure a Green victory? Are you kidding?'
I never said they did. But something doesn't smell right. A guy who can't afford to hire an attorney for his felony charge just happens to have $10,400 to enter a Senate race? You have to fill out a form that shows that you don't have the means to afford an attorney you know. So if he's lying about that, you can add another felony on his record. They asked the NAACP, Urban League, and other organizations, and no one knew this guy. None of his friends or family who supposedly helped him in his "campaign" have come out and said anything. And we're supposed to believe that this is legit? Also, it's funny how no one knew about his felony charge until after he won the primary. But somehow, black voters found out that he was black, so they ran to the polls to cast their votes for him.....please.
I don't know if the Republican Party is responsible for this, but they're the only ones that stand to benefit. Jim DeMint can stay home and not campaign until Halloween, and he'll still win by a landslide.
"I don’t know if the Republican Party is responsible for this, but they’re the only ones that stand to benefit. Jim DeMint can stay home and not campaign until Halloween, and he’ll still win by a landslide."
So there is no responsibility with the voters?
How can the Republican Party force 59% of democratic voters to vote for Alvin Greene? Either the Republican Party is freakingly brilliant or the democratic voters are absurdly stupid. I'll pick the latter.
59% of S. Carolina Democrats voted for Mr. Greene. He must be a good choice. After all, I'm told Democrats are much smarter than the rest of us.
Hey , we know more about him then our President, he might even show you his birth certificate.
Let's see - he's black, he's a democrat and may soon be a felon - hell yes, he's qualified for congress.
Hell, he just might move on up from Senator to President. The blacks will vote for him.
I am sorry but that statement is so assinine. You DO realize that the votes that TRULY put Obama on top came from white people right? "The Whites" voted for Obama en masse... but in reality it wasn't "The Whites" it was progressive, socialist, idiotic, liberal whites. There were many black (african american) people whom I know personally that DID NOT vote for Obama. Although assuredly a good number did do not ASSUME that because he is black ALL black people voted for him or were not able to see through the lies.
Amen, sister!
Nice generalization, Lester. That's like saying all whites would vote for prince Harry (Reid) or that Pelosi idiot.
Well-informed, intelligent folk of ANY color would never vote for someone like Greene. Or do you think there are no intelligent black people?
Uhm... South Carolina media failed the people. They were certainly asleep at the wheel. How embarrassing.
I've been working on this theory that America may have either the most under-educated or most gullible voters in the western world--well, maybe the world.
First, we are fooled by Republicans into thinking they are fiscal conservatives who are Constitutionalist. Then we get fooled by the Democrats that everything that we could ever want in life is free and that a clueless empty suit with zero experience can lead the free world.
I honestly believe we could do better if we skipped elections and simply selected names at random out telephone books.
BMF, I've been pushing the random name out of the phone book concept for decades. It couldn't possibly do any worse than what we have now, and it would be a lot cheaper. But nobody will listen.
This is clearly George Bush's fault!
http://www.mediaite.com/online/sc-pro-justice-senate-candidate-alvin-greene-on-his-campaign-style-can-i-end-this/
I think Joe Biden should take him under his wing because Greene needs a little polishing to achieve the "smooth and clean" standard. I bet he can teach him how to use a teleprompter, phrases like, "Stand up for Chuck", and the ever popular lesson on plagiarism! I mean, this guy Greene has potential - hope he gets some support.