Clyburn wants feds to probe SC Senate candidate (Alvin Greene)

AP ^ | Meg Kinnard

[conimbricenses]

The No. 3 Democrat in the U.S. House called on federal authorities Thursday to investigate how an unemployed South Carolina military veteran won the state's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

"Here is Alvin Greene, unemployed, he goes into the Democratic headquarters and pays $10,000. That's no little bit of money for an unemployed person," House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said. "This guy, who is he? Where did he come from?"

[conimbricenses]

Aside from illustrating just how dumb Democrat voters are, this whole Alvin Greene episode is pretty illustrative of what the Democrat leadership really thinks about their constituents, and it ain't pretty.

Think about it for a second. Alvin Greene is the PERFECT embodiment of the Democrats' rank and file membership - a literal walking, talking personification of an ideal Obama voter. Here's what we know about him:

- He's unemployed
- He's been collecting unemployment checks after being out of work for 9 months
- He lives in his parents' basement
- He's facing felony sex charges.
- He's not very well educated or knowledgeable about any of the issues, but has feel-good policy prescriptions like "lower gas prices" and "unite Korea" as if he can do that by just snapping his fingers.
- He's into meaningless feel-good slogans like "hope" and "change," and has his own version: "Getting South Carolina back to work"
- He's a low income black Democrat voter, probably voted for Obama for no other reason than his skin color, and probably chose to run as a Democrat for no other reason than his skin color.

Everything about this guy just screams out that he is the PERFECT Democrat voter. And Clyburn, the MSM, et al view him with nothing but sneering contempt for it.

[Grunthor]

- He’s unemployed
- He’s been collecting unemployment checks after being out of work for 9 months
- He lives in his parents’ basement
- He’s facing felony sex charges.
- He’s not very well educated or knowledgeable about any of the issues, but has feel-good policy prescriptions like “lower gas prices” and “unite Korea” as if he can do that by just snapping his fingers.
- He’s into meaningless feel-good slogans like “hope” and “change,” and has his own version: “Getting South Carolina back to work”
- He’s a low income black Democrat voter, probably voted for Obama for no other reason than his skin color, and probably chose to run as a Democrat for no other reason than his skin color.

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Wow. I wonder what his DU handle is.

[Jean S]

Ah, heard a snippet on the radio about this. Didn’t the DNC ask him to recuse himself from the race and he refused?

[conimbricenses]

I should also add that his main reason for running for office is apparently the fact that he’s unemployed and being a senator means he’ll have a job.

[moovova]

Clyburn is worried that Greene might outshine him. Gotta eliminate the competition.

[Ann Archy]

He IS the PERFECT DEMOCRAT!!!! There was probably VOTER FRAUD also to put the icing on the cake!

[conimbricenses]

It shows that Ol’ Gap Tooth only likes the black vote as long as they stay on the plantation. When one of them gets “uppity” though and decides to run for office himself, Clyburn unleashes the hounds.

[Ingtar]

Funny, isn’t it? They keep telling us that after the election is too late to look into Obama’s missing history. How is this much different?

[conimbricenses]

Yep...and he apparently showed up to pay his filing fee with a jar full of cash (William Jefferson, anyone?).

EVERYTHING about this guy says he is the perfect Democrat. Far from a GOP conspiracy, I'd say the SC Dems simply picked the candidate that most closely represents themselves.

[conimbricenses]

How is this much different?

I'm betting Greene would be willing to show his birth certificate if asked =)

[evets]

From this article:
The Manning-churian Candidate
...asked the name of one of the cats that was playing around his feet, Greene looked down at it.
“Uh…” he said and paused. “Purry,” he said finally to the laughter of his friends and family around him, as if he’d just made it up.
“Yeah, no, Purr,” he said. “Or Purr. Purr. Purr. The cat’s name is Purr.”

... not much

[Ann Archy]

Amen....Greene is the PERFECT DEMOCRAT!!!!!

[The Brush]

It sounds as though the Democratic Party has become a racist organization.
They want Greene out because he’s black!

[jimbo123]

Is Clyburn going to ask to see his birth certificate, too?

[evets]

Another quote:

An elderly neighbor beckoned for a reporter to come back behind his truck. He was shaking his head.
“He ain’t wrapped tight,” the man said gesturing toward Greene’s house.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Damn! This is totally bizarre!

[shalom aleichem]

Gonna give the Brother up....

[lovesdogs]

I agree.

And this is too rich. “You oughta not be allowed to subvert the electoral process in this country,” Clyburn said.... Paging Sestack. And the kicker: “I just think this is a ploy by someone to dishonor and embarrass the Democratic Party.” Holy smokes like anyone outside the party needs to do it for them. When your enemy is furiously digging a hole, all you need to do is stay out of the way of flying dirt.

[Drango]

Then when he filled out the form in the criminal porn case, disclosed his assets and got a public defender, he lied about his finances. If he had $10K in the bank, he wouldn’t have gotten a PD.

More popcorn please.

[StormEye]

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