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SC Democrats Vote Alphabetically For An Unknown
TalkingSides.com ^ | 06/09/10 | CaroleL

Posted on 06/08/2010 10:07:19 PM PDT by CaroleL

Senator Jim DeMint (R-South Carolina) easily won his Republican primary on Tuesday and his Democratic opponent in November's general election will be someone virtually no one has ever heard of.

Competeing for the Democratic nomination were Vic Rawl and Alvin Greene. Mr. Rawl, a 64-year-old former judge and state legislator, had the backing of the local Democratic establishment, raised over $230,000 for his campaign and was so sure of a primary victory that he had a fundraising event scheduled for Thursday. Mr. Greene, a 32-year-old unemployed military veteran raised no money during the campaign and had no signs or website. Mr. Greene defeated Mr. Rawl by a 16 point margin.

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TOPICS: Government; Politics
KEYWORDS: alvingreene; jimdemint; senate; southcarolina

1 posted on 06/08/2010 10:07:19 PM PDT by CaroleL
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To: CaroleL

“Our Democrats are so bad that homeless veterans can beat them.”


2 posted on 06/08/2010 10:10:05 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Don't care if he was born in a manger on July 4th! A "Natural Born" citizen requires two US parents!)
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To: CaroleL

That is actually pretty funny, they don’t even care about thier own party.


3 posted on 06/08/2010 10:10:23 PM PDT by b cool
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To: b cool

They voted for the Green(e) Party!


4 posted on 06/08/2010 10:40:09 PM PDT by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LOL!

I wish Mr. Greene the best.


5 posted on 06/08/2010 10:43:05 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar (*)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I am just curious if they list the names by first or last name, if last then I need to get my dad to run as a Democrat then he could switch sides...

This could be fun.


6 posted on 06/08/2010 11:08:15 PM PDT by lowflyn (He'll crack before we do.)
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