Posted on 06/16/2010 9:38:28 PM PDT by Libloather
Watchdog Group Files Complaints Over South Carolina Primary
By BRIAN KNOWLTON
June 15, 2010, 5:43 pm
The unemployed South Carolina man whose surprise victory in last week’s Democratic primary race for a Senate seat has drawn intense scrutiny now faces another obstacle. A watchdog group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, on Tuesday filed formal complaints with federal and state election officials (pdf) asserting that he and three other candidates violated election law.
The group questioned (pdf) whether Alvin Michael Greene, an unknown who with little apparent funding beyond his unemployment checks had managed to pay a $10,440 filing fee, might have been “induced” by an unknown party to run. He defeated a much better-known opponent, Vic Rawl, and is slated to face Senator Jim DeMint, a Republican, in the fall.
“Paying candidates to run for office and concealing the sources of campaign funds undermines the integrity of the electoral process and threatens our democracy,” Melanie Sloan, the executive director of the watchdog group, said in a statement.
In a telephone interview, Ms. Sloan said that she had no evidence pointing to anyone having paid Mr. Greene to run for office. But, she added, it seemed highly curious that someone in the candidate’s financial position would have spent more than $10,000 to file, then failed to hire a staff, stage any campaign events or spend anything on campaigning.
“It doesn’t pass the smell test,” Ms. Sloan said. “He’s refused to provide any bank documents to reporters so that certainly increases suspicions.”
“He could easily have been the tool of somebody else,” she said.
She also said that while the Federal Election Commission is legally bound to examine the complaint, the South Carolina attorney general’s office apparently would not pursue it.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
Does this happen all the time?
Alvin ping.
That's evidence enough that Democrats cheated.
Sounds a lot like our current foreign born Poser-In-Chief.
“The watchdog group alleged that not only Mr. Greene but three other candidates in the Democratic primary — Gregory Anthony Brown, Benjamin Frasier Jr. and Brian Lamont Doyle – had violated federal election law and regulations by failing to file mandatory disclosure reports prior to the election.”
From what I’ve seen Alvin Greene is more qualified for public office than Barry. As I recall Barry’s only experience was dubious “community organizer” work and then working intimately with Domestic Terrorist Bill Ayers on a foundation prior to running for office. After Alvin is elected to Senate he should consider a White House run.
Not as much as a Judge giving Mexicans 6 votes each.
This whore can shove her complaint. Her RATS are stuck with Alvin.
Sounds like a new twist to a trick the dems have used in the past to get their guy in illegally. Just redo the vote, of course, in their favor.
Remember Al Frankin the dip from Minnesota. He no more won the election than I did.
It must scare the DNC machine to not know who's backing him (if anyone). He doesn't need anything from anyone - no PR people, no campaign manager, no stategists, no campaign workers, no bundlers or deep-pocketed contributors.
How do you OWN someone like that?
All four of these men are black. Perhaps the success of BHO has made black voters think “yes we can”. Southern dems don’t like this.
>>“Paying candidates to run for office and concealing the sources of campaign funds undermines the integrity of the electoral process and threatens our democracy,”
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>Not as much as a Judge giving Mexicans 6 votes each.
That judge is just ASKING to be shot... or to start CWII.
Hell, a “Magic 8-ball” is more qualified for public office than Barry.
Possibility.
I think Wateree Community Actions is spreading around some of its’ “Walking around money” they received from Obama’s stimulus.
What is Wateree Community Actions?
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Posted on February 24, 2010 1:15:37 AM EST by Jet Jaguar
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2458074/posts
“From what I’ve seen Alvin Greene is more qualified for public office than Barry. ...” ~ purplelobster
Exactly.
Ann Coulter: ALVIN GREENE: THE MOST QUALIFIED DEMOCRAT I’VE EVER SEEN
June 16, 2010
http://www.anncoulter.com/
[...]
“Obama senior adviser David Axelrod said Greene was not a “legitimate” candidate and called his victory “a mysterious deal.” (Yes, how could a young African-American man with strange origins, suspicious funding, shady associations, no experience, no qualifications, and no demonstrable work history come out of nowhere and win an election?)
They’re hopping mad, these liberals, but it’s not clear what their theory of the crime is. Before accusing Republicans of committing a dirty trick, apparently no one asked the question: “OK, but what was the trick?”
The key to Greene’s victory, you see, is that he got more votes. How do liberals imagine Republicans pulled that off? Mesmerize the Democrats into voting for an idiot? If Republicans could do that, John McCain would be president.”
[...]
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-june-14-2010/alvin-greene-wins-south-carolina-primary
Tweo words “Scott Ashjian”, the setup candidate Reid has put in place here in Nevada.
Two words!
hate the typo, not the man.
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