DEMOCRATIC SENATE CANDIDATE FOR SOUTH CAROLINA, ALVIN GREENE WANTS TO SELL ACTION FIGURES OF HIMSELF TO PUT PEOPLE BACK TO WORK.
Posted on 07/08/2010 4:56:19 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Unconventional U.S. Senate hopeful Alvin Greene has an idea about how to get South Carolinians back to work: start selling action figures of himself.
Greene, himself an unemployed 32-year-old veteran, won a surprise victory in South Carolina's Democratic primary June 8. He said Wednesday the toy line idea shows he's thinking outside the box about ways to combat the one of the nation's worst jobless rates, which was 11 percent in May.
"I've heard good things about it," said Greene, whose toy line idea was first reported in the British newspaper The Guardian. "People like it. It's creative, and we're serious about doing everything we can to get South Carolina and America back to work."
Greene, a political unknown with no fundraising or website, stunned the party establishment when he won 59 percent of the vote to defeat former state lawmaker Vic Rawl. He faces Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint, the heavy favorite in the fall who has $3.5 million to spend in his pursuit of a second term.
The day after Greene's victory, Democratic Party leaders called on him to withdraw from the race after The Associated Press reported he faces a felony obscenity charge. He is accused of showing obscene Internet photos to a University of South Carolina student in November.
Greene has declined to comment on the charge. He has not entered a plea or been indicted and insists he's staying in the race.
Green's victory has attracted other candidates to the race. Anti-nuclear activist Tom Clements has filed to represent the Green Party, and supporters started collecting signatures in an effort to get Charleston businesswoman Linda Ketner on the ballot, but she decided Monday she wouldn't enter the race.
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Good luck getting the toys made here.
Well, it will be more jobs than Obama has created.
I wonder how much money the Democratic Party is putting into his Senate Campaign.
I believe he’s running against Jim DeMint.
Alvin Greene seems like a decent fellow.
According to Wikipedia :
Greene graduated from the University of South Carolina in 2000 with a degree in political science, and is a United States military veteran who served in the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force before receiving an involuntary honorable discharge in 2009. He is currently unemployed and lives with and cares for his father in Manning.
Well, at least her served his country. That’s more than I can say for lots of treasonous Dems out there...
OK, so who would buy the thing? Guess he will produce just enought for his family and extended family.
RE: OK, so who would buy the thing? Guess he will produce just enought for his family and extended family.
LOL. This man thinks he’s a superstar like Lebron James or something.
But here’s where he stands on the issues ( from Wikipedia ) :
Greene describes himself as a moderate Democrat.
His campaign slogan is “Let’s get South Carolina back to work.”
Greene favors measures to lower the price of gas and supports offshore drilling.
He supports a united Korea under a democratic system of government.
He would let the Bush tax cuts expire and supports reform of the financial industry.
Greene supports job creation and would increase highway construction projects and pursue alternative energy sources.
He has also called for better school facilities and pay raises for teachers.
When asked about free trade, Greene said that he has to look into the issue further before taking a position.
On the subject of firearms, Greene said he supports the Constitution.
Greene favors winding down the wars in the Middle East and “using that money for domestic programs, such as job creation, education, and Social Security.
BACKGROUND
Greene was born in Florence, South Carolina. His father, James Greene, is a retired teacher from the Clemson Extension program and was a barber and a nightclub owner. He was a prominent member of the community “who wanted blacks to play a bigger role in politics and entertainment” and “an outspoken activist for Democratic politics.”
Greene graduated from Manning High School in 1995 and received a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of South Carolina in 2000.
He served as an intelligence specialist and a unit supply specialist in the U.S. Army and has also served in the U.S. Air Force and the Army National Guard.
He received the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Air Force Good Conduct Medal, the Korea Defense Service Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal.
Greene received an honorable but involuntary discharge from the Army in 2009 after a 13 year career and has been unemployed since
In so many strange, strange and interesting ways Mr. Greene is acting as a kind of comic/pathetic prism through which we can see Obama.
I need to develop this further.
I just hope I can get to it before Ann Coulter does.
ROFL: the rest of your post was just information overload, not a need to know. ROFL
“People like it...”
Hey I LOVE it! Go Alvin show us the great ideas Democrats have to get us out of Obama’s recession.
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