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Greene's Unlikely Political Rise Likely to End Tuesday
FoxNews ^ | October 31, 2010 | Stephen Clark

Posted on 10/31/2010 4:30:23 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

Alvin Greene's quixotic rise to fame will likely come to an end Tuesday. He is expected to lose the South Carolina Senate race to Republican Sen. Jim DeMint, and that has Greene, who surprised the political world in June by capturing the Democratic nomination, lamenting on a few what-ifs.

Greene considers what could have happened if he’d only gone negative on DeMint earlier, explaining to South Carolinians that DeMint started the recession. Then, he might have gotten his message across better. Or perhaps things would have picked up if he’d been a better messenger.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: alvingreene; jimdemint
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

I like to watch TV.


I like to watch porno.


2 posted on 10/31/2010 4:47:21 AM PDT by billorites (freepo ergo sum)
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To: billorites

Is there any question as to what his answer was to “What time is it?”


3 posted on 10/31/2010 4:49:22 AM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the world safe for Marxism)
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To: billorites

At least Chance could do something productive.


4 posted on 10/31/2010 4:52:03 AM PDT by don-o ("At this point, Islam is just surging into a vacuum" - Mrs Don-o)
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To: billorites

Great movie, btw. “Being There” Peter Sellers last film.


5 posted on 10/31/2010 4:53:20 AM PDT by don-o ("At this point, Islam is just surging into a vacuum" - Mrs Don-o)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
I want one of those action hero dolls, that when you pull the string says "DeMint started the recession."

No, seriously. I want one.
6 posted on 10/31/2010 4:54:16 AM PDT by ZX12R (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt3W6X8971o

This guy would have been a better candidate.


7 posted on 10/31/2010 4:56:14 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

You know what I wish Jim DeMint would do on Tuesday night in his victory speech?

I want him to extend an olive branch, along with some dignity, to Mr. Greene. In the form of a job. I want Senator DeMint to say something like, “It’s important that not just our nation unites, but our state as well. As a Senator, I need to hear all voices and all perspectives. My office will be extending an offer of employment in the next 72 hours to Mr. Greene, who is a veteran of our armed forces. I am hopeful that he will be available to accept it.”

Is the guy a screwball? Yes. Was it military related? From what I’ve read, perhaps. DeMint could find a job for him in one of his local offices, and erase the ridicule of this veteran.


8 posted on 10/31/2010 5:07:48 AM PDT by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

Remember Greene when I was in the Army, a long time ago. Almost 100% that’s him. Not sure exactly where, as it all kind of blurs. Think he might have been in Supply. His bio isn’t exactly clear/incomplete. He was a strange one for sure, which is probably why I remember him at all. Sure
wish his DD-214 was published.


9 posted on 10/31/2010 5:08:41 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
[Air Force] records [of Greene's performance evaluation] cited mistakes as serious as uploading sensitive information improperly, and as basic as an overall inability to clearly express his thoughts and perform basic tasks.

The world's greatest deliberative body is thus deprived of its next Ted Kennedy, the new lion of the Senate, our hope and our happiness forsaken. The Republic is shaken and rocked to its core by the thankless voters of South Carolina. The voters of my state were never so discriminating that they would refuse a man his place in the Senate just because he was a blithering idiot, a disgrace, a drunk, a killer. No, we are far more indulgent than the good people of South Carolina.

Caligula appointed his favorite horse, Incitus (which Robert Graves translates as Latin slang for "sexually aroused") to the Senate. See how much wiser he was than the People of Massachusetts, at least he sent the entire horse. How can the People of the Great and Sovereign State of South Carolina fail in their duty to carry on this storied tradition?

10 posted on 10/31/2010 5:10:23 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (If not Boston, then Texas. Go Rangers!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

If only the DNC had pumped 40-50 million dollars into his campaign, he might’ve had a chance.


11 posted on 10/31/2010 5:15:49 AM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Democrats- Forgetting 9/11 since 9/12/01)
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To: Daisyjane69

He’s a pre-felon.


12 posted on 10/31/2010 5:17:54 AM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion......the Human Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: MuttTheHoople
If only the DNC had pumped 40-50 million dollars into his campaign, he might’ve had a chance.

That's so true (sniffle).

Greene was born to be a US senator.
An oversexed Democrat? Check
Military background? Check.
A proven winner? Check.
Issue-oriented? Check.
Charismatic? Check
Mesmerizing campaigner? Check
Felon/pervert? Check.
Can't find birth certificate? Check.
Image lends itself to political art? Check.
Knows how to spell "youse all be friggin racists"? Check
Loves Chicago? Check.


13 posted on 10/31/2010 5:19:47 AM PDT by Liz (Nov 2 will be one more stitch in Obama's political shroud.)
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To: Daisyjane69
DeMint could find a job for him in one of his local offices, and erase the ridicule of this veteran.

What would he possibly be qualified to do, other than clean toilets? Hiring a liberal democrat for anything would be bad enough. But hiring a liberal idiot with the IQ of a teletubby?
14 posted on 10/31/2010 5:20:45 AM PDT by ZX12R (IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
In all honesty, I've got to say that I feel bad for the Greene.
15 posted on 10/31/2010 5:28:30 AM PDT by Red Dog #1
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

And just think... 30% of North Carolinians are actually going to vote for this dolt.


16 posted on 10/31/2010 5:32:30 AM PDT by The Citizen Soldier (The Obottoman empire is falling...)
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To: C210N
Is there any question as to what his answer was to “What time is it?”

It'll be, "Jim DeMint caused the recession."

17 posted on 10/31/2010 5:40:57 AM PDT by ScottinVA (The West needs to act NOW to aggressively treat its metastasizing islaminoma!)
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To: Daisyjane69
I like your idea of offering him a job. Greene isn't bright; everyone can agree on that, but he's not evil either. DeMint would get a lot more mileage extending an olive branch to Greene than to many other Dems.
18 posted on 10/31/2010 5:45:12 AM PDT by Shannon
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To: don-o
Great movie, btw. “Being There” Peter Sellers last film.

Saw it again recently, doesn't hold up, for me. Most of the movie was spent with me thinking, "Yeah, I get it, I get it."

Sellers's last movie was "The Fiendish Plot of Fu Manchu."

19 posted on 10/31/2010 5:48:39 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist, conservative Bostonian)
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To: billorites

I’ve been plenty critical of her, but it’s darkly comic to see the difference between the media’s treatment of Greene and their treatment of Christine O’Donnell.


20 posted on 10/31/2010 5:51:10 AM PDT by Darkwolf377 (Pro-Life atheist, conservative Bostonian)
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