Posted on 06/16/2010 2:50:01 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Last Tuesday, 32-year-old army veteran Alvin Greene surprised everyone by handily winning the Democratic Senate primary in South Carolina. Since then, the mystery only deepens on how he could have won 60% of the Dem votes.
Not only is Greene unemployed, living with his parents, and charged with showing obscene photos to a college co-ed, now we’re learning that he was a lousy soldier to boot.
Adrian Chen of Gawker reports that “Having held no previous political office, Greene’s most relevant professional experience is his 13-year stint as a supply and intelligence specialist in the Army and Air Force. In 2008, Greene was transferred from Korea and was stationed for six months with the Army’s 1st Infantry Division in the United States.” Gawker interviewed one of Greene’s 1st Infantry Division colleagues via e-mail. The soldier will be called X because he’s still serving in the Army and is not authorized to speak about Greene.
This is what X said about Alvin Greene, the Democratic Party’s Senate candidate for South Carolina:
“During the first couple of weeks of working with him, myself and most everyone else noticed that he wasn’t all there mentally. Whenever he was given a simple task such as filling a temporary hand receipt it would never get done, mainly because he didn’t know how to fill one out. And this is the most fundamental part of the job.”
“He also didn’t show much interest in being a soldier. For instance, he was asked to do maintenance on the M249. This system is a little more complex than the regular service rifle. When it came to Greene’s turn he was able to take the weapon apart but didn’t know where to start when it came to put it back together. He showed no interest in learning and would mumble under his breath about not wanting to do it. So after a couple of months of trying and not getting anywhere, people just made sure he was where he was supposed to be and in the correct uniform. He would just basically come to work and stare at the wall till it was time for lunch and then do the same till it was time to go home for the day. The platoon sergeant tried to get him to go see a doctor for help but he would never seek help.”
“What you see in his [Greene's] interviews is what we had to deal with. People have been saying he acts that way because he is nervous, but it’s not true. He has a difficult time communicating and really doesn’t enjoy people asking him personal questions. I noticed when he mumbles incoherently it means he is agitated.”
“But I think he is a smart person. I asked him why he didn’t go to Officers Candidate School since he has a bachelors degree [from the University of South Carolina] and he answered, ‘Why would I do that since that would require more work?’ After he said that I realized what he was doing. He was being very lazy and working the system to get by. Even though it’s obvious that he suffers from some kind of mental illness, I have worked with people that suffer from alcoholism to bipolarism and they would put more effort into what they did during their day to day life then he ever did.”
“Greene didn’t do anything during his personal time, and ate at the post dining facility religiously. The first time I saw his room all he had was a radio and a couple sets of clothes, which is not unusual for someone that just moved to a new post. But after 5 months all he had was just a radio and a couple sets of clothes still. Considering his lifestyle and coming back from Korea I believe he could have saved over $10,400, and spent it on putting himself on the ballot.”
“The only time he would talk to me was when I would ask him about his views on politics. He would open up and actually talk. He would talk about how the country is going in the wrong direction and how Obama needed to get elected to fix the country’s problems.”
And, lastly, X thinks Greene is running for Senate because:
“I guess he had nothing better to do. I don’t think he was put up to this. I think he just did it to do it.”
Way to go, Democrats of South Carolina! You sure chose a winner!
McCain was a terrible naval aviator too, but no one much cared when his daddy and granddaddy were admirals.
“But I think he is a smart person. I asked him why he didn’t go to Officers Candidate School since he has a bachelors degree [from the University of South Carolina] and he answered, ‘Why would I do that since that would require more work?’ After he said that I realized what he was doing. He was being very lazy and working the system to get by. Even though it’s obvious that he suffers from some kind of mental illness, I have worked with people that suffer from alcoholism to bipolarism and they would put more effort into what they did during their day to day life then he ever did
Pretty much a text book Democrat...What’s the Problem???
I find it incredibly interesting that the dims have resorted to contesting their own elections.
I almost wish Greene would defeat DeMint in the general election.
Can you imagine the eyes of the world being focused on Rep. Alvin Greene (Dem)?
He make Cynthia McKinney look professional.
The only reason he won was because he’s black and black voters will vote for anything, no matter how dumb, that shares their skin color. I think this has gotten worse since the election of Obama, actually (who obviously needed a lot of white guilt votes to get elected, too, since he had nothing substantive to offer to people of any race), because I think a lot of blacks may not be that happy with him and feel that they therefore have to be even more defensive and make sure they only “vote black.”
A sad state of affairs. But the Dems have spent every waking moment since the 1960s cultivating this racial obsession among blacks because they felt it would help the Dem party...and now it’s come back to bite them.
haha, we are dealing with a 1st lt like this except he is coherent. got fired from 2 jobs in Iraq, keep bouncing him arond to different positions until one was found that didn’t matter if he screwed it up. we are praying he never gets any command time. My guess his airforce “intelligence” stint didnt last very long.
Actually, that sounds perfectly reasonable to me!
Well, let’s be a little fair...that wasn’t a freakin summer camp he went to all those years.
democrats always pick losers.
Still spent more time in uniform than most of those flag-burning DemoKKKrat bedwetters who want to lynch his candidacy.
(said by ‘x’) ““I guess he had nothing better to do. I don’t think he was put up to this. I think he just did it to do it.” “
The AMERICAN DREAM.
That's pretty telling. Greene saw OCS as too much work, then ran for the Senate.
Dan Rather should investigate.
Has Greene proposed pouring Brawndo in the Gulf to clean up the oil spill?
stuffs got electrolytes maybe oil will crave it too
Maybe. There's also the fact that his name appeared in the RAT column. The voters obviously didnt know who this guy was but they sure knew what column he was in.
“‘Why would I do that since that would require more work?’
After he said that I realized what he was doing. He was being very lazy and working the system to get by.
Even though it’s obvious that he suffers from some kind of mental illness, I have worked with people that suffer from alcoholism to bipolarism and they would put more effort into what they did during their day to day life then he ever did.”
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