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More "Questions" About "Mysterious" South Carolina Senate Candidate
New York Times ^ | 6/14/2010 | By BRIAN KNOWLTON

Posted on 06/14/2010 1:23:25 AM PDT by JohnHuang2

WASHINGTON — David Axelrod, President Obama’s senior adviser, has added his voice to those saying they smell something fishy in a Democratic primary in South Carolina that selected a jobless man who faces felony obscenity charges as the party’s nominee for the Senate.

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To: SUSSA
“Another case of the Democrat party screwing a black politician.”

Calling Al Sharpton... Rev Sharpton... You are wanted on the Black Courtesy Phone... Rev Al... Please.

21 posted on 06/14/2010 3:33:46 AM PDT by RedEyeJack
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To: JohnHuang2

I'd cross a hurricane swollen street for your vote


22 posted on 06/14/2010 3:36:23 AM PDT by catfish1957 (Hey algore...You'll have to pry the steering wheel of my 317 HP V8 truck from my cold dead hands)
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To: JohnHuang2

Axelrod: We know he’s phoney because we’ve already put one in office. We know how it’s done. We fooled the stupid American dimwits into electing a totally UNQUALIFIED street thug from Chicago, so we KNOW how it’s done, and what makes it even worse is he’s copying Obama,...he’s trying to be black!


23 posted on 06/14/2010 3:40:01 AM PDT by Doc Savage (SOBAMP!)
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To: LukeL

The primaries are open, and you have to declare which you are voting in when you go to vote. This was a huge primary for the republicans, and you can bet there were likely NO republicans voting on the Dem side that nobody cared about. What you normally see are big numbers of Dems voting in republican primaries (especially presidential), not the other way around.


24 posted on 06/14/2010 3:42:36 AM PDT by visualops (Proud Air Force Mom)
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To: JohnHuang2

It is truly amazing how alleged election fraud, when it suddenly hurts democrats, is now news to the NYT.


25 posted on 06/14/2010 3:42:36 AM PDT by norwaypinesavage (Galileo: In science, the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of one individual)
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To: JohnHuang2
So what is the big deal about a man charged with a felong winning a Democrat primary? Does anyone remember a man named Alcee Hastings? An African-American Federal judge in Florida who was impeached, conviced and removed from office for corruption and perjury by a Democrat Congress? In fact, he was impeached by a 413-3 vote.

He is now Congressman Hastings from Florida's 23rd Congressional District, serving his 9th term.

Greene has not been convicted, or even indicted at this point. Democrats need to remember something about innocent until proven guilty.

26 posted on 06/14/2010 3:48:50 AM PDT by BruceS
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To: F15Eagle

Whom did Jim Clyburn vote for?


27 posted on 06/14/2010 3:56:26 AM PDT by Hoodat (.For the weapons of our warfare are mighty in God for pulling down strongholds.)
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To: BruceS

The only reason it’s an issue for Greene is because he isn’t “one of them” and in a position of power with connections. Otherwise they’d be circling the wagons.

Look at the Kennedys with their drugging, drinking/driving and Barney Frank with the male prostitution ring. And Clinton with perjury. And Marion Barry. And... And... And... The Democratic establishment LOVES them.


28 posted on 06/14/2010 4:13:03 AM PDT by Nickname
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To: JohnHuang2

Imagine if Alvin Greene was the deciding vote to give the Dims a victory in some race in SC, he would be the most brilliant, articulate yet misunderstood man in America, and a war hero to boot, and any criticism of him would be purely based on his skin color.


29 posted on 06/14/2010 4:15:31 AM PDT by TruthBeforeAll (To liberals, if something is a complete and utter disaster, it's because there's not enough of it.)
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To: JohnHuang2
a jobless man who faces felony obscenity charges as the party’s nominee for the Senate.

What the hell is wrong with Axelrod? That description describes the typical RAT politician.

30 posted on 06/14/2010 4:34:36 AM PDT by upchuck (Don't let freedom slip away. After America, there is no place to go ~ Kitty Werthmann - Google her.)
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To: JohnHuang2

Sounds like a good ‘Rat to me.


31 posted on 06/14/2010 4:38:13 AM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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To: JohnHuang2; 2A Patriot; 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; 77Jimmy; A Strict Constructionist; ...
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32 posted on 06/14/2010 4:40:45 AM PDT by upchuck (Don't let freedom slip away. After America, there is no place to go ~ Kitty Werthmann - Google her.)
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To: JohnHuang2

Greene is a veteran, a black guy and the zit Axlerod doesn’t like him. Axelrod is a racist.


33 posted on 06/14/2010 4:58:37 AM PDT by sergeantdave
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To: JohnHuang2

Obama honcho David Axelrod questioned Greene’s legitimacy. Already there are demands to see his birth certificate.

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The double-standard here is breathtaking. You’re a kook if you want proof of Obama’s BC. But it’s OK to use it to disenfranchise voters.


34 posted on 06/14/2010 5:16:38 AM PDT by reaganbooster (The democrat party symbol should be the grim reaper instead of the donkey.)
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To: maddog55
A jobless man who faces felony obscenity charges as the party’s nominee for the Senate.

An idiot from Chicago and known socialist/Marxist was the party’s nominee for President.

I see a theme here with the Democrats.

You got it.

James Clyburn needs to investigate, all right. He needs to investigate why Democrats would vote for an unknown black, a jobless man accused of a felony, over a qualified white candidate. Rawl is a former circuit court judge, prosecutor and military officer, served in the General Assembly in the early 1970s and 80s, according to his biography on Charleston County's Web site.

Mr. Clyburn, how could your Democrat voters choose Green over Rawl?

35 posted on 06/14/2010 5:44:05 AM PDT by The_Media_never_lie
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To: LukeL

Open. But I can’t see there being a large Republican crossover into the Democratic primary for two reasons:

1. Demint is a solid favorite in November regardless of whether he runs against Rawl or Greene. There’s no significant advantage to be gained by putting Greene up there; in fact, Greene will run stronger among black voters and may raise black voter turnout even though he’s clearly a few bricks short of a full load. Democratic blacks will vote for a black candidate over a white candidate if all else is equal, period, full stop. That’s how Greene won.

2. With the hotly-contested Republican governor’s race (the whole Nikki Haley thing), I can’t imagine a lot of Republicans would ditch voting in that primary to cross over and cast a “tee-hee” vote for Greene.

Greene won because nobody knew who Rawl was, black voters are disproportionately active in SC primaries, and Greene is black. It ain’t rocket surgery. Clyburn and Axelrod and the political class are freaking out because the black voters in SC went off-script and didn’t vote for Rawl...which is ironic considering Axelrod was right there and saw the near-100% support that they had for Obama because he was “their” candidate. He thought they’d stay on the plantation and vote for who they were “supposed” to vote for. He was wrong.

}:-)4


36 posted on 06/14/2010 6:04:27 AM PDT by Moose4 (November 2, 2010--the day that "YES WE CAN" becomes "OH NO YOU DIN'T")
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To: JohnHuang2

I don’t know why they’re so baffled about “how he won.” He won because he’s black and blacks voted for him. That’s kinda how it works round here.


37 posted on 06/14/2010 6:18:53 AM PDT by A_perfect_lady (I can see November from my house.)
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To: A_perfect_lady
I don’t know why they’re so baffled about “how he won.” He won because he’s black and blacks voted for him.

Maybe so, but the question is: How did the voters know he was black?

If you can't answer that, you should be baffled too.

38 posted on 06/14/2010 6:26:34 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: Moose4
Greene won because nobody knew who Rawl was, black voters are disproportionately active in SC primaries, and Greene is black.

How do you think that voters knew that Greene is black? If he spent no money on his campaign, it seems unlikely that anyone had seen a picture of him, and if people did not know in advance that he was "a few bricks short of a full load", then it appears that he must not have been interviewed on TV or radio.

39 posted on 06/14/2010 6:41:14 AM PDT by wideminded
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To: JohnHuang2

These guys ought to take a look at New York if they want to know how a guy like this gets elected.


40 posted on 06/14/2010 8:02:12 AM PDT by Behind Liberal Lines
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