S.C. politics are just flat weird. GOP politics stink like a convention of skunks.
How could an unemployed ex-marine (alleged) raise the $10,400 filing fee to run for the S.C. democratic Senate seat? Alvin Greene didn't campaign but claims he "criss-crossed the state during his campaign—though he declined to specify any of the towns or places he visited or say how much money he spent while on the road."
"It wasn’t much, I mean, just, it was—it wasn’t much. Not much, I mean, it wasn’t much," he said, when asked how much of his own money he spent in the primary. Greene frequently spoke in rapid-fire, fragmentary sentences, repeating certain phrases or interrupting himself multiple times during the same sentence while he searched for the right words
He didn’t show up at the "South Carolina Democratic Party convention in April and didn't file any of the required paperwork for candidates with the state or Federal Election Commission."
James Clyborn (D-SC) House Majority Whip, called for an investigation into the circumstances that led to Alvin Greene winning the Democratic Senate primary.
"There were some real shenanigans going on in the South Carolina primary," Clyburn said during an appearance on the liberal Bill Press radio show. "I don't know if he was a Republican plant; he was someone's plant."
Greene certainly talks like a Republican and he may even act like one. He's facing a felony charge for allegedly showing obscene photos to a University of South Carolina student.
Welcome to Carolinagate.
There is no doubt in my mind that this is a right wing, dirty tricks election year scam. The GOP has been election tampering for years ... starting with Bush's rigged presidential election (Florida, 2000), the GonzoGate affair, and the practice known as 'caging.'
ReplyDeleteIf the DoJ and FBI get their act together in time, this can turn into another election scandal ... that can turn against the GOP.
Ah yes. 'Dirty Tricks' From Wikipedia a blurb on the master. Remember CRP is pronounced CREEP.
ReplyDeleteThe Nixon Committee to Re-elect the President (CRP), a private non-governmental campaign entity, used funds from its coffers to pay for, and later cover up, "dirty tricks" performed against opponents by Richard Nixon's employee, Donald Segretti. Segretti famously coined the term 'ratf--king' [1] for recruiting conservative members to infiltrate opposition groups to undermine the effectiveness of such opposition...
The Red-baiting Nixon used sleazy tactics from the very beginning of his political career when he smeared Congressman Jerry Vorhis in 1946 and Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas in 1950. Douglas actually gave Nixon the nickname which would accompany him his entire life. "Tricky Dick".
Dirty Tricks are what Republicans are all about.
Period.
There's just too much about this that doesn't stink to high heaven. This guy is obviously deficient and couldn't run for the head of a neighborhood association.
ReplyDeleteI was thinking about this after I saw the interview with KO tonight. Is this guy a plant to make it look like the dems have their ver yown Sarah Palin? I don't know that answer, but something smells about this race and smells really bad. He could afford 10k to get into this race but had to get a public defender.
ReplyDeleteThat KO interview was a work of art. Usually politicians love to get in front of the camera, especially with a national audience, but this fellow seemed anxious and determined to say as little as possible. When's the last time you heard someone running for office respond to questions with a bunch of one-word answers or single, clipped sentences? And did the Democrats who voted for him in the primary just flip a coin without even knowing who he was?
ReplyDeleteSince Jim DeMint is supposedly a shoe-in to win this election, some folks are wondering why the SC-GOP would want to ensure he's running against the weakest possible Democratic candidate to begin with.
ReplyDeleteWondering what skeletons are in his closet that have them so scared they'd take this drastic step? Yeah, me too. If only our media were so inclined to ask such questions.
SoBe, during the 1972 Presidential election, all odds favored Richard Nixon over George McGovern by a landslide. One of the great ironies of that election cycle: There was NO REASON for Watergate.
ReplyDeleteAmazing what hubris and paranoia can accomplish! Its in the Republican DNA.
My maternal grandmother didn't mince words or tolerate fools, I 'm pretty certain that her observation regarding Alvin Greene woulf be, "That boy ain't right in the head; he's a bit touched."
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