South Carolina Democrats Looking to Overturn an Election???

[Terry_P]

The guy may be dumber than a box of rocks but he still won and the elitist don't seem able to accept the will of the people.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...+-+Politics%29

A South Carolina lawmaker on Sunday suggested that new Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene may be intellectually incapable of participating in the general election race.

State Rep. Todd Rutherford told Fox News that he went to Greene's house to discuss with him how Greene succeeded last week in becoming the candidate to challenge Republican Sen. Jim DeMint in the November election, but he found it difficult to decipher an answer.

"About two questions into a conversation with him, it would become apparent that he is not probably fit to answer the questions befitting a Senate candidate," said Rutherford, a Democrat. "If he was put into this, then it is a joke that is funny to all the rest of us, but he doesn't get it -- because I don't know that his mental status is such that he can get it."

On Friday South Carolina authorities launched a formal investigation into Greene's unlikely win. The campaign of his vanquished opponent, Vic Rawl, said it too is looking into reports across the state from voters and poll workers who "experienced problems with voting for whom they intended."

A Rawl campaign spokesman said he believes that the outcome of Tuesday's election is "statistically impossible" and "South Carolinians would rather be 100 percent right than 90 percent uncertain." Greene won with about 60 percent of the vote.

Rutherford said he asked Greene whether his honorable but involuntary discharge from the U.S. Army last August was related to his mental state.

"When I asked him whether they had checked his mental health status, he seemed to suggest that doing so brought about racist implications and other things. He kind of ducked the issue," said Rutherford.

Rutherford added that based on his conversation with Greene about his military service he got the impression that Greene could have decided to spend the $10,400 needed to enter the South Carolina race, but "I doubt it very seriously."

As the questions mount over the selection of Greene, some have attributed it to the arbitrary alphabet since Greene's name appeared above Rawl's on the ballot. Rutherford said the Senate Democratic primary in South Carolina was low profile to begin with and probably "people just hit a button and had no idea who they were voting for."

But South Carolina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the House majority whip, said he could reach no conclusion except that Greene is a plant.

"I never said he was a Republican plant. I said he was someone's plant. ... I saw the patterns in this. I know a Democratic pattern, I know a Republican pattern and I saw in the Democratic primary elephant dung all over the place," he told CNN.

Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod said he also is trying to find an explanation for the improbable victory.

"The whole thing is odd. I don't really know how to explain it and I don't think anybody else does either," Axelrod said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Axelrod said he thinks the people of South Carolina deserve the best nominee on the ballot, although he supposes Greene would argue that since he won the election, he is the best candidate.

"How he won the primary is a big mystery though, and until you resolve that I don't think he can claim to be a strong, credible candidate," he said.

Rutherford said Greene certainly is not like other politicians.

"My conversation with him was not with someone who is all about politics, has an agenda, and wants his 15 minutes of fame. He would've been just fine sitting in his house, which he apparently did the entire campaign. I don't think he ever left his house," he said.

"It's scary because you don't want to suggest that somebody who does not have what everybody else has can't run for office, but it's also the fact that he won, so what do you do?” Rutherford asked.

[armedandsafe]

This is going to be fun to watch. However, I do have simpathy for Mr. Greene, for the ordeal he will be put through.

Pops

[ponycar17]

I looked for yard signs or any indication that the guy was running both locally and on the way to the beach this past weekend. I saw nothing. Of course, we had 69 voters that had signed the registration sheet at our precinct on voting day at 5 PM and ALL were Republicans. There wasn't a single Democrat signature on the log. One poll worker called a local radio station and said that she had ~460 voters and only ~40 were Democrats. 8 out of 10 of those were the typical and expected black Democrat voters as she indicated. This guy won because his name is Al(vin) Greene, and because he was at the top of the list. Seriously, "get out to vote" works when the Democrat organizers tell their voters to look for the "D". It doesn't work so well when all of them have "D" beside their name and it is the responsibility of the voter to do the research. This is a telling story of how damned (pardon the language) stupid these voters are.

[bcj1755]

"About two questions into a conversation with him, it would become apparent that he is not probably fit to answer the questions befitting a Senate candidate,"

So, it's the same with Obama, but he's still in the White House

[ponycar17]

Originally Posted by bcj1755

So, it's the same with Obama, but he's still in the White House

You'll feel stronger about that belief after this quote... He's dumber than Obama, or at least doesn't have a script writer and associated teleprompter.

Surprise South Carolina Democratic Senate Nominee Refuses to Step Aside

Alvin Greene, a relative unknown, shocked Democrats in the Palmetto State on Tuesday night by winning the chance to face Sen. Jim DeMint, a Republican, this fall, but the state Democratic Party has asked him to step down pending a felony charge against the candidate.

The surprise South Carolina Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate has turned down a request from the state party boss to step down.

Alvin Greene, a relative unknown, shocked Democrats in the Palmetto State on Tuesday night by winning the chance to face Sen. Jim DeMint, a Republican, this fall with a commanding victory over state lawmaker Vick Rawl in the Democratic primary.

South Carolina Democratic Party Chair Carol Fowler on Wednesday asked Greene to withdraw from the race for U.S. Senate because of recently revealed court records which show the 32-year-old unemployed veteran was arrested last November in Columbia, S.C., for allegedly showing obscene photos to a college student.

However, Greene told Fox News he has no intention of ending his campaign.

"The Democratic Party has chosen their nominee with over 60 percent, and we have to stand behind their choice," Greene said during a telephone interview from his home in Manning, S.C. "We need to be about the issues. We need to be pro-South Carolina, not anti-Greene."

Fowler pressed Greene in a statement released earlier Wednesday to get out of the race.

"Today, I spoke with Alvin Greene, the presumptive Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate, and asked him to withdraw from the race," Fowler said. "I did not do this lightly, as I believe strongly that the Democratic voters of this state have the right to select our nominee. But this new information about Mr. Greene would certainly have affected the decisions of many of those voters."

Other staffers at the state party are baffled at Greene's win.

"As far as we know he has done no campaigning," state party spokesperson Keiana Page said. "We have no idea how he won."

Greene told Fox News he has never run for public office before, has no staffers and ran the campaign entirely on his own.

Greene is also being shunned by national Democrats, telling Fox News that neither the Democratic National Committee nor the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee have contacted him in the wake of his big win.

National party officials didn't return calls Wednesday evening seeking comment for this story.

Court records indicate that last November, Greene allegedly showed graphic photos to a woman at the University of South Carolina and tried to follow her to her dorm room. He was charged with "disseminating, procuring or promoting obscenity."

When asked about the allegations, Greene said, "I have no comment on that other, that negative story ... I want this to be about the issues."

On the issues, Greene says his platform will be about employment. "I want to put South Carolina back to work, I know about being unemployed."

Greene also says he is a supporter of the Democrats' national health care agenda and the economic stimulus packages.

But as for how he would have voted on TARP, or the Troubled Asset Relief Program, Greene was undecided. "TARP? What's that?" he asked.

After a moment he added, "I'll have to look into that and get back to you."

Greene says he wants foreign policy to be a part of his candidacy -- as a specialist in the Army, he was stationed in Korea for a year.

"I think there should be one Korea under a democracy, done peacefully," he said.

Greene said that could best be accomplished by "diplomatic efforts."

"It would be good for the economy of the nation and South Carolina and our allies," he said.

When asked what he thought of the latest events surrounding Iran and the United Nations, Greene seemed to stumble.

"I think how we're going about, what we're doing is OK, I think ... Look, I have someone beeping on the other line, I have to move on ... I'm exhausted," he said.

Greene also said he was eager to square off with Sen. DeMint in a debate, preferably in September.

From http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010...es-step-aside/



The Democrats are absolute morons in this state and I suspect many others. This is hilarious!!!! It's not like ANYONE stood a chance against Jim Demint anyway but this is just funny!

[NRA_guy]

If he is dumb, what does that make those who voted for him?

[ponycar17]

Originally Posted by NRA_guy

If he is dumb, what does that make those who voted for him?

Absolute unadulterated freaking idiots...

[Carne Frio]

Is being " intellectually incapable " a disqualifier to becoming
a US senator ? There are a whole bunch like that now in office.
And most of the incapable dumbasses are in the same
political party. Looks like a publicity stunt, to me.

[199er]

The Democrats have the " Alvin Greene" problem and the Republicans have the State Senator Jake Knotts "raghead" brouhaha problem .......

So thanks to both political partys, it appears the State of SC is finally going to earn a 'number one ranking' on some sort of National List!!!!

Check out this link................"Raghead" T-shirts now available.


http://www.cafepress.com/fitsnews.454661016


Boy oh boy there must be something in the SC water!!!

[199er]

This says it ALL!!!!!!!

[Terry_P]

Senior White House Adviser David Axelrod said he also is trying to find an explanation for the improbable victory.

How about looking at your boss?

[bcj1755]

The Dopercrats don't seem to mind having a man in the White House who can't even string two words together without the use of a teleprompter and can't even produce a valid birth certificate, but they have a problem with Greene because he's supposedly not intelligent enough to hold elected office. And they're complaining about his past record. Um, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't they supposed to check this guy out BEFORE they allow him to run on the Democrat ticket? You know, see if he's able to hold office and run a background check?

It's like ponycar said, the Dumbocrats' favorite tactic of "getting out the vote," i.e., paying or threatening people to vote and busing them to the polling places and telling them to vote for anyone with a "D" beside their name backfired on them this time, and like the whiny, bratty little children (i.e., liberals) that they are, they can't accept the consequences of their actions

[obxned]

Why this sudden change in policy? Intelligence and sanity were never before been required of Democratic candidate.

[lentz]

Originally Posted by obxned

Why this sudden change in policy? Intelligence and sanity were never before been required of Democratic candidate.

There you go!!!! He is mentally capable as any other democrat.I see no diff.

[petesusn]

"When I asked him whether they had checked his mental health status, he seemed to suggest that doing so brought about racist implications and other things. He kind of ducked the issue," said Rutherford.

Isn't that what politicians do?

[artabr]

I had posted this on another forum a while back.
I have a strong dislike of Jon Stewart, but I've got to give him a thumbs up on this piece.
It's long but well worth watching, you'll get a kick out of it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/0..._n_612400.html

The comments on the Huffington Post site are also a hoot. The Dems were tripping all over themselves, trying to pin the action of their supporters on the Republicans.



Art

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