June 14, 201016 yr I had been casually following this story mainly hearing snippets but I came across this interview. Long story short: unemployed guy with no political experience runs as a Dem and wins. Questions raised as to him being a plant by the Republicans. As you will see in this interview he certainly doesn't come across as anything other than a plant. Why would a state allow cross voting (ie Ds voting in R primaries and Rs voting in D primaries)?
June 14, 201016 yr Author BTW I know that more than a few can't stand KO but he's not the story here. He's simply asking the obvious questions that everyone has been asking.
June 14, 201016 yr I guess I am sort of confused. Did he win by the vote of the people who were registered to vote and then voted him in? If so whats the problem? Seems your complaint is with the State of South Carolina and the State allowing D's and R's to vote in the Primaries and not with this gentlemen!
June 14, 201016 yr I guess I am sort of confused. Did he win by the vote of the people who were registered to vote and then voted him in? If so whats the problem? Seems your complaint is with the State of South Carolina and the State allowing D's and R's to vote in the Primaries and not with this gentlemen! Some are saying that he is a republican plant. Now, I feel as though it doesn't matter if he is. As you say, the democratic electorate voted him in. In addition to being charged with showing porn to an underaged girl, he seems to have "come into" quick a bit of money very quickly.
June 14, 201016 yr The only way I know how to describe this situation: bizarre. Apparently the other candidate, and the one expected to win, was equally unknown to voters, which explains how this guy could win as voters make arbitrary instead of informed decisions. You have to wonder how he came up with the $10,000 to file. Even if legitimate you have to wonder why an unemployed person would spend that money when it appears they have no interest in any issue or have any coherent reason as to why they wanted to run. Just bizarre.
June 14, 201016 yr Off topic a little but is it that expense to file for office in every state? I would think that alone would preclude the average Joe from throwing his name in the hat.
June 14, 201016 yr Author I guess I am sort of confused. Did he win by the vote of the people who were registered to vote and then voted him in? If so whats the problem? Seems your complaint is with the State of South Carolina and the State allowing D's and R's to vote in the Primaries and not with this gentlemen! Mainly. It sets up games like this. Its the equivalent of Coach Krumps being allowed to lead a campaign to see who the starting pitcher for Holy Cross or Beechwood should be for the finals. Its disingenuous at best.
June 14, 201016 yr Author Plant or not, I feel bad for this guy. He's being used by someone... Exactly. He's coming across as a complete fool.
June 14, 201016 yr Plant or not, I feel bad for this guy. He's being used by someone... I agree but the Dems had how long to complain about him prior to election day and only after he won have they raised a concern. That to me, is stranger that anything noted on this thread about the gentlemen!
June 14, 201016 yr This is getting interesting. :lol: 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."
June 14, 201016 yr I agree but the Dems had how long to complain about him prior to election day and only after he won have they raised a concern. That to me, is stranger that anything noted on this thread about the gentlemen! Right, but then that's the problem with being allowed to vote in the other guy's primary- you can pick the weakest candidate to give your party a better shot. Just so many things wrong with this situation all the way around.
June 14, 201016 yr This is getting interesting. :lol: 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." This hasn't stopped people in South Carolina from holding public office before.....
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