Meet Alvin Greene, South Carolina’s Democratic Candidate For Senate

[Ian David]

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Invisible Unemployed Mush Mouth & Accused Sex Offender Wins S.C. Senate Dem Primary

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The Free Times reminds us that South Carolina Republicans are notorious for running fake candidates. Maybe it’s what people do these days instead of wearing the white robes:

Greene’s curious candidacy raises the question that something else might be going on. Republican place markers in Palmetto State Democratic primaries are campaign legend.

In the early ‘90s, a Republican strategist was prosecuted and forced to pay a fine when he was found to have coaxed an unemployed black fisherman into running in a primary race to increase white turnout at the polls in a Lowcountry congressional race. The political operative paid the man’s filing fee.

More:
http://wonkette.com/415894/invisible-unemployed-mush-mouth-accused-sex-offender-wins-sc-senate-dem-primary

See also:

Clyburn Says Greene Was a "Plant," calls for investigation
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=333124&mesg_id=333124

This is Real Fishy (Alvin Greene)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=433&topic_id=332268&mesg_id=332268