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COLUMBIA, S.C. — The No. 3 Democrat in the U.S. House called on federal authorities Thursday to investigate how an unemployed South Carolina military veteran entered and won the state's Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

"Here is Alvin Greene, unemployed, he goes into the Democratic headquarters and pays $10,000. That's no little bit of money for an unemployed person," House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said. "This guy, who is he? Where did he come from?"

Greene, 32, stunned the Democratic Party establishment Tuesday night when he handily defeated Vic Rawl, a four-term state lawmaker and former judge, for the party's nomination. Rawl, who had campaigned little but already raised $186,000, was forced to scrap a fundraiser planned for Thursday night.

Greene has not reported any fundraising, run any ads, or put up signs or a website in his challenge of Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. He had been considered such a long shot that neither his opponent nor the media bothered to check his background, which includes a November arrest on a charge of felony obscenity.


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Greene, who says he left the military last August after 13 years in the Army and Air Force, has said he paid the $10,440 filing fee by saving up two years of his service pay. On Thursday, Clyburn said he's skeptical Greene paid the fee himself and demanded that federal authorities investigate where the money came from.

Clyburn said state law makes it illegal for candidates to let someone else pay their filing fee if their candidacy is intended to damage another candidate.

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Clyburn said state law makes it illegal for candidates to let someone else pay their filing fee if their candidacy is intended to damage another candidate.

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ORIGINAL: Brain

I think you are full of it and know full well this was a Republican dirty trick/plant and now you are trying to pass him off as some kind of ‘underdog’ - disgraceful tactics.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#37627925


In the election Republicans were allowed to vote for Democrats and vice versa. Obviously Republicans planned this dirty trick.

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

<sigh> It was a nice thought, while it lasted. Thanks for the link.

Yep. Next question. How did he get 100,000 votes, and beat the party guy 58-42??? (And if the South Carolina Republicans did it by cheating, let's put them in charge of getting our asses out of Afghanistan!)

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ORIGINAL: Owner59

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ORIGINAL: Brain

I think you are full of it and know full well this was a Republican dirty trick/plant and now you are trying to pass him off as some kind of ‘underdog’ - disgraceful tactics.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#37627925


In the election Republicans were allowed to vote for Democrats and vice versa. Obviously Republicans planned this dirty trick.

The fish I was smell`n was the OP.

But I`ll give rich the benefit of the doubt, we`ll say he was duped.

Dirty trickster or dupe.It`s either one or the other.

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ORIGINAL: Brain
In the election Republicans were allowed to vote for Democrats and vice versa. Obviously Republicans planned this dirty trick.

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ORIGINAL: Musicmystery
Interesting that you can't be a felon and run for President--but apparently you can be a felon and run for Congress.

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ORIGINAL: Owner59


But I`ll give rich the benefit of the doubt, we`ll say he was duped.

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ORIGINAL: FirmhandKY

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ORIGINAL: TheHeretic

<sigh> It was a nice thought, while it lasted. Thanks for the link.

Yep. Next question. How did he get 100,000 votes, and beat the party guy 58-42??? (And if the South Carolina Republicans did it by cheating, let's put them in charge of getting our asses out of Afghanistan!)

Does SC have open primaries?

Firm

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ORIGINAL: popeye1250

Oh boy, I heard an interview with this guy on the radio and he's a fucking Dope!
He can't string two sentences together. This may be a Republican "plant" although I don't know why they'd need to do such a thing in this state.