by Scott Creighton
The “I am Sam” lesson is lost on Alvin Greene… or maybe not?
While Alvin Greene is busy playing his mockumentary version of ”Lenny“ from Of Mice and Men, the Democratic Party establishment is doing everything they can to keep anyone from doubting the legitimacy of the South Carolina primary while it seems at least some republican media outlets are allowing time for those calling these DRE systems into question?
This is a recent CNN interview with Alvin “can I pet the rabbits George” Greene which devolves into some kind of bizarro world “Rain Man” skit from Saturday Night Live. Notice how the Democratic Nominee for the Senate in South Carolina cleverly utilizes the classic ”I know you are… but what am I?” tactic when confronted with the names of some S.C. dems who think he might be a little “disabled”. It’s so clever, in fact, Alvin gives himself a little chuckle afterward…
The most important thing for the establishment Neoliberal Party is to make sure that no one questions this years pro-business candidate hacks already written into the code of our upcoming elections. So the veal pen is busy Tru-Casting comments into any blog that just might question what happened in South Carolina and their spin-doctors are feeding talking points to their establishment scribes as fast as they can.
There’s been a lot of talk about what sort of trickery and skullduggery and inanity could’ve produced Alvin Greene’s win in South Carolina. But after reading all of it, I’m coming down on the side of Dave Weigel: Maybe the guy just, you know, won. Ersa Klein
One NBC affiliate in Charleston actually went so far as to lie to their viewers about the systems being used claiming they had a paper-trail when they didn’t. In fact, that is the reason Louisiana got rid of the very machines that Alvin Greene was elected with in South Carolina.
For now, suffice to say, WCBD was apparently hoodwinked by the SC Election Commission. There are no “paper trails” on SC’s e-voting machines, and there is no way for anyone to prove that a single vote cast on them was recorded as per the voter’s intent, as we’ve been trying to point out for years. Brad Blog
Surprisingly, Fox News is giving Vic Rawl and Rep. Clyburn some airtime to talk about the serious problems with the electronic voting machines. That might give you an indication as to who won the bidding wars with ES&S this time around.
But first, Democratic House Majority Whip Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) also appeared on Fox today where he said, “I believe there was hacking done into that computer.” He later added, that because SC used the type of voting machines that have been decertified by so many other states, “maybe somebody wanted machines that were easily hacked into.”
… JUDGE VIC RAWL: We are protesting the election based on what we consider to be software problems with the voting machines. Systemic issues involving the software of the voting machine. The only way you can prove that is by utilizing expert testimony on software, computer science obviously, statisticians dealing with historical statistical data and the votes, and, of course, political science people who are dealing with, again, historical voting patterns and demographics. Brad Blog
I think eventually they are going to trace this money, the $10,400 Greene used to file for his candidacy, back to the neoliberal side of the Democratic Party, the Rahm Emanuel/ Hillary Clinton types, but that is just a guess.
In the meantime I suppose we will just have to marvel at Alvin Greene’s terrible acting skills. The guy has a degree in political science and has been serving his country as an intelligence specialist for years. When it comes out, what this guy has been doing, I suppose the only people who should be insulted are… the military… the University of South Carolina (and all their graduates)… and of course all the black people in South Carolina who Alvin claims can “relate” to him.
My suggestion to Alvin, I mean aside from “run back to South Korea and take that cushy job they promised you in exchange for making an ass of yourself and South Carolina” (that would be my FIRST suggestion)… my other suggestion to him from one actor to the next would be… you never go full retard. Unless of course your mission statement is to go home “empty handed”. If that is the case, keep it up.
“everybody knows you never go full retard… don’t buy that? Ask Sean Penn. 2001? I am Sam? Went full retard, went home empty handed“
Filed under: Alvin Greene, democracy, Electronic Voting Scams, Hacking Democracy, Scott Creighton
I don’t understand why S. Carolina isn’t protesting this?
They can’t possibluy think Greene is for real….. and if he is.. do they want someone who can’t talk?
Where are the records from his college? Has he filed the legal forms yet?
How could he go from intelligent to Retard? Did he get shot in service and is now mentally incapable?
and his neighbor saying…. “He isn’t wraped tight”…….
where are the people of S C. ?
If you ask “who benefits,” I come up with two possible answers. One, the longer shot of the two, is that someone wanted to get the computer fraud issue into the the public eye before the next election. The other possible and more likely answer to the question is “Jim Demint.” Vic Rawl appears to be very qualified and could have unseated Demint, especially in the current anti-incumbent climate. Taking out Rawl will allow Demint to keep his seat.
exactly.. but that doesn’t mean the DeMint did it.
Who else benifits from having less populist democrats in the senate?
well, Blue dogs do… the New Dems do… Rahm Emanuel does… so do the corporate “centrist” Clintons.
They would all much rather have a corporatist neoliberal in the senate than a populist like Rawl.
just thought I would put that out there.
Agreed. Not just Demint, but any of his employers who benefit from making sure real change is not possible. I don’t know enough about him as to guess who specifically who that might be.
And you’re right, it could as easily be Rahm as the GOP. The winning financial interests are the same on both sides. The Dems could be sabotaging a winning candidate who wouldn’t be a good team player for the corporate party.
I would much prefer if your public subversion of a faulty system scenario were true Gstreet. Less likely as it may be, if vigilante type players are not at at work here then perhaps such persons might pick up on the idea. Systemic sabotage could be the viable alternative to an unviable expectation that politicos will make a voluntary change. I feel I should warn you though Gstreet. It’s very dangerous to suggest such things. Frankly, I’m shocked.