First of all, Alvin Greene is an absolutely perfect name to have for this kind of thing. It sounds similar to soul singer Al Greene, it's first on the list due to the alphabet, it sounds black in a state where a lot of Democratic would be black. Now, I don't know whether this kind of thing happens often: people enlisting in the primary and then not campaigning(maybe they reconsidered after paying), or even more than two or three people enlisting for a primary in general. I thought it didn't, though I'm not sure about that. In any case, then it would be quite an unusual step to take for that man, quite clever too, recognizing his name's potential and enlisting, knowing that with so few people signing up for this he'd have a shot. Alvin Greene didn't appear all that clever to me, and 10400$ is a lot of money, so someone had to have told him to go through with this, otherwise it doesn't make any sense.

TriniMasta

United States1323 Posts

June 20 2010 00:51 GMT

#202

LoL world government fail

tissue

Malaysia441 Posts

June 23 2010 06:14 GMT

#203

Don't get why anyone thinks this guy even has a future as a great politician. Do you think he could resist power, money or sex better than a career politician? At least you know the professional politician won't run his constituency into the ground in one go because he has to get reelected enough times to buy his mansion.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

June 23 2010 07:02 GMT

#204

I've still yet to hear this guy on anything besides defending himself from medias onslaught of irrelevent questions about him, his life and how he got into office.
If the guy sounds this bad about regular shit, ask him some real questions and see how he responds to those..

Luddite

United States2315 Posts

June 23 2010 07:14 GMT

#205

Actually this makes more sense now that I've thought it about it some more. I mean, there's basically just two strange things going on here:

1)Unemployed guy with no money spends 10k on the registration fee
2)He wins despite basically doing no campaigning at all

I can definitely believe 1. I mean, it's a terribly stupid thing to do, but I see so many people with no money going into debt to buy expensive stupid stuff. It's not so unlikely that this guy decided to do this on a whim.

I can believe 2 also. He has a great politician name, and his opponent also did very little campaigning (probably thought he was running unopposed lol). Throw in the stupidity of the average voter and voila.

So basically, both events are believable although unlikely on their own, so it's not impossible for them both to happen together. If it's not impossible, it's going to happen eventually.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

June 23 2010 07:24 GMT

#206

On June 19 2010 10:34 Motiva wrote:

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Really? Seems a bit harsh ^^

<3 Moltke

great video

Mindcrime

United States6899 Posts

June 23 2010 07:56 GMT

#207

On June 23 2010 16:24 CharlieMurphy wrote:

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great video

except that his interpretation of left/right politics is in conflict with both the contemporary usage and the original usage

starfries

Canada3508 Posts

June 23 2010 15:30 GMT

#208

He has a much better name. Alvin Greene sounds like a politician's name, while Vic Rawl sounds like a shady salesman.

Zoltan

United States656 Posts

June 23 2010 15:43 GMT

#209

The best part about this whoel fiasco is that he didnt cheat to get elected. he just got fucking voted in. Noone even knows who he is, and they all voted for him. South Carolinians are the only ones to blame here, the ones who voted for him. The only way that state can get out of this is if he cheated to pay for the name on the ballot (had somone else pay it).

I am laughing really hard at South Carolina right now.

GoShox

United States1845 Posts

July 19 2010 04:21 GMT

#210

Bump! He gave his first official speech today at a junior high school. The speech is about 7 minutes.

I'm seriously concluding this guy as a professional troll. He ends the speech with "let's reclaim this country from the communists and terrorists." ROFL He talks about himself during the justice part attempting to be clever and even makes looks like he's trying to be clever.. I dunno, the way he acts is just to awkward. It's definitely a must-see though!

Itzeddiieee

Korea (South)787 Posts

July 20 2010 05:35 GMT

#211

On July 19 2010 13:21 GoShox wrote:
Bump! He gave his first official speech today at a junior high school. The speech is about 7 minutes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSJ6P1gS4Ys

I'm seriously concluding this guy as a professional troll. He ends the speech with "let's reclaim this country from the communists and terrorists." ROFL He talks about himself during the justice part attempting to be clever and even makes looks like he's trying to be clever.. I dunno, the way he acts is just to awkward. It's definitely a must-see though!

I just finished a recap on CNN and that terrorist statement was WIN!

Crushgroove

United States793 Posts

July 20 2010 06:01 GMT

#212

Oh...my...God. "let me repeat that..." lol... WTF is with this guy?

Schurk

Netherlands47 Posts

July 20 2010 08:40 GMT

#213

oh well, it's not the first time someone who can't hold a public speech ends up high in US politics. anyone remember the previous president?

Dance.jhu

United States292 Posts

July 20 2010 08:57 GMT

#214

I dont see what the big deal is he sounds like your typical black politician to me

CheezDip

126 Posts

July 20 2010 09:11 GMT

#215

"We need justice in the judicial system" - and the room breaks into applause. It sounds like they gave him a chance at the start, and halfway through they're just humoring him.

GTR

51640 Posts

July 20 2010 09:17 GMT

#216

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

July 20 2010 10:07 GMT

#217

On July 20 2010 17:57 Dance.jhu wrote:
I dont see what the big deal is he sounds like your typical black politician to me

yea, aside from the fact that he looked nervous from public speaking it sounded like the same shit all politicians spout on about.

Btw, this speech seems to be from his campaign and not from after his election.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

July 20 2010 10:14 GMT

#218

also, finally an interviewer that is trying to ask real questions

and lol I was thinking the same thing as the fat guy at the very end of this video

Black Gun

Germany4482 Posts

July 20 2010 10:23 GMT

#219

and i thought the german politics were bad....

on a serious note though, this guy is like the perfect candidate for all the guys fed up with politics to vote for. arent non-voters the strongest "political party", everywhere? if he can mobilize these guys to vote for him, he might even have a chance.

CharlieMurphy

United States22895 Posts

July 20 2010 10:27 GMT

#220

I hope this guy stays in office as long as possible. As a social experiment, can a seemingly below average guy do as good or better than your standard political suit? Time will tell.

Besides, even if he screws up- who the hell cares anyways. It's not like the world will end. I'm not really into politics really at all but it seems to be that south carolina is one of those states where nothing that ever happens even matters.