EPTRandom guy wins South Carolina Democratic Primary - Page 8
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ultramagnetics
Poland215 Posts
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SuperJongMan
Jamaica11586 Posts
A Conspiracy? Suspicious but quite funny. I'm quite worried here. | ||
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lisherwin
United States51 Posts
As an unaware citizen without much or any political knowledge, my signals to whom to vote for would be: - First person on the ballot (Greene) - Racial identification (Greene is black and identifies with a majority of South Carolinians) Of course, this is not to rule out all underhanded play by the Republicans but we cannot overlook those aforementioned points. Also, going into a ballot without prior knowledge, conforming is a perfectly rational decision. | ||
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BigBadSkathe
United States234 Posts
On June 14 2010 13:45 ultramagnetics wrote: My mind is blown.. and I actually am really starting to pity this guy (the CNN guy was being really unprofessional and cruel in his interview). He has no idea what a laughing-stock he has become and will probably find out at sometime. Also, he seems to be fairly honest in wanting to run for the senate (regardless of whether he decided to on his own)... I hope this doesn't ruin his life (even if the felony charges are true, he doesn't seem like a horrible person). If this really is all illegitimate then he certainly doesn't deserve any pity, and if it does "ruin his life" well he probably deserves it for participating in something like this. If it somehow is for real then I guess after he almost certainly loses in the actual election ( I don't know who in their right mind would vote for him after watching his interviews, regardless of his personality or policies his public speaking is on par with a nervous 5th grader) everyone will forget about him. | ||
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Subversive
Australia2229 Posts
On June 12 2010 05:32 Go0g3n wrote: Isn't it what you really want? Middle aged family man, ex-military, middle class, didn't spend a fortune on election, no special interests other than general ideas on serving community? It's a dream. Agreed. He seemed sincere. There is obviously a question about his discharge from the military and the upcoming felony charge court appearance, but if one simply looks at his personality he seemed genuine to me. I live in a country where people (perhaps with good reason) don't trust politicians at all. One of the most despised groups in society because they are either from big business if they're from the right or they're ex-unionists if they're from the left (broadly speaking). And here is a guy who has nothing to do with formal politics, has served his country and seemed genuinely motivated to do something for ordinary people. I withhold judgement on the man. Just because he hasn't been trained to parrot answers to the media and 'stay on message' I don't think that makes him either a moron or a plant or a disaster. Frankly I hope he wins. | ||
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Mortality
United States4790 Posts
On June 14 2010 13:43 Lefnui wrote: First of all, people are not blaming the Republicans. Then what's all this talk about plants? Help, we were setup by somebody else! They are suspecting that he is a Republican plant, which isn't a ridiculous suspicion at all considering the circumstances. South Carolina Republicans have done far worse in the past. More likely, all those people voted for him without vetting him at all, and now they're embarrassed about it. | ||
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Mohdoo
United States15743 Posts
On June 14 2010 17:09 Mortality wrote: Then what's all this talk about plants? Help, we were setup by somebody else! More likely, all those people voted for him without vetting him at all, and now they're embarrassed about it. I think that just about every single person who voted for him just saw him as "Not that one guy, so I'll vote for him since he's the other Democrat". And isn't the Democratic primary kind of a moot point in South Carolina? | ||
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Lefnui
United States753 Posts
On June 14 2010 17:09 Mortality wrote: Then what's all this talk about plants? Help, we were setup by somebody else! More likely, all those people voted for him without vetting him at all, and now they're embarrassed about it. The talk about a plant is because this is a very suspicious case on many levels. Why is that so difficult for some of you to understand? He has absolutely no money, and yet he came up with $10,000 and refuses to say where he got it from. Does that sound ordinary to you? 'More likely'? Your scenario makes no sense at all. How do you explain where he got the money from then? On June 14 2010 17:10 Mohdoo wrote: I think that just about every single person who voted for him just saw him as "Not that one guy, so I'll vote for him since he's the other Democrat". And isn't the Democratic primary kind of a moot point in South Carolina? No, because DeMint has said some truly ridiculous things and he's vulnerable. That makes the idea of a plant even more likely. | ||
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tryummm
774 Posts
On June 14 2010 12:10 Lefnui wrote: Absolutely none, just a baseless conspiracy theory. The links he posted above do nothing to substantiate it. Can you give me any reason why the person in charge of the votes should be able to run? Or why shouldn't they change who is in charge of the votes? You're saying there isn't a likelihood there will be cheating? Have you seen the North Carolina video yet where the Senator assaults a college kid? Do you see how they spit on the Constitution? When they pass unconstitutional laws they are committing a felony. You don't think it's possible they would cheat on elections when politicians have done so in the past and they even set out bribes to vote for certain legislation. http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html Read it sometime. | ||
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Lefnui
United States753 Posts
On June 15 2010 00:58 tryummm wrote: Can you give me any reason why the person in charge of the votes should be able to run? Or why shouldn't they change who is in charge of the votes? You're saying there isn't a likelihood there will be cheating? Have you seen the North Carolina video yet where the Senator assaults a college kid? Do you see how they spit on the Constitution? When they pass unconstitutional laws they are committing a felony. You don't think it's possible they would cheat on elections when politicians have done so in the past and they even set out bribes to vote for certain legislation. http://www.usconstitution.net/const.html Read it sometime. What does the Constitution have to do with this? You have yet to substantiate your conspiracy theory. Just a product of your own paranoia I'm sure. | ||
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hejakev
Sweden518 Posts
Sounds like a hoax but apparently it's all true | ||
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WhuazGoodJaggah
Lesotho777 Posts
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Lefnui
United States753 Posts
On June 15 2010 03:35 WhuazGoodJaggah wrote: I looved it how the interviewer asked him if it wouldnt be better to step aside because he has some troubles with the law n shit. Thats so crazy, 0.75% of americans sit in jail, so if america would be truly democratic, 0.75% of politicians should be GUILTY criminals, just to corectly represent the ppl living in the USA. That's very illogical thinking. Applying that logic we should have a few murderers, psychopaths and sexual sadists as leaders because they represent a certain portion of our population as well. | ||
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GuerrillaRepublik
United States34 Posts
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bludragen88
United States527 Posts
On June 15 2010 04:31 Lefnui wrote: That's very illogical thinking. Applying that logic we should have a few murderers, psychopaths and sexual sadists as leaders because they represent a certain portion of our population as well. Luckily we do have quite a few murderers, psychopaths and sexual sadists as leaders. I would be highly surprised if nobody who was an elected public official had some kind of weird sexual tendencies/tastes, and there have been plenty of instances of deaths in questionable circumstances with famous politicians nearby (ted kennedy anyone? how about dick cheney?). So we are well represented, don't worry one bit. | ||
micronesia
United States24768 Posts
On June 12 2010 06:51 Lexpar wrote: What the hell? Only in America... Why do you say only in America? I completely disagree with you. | ||
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Adila
United States874 Posts
As for the campaign itself, if he did do the "personal style" of campaigning, it should be easy enough to find some of the locals he introduced himself to. As much as I like the idea of the little guy winning, the details in this election is really fishy at the moment. | ||
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rredtooth
5464 Posts
On June 15 2010 04:38 micronesia wrote: in what other country can a random guy win the south carolina primary?Why do you say only in America? I completely disagree with you. | ||
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WhuazGoodJaggah
Lesotho777 Posts
On June 15 2010 04:31 Lefnui wrote: That's very illogical thinking. Applying that logic we should have a few murderers, psychopaths and sexual sadists as leaders because they represent a certain portion of our population as well. Thats not illogical, thats consequent! Although you may not like that aspect of your population, its still there. | ||
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GoodWill
Canada149 Posts
On June 15 2010 04:44 Adila wrote: I just want to know where he got his money from. He's unemployed and most unemployed people don't have $10000 lying around to spend on a campaign. As for the campaign itself, if he did do the "personal style" of campaigning, it should be easy enough to find some of the locals he introduced himself to. As much as I like the idea of the little guy winning, the details in this election is really fishy at the moment. Didn't he spend most of his adult life (since 19 iirc?) in the military? And he was honorably discharged less than one year ago? So he should have some savings. | ||
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