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State Sen. Robert Ford, D-Charleston, who lost his gubernatorial bid Tuesday, said race could have played a role. The Democratic primary electorate is majority black, as is Greene, but not Rawl. "Vic Rawl had money, but he didn't have enough. He wasn't able to identify himself with black voters," Ford said. "No white folks have an 'e' on the end of Green. The blacks after they left the plantation couldn't spell, and they threw an 'e' on the end."
let me ax you a question. Obama has around a 57% negative rating now but 91% of blacks give him a positive rating. Why is that?
The whole thing is very amusing.
Part of it may be an anti-incumbent mentality, part might be that Blacks wanted to vote for another Black and they recognized the 'Black' spelling of Green (Greene), part of it might be that his name was at the top of the list.
I think it makes you wonder at Democracy in general. Is the public really informed enough to be voting? They don't seem to know what they're even voting for.
The whole thing is very amusing.
Part of it may be an anti-incumbent mentality, part might be that Blacks wanted to vote for another Black and they recognized the 'Black' spelling of Green (Greene), part of it might be that his name was at the top of the list.
I think it makes you wonder at Democracy in general. Is the public really informed enough to be voting? They don't seem to know what they're even voting for.
I've seen it spelled both ways both black and white.
The whole thing is very amusing.
Part of it may be an anti-incumbent mentality, part might be that Blacks wanted to vote for another Black and they recognized the 'Black' spelling of Green (Greene), part of it might be that his name was at the top of the list.
I think it makes you wonder at Democracy in general. Is the public really informed enough to be voting? They don't seem to know what they're even voting for.
I've seen it spelled both ways both black and white.
So it's not really a Black spelling then?
Oh my, that's pretty funny.
In the South there are a lot of racist democrats and this guy from South Carolina is a prime example.
No wonder he lost his election bid.
I've seen it spelled both ways both black and white.
So it's not really a Black spelling then?
No, not at all.
The guy is a total ignoramus. Let's start with "race might have been a factor." Yeah, so might a dozen other things.
As for the spelling, whenever you see a standard name and one spelled with e at the end, this is what is going on: in England the illegitimate branch of the family attached an e to the end of the name.
I dont know how a black man got the name Greene. Maybe a friend or someone who manumitted his ancestors.
Didn't this guy ever hear of Nathaniel Greene?
State Sen. Robert Ford, D-Charleston, who lost his gubernatorial bid Tuesday, said race could have played a role. The Democratic primary electorate is majority black, as is Greene, but not Rawl. "Vic Rawl had money, but he didn't have enough. He wasn't able to identify himself with black voters," Ford said. "No white folks have an 'e' on the end of Green. The blacks after they left the plantation couldn't spell, and they threw an 'e' on the end."
The Post and Courier - Update: Clyburn calls for probe in Senate race - Charleston SC - postandcourier.com
Let me ax you a question. Obama has around a 57% negative rating now but 91% of blacks give him a positive rating. Why is that?
Let me ax you a question. Obama has around a 57% negative rating now but 91% of blacks give him a positive rating. Why is that?
Obviously it's because they are smarter then Conservative Confederate Republican Teabags.
Greene beat Rawls by a 3-2 margin
learned he faces a felony obscenity charge and was drummed out of the Army.
Some of this happens to be us not being vigilant, as Ive been imploring people to be about the political process, Clyburn said. Maybe I should have been imploring people to be very vigilant about this primary.
Speaking on the Bill Press radio show, Clyburn also said that Greene might have been planted into the race, according to The Hill.
Clyburn, D-S.C. "I don't know if he was a Republican plant; he was someone's plant."
Democratic Party Chairwoman Carol Fowler called on Greene to withdraw Wednesday, but he said he would not. If he remains in the race, he makes incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint's already promising re-election prospects a near certainty.
Greene, an unemployed 32-year-old who lives with his parents in Manning,
Still, he trounced Rawl, a former judge and state lawmaker who serves on Charleston County Council.was hardly visible on the campaign trail, even ignoring a stump rally in his hometown.
Greene spent no money campaigning and did not have a website,
but improbably captured 59 percent of the vote and won all but four counties.
Rawl campaigned across the state, raised about $250,000, sent out about 260,000 e-mails and was left scratching his head Tuesday night as results came in.
The day after the election, Rawl canceled a fundraising event he had set for today for his expected November campaign and kicked himself for not investigating his opponent's background. "I feel kind of silly that we didn't check all of that, but then again, why would we?" he said. "I never met him, never saw a sign, never saw a bumper sticker."
Greene was arrested in November and accused of showing obscene photos to Camille McCoy, a University of South Carolina freshman from Summerville who was 18 at the time.
McCoy, who is now 19, said Greene managed to get by security in her dorm and enter a common computer room there. According to court documents and McCoy, Greene sat next to her and showed her a screen of graphic pornographic images.
"He said, 'Let's go to your room right now,' " she said. "I just ran out of there."
McCoy called her parents, who reported the incident to campus police. Greene was charged with disseminating, procuring or promoting obscenity.
She later saw Greene at a bond hearing and said they learned earlier this year he was entering an intervention program for first-time offenders.
Let me ax you a question. Obama has around a 57% negative rating now but 91% of blacks give him a positive rating. Why is that?
Obviously it's because they are smarter then Conservative Confederate Republican Teabags.
If they're so smart, how come they're not rich?
