1 Yeah, I might be crazy, but at least I ain't no Paki.

2 From the other thread:

From the P&C: Rawl cited the following:

1.Irregularities found during the ongoing analysis of the returns

The election commission has already said this is BS.

2. Anecdotal evidence from voters and poll workers that there were "extremely unusual" incidents during the primary. These included voters who repeatedly pressed the screen for Rawl only to have Greene's name appear, workers who had to change program cards multiple times in the voting machines, and at least one voter in the Republican party who had the Democratic Senate race appear on her ballot.

"Anecdotal" means a couple of ignarant poll workers. Doesn't rise to enough to offset the HUGE number of Greene votes. This should be thrown out.

3. A well-documented unreliability and unverifiability with the voting machines used in South Carolina.

Well documented???? This is the first I have ever heard of it. If it is so well documented why are we still using them?  The Dems have been happy with the machines before.  This sounds like BS. Should be thrown out.

3 I understand there was some funny stuff happening with the voting machines.  Dumb-ass staff kicked up the numbers without bothering to see which dem they were manufacturing votes for.

4 If Al Franken can be in the Senate, Greene can be in the Senate.

5 Just give credit where credit is due.  The Dim voters in SC are fucking brilliant. 

6

At least he didn't trot out 'the Republicans did it' meme. I mean, what was that plan supposed to have been?

I guess I can relax today.

7 You wanna know where I got the $10K? You remember that girl who looked at my junk? Yeah.

8 "About two questions into a conversation with him, it would become apparent that he is not probably fit to answer the questions befitting a Senate candidate,"

"befitting the senate"  

WTF? 

Robert Byrd is senile and Tim Johnson  suffered "permanent brain damage" in a 2006 stroke. Alvin Greene is in no worse shape than either of them.

9 Yay!  My Congressman is a jackass too!

Who are you?

10

Well, obviously Vic Rawl is a plant!  I demand to know where he got his funds to launch this challenge! 

All joking aside, I doubt Rawl would bother with this if he didn't have backing from the Kos Krowd, Maddow Fans, Olberviewers, etc.

Standing by for the Jon Stewart interview -- of Greene OR Rawl -- in 3, 2 ...

11 For the sake of my marriage I must say that I did not blow Alvin Greene. I just licked it a little around the head.

12

Why don't they just state the obvious:

a) Idjit Dems in SC voted for the first person on the ballot

b) Idjit AA's in SC played a nice game of identity politics and got exactly what they wanted

c) Idjit Dems in SC are ignorant sluts regardless of who is on their ballot

d) all of the above.

13 If Al Franken can be in the Senate, Greene can be in the Senate.

True and I definitely vote for Al Greene for Senate. Dude can sing.

14 These are white Democrats questioning Greene's intelligence/fitness to serve?

I'm just gonna sit back with my popcorn.

15 I believe he got the $10k from the NAACP 'Greeting Card Enforcement' Department.

16 "befitting the senate" 

Translation: He keeps on spouting his own brand of crazy bullshit, instead of reciting the Democrat Party^tm brand of crazy bullshit.

17 The primary that keeps on giving....


Pudding, a place to squat, balls. Some assembly required.

18 First, I don't get the charges against him since afaik the girl was not a child. So he is charged with being a cad.

second, he may be a cad, but I saw the interview, and I would vote for him over 99% of Dem candidates.

third, what are the D's trying to accomplish here? I think the more air time he gets, the worse they look and the better he looks. Is this a twisted plot to get an unelectable candidate elected?

fourth, who are you?

19

This is hilarious. Vic Rawl was already a laughingstock for losing to this joker; now he's ensuring that the local Democratic Party has to waste time on a baseless lawsuit. He's set to piss off the black population too.

I suspect that Rawl came into this race as a sacrificial lamb who could increase Dem voter turnout for the downticket races, while raising his name recognition. Now he's got a national recognition - as Vic Bawl the crying baby. He's a political goner. I hope he's got a sideline taking classes for barber college or something.

20 OT:  And if we may visit our friends up north for a moment, The Washington Post describes Congressman's Etheridge's encounter with that student: "then pulled the student to his side and grabbed him in a hug."

21

Al Green on Letterman.  Great performance.

22 Why are they trying to disinfranchise those Greene voters? This who they picked. Maybe what they're really saying is the voters are a few ounces short of a forty.

23 That's Racist!

24 Yes, I will take butter on my popcorn!

25 The good news is that, thanks to the Dems and Greene and Rawls,  I can macaca like a gibbon throughout the campaign and  still win.

..  that macaca has the macaca-ingest pair of macacas I've ever macaca'd.


^{see what I did there}

26

sock.

Re: Green and Letterman, I saw that when it was aired.  Letterman was so knocked out, he kept trying to sing the chorus.

27 #20  "then pulled the student to his side and grabbed him in a hug."

If by hug, you mean, grabbed by the back of the neck, roughly, and pulled forceably next to you, then yeah, it was a hug.  An Eric Massa kind of hug, maybe.

 

28 Man this is funny. There is no way the Democrats can win in this situation. They are screwed, to the bristles, baby.

29 Oh hell everyone knows ol' Al collected beer cans from bars around town on Monday mornings until he had the 10k. Jaysus H. Christ!

30 I think he is exactly the kind of candidate that people want this year
- He is a normal (ish) guy
- He is not clever enough to think he is our better
- He has military service and, apparently, his own car
- He hangs out in the library, so presumably he can read
- He is probably corruptible, but there is no sense that he is some kind of progressive ideologue
- He is not articulate (fool me once,...)

31 oops

32 "then pulled the student to his side and grabbed him in a hug."

So it was a sexual assault.  Nice.

33 First, I don't get the charges against him since afaik the girl was not a child. So he is charged with being a cad.

second, he may be a cad, but I saw the interview, and I would vote for him over 99% of Dem candidates.

You need to read the charges and the write up. This is an open and shut case and unless they strike a deal he will go up river. Regardless of the deal he will still be convicted of a sex crime and go on the list.

34 Republicans run great black candidates like Tim Scott and Lynn Swann, who are great role models to children of any race, and Dems have jokers like Greene and Clyburn, who are embarrassments and in fact gain traction on the basis of race alone rather than accomplishments.

Who are the racists?

35 The SC Dims should do what the IL Dims did when the LaRouchies won the primary because their names were more pleasant sounding--splinter off, endorse new candidates, and guarantee election defeat. 

36 Well, don't worry.  He's got a "group of national academic experts" on it so they'll figure it all out.

37 "then pulled the student to his side and grabbed him in a hug."

So it was a sexual assault.  Nice.



Where was his other hand? I'm too squeeved out to watch the vid again.

38 Somebody's probably pointed this out already, but it is extremely, extremely stupid for the Dems to be pursuing this.  Nobody was going to beat DeMint this year, not Rawl and not anybody else.

If they're successful in driving Greene out of the race and installing Rawl or some other white Democrat as the nominee, the only net result is that S.C. blacks (some 60% of the Dem electorate in the state) are going to be so angered and will stay home in such droves in the fall that the Dems can pretty much forget about winning any race in the state this year.  It will make Nikki Haley a lock for governor, it will hand any other competitive statewide races to the GOP, and it will likely lead to the defeat of the 5th District's Congressman John Spratt.

Greene's political martyrdom could even become a cause celebre for blacks in other states, and the political damage to the Democrats could reach far beyond South Carolina.

39
Nobody could imagine two singers of African American descent, Lou Rawls and Al Greene, would become candidates for U.S. Senate.

40 #39

Heh.

41 The SC Dims should do what the IL Dims did when the LaRouchies won the primary because their names were more pleasant sounding--splinter off, endorse new candidates, and guarantee election defeat.

Can't do that in this State. They have a "sore loser" law.

42 OK, maybe he's not a Republican plant. But that thing about sharks still following the routes of slave ships is the truth, man.

43 That wasn't a headlock, headlock. 

44 People are stupid and had no idea who they were voting for. MYSTERY SOLVED!

45 When they saw you kneeling
Crying words that you mean
Opening their eyeballs, eyeballs
Pretending that you're Al Green, Al Green

46 "About two questions into a conversation with him, it would become apparent that he is not probably fit to answer the questions befitting a Senate candidate," said Rutherford, a Democrat.

What, he was sober?  He wasn't smacking a bitch? 

47 Nobody could imagine two singers of African American descent, Lou Rawls and Al Greene, would become candidates for U.S. Senate.

Posted by: John Boehner at June 14, 2010 04:44 PM (uFokq)

You'll never find

A campaign like mine . . .

48

OT -

A few loaves and this would be impressive!

http://tinyurl.com/32g6nhy

 

49 "About two questions into a conversation with him, it would become apparent that he is not probably fit to answer the questions befitting a Senate candidate,"

Should have had that conversation before the primary, eh?

50
"About two questions into a conversation with him, it would become apparent that he is not probably fit to answer the questions befitting a Senate candidate, and then he pulled down his pants and showed me his penor" said Rutherford, a Democrat.

51 #20  "Who are you?" asked Etheridge, grabbing one of the cameras and pointing it down -- a move more typically seen from Hollywood bodyguards than congressmen.

Yeah, he just grabbed the camera to "pointing it down".  Is that's why they had to switch cameras, asshole?

The second camera rolled as Etheridge, irritated, held the wrist of the first cameraman, then pulled the student to his side and grabbed him in a hug.

A hug?  Srsly?  How can anybody honestly classify Etheridge's man-handling as a "hug"?

52

44 People are stupid and had no idea who they were voting for. MYSTERY SOLVED!

That strategy worked for Zero. So I suppose depending on the American electorate being stupid is valid, at least for 1 term.

53 This chipmunk-sounding Alvin dude is an embarrassment to black singers everywhere.

54 Look, you can't blame this guy for trying to overturn the election results.  Sure he may have gotten a few months ahead of himself, but we are becoming a socialist country as well as a banana republic where things like that happen all the time.

55 Silly conservatives, the law does not apply to the left...or rather, it does not bind or constrain liberals. This idiot won the democrat nomination fair and square but that's not going to stop the DNC from having him removed.

56 ~ tap tap tap ~

Sound is good, yes? 

~ tap ~

And, so, what is the difference between a Democratic congressman and the Taliban?

Democratic congressmen grab reporters first and then ask the questions.


In the arab street we have a sort of Carnac the wondrous joke as done like your Johnny Carson ....  we give the answer and then you have to give the question.

You are nodding in agreement, this is familiar to you? 

Good.  And so we go.

Siss --- boom -- bah

What is the sound a faithful  muslim sheep makes before martyrdom.

ono ono ono  ono ono ono ono ono ono

What was John Lennon's safe word during rough sexual congress with his wife.

Oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no oh no

What is the sound that comes from South Carolina Democrats these days

.

57
Rawls vs. Greene.

Only Solution: Four 70's Motown hits

Points awarded on soul, "working it" and clothing ensembles.

58

Earlier on FNC one of the reporters said Greene was going to court to explain to the judge why he had 10K to spend on running for the Senate but needed a public defender. That should be an interesting answer

 

Your Honor, I can answer that. I received legal advice from certain Chicago politicians who told me that such activity is perfectly acceptable. You may have heard of him, since he's been in the news lately; the Honorable Mr. Blagojevich?

59

The problem with the idea that the Republicans paid Greene to run is that the Democrat primary voters had the final say about who would be the Democrat nominee.  So how did the nefarious Republicans get the Democrat primary voters to vote for Greene?

And if you go with the 'screw-up' idea that Rawls is proposing, how did the Republicans escape the same cluster fark when they end up using the same machines, etc. as the Democrats?

What is this infernal power the Republicans have?

60 People are stupid and had no idea who they were voting for. MYSTERY SOLVED!

They were not stupid.  Rawl thought he had a lock because he was the "Party" candidate. He didn't campaign either. That it is what the papers are not telling you. Neither one of them campaigned actively.

I have only seen advertisements from two candidates for Gov here and that was McMasters and Haley. No ads have been run for Senate or other offices.

So what happened. The candidates and their photos were shown in the papers. The blacks saw a black candidate and voted for him.

That is the end of the story.

61 This guys is only a wrist hold and a neck grab short of a full blown Democratic politician.  Next time he's interviewed, he needs to dole out a swift backhand accross the chops followed by quick kick to the balls.  He will then be acceptable to run of the mill Dems. 

62 How can anybody honestly classify Etheridge's man-handling as a "hug"?

Posted by: Kratos (missing from the side of Mt Olympus) at June 14, 2010 04:49 PM (9hSKh)

The same people who confuse WWE with The Lifetime Channel.

63 Only Solution: Four 70's Motown hits

The time has come for you to...lip sync---for your LIFE!

64

Earlier on FNC one of the reporters said Greene was going to court to explain to the judge why he had 10K to spend on running for the Senate but needed a public defender.

Aren't you entitled to a public defender?

You don't go accusing and prosecuting yourself of crimes. If you're found not-guilty do they reimburse you?

65 Has anyone asked Biden about how articulate and clean this guy is yet?

66
I should be the one who decides the outcome, naturally.

67
What's this?

Hall & Oates canceled their concert in AZ because of the new law?

Hall & friggin' Oates, are you frickin kidding me?

68 Greene was going to court to explain to the judge why he had 10K to spend on running for the Senate but needed a public defender. That should be an interesting answer.

My client declines to chip in a response, on the grounds that whitey is already on a KKKrusade against her.

69

"[H]e is not probably fit to answer the questions befitting a Senate candidate"

Sez who?  You're typical, mainstream South Carolina primary voter doesn't seem to think so.

That said, the election machinery DOES look hosed in SC.  Let's do away with absentee ballots and motor voter, then just use in-person, election day voting WITH identification,

70 Hall & Oates canceled their concert in AZ because of the new law?

Hall & friggin' Oates, are you frickin kidding me?

Posted by: Don Cornelius

 

They have decided to instead play at my inaguration/swearing in ceremony.

71 Or at my aquittal party, whichever comes first.

72 "...befitting a Senate candidate..."

Mine are Feinstein and Boxer; I also see Bobby Byrd, Al Franken, Ted Kennedy, John Edwards, John Kerry, and several dozen others rounding out that list who collectively add up to almost a triple-digit IQ and all the manners and decorum of the Philadelphia Fliers on a bender.  Mr. Rawls ought to, slowly and carefully, back away from that pronouncement before someone's feelings get hurt.  Young Mr. Greene, all things considers, actually appears to fit right into that crowd as a peer.

73 It is amusing to see the Demunists who favored the political chicanery of "open primaries" have it come back to bite them in the rear.

74

I want to know where Howard Dean (of the 50-state strategy) stands on all this....

75
btw, re: Vic's post above

Anyone else surprised that machine didn't spit out a few votes for Barack Hussein Obama...by mistake?

Wouldn't that have been funny...

76 If the Thorozine sweater don't fit you gotta aquit!

77 Aren't you entitled to a public defender?

I heard this discussed the other day on the radio because they are now checking in my state to see if you are really eligible for a publicly paid defender.

The answer is no if the state deems you have the resources to hire a defender yourself.

To the second question about reimbursement again no.

78 People like Greene more than Rawls.  What can I say?

79 I can't believe I've got to pick between Al Greene and Lou Rawls! 

80

Hall & Oates canceled their concert in AZ because of the new law

Wow, way to make a statement. That even might have mattered in nineteen-eighty-fucking-one. They'll just have to find some other, more relevant, act to fill in; like Modern English.

81
The problem with Alvin Greene: not enough sacred honor.

82 O/T:  the congressman who "roughed up" the college kids issued an apology.  I posted it in the thread.  It is one of those apologies that really isn't an apology but a subtle defense.

83
The time has come for you to...lip sync---for your LIFE!

Green won by not talking. At All.

I'm betting Rawls goes for the ensemble this time.

84 65 Has anyone asked Biden about how articulate and clean this guy is yet?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 14, 2010 04:55 PM (tf9Ne)

I can not yet confirm whether he can turn off his Negro dialect.  He is a little too dark-skinned for me, though.

85 It's almost as if most voters don't actually take voting very seriously, like they just show up and check some boxes as if it didn't really matter.

86 Hall & Oates canceled their concert in AZ because of the new law

Oates's mustache is Mexican.

87

Rawls didn't just lose- he was trounced.  It wasn't even close- a few "ballot irregularities" that exist in every election doesn't explain losing by 18%.

But just remember the rules, kids:

Opposition to Obama and/or his policies:  RACIST.

Forcing out a black candidate who legitimately won a primary in favor of the white candidate who lost:  Just Asking Questions.

88

Maybe I have a perverse sense of irresponsible fun, but I kind of want this guy to win the general election. At this point it's quite obvious he's not part of the SC Dem Party machine.

Now que up the line to throw rocks at me...

True, he could be another Cynthia McKinney, but I don't get that kinda vibe from him. I really have no idea what he is about other than some guy who wanted a good paying job, and Senate is a pretty good paying gig for a guy like that.

I'm also sure he will lose too.

89

86 It's almost as if most voters don't actually take voting very seriously, like they just show up and check some boxes as if it didn't really matter.

I know what will solve this! COMPULSORY VOTING!!

90
Is everyone entitled to a public sheister?

Not necessarily, ah, dere, lil goyl.  Only if the state deems you indigent.

indigent: destitute

91
It's almost as if most voters don't actually take voting very seriously, like they just show up and check some boxes as if it didn't really matter.

Whatchoo talkin' 'bout, Sandy?

92

OT

Greek government bonds downgraded to junk.

93 Da' grate state of Sout Careolina has done declared me INDOLENT!

94

You need to read the charges and the write up. This is an open and shut case and unless they strike a deal he will go up river. Regardless of the deal he will still be convicted of a sex crime and go on the list.

 

If he can get elected he can stay at my house.

95
"Greene" is a name that appeals to certain folks more than does, say, "Rawl". How else do you think I won the Illinois Democratic nomination for lieutenant government over some chickie named "Pucinski"?

96 It's almost like the large black population in SC voted for the black man! Deee-UH. Historic! Unprecedented! Idiots.

97

Jesse The Arnold Jackson Ventura at June 14, 2010 05:09 PM (uFokq)

As in - we vote for Jesse / Ahnud / "The Body" - u all get Fokq'ed.

98 67
What's this?

Hall & Oates canceled their concert in AZ because of the new law?

Hall & friggin' Oates, are you frickin kidding me?

 No, Holland is his first name, Oates is his last mane

99

Robert Byrd is senile and Tim Johnson  suffered "permanent brain damage" in a 2006 stroke. Alvin Greene is in no worse shape than either of them.

AND JOE BIDEN IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE F-ING SENATE. HELLO?

100 So when the investigation is all done, will it show that the dems were testing their vote stealing algorithm in the machines but got the "winner" mixed up?

101 Since when does insanity preclude service in Washington?

102

"About two questions into a conversation with him, it would become apparent that he is not probably fit to answer the questions befitting a Senate candidate," said Rutherford, a Democrat.

Translation:  Greene can't lie convincingly and might not be able to distinguish between telling Democrat secrets and sticking to Democrat talking points once he's on the inside of our strategy secessions.

103 Hall & Oates canceled their concert in AZ because of the new law?


The good news is, the owner of the newest Phoenix-area Domino's Pizza was able to get his son's garage band to play at the Grand Opening, so no harm done.

104

Greek government bonds downgraded to junk.

That's their problem... wait, where is all the money going?!

105 102 So when the investigation is all done, will it show that the dems were testing their vote stealing algorithm in the machines but got the "winner" mixed up?

Posted by: Buzzsaw at June 14, 2010 05:12 PM (tf9Ne)

So in other words, the investigation will show nothing "out of the ordinary".

106

If I were the Dems, I'd have tried to bury this thing from the start.

I'm glad they didn't though.  This entire ordeal is the most entertaining and interesting thing to happen in politics for a long time.  If someone isn't using this story as the basis for a comedic movie script, they should be.

107 Let me take a stab at this conundrum. The dude HAD $10K and spent it. NOW, he doesn't have $10K. Next question, your honor.

108
Hall & Oates canceled their concert in AZ because of the new law Oates has a previous engagement

109

I'm so confused. I thought that they were supposed to always vote for the black man/woman unless the aforesaid black man/woman is a republican, then they are supposed to hate the black man/woman. Why isn't that true he?re? How many people voted for Obama because he was black? What the hell is the difference?

110 Hall & Oates canceled their concert in AZ because of the new law Oates has a previous engagement


Okay, in the annals of ghey photos, that just has to be the gheyest of the ghey.

111
wow they really did cancel their show

BUT what's more fucked up? Hall & Oates canceling their concert because AZ wants to enforce the law or the Arizona Diamondbacks hiring them in the first place to perform at Chase Field?

_{hint: the latter}

112 The democraps have a new war cry huh? Republican plant added to It's Bush's fault. Brilliant!

113
haha, cheeseburger for $1.35!

114 Aren't you entitled to a public defender?

Only if you are indigent.

115 94

OT

Greek government bonds downgraded to junk.

Posted by: maddogg at June 14, 2010 05:09 PM (OlN4e)

--I would suggest they sell off some of their islands, but I'm not crazy about the list of potential eligible buyers.

116

Hall & Oates canceled their concert in AZ

It's ok.  I've heard they booked Bananarama in their place.

117 I'm still waiting for a joke involving "Let's Stay Together."  (We had the Lou Rawls "You'll Never Find" joke, so we're DUE here.)

118 I'd replace Hall and Oats with a Mariachi Band recruited from the closest federal immigration detention facility.

119 Hall&Oats can be effectively replaced by a six pack and a bug zapper.

120 OT:  And if we may visit our friends up north for a moment, The Washington Post describes Congressman's Etheridge's encounter with that student: "then pulled the student to his side and grabbed him in a hug."

Posted by: Lefty the Leftist at June 14, 2010 04:37 PM (xxgag)

Did you read the comments.  They ripped the author a new one.

121 Everyone should have seen enough TV to know the Miranda Rights:

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an attorney. If you cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed to you. Do you understand these rights as they have been read to you?

122
I gotta give H&O their due. Those two goofs had a shitload of hits.

And you know what? Y'all know the words to ALL of them.
Not saying their songs are great. Just saying they cranked out a lot of songs that are ingrained in our memories.

123 I'm so tired of being at home,
I'm so tired of on-my-own,
won't you help me Dems,
just as soon as you can?

124

As to the criminal complaint- it's a freaking felony to show another adult internet porn in SC?

Apparently all he did was show a female student a porn pic in the computer lab and asked to go back to her room.  Classless?  Sure.  But a felony?  I could see it if she was a minor, but to an adult?

125 That said, the election machinery DOES look hosed in SC.  Let's do away with absentee ballots and motor voter, then just use in-person, election day voting WITH identification,

Not true. The election machinery is so simple a "caveman" can use it. There was no problem using the machinery. Rawl's "anecdotal" problems are full of shit.

And starting with this election SC does require a picture ID.

126 I gotta give H&O their due. Those two goofs had a shitload of hits.

And you know what? Y'all know the words to ALL of them.
Not saying their songs are great. Just saying they cranked out a lot of songs that are ingrained in our memories.

Posted by: Don Cornelius, Soooooouuul Train, Chooo muthafuckin Choo at June 14, 2010 05:27 PM (uFokq)

--and the thing is, they're all over 25 years old.

127 OT: Hillary Adds U.S. to List of Slave Nations

Secretary of State Clinton included the U.S. for the first time on the State Department’s list of nations “trafficking in persons” for forced labor ranging from farm workers to pole dancers and prostitutes.

“There are Americans, unfortunately, who are held in slavery,” Clinton said in releasing the annual report on nations who promote or permit the international trade in human beings for profit.

The trafficked persons slaving here aren't Americans...but she inadvertedly highlighted a reason to step up immigration control.

128 Shut up, all of you.  You're out of touch.  As for you, Arizona, we're out of time.

129
Sarah Smile
Rich Girl
Maneater (so gay)
Kiss on my List
Private Eyes
One on One
Say it isn't So

130 The Hildebeast could smuggle a couple of pole dancers in each thigh, and their wardrobes in her calves. Is that a zipper I saw?

131
They certainly are not one-hit-wonders.

132

I bet that whoever hired Hall & Oates to play at their wedding or birthday party in AZ is pretty upset.  I hope they got their $200 deposit back.

133 Still trying to figure out what happened here.

Maybe 40 percent of the AA's down there just voted the opposite of what they were told this time?

134 Apparently all he did was show a female student a porn pic in the computer lab and asked to go back to her room.  Classless?  Sure.  But a felony?  I could see it if she was a minor, but to an adult?

I posted the actual code in a thread several days ago. It is considered dissemination of pornography which is a five year felony in this State. They probably would not normally prosecute this but:

He snuck into the USC dorm around the security guards. He waylaid this girl in a common area, showed her graphic porn unsolicited without her permission, and then demanded that she take him to her room. 

He is damn lucky he isn't still in jail.

135 OT, but Glenn Beck just played the Etheridge video on his TV show. Hilarity will ensue, I am sure.

136

Clearly it is time for teh WON to arrange a beer summit.

 

For Party Unity!  Ha!

137

He snuck into the USC dorm around the security guards. He waylaid this girl in a common area, showed her graphic porn unsolicited without her permission, and then demanded that she take him to her room. 

He is damn lucky he isn't still in jail.

He was just following the Kennedy model. If he had been in Mass. they wouldn't have batted an eye at his election.

138 Posted by: HeatherRadish at June 14, 2010 05:31 PM (mR7mk)

One wonders if that was her idea or the asshole 'n chief's. Either way it is absolutely despicable. We can get these treasonous shits-for-brains out of office fast enough. 

139 Hey you two, say it isn't so painful to tell me that you're dissatisfied.  Last time I asked you, I really got a lame excuse.  I know that you lied.

140 Good Glenn Beck show today.

141 Hall and Oats? Oh no! Well, so long as Boy George doesn't cancel too.

142 The only way this could be better is if he were to hire the 2007 Miss Teen USA candidate from South Carolina as his campaign manager.

143

The Rawl Family wants to buy me out? No, I buy you out, you don't buy me out.

144 Better ask Al Franken about whiny

145
oh, hi, dunce

146 You goddamn guineas you really make me laugh. I do you a favor and take the Dem senate nomination when you're having a bad time, and now you're gonna try and push me out!

147 Vic Rawl is a racist.

148 Green as a republican plant? I think the R's would probably respond: "No, we tried that once. We took an inexperienced nobody and planted them in a race, and it backfired horribly. He won the White House."

149
Funny thing about Norm Coleman...

He won.

And then he won the first recount. But not the second recount because Franken's minions kept finding new votes.

150 I'm reminded of that scene in 'Saving Ryan's Privates' where they get behind the German bunker on D-Day and flame it.  When the soldiers in side ( on fire ) start bailing out of the front opening, a soldier shouts,

"Don't shoot; let 'em burn !!!!!!

I have the same reaction to the SC Democrats here...........

151 You know, I've been a democrat all my life. 

I voted for democrats, like almost all my brothers have, for the last 40 years. 

Now, a Black man, me, beats a White man by an 11% point victory, almost 60% of the vote, and the White democrats want to take my victory away.

I am calling Al Sharpton, this racist shit has got to stop.

Who do these crackers think they are?

I hope you crackers don't think my brothers are watching what your trying to do.

They are!

More popcorn please!

152

I posted the actual code in a thread several days ago. It is considered dissemination of pornography which is a five year felony in this State. They probably would not normally prosecute this but:

He snuck into the USC dorm around the security guards. He waylaid this girl in a common area, showed her graphic porn unsolicited without her permission, and then demanded that she take him to her room. 

He is damn lucky he isn't still in jail.

"Demanded" to go to her room, or suggested?

A tresspassing charge might be warranted, but again- a felony for showing this (adult) girl a graphic picture???  Did he grab her by the hair, glue her eyelids open, and force her to look at it?  Or was it more along the lines of "hey, look at this"?

Could one get a felony sex-offender rap from simply looking at porn (even for a moment) where someone else catches a glimpse by accident?

What he was accused of doing was classless and crude, but a felony charges should be reserved for serious crimes- not tricking an adult to look at pictures of genitalia.

153
Coleman won the election by 700+ votes.

Then they recounted the votes and Coleman was still ahead of Franken. The second recount (this time with different criteria on how to count select ballots from select precincts) put Franken ahead 200+ votes.

A one-thousand vote swing in Franken's favor and it only took THREE counts of the ballots!

154 "Demanded" to go to her room, or suggested?

The write-up in the paper said he "demanded", that was the words they said.  They said the 18 year old girl ran from the room and called security.

What's more, there were a bunch of witnesses.

155

Coleman won the election by 700+ votes

If it's close enough to steal then it is a forgone conclusion.  The dummycrats will steal it.

156 144 The only way this could be better is if he were to hire the 2007 Miss Teen USA candidate from South Carolina as his campaign manager.

Posted by: medulla oblongata at June 14, 2010 05:40 PM (8NiWI)

And he could make her look at pr0n all day long with him too.

157

Ok, approaching sobriety, time to find a pub. 

158 He snuck into the USC dorm around the security guards. He waylaid this girl in a common area, showed her graphic porn unsolicited without her permission, and then demanded that she take him to her room. 

He is damn lucky he isn't still in jail.

Posted by: Vic at June 14, 2010 05:36 PM (6taRI)

The account that I read said he was in a campus library when that happened. Can anyone link to the police report. That might clear up some questions.

159 What he was accused of doing was classless and crude, but a felony charges should be reserved for serious crimes- not tricking an adult to look at pictures of genitalia.

Don't forget, you are talking "bible belt" here. Disseminating porn is a felony here.  The Supreme Court has NEVER made porn legal, contrary to popular myth.

What they have ruled is you can not "pre-censure" and must prosecute "after the fact". The jury rules on whether or not it is obscene by "community standards". According to the paper this was graphic sex.

Most of the time nobody prosecutes this stuff anymore because it is too much trouble to prosecute and get a conviction but in this case, he went a little too far.  The "unsolicited showing" is probably what got him, along with the demand for sex.

160 #155
A one-thousand vote swing in Franken's favor and it only took THREE counts of the ballots!

Copycats -  Here in Wa state it also took 3 counts to install  the Dem Governor.  But, hey rumor is that if Kagan gets the supreme court then Gregoire may be solicitor general and the whole country will be subjected to her incompetence.

161 The account that I read said he was in a campus library when that happened. Can anyone link to the police report. That might clear up some questions.

What I am referencing was from the original report in either The State newspaper or the Charleston Post and Currier. They didn't say library, they said "common area".

162
It'll be interesting to see where Failure Granholm lands when her term is up.

I know Obama will reward for both being 'green' and helping to destroy the once great state of Michigan.

163

The write-up in the paper said he "demanded", that was the words they said.  They said the 18 year old girl ran from the room and called security.

I have asked, pleaded with people to look at my genitalia.  To what end?  I now demand that people look at my genitalia.

164
ahhhh, good ol' King County

If you need Democrat votes, you can find boxes of them in King County.

165 What I am referencing was from the original report in either The State newspaper or the Charleston Post and Currier. They didn't say library, they said "common area".

Posted by: Vic at June 14, 2010 05:54 PM (6taRI)

"Common area" sure as hell does not sound like a "dorm" to me. To me it sounded more like a library setting. They have open computers available at a library, but I haven't ever seen any in a common area (that wasn't a library) or a dorm.

166

The write-up in the paper said he "demanded", that was the words they said.  They said the 18 year old girl ran from the room and called security.
What's more, there were a bunch of witnesses.

Here's what the girl said:

According to Greene's accuser, "a rather large man came and sat right next to me. He said, 'Hi.' I thought he was being friendly, so I said hi back."

However, she says that's where the polite talk ended.

"Then he was like, 'Do you like football?' I said, 'Yes.' Then he asked me to look at my screen and it was just a bunch of porn and he was scrolling and laughing. Then he just looked at me and said, 'Let's just go back to your room now.' That's when I decided it was time to leave," said the alleged victim.

167 "Common area" sure as hell does not sound like a "dorm" to me.

The paper said "common area in the dorm".

168 Man it's hot down here.
Anyone know where a guy can kick some ass, and get a snowcone?  Tropical Berry Blast if you got it.

169 OK, I'm off to find the police report.

170
Sometimes I go up to girls and ask them, "Do you know anything about real estate?"

And when she says yes, I take her hand and put it on my crank and say, "Then tell me, is this a lot?"

171 Isn't it possible that Dems voted for Greene simply because he wasn't Vic Rawl? Anti-establishment fever and all. If true, things look better than I thought.

172 "Then he was like, 'Do you like football?' I said, 'Yes.' Then he asked me to look at my screen and it was just a bunch of porn and he was scrolling and laughing. Then he just looked at me and said, 'Let's just go back to your room now.' That's when I decided it was time to leave," said the alleged victim.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at June 14, 2010 05:57 PM (plsiE)

WT?  He asked her to look at her OWN screen?

173 If he'd been young and cute, that technique might have worked.

(dig the part in the Hollowpoint's link where she whines it's "not fair to her" that the guy ran for Senate, lol.)

174

Common area" sure as hell does not sound like a "dorm" to me. To me it sounded more like a library setting. They have open computers available at a library, but I haven't ever seen any in a common area (that wasn't a library) or a dorm.

 

Every dorm I've ever lived in or been in has what is called a "common area".  Sometimes it's on the ground floor, a lobby of sorts, but most of the time you can find them on every floor of the dorm.  You're dating yourself if you don't think there would be a bank of free access computers in areas like this.

175 "a felony charges should be reserved for serious crimes- not tricking an adult to look at pictures of genitalia."

I guessed the picture was of himself.  If that was the case, would it change your mind?

176 You're dating yourself if you don't think there would be a bank of free access computers in areas like this.

Posted by: Barney Frank at June 14, 2010 06:06 PM (i8r3w)

1996-1998?

177 OK, I'm off to find the police report.

I have already looked.I don't think SC releases arrest reports to the public.

178

1996-1998?

Posted by: Jim in San Diego at June 14, 2010 06:07 PM (oIp16)

Oh, thats so last millenium!

179 Damn sticky, smelly, nasty socks!

180

Translation:  Greene can't lie convincingly and might not be able to distinguish between telling Democrat secrets and sticking to Democrat talking points once he's on the inside of our strategy secessions.

Posted by: Speller at June 14, 2010 05:13 PM (o0R2E)

 

Ssssshhhhhh!  Don't tell them about our secret plan!

181

Don't forget, you are talking "bible belt" here. Disseminating porn is a felony here.  The Supreme Court has NEVER made porn legal, contrary to popular myth.

I'm not so much arguing that it wasn't a felony by letter of the law (which I'm not familiar with), but that it shouldn't be.

Five years in prison for asking another adult to look at a computer screen that has porn on it?  You don't have a problem with that?  As far as we know, he never laid a hand on her.

182 Aren't you entitled to a public defender?

Only if you are indigent.

I'm fucking pissed -- does that count?

183 My dorm in 1992 had a computer lab. *shrug* 

"a felony charges should be reserved for serious crimes- not tricking an adult to look at pictures of genitalia."

Viewing a picture of a dick is not the same as being forced to blow one at gunpoint.

184

1996-1998?

 

Twelve years, baby, twelve years.  Your starting to get old.

185

I guessed the picture was of himself.  If that was the case, would it change your mind?

No.  It's just a picture.

If he dropped trou on the spot and started spanking the monkey, then yeah- that would be different.

186

I'm not so much arguing that it wasn't a felony by letter of the law (which I'm not familiar with), but that it shouldn't be.

Five years in prison for asking another adult to look at a computer screen that has porn on it?  You don't have a problem with that?  As far as we know, he never laid a hand on her.

Posted by: Hollowpoint at June 14, 2010 06:10 PM (plsiE)

Unfortunately all sorts of stuff are felonies that really shouldn't be.

In Ventura Country CA, stealing a few avocados out of an orchard can be prosecuted as a felony.

187

Twelve years, baby, twelve years.  Your starting to get old.

Posted by: Soona at June 14, 2010 06:12 PM (i8r3w)

I'm not old, I'm not old!!!!!

TAKE THAT BACK!!!!!!!!!1

188 I'm not so much arguing that it wasn't a felony by letter of the law (which I'm not familiar with), but that it shouldn't be.

Normally I wouldn't consider "viewing or owning porn" to be a prosecutable offense (or I guess it shouldn't be), but showing it unsolicited to a minor is (and 18 is a minor by this law).

I have gone back to the papers and I can't find the original write up.

 

189

Ha haa, Jim's an old fogey.

190

I'm not old, I'm not old!!!!!

TAKE THAT BACK!!!!!!!!!1

 

 

In a couple of years all of the hawt young chicks will be calling you "sir".

 

191 Really the bottom line here is it IS a felony, they have an open and shut case, and unless he cops a deal he will go up the river AND he will be listed as a sex offender.

Of course that doesn't prohibit him from holding federal office, especially as a Democrat.

 

192

In a couple of years all of the hawt young chicks will be calling you "sir".

 

Posted by: Soona at June 14, 2010 06:22 PM (i8r3w)

"Sir" not so much, "sick creep", well I hear that a lot more. In the parlance of our youth "sick" sometimes means good or cool, but I haven't quite locked onto what "creep" means, but it must be a good thing, right?

193

As far as we know, he never laid a hand on her.

I'll go further: we know that he never laid a hand on her. If he'd had the Roman Hands, it would have been in the complaint.

194

I've been called "sir" by kids for the past four years or so. All male, FWIW.

That puts the Middle Aged line somewhere in the early 30s.

195

That puts the Middle Aged line somewhere in the early 30s.

Posted by: Zimriel at June 14, 2010 06:32 PM (EOUdY)

And "elderly" at about 40.

196 Why aren't Jesse Jackson and Rev. Al Sharpton down there defending this guy?  HUH?  HUH?

197 Rawl didn't do much campaigning, but he did some - he was limited by money:  he raised and spent under $190,000 on the campaign.  Greene spent his filing fee.

It was a legitimate result though, and won't be overturned.  I suspect it was supposed to be a demonstration of clout by black ministers.  They knew DeMint was untouchable this year, so decided to get an unknown to file and NOT campaign at all.  His only campaigning would be the world of mouth in black churches, so whatever share of the vote he could pull, the ministers could proudly claim it was all do to THEM.  Rawl is no stranger to controversy himself, and the SC Democratic primaries have an even higher % of black voters than usual when there are hotly contested races on the Republican side (it's an open party state, you can only vote in one, but you don't have to declare until you get to the polls).

The ministers never expected to win, and probably had no idea of Greene's troubled background or pending criminal charges.  So instead of bragging rights, they've clammed up.

No evidence of this, mind you, but it is almost the only scenario which makes sense.

198 We can say with some certainty that our candidate, Alvin, would not have pulled the outrageous and intolerable stunt that was pulled by that white pig, Etheridge.

199 Maybe Al Green was "Tired Of Being Alone"

200 xxx