Well, first, I don’t think Mr. Greene has an IQ of 80 since he holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and, unlike most of you, has had to overcome adversity. Mr. Greene may not be articulate that but doesn’t make him borderline retarded. I also hope that Mr. Greene turns a second upset and wins the SC senate seat. It would amuse me.
I’ve been largely out of this thread lately because I just assume DeMint will win in a landslide (which he probably would have done otherwise) and Greene, while amusing, is largely meaningless. But this made me laugh from Political Wire:
He apparently didn’t take himself seriously, he did not participate in any Democratic party activities - fundraisers, debates, dialogues, whatever. Zero. He was a mystery to them because he was a complete non-entity.
I also wonder just how many no-names turn up in an average Senate primary. How frequently do people file and then not be visible at all?
Nobody has yet to get a straight answer out of him about how he campaigned, what he did to get the word out.
Honesty said:
Since when has truth mattered in a campaign race? All that matters is public perception - and the Repubs have a lot of material to make their case. I mean, it’s not like there’s a publically searchable database with IQ scores.
The reason nobody knows anything about him, is he did not run. He plopped down the money, hibernated or 3 months and won. The press had no opportunity to grill him. It is a strange story.
To my mind, this makes the story all that more bewildering. Had I plunked down pretty much every penny I had in the world to run for the Senate, I expect I would have actually . . . you know . . . run. 'Course, he’s proven that he can win with the campaign strategy of sitting in his living room watching TV, so who am I to say?
So. . . is the Democratic party getting behind him? Are they sending him money, giving him training, paying for some ads? He’ll need the help if he’s gonna cream DeMint*.
*Just read that some where else and I had to steal it because I’m an awful person.
Not all all. he does not need help. He has proven the way to win is not run. It would be great if he won and we discovered spending huge amounts of money on a campaign is a waste.
That settles the question of where he got the money, but not the question of why. It doesn’t make sense to spend that much money on anything without following up on it.
He may have broken the code. Nowadays ,not running and spending money is the way to win. Nobody has tried it before. If he wins easily, he will shake up the whole system. It could be a fun election.
I had my suspicions. I’ll admit I had thought Greene was the pawn of some dirty trickster. It looks like he’s legit after all. That’s a relief.
However, there’s the question of how he won in the first place. I still don’t buy that most people just picked the first name on the ballot. I would assume that low turn out primary voters go into the booth with a pretty good idea of whom they will vote for - especially for a high profile office like the senate.
Is this the basis the SC Dem Party needed to cut this poor whackjob loose in favor of the real nominee, the guy who could beat DeMint? And to investigate the vote counting system, while they’re at it?