You’d think that someone who has no legal training yet sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee would try to pay attention at his first confirmation hearing wouldn’t you?
It’s not like being a Senator is hard work or anything. In fact, the only requirement for the job is to stay awake – like Robert Byrd did for the most part. Feel well represented, Minnesota?
You’ve probably all seen the video of Congressman Bob Etheridge accosting two students who tried to interview him on the street;
And you’ve probably already read his apology which he wasted no time in releasing. But have you read anything about his Republican opponent? John Hawkins tries to get an interview with Renee Elders but ends up with a written statement about Etheridge’s antics.
And, of course, Etheridge’s behavior is the fault of Republicans. And the Washington Post is more worried about the identity of the students than they are about the behavior of a public official.
Alvin Greene, the newly minted candidate for South Carolina’s Senate seat spoke to Fox News;
“The Democratic Party has chosen their nominee, and we have to stand behind their choice,” Greene said in response to party officials asking him to withdraw from the race after they learned he is facing a felony charge for allegedly showing a college student pornography. “The people have spoken. We need to be pro-South Carolina, not anti-Greene.”
“I’m a Democrat and always been a Democrat and I will always support Democrats,” Greene told Fox News in response to Majority Whip James Clyburn’s assertion that he is a Republican plant.
We tend to believe Greene when he says that he’s always been a Democrat;
Thanks to melony for the arrest record.
So there’s a supposed veteran running for US Senate in South Carolina this season. His name is Alvin Greene – he claims to be an Air Force veteran of 13 years and since November, Greene is accused of felony obscenity. TSO begged me to find a link between Greene and VoteVets yesterday, but I couldn’t. Do you know how sweet that would be?
But, anyway, the Democrats are telling us that Greene is a Republican trick. No, Really. Earl Ofari Hutchinson tells us that Republicans are well-known for dirty tricks like this – although he can’t seem to point to any specific incident.
The deep suspicion is that Greene is a GOP cropper; that is, that he’s a bought-and-paid-for plant by the party to make fools of the Democrats and ensure a cakewalk victory for GOP Senate incumbent Jim DeMint. Possible — it’s happened before, the GOP has been accused of secretly bankrolling plants, shills, and croppers….
Nonetheless, even if Greene is a dirty trick played on South Carolina voters, Hutchison says we should support Greene regardless of the felony charge;
Greene didn’t simply beat these odds. He rewrote them. He is one antidote for those fed up with the stench of money and deal making in politics. Voters should take careful note of what Greene did in South Carolina with a felony rap hanging over him, with no name, no money, and seemingly not a prayer of a chance to win, and then does. That’s what a Rocky can do, tainted though he may be.
All it proves is that whenever the Democrats need a candidate, any old felon will do. How hard is it to beat every other Democrat in SC?
Alvin Greene, 32, didn’t raise any money. He didn’t have a website. And his opponent was a relatively better-known former legislator, Vic Rawl, who was already preparing for the general election.
Greene was considered such a long shot that his opponent and media didn’t even bother to check his background. If they had, they would have discovered he faces a felony obscenity charge after an alleged encounter with a college student last fall.
Of course, state party leaders are asking Greene to withdraw. Fat chance – the man has no job and what better way to hide from prosecutors than hiding in plain sight on the floor of the Senate voting the party line of Harry Reid It’s worked in Congress for Charlie Rangel and John Murtha (and to a limited extent for William Jefferson) why not the Senate?
Here’s what Greene is accused of;
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.
Kinda reminds me of the old Clinton days.
UPDATE: Melony writes to tell us that the Daily News reports that Greene was involuntarily discharged from the Army after 13 years;
ABC News reported on another skeleton: Greene was involuntarily booted out of the Army in August after a 13-year military career that included time as an intelligence specialist and later a unit supply specialist.
He declined to discuss details of his discharge, telling ABC only, “Things just weren’t working.”
Oh, no, it’s Code Pink and some left wing activists heckling the Speaker of the House. Last year ahe whined that right wingers scared her, and that insurance companies were behind the protesters. Which big money industry is behind this;
When the Secret Service advises he to leave because the protesters are throwing stuff at her, she ratchets up her courage. Last year she was sniveling over the shouts, this year she’s brave in the face of missiles.
I guess Code Pink for Peace has become part of the rent-a-mob crowd since protesting George Bush and whichever war happens to be in the news is unprofitable these days.
Do you remember Phil Hare who said he doesn’t care about the Constitution in regards to healthcare? Well he got busted again trying to intimidate a veteran who happens to be a constituent. Someone sent me the story last night but I was holding off until I could get more details, but Big Government ran with it.
In his letter, Ken Moffit accuses Hare of being a phony veteran which enrages Hare. Hare’s former commander, Bill Albracht, who happens to be at the event, confirms that “legally” Hare isn’t a veteran. Given all of the information in the letter, I can only assume that Hare never served on active duty and spent all of his time inhabiting a Reserve billet during the Vietnam War and that’s why Albracht tells him that hare is not “legally” a vet. Hare never spent 180 consecutive days on active duty. Not that there’s anything with that – his bio tells the truth;
In 1969, Phil took his first job at the Seaford Clothing Factory in Rock Island. During the 13 years he cut lining for men’s suits there, Phil served as a union leader and as the President of UNITE HERE Local 617. He also served six years in the U.S. Army Reserves. These experiences gave him the determination to always fight for working families and veterans.
His first job coincided with the year he joined the Reserves after he spent two years sitting on the waiting list for a position to open in the Reserves. He spent the previous four years taking college deferments – again nothing wrong. So he’s a veteran of annual two weeks training and a weekend a month. He accrued no veterans benefits – he only avoided the draft in perfectly legal ways.
But it’s gutless way he wraps his heavy drop self in it. I’m sure there’s nothing in his records that’ll deviate from his skimpy resume`, but it sure is nice to watch the little union greaseball twist.
Thanks to Lolly for the reminder this afternoon.
The other day, I wrote about the weak phony soldier case that Wapo was trying to smack Mark Kirk, the Republican running for Obama’s vacated Senate seat, to prove that “everyone does it” – lie about their military service, that is. Today the Associated Press joins in;
Kirk’s campaign said his official U.S. House website once incorrectly said he was the only member of Congress to serve in the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq that began in 2003. That was changed in 2005 to say that he served “during” the operation.
Now we’re down to mincing words. So as long as we’re mincing words about military careers, let’s talk about Tim Waltz, Democrat from Minnesota who was brought to our attention before the 2008 election by our buddy Dave Thul.
Here’s a shot of Walz’ bio on his official site;
See that last line about serving overseas in Operation Enduring Freedom? Waltz actually served in Italy in support of OEF. Although the error has been pointed out to Waltz and the misperception it causes, he keep his bio written that way. And the Washington Post and the Associated Press ignore it. (Yeah, I know TSO likes Walz…but I don’t)
Now, I’m not exactly sure what the media is looking at when they look at Kirk, because there are no screen shots and the media claims Kirk changes his web sites when they talk to him, so until the WP and AP master the art of screen shots, it’s difficult to know exactly what they’re talking about. But here’s Tim Walz sitting out there like a barn door-sized target.