In regards to Alvin Greene.

[ProgressiveVictory]

In my opinion, something strange has happened. I'm not sure who is behind this or what the "real" story is. All i hope is that the GOP is really behind this because if they are not I think a lot of people will lose some credibility for jumping on a "conspiracy theory" early on. Thoughts?

[mzteris]

1. has an official investigation begun?

There has to be one, right?

[ProgressiveVictory]

2. I would think there would have to be because of the number of votes to the number of people

[mzteris]

11. that and the whole $$ thing -

maybe it's just a "quiet investigation" ?

[Bitwit1234]

3. When more votes show up for a candidate than there were people

who voted, I don't give a darn about who did what. There is some thing very very wrong here. It is just like when Bush took the SO CALLED WIN in Ohio. In lots of counties, he got more votes than people who actually cast a vote. And it is a shame an investigation wasn't started there.

[RKP5637]

4. I find it all a bit strange given what has been reported to date, that

he was unemployed and mysteriously had just enough in his checking account to file, had suddenly appeared out of no where, apparently gave no speeches, and from what I understand none knew anything about him.

IMO the Republicans put him on the ticket and now probably think they have won the election. IMO it's all a little too weird to have just happened by coincidence.

[spinbaby]

5. It's amazing how little this is mentioned

I caught one mention on the Sunday-morning shows in an "oh, isn't this interesting" kind of tone. This should be the number one story screamed from the rooftops.

[ProgressiveVictory]

6. I know I cant believe NO ONE is talking about this! I wonder how much local news is talking about it

[whistler162]

7. Alot of people screaming about Alvin Greene probably denounce

American Apparell for the same thing they are doing!

[BR_Parkway]

8. He watch Sarah Palin and figured he could jump in and make some

money with this gig? The vote totals just add another incredible dimension to this story

[LisaL]

9. Why would he think he could make money with this gig?

If he didn't get the nomination, no one would ever hear of him.
He is unemployed man facing a felony charge, he had to tell the court he had no money for a lawyer to get a public defender, but then from somewhere he gets over 10,000 $ to file? How would he know he was going to get the nomination to be able to make money off it? It doesn't add up.

[defendandprotect]

10. Evidently, this is something that GOP had done before . . .

a guest on Olberman and some other stuff suggests that --

Watergate suggests that --

Ask yourself if YOU would have approved this candidate as a representative of

the Democratic Party . . . would you?

Why would anyone approve him?


Granted, the DLC is blocking average people -- and the monied interests are blocking

average people from running for office. But Alvin Greene is something different.



And, yes, DLC-corporate wing interests evidently blocked Dem votes in Arkansas to keep Lincoln in --

And, yes, DLC-corporate wing has obviously worked against Howard Dean and other more liberal/'

progressive candidates --

but Alvin Greene is something quite different from all of that.

[SecularMotion]

12. If there is suspicion of election tampering, it is not unreasonable to suspect republicans.

[LisaL]

13. Clearly democratic party had no interest in having Alvin Greene

win the nomination. He was asked to step down but he refuses.

[Abq_Sarah]

15. Yet they certified him

To officially run in the primary. They didn't have a problem taking that $10,400 cashier's check.

[LisaL]

16. I think they had no choice.

He was eligible so they had to allow him to run in a primary.

[philly_bob]

14. Many suspect Republicans know how to tamper with election machine totals.

Google "voter fraud" and you'll come up with lots of references to ACORN and Democratic cheating to elect Obama. But that's just a cover-up. You have to go back to 2004 (especially in Ohio) to see the kind of election machine fraud that may have changed American history. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004_United_States_election_voting_controversies)

They've been pretty skillful so far, but with Alvin Greene, the Republican vote fixers may have gotten sloppy. This may be the impetus we need to finally fix our nation's voting machine emess.