Alvin Greene’s New Campaign Media Strategy: Bunny Ears
- Posted on October 14, 2010 at 3:47pm by
Meredith Jessup
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During a live broadcast report from the South Carolina state fairgrounds, one reporter unknowingly gave an exclusive look at Alvin Greene, the Democrat challenging incumbent Sen. Jim DeMint. In the video clip, the Senatorial candidate can be seen in a green hat and green t-shirt, standing over the newsman’s left shoulder waving and making rabbit ears:
The latest polls show a steep uphill climb for Greene, who currently trails Sen. DeMint by about 45 points. An unemployed veteran, Greene stunned his own party when he secured their nomination earlier this year. Last week, the Democrat‘s attorney brushed off questions about Greene’s pending felony charges alleges he showed a teenage college student online pornography on a campus computer lab last year. According to Greene’s attorney, it was only trying to “flirt” with the girl.
“He was attempting to flirt with a young lady who had no interest in him,” Eleazer Carter told The Associated Press. “While the charges are very serious, I think it boils down to, when a lady turns you down, has it reached a criminal offense?”
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Comments (78)
stixxx
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 7:21pmI am really embarrassed for this dude……unreal.
Report Post »Rogue
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 6:11pmBy far, the best outing Greene has had on television thus far. His only misstep was the bunny ears – the rest of his performance was flawless.
Report Post »Prospero
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 5:48pmHe just figured that since we have an equal opportunity president, he might be able to be an equal opportunity Senator.
I mean, a lot of people demonstrated that they were perfectly willing to vote for an unqualified nobody from nowhere who no one had ever heard of before just because he was black. Right into the Oval Office, at that.
This Greene fellow just demonstrates that Democrats haven’t changed one bit…..
Report Post »Rowgue
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 5:26pmWell it‘s comforting to see that he’s 45 points down in the polls. It‘s an indication that the voters aren’t as stupid as the morons that thought it would be a great idea to run somebody with the intellect of an 8 year old as their candidate for a senate seat.
Not that it really matters. He‘ll be convicted of felony obscenity soon and out of everyone’s hair. Here’s another example of his blithering idiocy in action if you want another laugh.
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/06/the-weirdest-alvin-greene-interview-yet/58111/
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 5:54pmSouth Carolina Senate Election 2010: Jim DeMint (R) 63%, Alvin Greene (D) 19% that’s the last headline I saw and about that video? Most bazaar thing I have ever heard! If the Republicans would stoop so low as to PLANT A CANDIDATE (known Dem tactic) WHY on EARTH would they ever pick such an IGNORANT guy? The Dems ONLY WISH he was plant! lol What a joke. They shouldn’t talk about any opposing candidates as long they have this moron!
Report Post »scarf
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:28pmI feel bad for the interviewer, if that was me i’d quit cnn for doing that to me.
Report Post »I’m sure it lowered his iq.
Rickfromillinois
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 5:23pmI think that Greene is an excellent Democrat candidate and if elected will fit right in with the rest of the Democrat Senators. He seems typical to me.
Report Post »US Agent
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:16pmhaha, it’s scary to think that he has the same qualifications that B-rock had when running for senate.
Report Post »Bob_R_OathKeeper
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:56pmIf you took all the liberals in the world and squashed them and rolled them into a ball, you would get Alvin Greene.
Report Post »heartbeat21days
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:55pmHAHAHA This guy is a political gift that just keeps on giving…
Report Post »ChrisBalsz
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:53pmI hope he runs against Lindsey Graham.
Report Post »CYCLONE
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 6:15pm….. that would be the only way I would vote for Greene… and I’m dead serious
Report Post »BoilitDown
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:46pmI wish everybody would leave this poor guy alone and see that he get some counseling. He can‘t win and he’s no threat. He‘s just a joke that’s not funny.
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:37pmI think it’s funny and a great message that an unknown can win over a DP backed person. Does that mean that everyone here should run in 2012? Gives hope.
Report Post »Waiting4George
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:35pmI’m having trouble with posting–hope this shows up. I think we need to leave Alvin Greene alone. He paid his money to file, get on the ballot and and has a right to run for office. Frankly. I am tired of watching the media use him and treat him like a joke. It’s unkind at the least and mean spirited at the most. As to his legal troubles— let the courts sort that out.
Report Post »KL
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:29pmSo, Alvin Greene is competent to run on as the Democratic Senator, BUT Christine O Donnell inst good enough to run as a Republican candidate? Seriously? LMAO
Report Post »LadyLiberty
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 5:13pmAlvin is making Wiley Coyote looks like a contender these days. Is it wrong I can’t stop laughing at that clip?
Report Post »Joseff
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:19pmIf your defense for showing a coed internet porn is that you were flirting with her, isn’t that kinda like saying you shot someone because you thought they were a cop? Is it OK to sexually harrass someone, if there‘s a chance she’ll dig it? I hope this guy isn’t typical of liberals, but I know too many liberals with similar delusions.
Report Post »AZBabe
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:18pmI can’t believe that he is only behind by 45 points, shouldn’t be more like 90 points? Who would vote for this embecile?
Report Post »Freidenker
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 8:11pmOnly Imbeciles!
Report Post »Ronko
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:16pmAlvin takes the cake on this one and if you ask him questions about why he did it he’ll probably blame Jim Demitt for that too.
Report Post »LBreath
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:16pmThe Dems are trying to mimick the Tea Party by running regular folks. The problem is that their idea of regular folks are loons to the rest of us.
Report Post »CaptElaine
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 6:06pmThis man was NOT a Tea Party candidate… he won as a DEMOCRAT with 60% of the voting Democrats voting for him, 40% of the Democrats voted for Tim Rawls… it is believed that because the ballot was in alphabetical order and so Greene was first on the list that position… is why people voted for him. The other theory is that nobody knew who he was… they did know Rawls and did not like him or want him and voted for the ‘other’ guy… turns out the other guy is a little nutty. For those that think he’s a moron… guess again… he is a college graduate… which means he’s smarter than he looks, or a college education aint what it used to be. Jim DeMint would have beaten anybody the Democrats could have put on the ticket, he is a well loved Senator in SC>
Report Post »Freidenker
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 8:09pmI would conclude the latter. Both parties seem to have numerous candidates who have been to college/university, but nothing appears to have stuck. ie. Collidj ain’t werth the monee youse r payin! I gots a digree 2, how ’bout dem apples.
Report Post »caddmax
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:08pmI think he represents the Dems just fine, He would fit right in with Pelosi
Report Post »HippoNips
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:06pmAlvin Greene is no dumber or less weird than Coons in Delaware or any Democrat in Congress currently.
Report Post »Liberalism in America is the non-intellectual choice of politics.
They believe animals are gay, that Muslims extremism doesn’t exist (and if it does it’s not their fault, someone must have said something to make them mad), that sexuality , a learned behaviour, is somehow connected to your genetics, and that the your very breath (CO2) angers the climate gods and causes havok on the earth and all it occupants.
MrButcher
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:11pmsexuality isn’t learned behavior.
everything else you said is right.
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:42pmButcher, I understand your being an athiest to say that homosexuality is genetic as is all human sexuality. You see if there were a God, He would be a vicious person because He says its a sin but the person has no choice for that proclivity. The person does still have the choice NOT to have homosexual sex but that’s a pretty big obstacle to overcome. There is no question that sex is a big bahavior motivator. Just ask any advertising person.
Report Post »Freidenker
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 8:04pmCan hardly find a thing to disagree with Hipponips. Everything he states is perfectly acceptable to a home schooled individual whose main reference book is the bible.
Report Post »Noonien_Soong
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:05pmJim DeMint may just be relegated to do the congenial obligatory campaigning across the state, not spending too much money.
Report Post »Hoosier Daddy
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:02pmHe may be a politically doomed mental midget, but give him a little credit for having the stones to run. How many of us have that gumption?
Report Post »AngryTexanFromAmarillo
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:07pmI don’t think it was so much having the stones to run as it was trying to get attention…you can put a dress on a cow but its still a cow. call me racist but he really does remind me of Bubba from Forest Gump.
Report Post »Contrarianthinker
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:44pmHossier, exactly. IMO, if one doesn’t run with Tea Party support behind them, then they only talk the talk which is VERY easy. We must walk the walk.
Report Post »US Agent
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 10:13pmI’m sure many of us would love to run for office, but are fearful of what it may do to our families.
Report Post »rash1028
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:01pmAnd the left want to make fun of Christine O’Donnell? Go Figure!
Report Post »angrymob
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:23pmIf this is the best the left has got…we win…
Report Post »KenInIL
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 8:03pmNot if they use the same voting machines. I am positive they were responsible for Greene’s win. Nobody would run with a 60% disapproval rating.
Report Post »solaveritas
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 3:59pmNeither party, if they feel they have no chance of winning an election, should abandon the state and allow such an embarrassing candidate to win the nomination. They should at least put forth a candidate that can honestly represent the party and debate the issues.
Obamacrats (perhaps they will be real American democrats again after he leaves) abandon anyone who does not serve their purpose, you know, the ole “under the bus” routine that Obama used on his grandmother and mother.
Report Post »Noonien_Soong
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:07pmSome smart politician could run as an independent against both DeMint and Greene.
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 3:58pmi want to see a debate between Alvin Greene and Basil Marceaux dot com.
Ol’ Basil is still running a write-in candidacy here in Tennessee for gub’ner despite losing the primary.
Report Post »here‘s some of basil’s campaign promises.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnx-SqMYknI&feature=related
Capt_Spalding
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:53pmDon‘t think I haven’t given a thought to writing in ol’ Basil Marceaux dot Com! These two we have running for Guv‘nah don’t do much for me. Which begs the question, would I have to write in “dot com” for it to be official?
Report Post »Too bad he’s not running against Jim Cooper! Talk about a Pelousy Pet who needs to be retired!
MrButcher
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 6:16pmmy thoughts exactly, Captain.
Cooper is my rep as well here in nashville. Don‘t like him too much but he’s gonna win.
Report Post »untameable-kate
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 7:57pmI never heard of this guy, maybe not the sharpest tool in the shed but great for comic relief. Is he a real candidate or is it a joke?
Report Post »MrButcher
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 8:53pmno, kate. Basil was real. look him up on youtube. he was quite the internet sinsation over the summer as well as on jimmy kimmel and colbert. he actually won .5 % of the vote during the primary.
Report Post »wild.
TNgirly
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 3:56pmAm I racist if I say that he’s a moron?
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:06pmno but you are racist if you vote for a guy because hes black…
Think obama
Report Post »MAULEMALL
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:45pmThe great thing about this country is it‘s ability to correct it’s mistakes…
The left is to ignorant to understand that they are being corrected…
Being called racist is becoming a badge of honor… It means you have won the arguement.
Report Post »US Agent
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 5:58pmOnly if you say it while watching ‘Birth of a Nation’
Report Post »roninshaman
Posted on October 15, 2010 at 3:26pmThe guy is a moron for flirting with a girl by showing her porn. That’s something pedaphiles do to little boys. He is also a moron for doing rabbit ears behind a newscaster while he is running for office. He seems to have the sophistication of a Highschool freshman. If this guy were from another planet and had 2 heads, he would still be a moron.
Report Post »Freedom Costs A Buck O Five
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 3:55pmThis guy can’t be serious… not even MSNBC can make this guy look anything close to qualified.
Report Post »tobywil2
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:42pmRegardless of how poorly qualified he is, he is still superior to Senator Reid. http://commonsense21c.com/
Report Post »snowleopard3200
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 4:46pmWell, here we know just how serious the democratic canidate takes his prospective job – not much at all indeed. And it is people like this, plus the progressives that think the american people can have the wool pulled over our eyes for long? Not likely.
This would be bad comedy for MSNBC or even the looney-tunes cartoons.
http://www.artinphoenix.com/gallery/grimm (mixed art)
Report Post »M31Sailor
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 5:35pmIt was Obummer in a Greene mask
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Jackpine Savage
Posted on October 14, 2010 at 8:24pmI’d take Alvin Greene over Harry Reid, Nancy Pelosi, or Bawney Fwank any day.
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