I'm reviving this thread to bring you one more wacky story...
7) In Tuesday's primary election to determine which candidate will run for Senate on the Democratic Party ticket in South Carolina, a unknown candidate named
Alvin Greene finished first.
Greene is 32. He is unemployed. He has held only one previous job: the Army. He was kicked out of the Army. Now, he lives in his mother's basement. He has no campaign signs. He raised no money, and didn't publicly campaign. Somehow, he supposedly paid the $10,000 filing fee out of pocket. His sole campaign promise is "To make a difference."
Yet somehow, he beat a
four-term state representative by gaining 59% of the vote. The other candidate campaigned heavily. No one has any idea how this happened.
That's not all. Greene is also facing
pending felony charges for sexually harassing college students at the University of South Carolina. There is no law that prohibits convicted felons from serving in the Senate.
State Democratic party leaders have asked him to step out of the race. Greene has refused.
