The verdict was handed down today as South Carolina Democratic Party executive members rejected a protest by defeated Democratic candidate Vic Rawl. Rawl was protesting the election win of Greene on a primary argument against the voting machines.
Witnesses testified that they either encountered voting problems when finalizing their vote or screens appeared that caused confusion during the voting process. There were also testimonies provided that pointed to possible tampering of voting machines.
Here's my take.
The voting machines irregularities were considered normal for a typical election. In Georgetown, people had a chance to protest the election before it was officially canvassed by the election commission. Guess what? No formal complaints.
There's more to it than just voting machines, in my opinion. Is it up to me to figure that out? No. The state Party dropped the ball. I am sorry, but if you have a candidate that is wanting to run under your banner, you do a little more fact-checking on him/her before stuff like this boils up.
I give a little merit to a whisper campaign. I do feel African-Americans in S.C. are fed up with the establishment of Caucasian leadership in the state. What more of a way to send a message than vote for one of their own. Irregardless, something happened that led to Greene's victory.
Sixty percent of people voting against presumed Dem favorites like Vic Rawl and Robert Burton tell you something is wrong with the electorate. Burton's candidate, Ben Frasier, lost to Linda Ketner in 2008 and to Randy Maatta in 2006 (It took a run-off for Maatta to finish off Frasier).
Or, maybe there's nothing wrong and African-Americans are fed up with not being truly represented.
Whatever the cases may be, we have Greene facing Jim DeMint. A candidate we know little to nothing about. A candidate who is facing felony charges. A candidate who is anti-union. A candidate who won.
The last sentence, today, cannot be disputed anymore.
For me, Greene does not represent me. He is not my choice for South Carolina's seat in the U.S. Senate. I will be supporting someone else or writing in my choice of who I think should represent us.
You see, I take my vote seriously. I also look at the person I vote for. Sympathy for a candidate who has the ability to make laws and screw us because he knows not a damn thing about doing it is absurd. If we can't question and investigate who these people are that want to be in a tax-payer supported office, then I don't want that kind of government.
I haven't attacked Greene personally, and I will not, but as a candidate for an office I will call him out and show he is not worthy of the office he seeks.
It's not a black or white issue for me. It's above that. It's about putting someone in office who has a clue to who the hell they need to help. And, for him to say he wants this state "labor free" and tell people that no unions are in S.C., then he can stuff it.
I value my vote, people. You should to, no matter what Party you support.
Something happened on the way to Washington from S.C., however, it didn't start in 2010.