Democratic Double-Standard

[dreadfulpenny81]

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It seems to me that Sen. Clyburn just dug a hole for himself, politically speaking. From 1:30-1:55 in the video, he makes the claim that the voting machines were defective. This is where a new question is raised - If Greene's opponent Vic Rawl had won the primary, would Clyburn still be asking for an investigation

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[byrontengu]

You know, I'm getting the feeling that you and I could do a radio show together some time.

OK, I've been watching this story, and I think the issue is three fold.
One point is that Greene seems to have won decisively with almost no campaign and at least a strong suggestion that he did it with no money what-so-ever. This is worthy of some investigation.
The second is that he seems to have won more votes than were cast for anyone... this of course conflicts with the ~60% of the vote than keeps getting reported.
Finally, there seems to be a huge discrepancy between the electronic vote and the absentee vote. Apparently something like ~80% voted for the other guy. I see your point that if the machine is defective, any result should be defective regardless of the result, but it looks extremely fishy.

I have no reason to blame the republicans in the state, though I'm not sure who else would do it. However, so far there is no evidence, so it would be irresponsible to cast blame. It also seems kind of unnecessary for the GOP to do it, most people think the republican candidate was kind of a sure thing.

[dreadfulpenny81]

Oh, I still think it's worth investigating, if for nothing else than fraud. See, Greene is collecting unemployment. He tried to pay for the filing fee the first time with a PERSONAL check. If he had all that money in an account the whole time, he could be found guilty of defrauding a government agency for collecting unemployment without reporting those assets. But Clyburn's reason - the voting machines were defective - doesn't jive with me because, like I asked, would he do the same if Rawl won the primary?
Radio show, huh? The next Hannity and Colmes? LOL

[byrontengu]

If we could do some kind of political talk show I guess Hannity and Token would be the closest comparison.

[dreadfulpenny81]

Token?

[byrontengu]

Colmes was the "Token Liberal". You know, so they could call them selves fair and balanced.

[dreadfulpenny81]

Token Liberal? They still have plenty of people with Liberal-leaning views like Martin Frost, Juan Williams, Marc Lamont Hill. Leslie Marshall's a Liberal also and she's appeared on several FNC shows.

[byrontengu]

Indeed, Fox "news" does interview liberals from time to time. They do have left wing contributors. However the shows are all hosted and controlled by conservatives.

Colmes had about 40% of a show,along with Hannity. Now that this is gone, I guess Bill O'Reilly is the most moderate one on the channel. As John Stewart said "that's like claiming to be the thinnest kid at fat camp". Much like MSNBC, Fox has a decided slant. Fair and Balanced is rather a joke.