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Clyburn says S.C. Dem Senate candidate a 'plant'; calls for probe

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Surprise SC Senate Democratic candidate faces felony obscenity charge


SC Democrats ask surprise SC Senate candidate to withdraw after learning of felony charge | StarTribune.com

What is WRONG with these people who run for public office? They have to know they are in the public eye, that what they do and say can and will be made public. Either they don't care or we, their constituents, give them too much credit and pay too much homage to political office.
 
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I swear that state elects people who just want to go into office and break the law.
 
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This guy didn't spend a dollar on his campaign, didn't attend any events during the campaign, and is fighting felony charges....

....and Democrats still voted for him.

What does that say?
 
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Erod said:
This guy didn't spend a dollar on his campaign, didn't attend any events during the campaign, and is fighting felony charges....

....and Democrats still voted for him.

What does that say?
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It says that the State is living up to it's current political joke. I mean this isn't just a oh shame on the Democrats for supporting this guy. The Republicans in that state have been equally stupid and broken laws too. It is the State that just can't seem to elect a good politician.
 
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In other, better and more balanced news, the SC Republican party has kicked a number of encumbents out of the race in favor of new faces and reform messages, in today's primary race. In particular, candidates associated with the Tea Party have fared well, and women candidates are seriously kicking butt. Four "good old boy" male candidates for governor were kicked to the curb in favor of a new female candidate running as a reformer.
 
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South Carolina, public official, sex issue. Who'd a thunk it...
 
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soccerboy22 said:
I swear that state elects people who just want to go into office and break the law.
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That makes South Carolina different from any other state, how?
 
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Yeah my parents live in SC just south of Charlotte and when I told my mom this she said a similar thing. Good for the Republicans. Both sides of the aisle in that State are crazy right now and making the State look like a joke. I have friends that are embarrassed to say they are from SC now because of all the stupid things the politicians do.
 
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Isn’t it one of the job requirements for South Carolina? :2wave:
 

ROTFLMFAO... This is too rich.

We have Sestak and Romanoff being offered jobs to get out of a race, then we have some unknown Democrat winning... who has nary a chance against DeMint, and they call for an investigation!

Hilarious.

What about an investigation about Sestak and Romanoff?

Shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
That doesn't matter. This need be investigated.

LOL... these Dems... and the sad thing is they're running the country.

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The Americans on this thread need to be careful what they say about South Carolina. Politicians in your state could be the headline tomorrow.
 
“There were some real shenanigans going on in the South Carolina primary. I don't know if he was a Republican plant; he was someone's plant.” — House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.)¹​


How does an unemployed veteran come up with $10,000 cash to register his candidacy for the Democratic senatorial primary? Methinks dirty work is afoot.

Thank God for South Carolina, life will never be dull with South Carolina politics being played out on the front pages of America's newspapers.
 
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You clearly missed this part of the story:


Here's their new slogan: South Carolina - We're the New Jersey of the South!
 
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jambalaya said:
The Americans on this thread need to be careful what they say about South Carolina. Politicians in your state could be the headline tomorrow.
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Odds are pretty long on any states officials having as many sex scandals in one year as SC has had this year(so far!). It does not really mean anything about SC, but I do find it funny.
 
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jambalaya said:
The Americans on this thread need to be careful what they say about South Carolina. Politicians in your state could be the headline tomorrow.
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Don't sweat it. When they figure out that he's black, they'll avoid this thread like the plague. Sure as hell won't be anymore, "those people" comments coming from the Leftists, anyway.

On a side note, are you Jambalaya with crawfish, sausage, or chicken?
 
I read that the guy had a pending felony charge too. This whole situation is just plain freaking bizarre.
 


That money could have come from anywhere. That's hardly proof that he's a GOP plant. I mean, hell, Al Shaprton and Jesse Jackson have money enough to register to run for president. If people are stupid enough to donate to those two clowns, then certainly there are people stupid enough to donate money to this wanker.
 
But of course he would have had to report such campaign contributions which he hasn't. He claims this was his own money and maybe it's true but it does reek of a plant to most discerning observers.
 
clyburn is such an ignorant, two-faced asshole

just last week, the black congressional caucus expressed its desire to scale back the powers of the newly independent office of congressional ethics
that thing Obama touted as a priority when he was running for office
clyburn has had his own ethical lapses
clyburn also was critical of the opponent being able to run against him in his own district
what a puke

nothing would be better than greene beating demint in the midterm election
 
I have no problem with an investigation. None what so ever.

But I find it rich that they would call for an immediate investigation into this, and then fail to call for an immediate investigation of Sestak and Romanoff when THERE HAVE BEEN REPEATED PUBLIC ADMISSIONS OF ILLEGALITIES WHICH CLEARLY IMPLICATES THE WHITE HOUSE.

NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE AN ADMISSION IT HAS HAPPENED, BUT FOR MONTHS WE HAVE HAD COVER-UPS AND/OR OBFUSCATION BY GIBBS AND OBAMA.

That was the entire thrust of the OP.

Capiche?

PS. As an aside... It is funny a no name Democrat, plant or not won the thing. Dontcha think?
I find it downright hilarious.
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How does one party plant a candidate in the other party's primary? Was the guy a stealth Republican? Is it illegal for a Republican to donate to a Democrat?

Whether a plant or not, how could he win without Democrats voting for him? If the Democrat voters are stupid enough to vote for a plant they deserve what they get.

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