The Democratic Party has always claimed to be the party of the people. Well, as it turns out, the Democrats are no different than the Republicans. Each party is really the party of power brokers.
On Tuesday the voters in the Democratic primary of South Carolina nominated Alvin Greene, 32, as their candidate for the U.S. Senate in the fall general election. Greene was an unemployed veteran who is facing a felony charge for showing obscene internet photos to a student at the University of South Carolina last fall. If convicted, he faces up to five years in prison.
Democratic Party leaders are left scratching their heads. Greene didn’t raise any money and didn’t even have a website. He was considered such a long shot that his opponents and the media didn’t bother to check his background. His opponent didn't even campaign against him.
Then how did he manage to win the Democratic Party nomination? The answer is quite simple. Greene was at the top of the ticket and the stupid South Carolina primary voters simply entered the first name on the list of two U.S. Senate candidates into the voting machines.
The party leaders are shitting in their pants. They have asked Greene, an African-American, to withdraw from the race. He has refused, saying that "The Democratic Party has chosen their nominee and we have to stand behind their choice. The people have spoken. We need to be pro-South Carolina, not anti-Greene."
The people have spoken. Indeed they have. The Democratic Party will probably find a way to remove Greene from the ticket. When they do, they can no longer claim to be the party of the people.
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