All of this begs the question: How would Alvin Greene actually perform as a US Senator? We know so much about his opponent, the principled conservative Jim DeMint who has rapidly emerged as a leader in the GOP, committed to massive reductions in taxation and spending, preservation of life and has been a kingmaker of sorts for other rising conservatives including Marco Rubio. While Alvin Greene can not touch his opponent on experience, his qualifications are based primarily on what he is not:That's certainly better than that guy who was a Senator in Illinois a couple of years ago.
Alvin Greene has never taught Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals in college. He did not for 20 years attend a radical church poorly disguised as "Black Liberation Theology". He has never worked for or been supported by ACORN. He has never spent significant time in Pakistan. Alvin Greene has stated he will gladly turn over his academic records and, if requested, even a long-form US birth certificate.
On policy, Alvin Greene also seems like an addition by subtraction kind of guy. He has never threatened to bankrupt the coal industry or claimed that energy prices must necessarily skyrocket. He has never betrayed our military by standing on the Senate floor and proclaiming the surge in Iraq would never work. There exist no public records of Mr. Greene claiming police acted "stupidly". He has never advocated governmental takeover of banks and our automobile industry. Greene has never sought to scrap our missile defense programs around the world. He has never been on record having spoken ill of his country while on foreign soil. Most importantly, Alvin Greene has never proclaimed that he would fundamentally change this country.
And Jim DeMint's seat is safe, so we'll just have to wonder what Greene would have done in the Senate.
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I think we need to get more people like Mr. Greene elected. They would probably listen to the people and would not be so quick to ruin our country. I've thought for years that we should have term limits for all public office; county, state & federal government. When terms are up, the people need to return to the private sector and earn a living like the rest of the population. All government employees should have the same health insurance; should have to contribute to social security and have 401K plans like the rest of us. I just hope that with the upcoming elections, Americans take back control of the country.
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