ok What's on Alvin Greene's Mind? Let's See. Hmm ...
The 32-year-old unemployed Army vet's rise to U.S. Senate contender is one of the more bizarre political narratives in recent memory. Last month, he won the Democratic Senate primary in South Carolina in a landslide. Before then, no one had ever heard of Greene, and he didn't really do anything to earn the nomination (short of paying the $10,400 filing fee): no campaign to speak of, no rallies, no fundraising, nothing.
The stunning victory set off a swirl of theories, from Greene's being a Republican plant to the benefits of his name being the first on the ballot alphabetically (his opponent was Vic Rawl, a former judge who'd run an aggressive campaign).
Mary Ann Chastain, AP
South Carolina Democratic Senate nominee Alvin Greene holds up his campaign flier last month in Manning, S.C.
As the world has gotten to know Greene, his story has just gotten weirder. He's been aloof to the point of incoherent in interviews -- he's been compared with both Forrest Gump and Rain Man -- and it's been revealed that he's facing criminal obscenity charges for allegedly showing pornography to a college student. This week he made headlines again when he told a British newspaper that one way to create jobs in the state would be to have people make little action figures of him.
Reached at his home, Greene -- perhaps surprisingly -- agreed to play along with our Weekend Questionnaire. And if you're looking for a politician who doesn't simply run his mouth, Greene just might be that guy: On a couple of occasions during the interview, it took him almost five minutes to say anything. (Except for the questions about where he was at the moment, and who should play him in a movie -- he got those immediately.)
What follows is the full transcript of a 33-minute conversation.
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