Rep. Jim Clyburn's (D-SC) claim of Republican conspiracy is hot air

Representative James Clyburn (D-SC) accused Republicans of funding Alvin Greene as a plant to cause problems for SC Democrats. $10,000 in funding hardly seems like a serious effort, but now it turns out that Mr. Greene did fund his own race as he claimed from the beginning.

Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) says US Senate candidate Alvin Greene's (D-SC) win in last week's primary race is highly suspicious.

Clyburn says South Carolina used voting machines that all other states rejected. In fact, they were bought from Louisiana, he said.

"Something went wrong with these machines," Clyburn said. "They were very unreliable," he added.

"All you need is a magnet" to compromise the machines, Rep. Clyburn said.

Who would have a motive? "The motive could very well be to embarass the Democratic party. This could be embarassing if we do not get it worked out. Or this could be someone who wanted to ensure a victory [for incumbent Sen. Jim DeMint]," Clyburn said.

Clyburn concluded there is a "great possibility" that someone paid for him to run and tampered with the machines.

A law enforcement investigation http://hotair.com/archives/2010/07/10/whew-americas-candidate-funded-by-us-and-south-carolina-taxpayers/:

Alvin Greene, the obscure jobless man whose come-from-nowhere victory in the June Democratic primary for U.S. Senate created a national furor, had legitimate sources of income to pay his $10,400 primary entry fee, law enforcement sources said Friday.

He will not, according to SLED, face criminal deception charges for requesting a taxpayer funded attorney in a still pending criminal case against him.

The source of Greene’s money is none other than the U.S. government and the S.C. state government, said SLED director Reggie Lloyd. . . .

State law enforcement officials wrapped up an investigation of Greene’s finances after questions were raised about how he could qualify for indigent defense and afford to pay more than $10,000 to seek the Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate. . . .

I am stunned that law enforcement would get involved with all this.