The Alvin Greene story I posted about two days ago gets curiouser and curiouser.

COLUMBIA, S.C. – The No. 3 Democrat in the U.S. House called on federal authorities Thursday to investigate how an unemployed South Carolina military veteran entered and won the state’s Democratic primary for U.S. Senate.

“Here is Alvin Greene, unemployed, he goes into the Democratic headquarters and pays $10,000. That’s no little bit of money for an unemployed person,” House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., said. “This guy, who is he? Where did he come from?”

Greene, 32, stunned the Democratic Party establishment Tuesday night when he handily defeated Vic Rawl, a four-term state lawmaker and former judge, for the party’s nomination. Rawl, who had campaigned little but already raised $186,000, was forced to scrap a fundraiser planned for Thursday night.

Greene has not reported any fundraising, run any ads, or put up signs or a website in his challenge of Republican U.S. Sen. Jim DeMint. He had been considered such a long shot that neither his opponent nor the media bothered to check his background, which includes a November arrest on a charge of felony obscenity.

“There are a number of things that are taking place in the South Carolina political process that I find suspicious,” Clyburn said. “I believe there’s a coordinated effort to circumvent state and federal laws and seriously subvert the electoral process. Something needs to be done.”

Greene, who says he left the military last August after 13 years in the Army and Air Force, has said he paid the $10,440 filing fee by saving up two years of his service pay. On Thursday, Clyburn said he’s skeptical Greene paid the fee himself and demanded that federal authorities investigate where the money came from.

Clyburn said state law makes it illegal for candidates to let someone else pay their filing fee if their candidacy is intended to damage another candidate.

Party officials asked Greene to sit out of the race after The Associated Press reported he faces a felony charge, which stems from a University of South Carolina student’s complaint that he showed her a pornographic website, then talked about going to her room at a university dorm.

But Greene insists he’s staying put.

“I am a legitimate candidate,” Greene said Thursday, in response to questions about Clyburn’s investigation request. “There’s no need for it.”- Associated Press

Before someone shoots their mouth off(Like I did) that race may at issue between Clyburn and Greene, let me inform ROK Drop readers that both men are African-American.

How could the GOP fix a Democratic primary? That’s the first thing I ask myself because that is Clyburn is insinuating.  The primary Greene was the Democratic one. I’m not 100% positive but I think South Carolina has an open primary which allows party crossovers. Still only someone off their meds IMHO would be claiming this to be some conspiracy. Why didn’t the Democratic party ask questions of Greene’s background before he ran.

Why would the GOP run Greene for office as a plant? The favored candidate had less than 200,000 raised for a Senate seat run in a Republican year in a Republican state. All those factors combined spell less than 40% of the vote in the November general election.

Two curious things about Greene’s background.

1- He served in South Korean during 2008

2- He was involuntarily discharged from the Army. Greene was an intelligence specialist and so far declines to explain why he was separated from the service.

Arriving for interviews at a Columbia television station Thursday afternoon in a dark suit, driven in a hired car, Greene marked a stark contrast to the day before. On Wednesday, Greene greeted a reporter at his childhood home in Manning, clad in a T-shirt and sweat pants.

Takes memo to myself. Don’t ever answer the door when wearing men’s bathing trunks(I use them for shorts around the house). Some may consider that a disqualification for political office.

A interview of Greene can be found here. It isn’t every impressive to put it mildly.

Greene would be required to report campaign spending to the Federal Election Commission, which regulates federal campaign finances. But the cash for the filing fee itself is given directly by candidates to the state party they wish to represent, and that money isn’t subject to FEC filing requirements, officials with the agency said Thursday.

As I said before, where were the objections of the South Carolina Democratic party when Greene filed to run.

That answer doesn’t satisfy Clyburn, who suspects there is more to be learned about Greene’s pursuit. Clyburn also raised concerns about the possibility of a whisper campaign to encourage voters to pick the ballot’s first name, which happened to be Greene’s. He wants anything “untoward” in the race to be investigated.

“He’s been paid to stay in it, by somebody,” Clyburn said. “I just think this is a ploy by someone to dishonor and embarrass the Democratic Party.”

Clyburn better be careful. His so far unsubstantiated allegations could embarrass the Democratic Party and bring dishonor to it. As for Greene, he can stay on the ballot if he wants to barring his being found guilty of  criminal charges.