South Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Alvin Greene was asked to appear on a Charlotte, North Carolina, radio show Monday to discuss politics. The longer-than-long-shot controversial politician, whose campaign has been fraught with surprises, added yet another brow-raiser to his laundry list of memorable moments by dancing to his YouTube viral video hit "Alvin Greene is On the Scene," instead of answering tough questions that were posed by the show's host.
The 33-year-old unemployed former military vet, who was recently indicted on criminal charges of showing pornographic pictures to an 18-year-old female college student, has been called one of the most enigmatic figures in American politics. Greene is not known for offering lively and witty banter; instead, he is oftentimes referred to as "strangely reticent."
Greene certainly did not stray from his lack-of-gab skill sets when he managed to evade questions about his military record, the obscenity charges that he is facing and other political topics that seemed almost foreign to him, such as cap-and-trade.
WBT radio talk show host Keith Larson had to explain cap-and-trade to Greene, who came out against it and then sounded distraught when he found out that Democrats mostly support it. He has been vocal, however, in his stance against gay marriage, gays in the military and pro-abortion rights.
As far as Greene's fellow party members are concerned, he has many of them scratching their heads. The state's preeminent Democrat U.S. House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn said last week that he will not vote for Greene because of the felony charge.
And Democratic party chairwoman Carol Fowler isn't hiding the fact that she totally disapproves of Greene and his antics. Fowler said, "He is not at all viable as a candidate. We have so many good, strong candidates running statewide and at the local level who are getting no attention."