Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Political Candidate A Mystery Man - Joe the Plumber, meet Alvin the Gump

                

Forrest Gump (right) boggles all minds but his own, busy as it is considering the existential mysteries contained in a box of chocolates.

And then there's Alvin Greene (left)the nobody who becomes somebody, suddenly and without anything to recommend him but sheer dumb luck.

In South Carolina, Greene is mystery man despite winning Democratic Senate nod

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