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re: Huge upset in SGA president race tonight
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:26 am to Patton
Posted on 3/11/15 at 10:26 am to Patton
In my time at UA I don't remember the SGA doing much of anything in terms of improving student life. I was pretty apathetic to it all.
Hopefully this Spillers kid can change that a bit.
I can see the Machine becoming less and less of an influence with the out of state kids and the online voting.
Hopefully this Spillers kid can change that a bit.
I can see the Machine becoming less and less of an influence with the out of state kids and the online voting.
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Posted on 3/11/15 at 11:41 am to RollTide4Ever
quote:Cleo Thomas was the first black person to win the position and he is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.
Interesting. A black non Greek defeated the machine back in the seventies as well.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 12:31 pm to MontyFranklyn
Yep. 1984 was the big upset because it was the first time a nongreek had won it in 30ish years IIRC
This post was edited on 3/11/15 at 12:35 pm
Posted on 3/11/15 at 1:37 pm to UhOhOreo
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Prediction: Black fraternities invited into the machine
The black fraternities endorsed Keller actually, he hangs out with them a good bit. Lots of sorority girls voted for Elliot and I think thats where the race was ultimately won for him.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 6:11 pm to UhOhOreo
Good thing to happen after what happened to SAE at OU
Posted on 3/11/15 at 6:27 pm to Big Wooly Mammoth
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Lots of sorority girls voted for Elliot and I think thats where the race was ultimately won for him.
Wasn't just the sororities. Sigma Nu, ATO, a lot of KA's. Probably more than that, but those are the ones I know of for sure.
Posted on 3/11/15 at 7:53 pm to crimson crazy
What house was the white kid in?
Posted on 3/11/15 at 8:49 pm to hambone213
Kendra Key almost won in 2009 vs. Steven Oliver. Lots of controversy around the election. People wanting recounts and what not. It was really close.
Following that, there wasn't really a strong independent candidate, and a lot of times the better candidate was the Machine backed candidate.
I always had the opinion that anyone elected was gonna work to better the campus. Some may be more effective than others. But no one was gonna cause any lasting damage to UA. It's out of their power.
I had a small involvement in the SGA as webmaster for a few years. They did good things. Just a lot of times it required students to get involved or sign up to benefit. Or it was focused on a certain problem that many students didn't face. Or students didn't even notice SGA initiatives that helped them in one way or another.
I remember them starting up the night route of the Crimson Ride. Setting up away game bus travels. shite like that.
Following that, there wasn't really a strong independent candidate, and a lot of times the better candidate was the Machine backed candidate.
I always had the opinion that anyone elected was gonna work to better the campus. Some may be more effective than others. But no one was gonna cause any lasting damage to UA. It's out of their power.
I had a small involvement in the SGA as webmaster for a few years. They did good things. Just a lot of times it required students to get involved or sign up to benefit. Or it was focused on a certain problem that many students didn't face. Or students didn't even notice SGA initiatives that helped them in one way or another.
I remember them starting up the night route of the Crimson Ride. Setting up away game bus travels. shite like that.
This post was edited on 3/11/15 at 8:51 pm
Posted on 3/12/15 at 8:49 am to bamafan425
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Kendra Key almost won in 2009 vs. Steven Oliver. Lots of controversy around the election. People wanting recounts and what not. It was really close.
I mentioned this election in a post on the OT in regards to never knowing who would win an election. That is about as close as you can get especially when you consider what allegedly went down that night.
Posted on 3/12/15 at 10:52 am to yellowhammer2098
Do they still have that mysterious black stalker van with "The Machine" written on it? I saw it a time or two but only late at night. God knows what they were doing.
Posted on 3/12/15 at 1:35 pm to RollTide4Ever
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Interesting. A black non Greek defeated the machine back in the seventies as well.
As the post below this said, you can thank the sororities for the 76 election. It was all blue blood "good ole boy" prior to that. After that the most influential sororities were asked to join the machine and they did. I recommended my sorority not join, but they did. Since then I have taken every chance I could to urge the leadership to break with this group which is racist, anti women, crooked and has controlled Alabama politics for decades.
I understand the sororities and non machine fraternities had a big hand in this.
Posted on 3/12/15 at 1:37 pm to Patton
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unimportant in the grand scheme of things
This group continues to control Alabama politics. Alabama politics = total corruption.
Posted on 3/12/15 at 1:58 pm to Bama54
I'd personally really approve if the machine were to start controlling the city of Birmingham politics though.. 
Posted on 3/12/15 at 2:15 pm to yellowhammer2098
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That is about as close as you can get especially when you consider what allegedly went down that night.
For someone who has absolutely 0 idea of the backstory yall are talking about, what exactly happened?
Posted on 3/12/15 at 2:20 pm to WG_Dawg
Allegedly there were people bringing laptops to bars and forcing people to vote
Posted on 3/12/15 at 2:22 pm to WG_Dawg
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For someone who has absolutely 0 idea of the backstory yall are talking about, what exactly happened?
A lot of allegations around illegal vote counting. Typically the voting ends at 7pm, but that year they extended the voting hours until midnight. There are a lot of stories of laptops being set up in Gallettes (bar on the strip near campus) and folks using their younger siblings (high school aged) myBama accounts to cast votes.
The Machine is small potatoes, but it does indoctrinate a lot of career politicians within the state. It's the front door to the Alabama state political universe. Sad but true.
Posted on 3/12/15 at 10:27 pm to Patton
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What house was the white kid in?
DKE
Posted on 3/13/15 at 2:52 pm to crimson crazy
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DKE
That makes me even more happy about the machine defeat. DKE=arrogant racist, and even worse
Posted on 3/13/15 at 4:41 pm to hambone213
The machine is just a bunch of rich white trash scumbags anyway. The same trash that is destroying this state as politicians were part of the machine. The state of Alabama is a joke, always has been and always will be.
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