Wait and see how Jon Stewart treats it like all the "sane" people do.
Posted on 10/14/2010 2:01:09 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Edited on 10/14/2010 3:03:12 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
FIRST LADY CAMPAIGNED INSIDE POLLING PLACE
Thu Oct 14 2010 16:19:25 ET
First lady Michelle Obama appears to have violated
Illinois law -- when she engaged in political discussion at a polling place!
The drama began after Mrs. Obama stopped off at the
Martin Luther King Center on the south side of Chicago to cast an early vote.
After finishing at the machine, Obama went back to the desk and handed in her voting key.
She let voters including electrician Dennis Campbell, 56, take some photos.
"She was telling me how important it was to vote to keep her husband's agenda going," Campbell said.
According to the pool reporter at the scene, the conversation took place IN the voting center not far from the booths.
Illinois state law -- Sec. 17-29 (a) -- states: "No judge of election, pollwatcher, or other person shall, at any primary or election, do any electioneering or soliciting of votes or engage in any political discussion within any polling place, within 100 feet of any polling place."
A top Ilinois State Board of Elections official tells the DRUDGE REPORT how Mrs. Obama may have simply been ignorant of the law and thus violated it unintentionally.
"You kind of have to drop the standard for the first lady, right?" the official explained late Thursday. "I mean, she's prety well liked and probably doesn't know what she's doing."
WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS ELECTIONEERING
When questioned about the brazen nature of Mrs. Obama's campaigning, press secretary Robert Gibbs defended the action.
"I don't think it would be much to imagine, the First Lady might support her husband's agenda," Gibbs smiled.
Developing...
What a cupid stunt.....
Wait and see how Jon Stewart treats it like all the "sane" people do.
Thats just awesome.
She's been involved in her husband's various elections for 20 years. There's no way she's ignorant of that one.
In most advanced, civilized countries this behavior at a polling place would have SERIOUS legal implications,and would probably end with the result of arrest or at least heavy fining of the candidate's wife. I can think of this all over Asia, and in Latin America being handled seriously in this manner, very quickly (once in the Press like this).
I know here in Japan, where we gave them and helped develop for them their postwar Democracy, the actions of the First Lady a) would violate 公職選挙法における連座制は、同法251条の2から251条の4 (Public Election Law, relatinting to "Renzasei", Article 251 Section 2 to 4).
b) would not be papered over by the Japanese media or laughed off by the Prime Minister's office or spokesman.
Last time I checked - when a cop found out my vehicle registration was expired - ignorance of the law is not a defense.
She actually looked the best I have seen her in that orange jumpsuit posted in this thread.
“Move along, there’s nothing to see here!”
Can he do that for breaking a STATE law? Oh wait. I forgot he’s king.
Not so and the law in Illinois is clearly stated in the article. As a poll watcher here in NY we weren't even permitted to bring in literature for a favored candidate that might be visible to a voter so it isn't a "big to do about nothing" that you make it out to be. She should have known better and Gibbs' defending it makes me want to spit nails.
First, you are correct and the rules do not apply to the ‘Rats.
Second, this is much like zerObama’s FEC foreign contributor violations. Who is actually going to enforce the laws that these jerkoffs blatantly break? The White House...Eric Holder...Nappypolitano???
Forget Michelle Obama. She is just one of the little piggies out of Orwell’s great novel “Animal Farm”. Don’t you common folk know, “Some animals (pigs) are more equal then others”. Shucks, Eric Holder allows the Black Panthers to break the law without consequence. Why not the First lady of the land? These people are beneath decency from head to toe starting with POTUS Obama. Now, you sleepy folks out there in America land better get it quick and turn out by the millions to vote to destroy the Democrat party that spawned these America haters. Vote on November 2, 2010 and destroy the entire Democrat party!!!! Remember In November!!!!
she appears to be looking down her nose with the person she is talking with.
I think you mean the "Dragnet" music. Just the facts, ma'am!
Typical of Liberals..... Look if the DOJ refuses to prosecute then we have to play by their rules... Everyone show up at polling places and break the law and if you get locked up then file a law suite against the first lady because you were just following an example....
Same goes for people that want to put white hoods on and carry nooses in front of polling places its OK by the DOJ current standards....
We are no longer a nation of laws since the Liberals have take over.
What’s with the kidney belt?
And we are surprised? NOT!!!
was that TODAY???? or is that photoshopped?
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