1st Lady illegally campaigans at the polls

[Dale00]

I'll give the first lady the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it was a brief slip of the tongue.

But speaking of whining - its going to be interesting if the predicted conservative landslide happens this November. I can hear the democrats already,"How unfair of the republicans not to share power and compromise."

 

[JB Books]

I'll give the first lady the benefit of the doubt. Maybe it was a brief slip of the tongue.

But speaking of whining - its going to be interesting if the predicted conservative landslide happens this November. I can hear the democrats already,"How unfair of the republicans not to share power and compromise."

Dale, my brother, both sides whine....all the time. That's why the country is so messed up. Whining extremists. No ability to see the big picture.

 

[Dale00]

Peacemakers with a sense of humor - we need more of them.

 

[RKM]

From the Drudge Report.......

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 a pool reporter from the CHICAGO SUN-TIMES at the scene, the conversation took place INSIDE 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 [or] within 100 feet of any polling place."

A top Ilinois State Board of Elections official tells the DRUDGE REPORT that Mrs. Obama -- a Harvard-educated lawyer -- 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 pretty 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.

 

[LightningCrash]

Well, we all know that no matter what Obama or his wife does, it is wrong. Obama could save a bunch of children from a burning building and someone would turn it into a thread about how he wants to take guns and destroy democracy. It gets pathetic.

Why would Obama not save the building too? Why just the children? Doesn't he care about the burning buildings?

 

[KOPBET]

... she's pretty well liked and probably doesn't know what she's doing."

Neither does her husband.

 

[jbarnett]

Neither does her husband.

We have a winner.

 

[Bierhunter]

This statement by the official is hilarious - “I mean, she’s pretty well liked and probably doesn’t know what she’s doing.”

Yeah, that one cracks me up. Especially since she's a Harvard educated lawyer.

 

[marvinvwinkle]

Well we now see how many libs think. The 1st lady violates the law and instead of addressing the issue, they attack the OP and the Right. I think it goes to show that some people are above the law and most of us aren't. This is not a partisan issue, but it sure turned into one. From now on I will post a link when necessary.

 

[RKM]

So we have a Harvard educated lawyer that doesn't seem to be able to grasp the law.....hmmmmmmmmmmm.

Didn't someone say "ignorance of the law is no excuse"?