Let see how that DOJ policy on election laws works on this...

[Belmont31R]

1st Lady caught in Chicago campaigning INSIDE the polling location.

First lady Michelle Obama appears to have violated Illinois law -- when she engaged in political discussion at a polling place!

Rest: http://www.drudgereport.com/flash2.htm


Robert Gibbs defends her electioneering:

"I don't think it would be much to imagine, the First Lady might support her husband's agenda," Gibbs smiled.

Let me guess....because she is black, a progressive, and the president's wife nothing will be done about this, and the liberal MSM will either ignore it, spin it, or defend her actions.

[GermanSynergy]

Bingo.

Let me guess....because she is black, a progressive, and the president's wife nothing will be done about this, and the liberal MSM will either ignore it, spin it, or defend her actions.

[m4fun]

I am shocked. Any negative comment about her or her husband must be racism...what is wrong here?

[ChicagoTex]

In fairness, we don't really know that she was doing anything but encouraging a fellow TO vote (as opposed to encouraging him to vote a specific way), which would not qualify as electioneering. Furthermore, having a private political discussion at a polling place in Illinois, while technically illegal, will merely get you booted from the premises, which looks to be about what happened here. If the DOJ wouldn't do anything about Joe Schmoe having a political conversation at a polling place and then leaving without incident, I have no idea why you'd expect it to be different for the FLOTUS, no matter how you view her personally.

That said, I think some sort of public apology type thing would appropriate.

Oh, and since conspiracy nuts are allowed to make allegations that Michelle was doing deliberate "electioneering" in the whopping 5 minutes or so she was at the polling place, let's do a 180 on that and suggest that perhaps she was baited by a member of a right-wing conspiracy?

Molehills into Mountains indeed.

[Bolt_Overide]

not a god damn thing will come of this.

[500grains]

1st Lady caught in Chicago campaigning INSIDE the polling location.

Here is the logic of the DOJ.

1. The 14th Amendment was to make blacks equal whites. It was to correct disenfranchisement of blacks. It was not meant to make whites equal to blacks.

2. The federal election laws are simply a vehicle implementing the 14th Amendment.

3. Therefore the DOJ will only investigate and prosecute cases where blacks are the victims, not where blacks are the perpetrators of voting rights abuses.

So there.

[Palmguy]

In fairness, we don't really know that she was doing anything but encouraging a fellow TO vote (as opposed to encouraging him to vote a specific way), which would not qualify as electioneering.

Not according to Richard Campbell.

Besides, what the hell is the point of encouraging someone who is already in a polling place to vote? I mean, seriously, are people wandering in the election places and then deciding if they are actually going to spend the time to fill out a ballot? Come on.

[Belmont31R]

In fairness, we don't really know that she was doing anything but encouraging a fellow TO vote (as opposed to encouraging him to vote a specific way), which would not qualify as electioneering. Furthermore, having a private political discussion at a polling place in Illinois, while technically illegal, will merely get you booted from the premises, which looks to be about what happened here. If the DOJ wouldn't do anything about Joe Schmoe having a political conversation at a polling place and then leaving without incident, I have no idea why you'd expect it to be different for the FLOTUS, no matter how you view her personally.

That said, I think some sort of public apology type thing would appropriate.

Oh, and since conspiracy nuts are allowed to make allegations that Michelle was doing deliberate "electioneering" in the whopping 5 minutes or so she was at the polling place, let's do a 180 on that and suggest that perhaps she was baited by a member of a right-wing conspiracy?

Molehills into Mountains indeed.

Let the spin begin....



These laws may not be enforced but I guess if you are black its cool to stand out in front of a polling location with billy clubs intimidating people....just get a little slap on the wrist?



I never said anything about throwing her in jail but I find it fascinating the way the left can spin things so their people can do no wrong. Even the IL election lady came out and said she was probably just ignorant of the law. Since when is ignorance of the law an excuse to break it?


The right thing to do would be to come out and say exactly what happened, and if she did anything wrong say she is sorry and it wont happen again. Instead out come the BS excuses, spin, and deflection.

[Skyyr]

Let the spin begin....

These laws may not be enforced but I guess if you are black its cool to stand out in front of a polling location with billy clubs intimidating people....just get a little slap on the wrist?

I never said anything about throwing her in jail but I find it fascinating the way the left can spin things so their people can do no wrong. Even the IL election lady came out and said she was probably just ignorant of the law. Since when is ignorance of the law an excuse to break it?

The right thing to do would be to come out and say exactly what happened, and if she did anything wrong say she is sorry and it wont happen again. Instead out come the BS excuses, spin, and deflection.

I hate making generalizations that seem to be biased to my own preferences, but seriously, this seems to be the primary difference between the Left and the Right:

If the Right does something wrong, they typically own up and give some predictable speech about how it was wrong, etc, and try to put it behind them. The point is, however, they admit it was wrong.

The Left, on the other hand, twists, bends, and makes excuses and exceptions ("Oh, she probably wasn't aware of the law") without admitting it was wrong, regardless. Yet they will blatantly attack anyone who admits to wrongdoing because they admitted it. It's like they have the belief that doing wrong depends entirely on admitting it was wrong; if no wrong was admitted, no wrong was done.

[khc3]

That's the obvious and predictable result in having a moral code founded entirely in one's own perception of one's self as being a "good person."

And laws and stuff are for uptight squares, not transformational "rulers" and their Queens.