Thread: Michelle Bom'ba above the law ?

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.

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

She thinks she is.

Yep, just like the new Black Panther party in Philadelphia in '08. They weren;t just politicking, they were threatening white voters on video, but Holder and Obami think it's OK.

She's more contemptuous, then her husband King. Because she grew up in the projects, how easily we forget.

i think techincally , she hasn't broken any laws ....

the postion of first lady is only symbolic ... i don't think she's an actual government offical .

Originally Posted by marquis

i think techincally , she hasn't broken any laws ....

the postion of first lady is only symbolic ... i don't think she's an actual government offical .

The law in Illinois doesn't require one to be a "government official" in order to have violated it.

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."

Originally Posted by NoBueno

Originally Posted by marquis

i think techincally , she hasn't broken any laws ....

the postion of first lady is only symbolic ... i don't think she's an actual government offical .

The law in Illinois doesn't require one to be a "government official" in order to have violated it.

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."

oh well , we can let it slide , she is after all the first lady of the united states ..