Mrs Obama violate Illinois state election laws

Well, geez, let's have her arrested! What else is the First Lady supposed to say at a polling place? I'm SURE none of the other former presidents or first ladies ever did something similar. Let's get real here for a change.

Whether Mrs Obama knew or didn't know the law, I bet she didn't care. I also bet she knew no one would do anything about it either.

I think the purpose of the law was to avoid the more subtle types of voter intimidation. That said she did violate the law as it is written. If they enforce this law against other people it should be enforced on her as well.

I didn't even read the whole article just your quote about "dropping the standard." That makes me very angry. But then I was pretty upset when Clinton lied under oath, an act we would have all gone to jail for committing! Public figures are not above the law, even if they are "pretty well liked." Ugh! That makes me mad that anyone even said that!

What Mr. Campbell actually said was "She was telling me how important it was to vote to keep her husband's agenda going". While one can read into it the "vote for my husband" it was not said, or is not part of his quote.

If this were an 80 year old grandma or an 18 year old voting for the first time, I could see the "ignorance" plea. However, polling places in my home state have explicit warnings against campaigning within the polling area. "Aunt Esther" (my pet name for Michelle) is an attorney. The news media constantly tells us of the "superior intellect" of the first couple. Does anyone really believe she didn't know exactly what she was doing, and that it was a violation of the law? The real story is that this is indicative of the arrogance and underhanded tactics she and Barry O helped foment as community organizers with ACORN. A former ACORN staffer blew the whistle on the organizations underhanded tactics for stealing elections. www.rottenacorn.com//activity/Map.html shows how rampant the organization's fraud is. Michelle was simply doing what a good ACORN devotee does.

Geeze, how many states have that kind of law? I wonder how many times I committed the horrible crime if they have the same law in California. Not talk about the election at the polling place? I can see why having any booths or demonstrations for this or that cause or politician, but just saying a sentence or two and then leaving?

The reason for that law is so that ppl voting don't get any pressure to vote any special way. As for her not knowing the law, if she holds a law degree from Harvard and doesn't know that law, she shouldn't hold the degree...she obviously didn't learn anything. I guess it says a lot about how well things are going for 0bama when his wife is out trying to drum up votes for him. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]

The law is the law. Now, i don't see this as too big a deal, she certainly shouldn't be arrested for it, the police have far bigger fish to fry and already have more than enough work to do with out chasing down everyone who does this. But perhaps she should receive a simple citation for it. It is about perception and this is not going to be good for her as far as that goes. Have other first ladies done this? I don't know...I would like to hope not but I would also hope if they had, they too would have received a citation for it. As I said, the law is the law.

Supposedly, ignorance of the law is no excuse. She should at least have been slapped on the wrist (metaphorically speaking).

It must run in the family. Her husband, "doesn't know," what he's doing either.

Technically, yes she did break the law. Are they going to do anything about it? No, they are not. It definitely goes to show that our laws don't always apply to everyone equally. If a regular person was within or near the poling place trying to tell people to vote for their candidate, you can bet the law would come down on them in some way. She gets away with it because she is the first lady. What I found extremely hypocritical though was the fact that the election official actually defended her actions saying she was probably ignorant of the law. Well, the first thing a judge will tell you is that ignorance of the law is no excuse and, uh, isn't she a lawyer??? Wouldn't you think that someone educated in law would know the law? Even I know it's against the law to campaign within a certain distance of a poling place. I've known it since I first started to vote. How could she possibly NOT know it? The problem is that the "ruling class" don't think that certain laws should apply to them. They think that they are above the law and they can selectively ignore them when they want. We need to change that way of thinking in our elected officials. They are not exempt. They do not have special privileges just because they managed to get elected to something. Is winning an election somehow some amazing feat that warrants some elite status? I don't think so. They shouldn't get any consideration just for that.

Choosing whom to vote for is a basic human right,and absolutely nobody,irrespective of his social and econimic position should tell us how to vote.