Bill Clinton did not break the law

[Andy823]

http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/01/politics/bill-clinton-campaigning-polling-place-super-tuesday/index.html

"Brian McNiff, spokesman for the secretary of the commonwealth of Massachusetts, says shaking hands alone isn't prohibited. Explicit campaigning is what's banned within 150 feet of a polling places.

"Just meeting people doesn't constitute campaigning," McNiff told CNN. "We received no information that anything like that happened."

I don't think he should have done this, but he broke no laws, and does anyone really think that his showing up actually got people to change their vote?

[bkkyosemite]

1. He purposely went to those polling places in hopes of swinging the votes his way

by the fact that he is an ex President. Corrupt.

[questionseverything]

14. he gave a campaign speech with a bullhorn

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511386214

[highprincipleswork]

26. This is just basically a lowlife kind of a move. But not surprising, unfortunately.

And in the video I saw, he was giving a speech quite clearly with a bullhorn.

[arcane1]

30. And it was quite clearly less than 150 feet n/t

[Jenny_92808]

43. You are absolutely correct!

The Clintons are playing DIRTY!

[Baitball Blogger]

27. Public perception is everything, and the Clintons are always leading the way

to encourage unethical practices.

[marions ghost]

2. Why was he anywhere near a polling place?

So crass.

[Jenny_92808]

46. I think that is a good word for it...

CRASS!

[marions ghost]

48. These are the folks who will bring about election reform?

Nah...

[UglyGreed]

3. Why do that???

Tell me what is the point if not campaigning

[global1]

4. Come Onnnn!!!! A Former President And Husband Of A Candidate Shaking Hands At A Polling Place....

doesn't constitute campaigning. What a crock!!!!!!

[Cheese Sandwich]

51. He was doing more than shaking hands

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[alcibiades_mystery]

5. "I just wanted to hear the sumbitch deny it once." -LBJ

It's just politics, man. Same ole same ole.

[Depaysement]

6. He didn't have sexual relations with that woman either nt

[madfloridian]

8. Wow, he doesn't seem to know what Bill Clinton did. Watch the video.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511386461

[Andy823]

54. I watched your video

I saw a video of Bill Clinton talking, and some arrows pointing one way saying it was the polling place, and another arrow pointing the other way saying Bernie supporters with signs. Not one time did the person taking the video pan over to the entrance of the polling place to who how far away it was, nor did it pan over to the Bernie supporters with signs. Am I supposed to take the word of whoever posted the video, and explanation, simple because they said it was less that 150 feet? If I had taken the video I would have shown the entrance and the Bernie supports from the same position I was filming Clinton.

Sorry, but that video proved nothing about the distance or the other complaints about the Bernie supporters with signs. Also the link I provided said nobody had complained. Why didn't the person with the video complain and show the video to someone who could investigate it and check the actual distance from Clinton to the polling place?

Again, according the the link I provided he did not break any laws.

[UglyGreed]

9. .....

[OrwellwasRight]

10. Does putting up a yard sign or wearing a t-shirt

"actually [cause] people to change their vote"? I don't think so. What sane person votes because of a t-shirt?

But hey, if my sign or t-shirt isn't allowed in a polling place because of the appearance of impropriety, isn't it the same thing?

[angrychair]

16. Yes, it is

There is no difference. This is BULLSHIT

[2pooped2pop]

11. wasnt he making speaches?

[votesparks]

12. It's not the campaigning 150 away from a poll that matters

it's the traffic jam that occurs near the poll location because of his Secret Service detail for people trying to get into vote, discouraging voters from voting.

[questionseverything]

21. it would matter if it was some regular person,it is illegal

he holds a campaign rally in the middle of the street for hc

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511386214

[Jenny_92808]

31. Exactly Right!

This is dirty politics by the Clintons!

[jg10003]

34. exactly

[angrychair]

13. Are. You. Shitting. Me.

Are you kidding!?! The former POTUS and husband to one of the candidates, shows up at a polling station, GOES INSIDE, shaking hands and taking pictures and that is not campaigning???

If that isn't campaigning than I don't know what is

[2pooped2pop]

20. it's ok. He's a Clinton

and laws are for the little people, not them.

I bet hell would have been raised if it was Jane Sanders though.

[angrychair]

28. I know, right`

Even more so though, he is a former POTUS, everything he does is political. Especially when his wife is on the ballot during a primary election going on IN THAT POLLING PLACE. To say it is not campaigning is bullshit.

[Cheese Sandwich]

15. Yes he did. There's a video of him campaigning. Cheaters who get away with it.

[MoonRiver]

17. Much ado about nothing, as usual.

[AzDar]

29. "I Especially Thank Those Who Support Hillary" Jesus. Can't BELIEVE Du'ers are defending this shit!

[arcane1]

36. They will defend literally anything. "Whatever It Takes(tm)"

[marions ghost]

52. THIS IS UNREAL!!!

I actually think this could backfire. He comes off like a crazy snake oil salesman. Is this his idea of a good photo op?

Has he lost his mind?

I like that big "BANKERS FOR HILLARY" sign behind him...

Some guy yells "this is our polling place too!!"

"Feel the Bern, Slick Willy!" gets a big applause at the end.

[livetohike]

18. I'm on the election board in our precinct in PA. A state

Congressman who was up for re-election came into our polling place to say hello. He shook hands with all of us and those waiting to vote. He did not pass any campaign literature or ask for anyone's vote. It is not illegal to say hello and shake hands. Had he passed campaign literature or buttons, we would have asked him to leave and be sure he was the appropriate distance away from the door.

[questionseverything]

25. how about if he gave a campaign speech with a bullhorn?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12511386214

cause that is what bill did

[Jenny_92808]

38. Dirty pool!

I have lost a lot of respect for the Clintons.

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

19. He did not campaign with that woman!

Somewhere out there is a blue campaign button that proves otherwise.

[highprincipleswork]

22. In the video I saw he had an f'ing bullhorn!!!!

[AzDar]

23. He Had a MEGAPHONE... thanking Hillary supporters!! Which part of this do you NOT GET??

What he did was ILLEGAL... LYING about it adds insult to injury!!

[jeff47]

24. He used a megaphone to campaign within 20 feet of a polling place.

He did something illegal.

[zazen]

32. Yes, he broke the law. n/t

[bigtree]

33. not even close to the Sanders camp stealing their rival's campaign data

...crocodile tears from Sanders supporters over a non-consequential appearance by Clinton at a polling place.


Sanders supporters shrugged off that crime, I'm shrugging this off.

[UglyGreed]

42. ummm

Josh Uretsky, the data director fired by the campaign, was recommended to the Sanders campaign by DNC officials and a staffer at NGP VAN...........

[Bluenorthwest]

45. Right, try to distract from the well known character flaws of DOMA Bill and his entitled and deeply

hypocritical road show. It looks bad. Splitting hairs about Bill's legality. Again. He should know better. Your manufactured bullshit firewall crap was long, long settled. This is an ex President intentionally pushing the envelope on election rules, that sucks. It's cheating. That's the intention. To be a living loophole to the law.
It's privilege on full display.

[Goblinmonger]

50. Why didn't they launch that investigation Clinton wanted

Oh, wait, Sanders wanted it. Why do you think they never followed through?

[AzDar]

35. Many People reported NOT BEING ABLE TO VOTE due to his illegal electioneering!

3rd Way or 3rd WORLD?

[JonLeibowitz]

37. Yes, he did. n/t

[INdemo]

39. yes he did

[Karma13612]

40. ANOTHER Clinton controversy

Why do they have to push the envelope like this?

It is shitty optics.

And they love to exploit every single loop hole and gray area.

Like I said earlier, they had better be this nasty in the general AND with the Republican congress when trying to get 99%-friendly legislation passed.

If not, well, I will see you in 2020!!

[KoKo]

41. Advocates for Candidates aren't allowed to do electioneering inside

the Voting Area. It was known as "voter intimidation."

[GreatGazoo]

44. Use of double negative sentence structure is a tell that one is lying or under stress:

"Just meeting people doesn't constitute campaigning," McNiff told CNN. "We received no information that anything like that happened."

"anything like" what ? If a candidate's celebrity spouse campaigning at a polling place does not constitute campaigning then there is no such thing as campaigning.

[Doctor_J]

47. That's what I call setting a high bar for conduct

[gollygee]

49. They're too smart to actually break any laws

But he should have stayed 150 feet away. Not that big of a deal. It isn't illegal to exist within 150 feet of a polling station, even if your wife is running for president, even if you used to be president, and even if you're holding or speaking through a megaphone - unless you're telling people whom to vote for with it. But he knows why he was there. He was obviously trying to get votes.

They play the game to win, and part of playing the game is stepping right up to the line without going over it. The issue is that Bernie supporters don't want someone who plays the same games that politicians have always played. We want something different.

[Politicalboi]

53. WTF

They should still contest Ma over this sham that is Bill Clinton. It WAS SOLICITING now they tell us don't believe your eyes or ears. Fuck that shit. That piece of shit was IN the polling place advertising just by being there.

[artislife]

55. "It depends what the meaning of "is" is"

Dang, this is a frickin' pattern.

Sorrier and sorrier for voting on this idiot twice.