Getting Out The Vote, the Chicago Way

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

by Joel B. Pollak

On Monday night, my opponent Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) delivered this speech to Democrats at a restaurant in Chicago–with U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias and Governor Pat Quinn in attendance:

All around the country, people are trying to replicate what we do in Chicago. They–we have a tradition of knockin’ on doors, of pulling people out–you know, people, they talk about “message” and “persuasion.” Here’s our message: “I don’t get off your doorstep until you get out to the polls and vote.” That’s our message! That’s our message!

There’s nothing wrong with going door-to-door and urging people to vote. There is something wrong–and illegal–with “pulling” people out of their homes, or threatening that you won’t leave until they do what you tell them.

It’s called intimidation, and it is a felony under Illinois law–even if it is, in Jan Schakowsky’s experience, a “tradition” in Chicago politics.

There are two reasons to be concerned about Schakowsky’s exhortation. One is that it may be part of a national strategy for desperate Democrats in this election cycle. Indeed, her husband, Washington insider and convicted felon Robert Creamer, gave the same advice (almost word-for-word) in a recent Huffington Post column. (And repeated it. And repeated it again. And again.)

The other reason is that Schakowsky and Creamer are ardent supporters of Card Check (euphemistically called the “Employee Free Choice Act”), which will take the secret ballot away from workers in elections to form unions. Schakowsky’s method of campaigning will be exactly the sort of pressure that workers will suffer if Card Check ever passes: “I won’t get off your porch until you sign up.”

Our campaign intends to press charges against anyone who tries to intimidate voters. Others across the country should be aware of what some Democrats may be up to. And voters should think about whether they really want to re-elect people who are prepared to use thuggery to hold onto power.

http://biggovernment.com/jpollak/2010/10/20/getting-out-the-vote-the-chicago-way/#more-183773

[Danno 1,228]

Why are libs so angry all the time?

[Heracles 417]

Why are libs so angry all the time?

Have you seen the ####### the Tea-party says? Like swearing 1 + 1 = 3.5 and anyone who suggests or attempts to prove otherwise is simply a no good socialist / communist.

[Danno 1,228]

Have you seen the ####### the Tea-party says? Like swearing 1 + 1 = 3.5 and anyone who suggests or attempts to prove otherwise is simply a no good socialist / communist.

NOt that I doubt your word... but for the sake of clarity... go ahead and post links to the examples you cited.

tick,tick,tick

[scandal 951]

I love it here

Love it, love it, love it

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

Why are libs so angry all the time?

I have an office-mate that is 100% moonbat liberal. He is angry all the time and always talking about 'fairness'.

I've determined that fairness = redistribution of wealth (not his wealth though),

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

I have an office-mate that is 100% moonbat liberal. He is angry all the time and always talking about 'fairness'.

I've determined that fairness = redistribution of wealth (not his wealth though),

you might ask him if he's read animal farm.

[scandal 951]

you might ask him if he's read animal farm.

Those pigs are all wearing Republican-looking suits, if you ask me.

I think Snowball and Napoleon are the GOP types with the businesslike ties on the Right

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

Those pigs are all wearing Republican-looking suits, if you ask me.

I think Snowball and Napoleon are the GOP types with the businesslike ties on the Right

more like pelosi's staff.

[scandal 951]

more like pelosi's staff.

Yup. Thought so. Napoleon and Snowball. As I live and breathe.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Dems Gone Desperate: Schakowsky Caught Electioneering in a Polling Place

This video, from a Rep. Jan Schakowsky ‘get out the vote’ rally in Chicago, got some attention for the interviewers questioning of Schakowsky on the constitutional basis for ObamaCare and the Democratic Socialists. Overlooked was a far more interesting, and very serious, segment of the video.

Monday was the first day of ‘early voting’ in Illinois. Between now and November 2nd, any Illinois voter can cast their ballot in certain designated polling place. The prohibition on electioneering, i.e. campaigning inside a polling place, still apply, even if the voting isn’t on election day.

At about the one minute mark, Schakowsky joins a group of people walking into an early voting precinct. She is asked if she is excited about voting that day:

Actually I’m gonna walk in with these folks but I’m gonna vote on Election Day

You can’t do that.

Only people voting, election officials or credentialed poll watchers can enter a voting precinct. We don’t know exactly what she did or said inside the polling place, since the cameraman, observing the law, stayed out of the polling place.

But, we don’t need to know. Her presence alone constitutes electioneering.

http://biggovernment.com/publius/2010/10/22/schakowsky-breaks-the-law-electioneers-in-a-polling-place/