Uh, oh. Chelsea Clinton in a bit of trouble with CT polling place laws.

[CTyankee]

http://connpolitics.tv/index.php/2008/02/05/chelsea-at-the-polling-place

Right before the polls opened today at 6 am, Chelsea was in New Haven delivering coffee to workers in a polling place. She started to leave when it opened but stopped to talk to a firefighter (while still within 75 feet of the polling place, a no no) and complaints were lodged.

CT's Secretary of State Nancy Bysewitz called the Clinton campaign. They have apologized...

[jlake]

1. JAIL HER RIGHT FUCKING NOW!!!!!!1!!

[adabfree]

8. NO DON'T JAIL HER...OFF WITH HER HEAD...LMAO!

SOCK IT TO HER..

FLOG HER FIRST THOUGH...

[Maven]

2. OMG WHAT A CALCULATED MOVE TO INFLUENCE THE ELECTION!!!!111!!

[Bucky]

3. OMG! It's Coffeechatgate!

[debatepro]

39. Sponsored by Baileys Irish Cream

... LMAO

[avaistheone1]

51. roflmao too

[Thrill]

4. Unreal......First the NOW crap and now This. Unreal

[in_cog_ni_to]

5. HANG HER BY HER HAIR!!! That WICKED, WICKED CHILD!

:eyes:

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Jeez louise

[Cronus Protagonist]

7. THIS IS HUGH! WHAT A MORAN!!!!!

I'M SERIES - SHE'S SCREWN!!!

:sarcasm:

[wjoconnor]

48. Huh?

What the heck is a Moran? Hugh, why should I care if you are a series. Further, what is screwn?

All in all, very entertaining post.

Bear witness to both right and wrong, stand up and speak out. – Volunteer Bobby Sands

[xmas74]

9. It is a no-no

but I understand how easy it was to do. You see someone, you stop, you chat-it doesn't always register exactly where you are at until it's too late.

I don't see it as intentional by any means and if it'd been someone else I would think the same.

[RoyGBiv]

14. And ...

If she hadn't stopped for a brief chat, we'd be hearing about her snubbing a local firefighter just wanting to say "hi" on his or her way to the polls.

[xmas74]

21. Exactly.

It was lose-lose either way. Truthfully, I'm happier that she stopped and spoke to him.

Chelsea seems like a decent person overall and the kind of person you would want to stop and chat.

[CTyankee]

26. When I saw her on local news this early this a.m. I thought how cool it would be to run into her

when I went to vote! It didn't even occur to me that she was inside the limited area. I just envied the folks there. I thought it was a nice gesture, really...

[xmas74]

43. And I'd bet that's all it was-a gesture.

There was nothing malicious about it, no purposeful bending of the rules.

She was trying to be nice and it bit her in the ass.

[CTyankee]

45. "no good deed goes unpunished"

Of course, we're Democrats. Someone on the WTNH link I provided asked how people would feel if Cindy McCain did that. To which I would say, "Cindy McCain ain't no Chelsea Clinton!"

[xmas74]

50. But if Cindy McCain had done it

in the same manner I'd have no problems either.

We're all human. We all make mistakes. If someone flags us down to talk to us we tend to stop and chat, not thinking about if we are in a less than desirable area.

[Deja Q]

10. What a rebel. Her parents would be proud.

:silly:

WWOCD? What Would Obama's Children Do?

[okoboji]

42. yea .... WWOCD

I have never seen his kids. do they exist?

[Laurab]

49. Yes, and they're actually hard to miss.

So you must not have read/watched/or studied much about him. They're 2 cute little girls.

[Straight Shooter]

11. How young is the firefighter and what did he look like?

:)

[Debi]

13. Heh, I'm sure her fiance would love that! n/t

[Nailzberg]

23. I didn't think they were engaged yet. n/t

[Debi]

31. Sorry, her boyfriend Marc Mezvinsky, then. n/t

[Debi]

12. I feel so sorry for her

early in the campaign she'd made it know that she had her own life and would not be involved. Now she's up on stage and speaking with reporters and now serving coffee to poll workers. I'm sure she'll be happy when this is over.

[CTyankee]

33. Don't cry yet for her. She's working for a hedge fund management firm in NYC.

These people make ginormous amounts of money. Which is fine by me. Better her than some awful Republican...

[cobalt1999]

15. Jeez, what hypersensitive idiot would even report something so minor.

Some people need to take a Valium.

[ronnykmarshall]

16. WON'T THEY STOP AT NOTHING?????

How DARE that woman???

[Critters2]

17. They oughta jail the person who filed the complaint, for being an ass.

Like elections commissioners and county clerks don't have real vote fraud to worry about.

[MonkeyFunk]

22. On this we agree

how ridiculously petty.

[Critters2]

34. It happens every once in a while.

:hi:

[CTyankee]

35. A poll worker said Chelsea did nothing wrong. She was very clear

and said Chelsea left promptly when the polls opened. I think she was pissed that the local news was all over the place for the evening newscast...

[polichick]

18. Oh, for crying out loud...

People really need to chill!

[RaleighNCDUer]

19. Let's not be distracted from the important issue here --

Was the coffee from Starbucks?

[MichiganVote]

20. Was he cute?

[MonkeyFunk]

24. Yes

all firemen are cute. It's the law.

[Bucky]

25. You've never been to the station in my neighborhood

Even the dalmation is ugly

[MonkeyFunk]

27. man, not in MY neighborhood!

EVery time I walk by I'm tempted to set my hair on fire and yell for help.

[momster]

46. At Ours, Cute Dog

the firemen are all over-bulked, shaved head white men...eww...not to my taste at all but as always YMMV.

[MichiganVote]

44. See I knew there must be a compelling reason.

[valerief]

28. I thought she was pulling a Coulter from your subject line. You know,

living in one place and voting in another.

[CTyankee]

38. I'm sorry, I tried not to be judgmental! It really was just a misunderstanding as I see it.

Hey, don't hate me, I voted for Hillary today after lots of thinking (I was an Edwards supporter til he dropped out). My family members are prolly typical of lots of Dem families tonight. Some voting for Obama, others for Clinton. It's interesting...

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

29. Electioneering, eh?

I'd have thought she'd know better.

[meow mix]

30. SHE HAS NO MORELS

i new it

[KitchenWitch]

32. I am sure 10s of thousands' votes were tainted by that.

[leftofthedial]

36. In a related story, McCain stopped to "chat" with a Diebold programmer . . .

[IsItJustMe]

40. I don't believe it. He already has the msm behind him.

[shaniqua6392]

37. No complaints were lodged!

It says so right in the article that she left immediately when the polls opened. Let's not make a mountain out of a mole hill, so to speak.

[CTyankee]

41. Sorry, you are right. Somebody called the Sec. of State's office I think

and that's what started everything.

Hell, I didn't even catch it when I saw the coverage of her visit on the 6:30 a.m. local news. I thought "how nice that she did that" with absolutely no idea she was inside the electioneering limit...

[shaniqua6392]

47. Yeah..It was nice of her to do that.

I would be so excited if someone was actually at my polling place. That only happened to me once in 2006 election. I actually met Tony Trupiano who was running against my Congressman, Thaddeus McCotter. He was so sweet and I was thrilled to meet him. Too bad he lost and we still have that loser Repuklican McCotter.