Kilmeade: ‘The best thing’ poll watchers can do is ‘intimidate people’

[JRLeft]

Fox News host Brian Kilmeade on Monday suggested that the “best thing” that the presidential campaigns could do would be to send poll watchers to “intimidate people into playing it straight.” Appearing on Fox & Friends on the Monday before election day, Fox News senior judicial analyst Andrew Napolitano explained that campaign lawyers had found “ingenuous ways to challenge things.”

“So no matter how well it’s going, no matter how smoothly it looks, whoever’s losing has an opportunity to make a challenge,” Napolitano said. “The Democrats will say, ‘Republican poll workers wouldn’t let people who are authorized to vote, vote.’ And Republicans will say, ‘Democrats are voting twice. They also have people voting who aren’t authorized to vote.’ And the courts are not going to be able to resolve this on Tuesday night.”

Kilmeade replied: “So, if you have presence there, if you’re a Republican, if you’re a Romney or Obama people, Republican on Democrat, the best thing you can do is to have a presence there to show — maybe intimidate people into playing it straight. Correct?”

“Well, intimidation is actually [a crime],” Napolitano point out.

“Not intimidation,” Kilmeade said. “Just go, ‘Oh, that guy’s over here and…”

Video at the link: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/11/05/kilmeade-the-best-thing-poll-watchers-can-do-is-intimidate-people/

[longship]

1. In most (all?) states that would be very illegal.

Poll watchers are not allowed to interfere, in any way, with the voting process. They are not even allowed to speak to officials or voters. They are observers, and only observers.

This douche is going to get some people arrested.

on edit: I underwent training for poll watching where this demarcation was made abundantly clear.

Poll workers take this shit very seriously. As they should.

[SubgeniusHasSlack]

2. republickcons are psychotic authoritarian thugs.

Anti-American sociopathy.

[Jennicut]

3. Except Repubs have the voters that try and vote twice.

Like that nice Repub lady the other day.

So much projection going on....

[JRLeft]

4. Now imagine if democrats itimidated the cons.

Faux News would be screaming to the heavens about it. The headlines would say: "Obama thugs intimidate white voters."

[Jennicut]

5. Exactly!

Intimidation at the polls goes back a hundred years and more. In 2012, it should not be happening and it is illegal.

[JRLeft]

6. I hope a teabagger tries it in Philly.

[Arkana]

7. Oh hey, more projection from the Party of Projectors.