U student's eBay auction draws 0 bids, 1 felony charge You got ...

What a bunch of wasted time and money spent on investigating this "crime"

All votes are for sale to the polition with the most mony . They don't like competion.

That's a funny story. At least he was open about the exchange of money for a vote. Granted it may not be money, but what do you call it when political parties provide buses for the poor and homeless to get them into the voting booth? How about providing food after voting? Or promising voters countless services, healthcare, peace, etc, if they will just vote for X candidate (never mind that it is never discussed how much these services will cost the voters).

This is politics baby! If this is a felony, then we should expect that charges will be filed on about 70% of all elected officials.

and... What makes this ANY different than Lobbying?

Granted, he came right out and offered a vote in exchange for money. Next time, or very soon likely, someone will post an auction looking for Lobbyists to help them decide which way to vote.

This 19 year old did not committ a crime, he followed the lead of every other politician in the public eye.

Yep. Next time, kid, go to the local party boss and ask how many districts you can vote in and then bargain for a little 'walking around money.' Then, if you play your cards right, your name will still be held on the voting records in your honor after you die.

I find myself more disappointed that Sanders, reportedly a Journalism major, wrote in his EBay ad, "You're country depends on You!", instead of, "Your country depends on You!".

What a joke this is. Our politicians sell their votes to the highest bidder on a regular basis.

Mark wrote:

and... What makes this ANY different than Lobbying?
Granted, he came right out and offered a vote in exchange for money. Next time, or very soon likely, someone will post an auction looking for Lobbyists to help them decide which way to vote.
This 19 year old did not committ a crime, he followed the lead of every other politician in the public eye.

Every other politician? What did you drink in your coffee? To think or imply that there are no sincere people in public office is about as foolish a comment as anyone will ever put in a blog like this. You must be the bottom half of the glass drinker & thinker - ha!!

Minnesota law bars a voter from soliciting, receiving or accepting any "money, property, or other thing of monetary value

What is offering national health care to get people to vote for you? Is Obama breaking MN law?

Dean wrote:

<quoted text>Every other politician? What did you drink in your coffee? To think or imply that there are no sincere people in public office is about as foolish a comment as anyone will ever put in a blog like this. You must be the bottom half of the glass drinker & thinker - ha!!

I don't know. What right minded person wants to take the abuse that gets shoveled at them by the press and the opposition?

Georgio wrote:

Let's all do it! Heck, let's sign up as other people and do it!
I'll be Ted Kennedy, you can be Al Sharpton, etc...
We'll get them all out of office and in jail where they belong!

ACORN's way ahead of you; they've been doing it for years:

"Last July, ACORN settled the largest case of voter fraud in the history of Washington State. Seven ACORN workers had submitted nearly 2,000 bogus voter-registration forms. According to case records, they flipped through phone books for names to use on the forms, including “Leon Spinks,”“Frekkie Magoal” and “Fruto Boy Crispila.” Three ACORN election hoaxers pleaded guilty in October. A King County prosecutor called ACORN’s criminal sabotage “an act of vandalism upon the voter rolls.”

"The group’s vandalism on electoral integrity is systemic. ACORN has been implicated in similar voter-fraud schemes in Missouri, Ohio, and at least 12 other states. The Wall Street Journal noted:“In Ohio in 2004, a worker for one affiliate was given crack cocaine in exchange for fraudulent registrations that included underage voters, dead voters and pillars of the community named Mary Poppins, Dick Tracy and Jive Turkey. During a congressional hearing in Ohio in the aftermath of the 2004 election, officials from several counties in the state explained ACORN’s practice of dumping thousands of registration forms in their lap on the submission deadline, even though the forms had been collected months earlier.”

ACORN gets about 40 percent of its revenues from you and me (via HUD grants), and guess which party its illegal registrations are benefiting.

Corporations buy votes from Congressmen. How is this any different? Hypocrites!

I wonder how much Hillary bid?

Isn't there anyone here other than Big G and Dean who has a lick of sense? Apparently not.

Max's explanation is the tired old canard,'it was a joke'. Well that can't be right; jokes, by definition, are supposed to be funny. I don't hear anyone laughing, least of all Max. What he did was a slap in the face to everyone who ever fought and died for this country. Grow up Max.

Yeah right, go after a kid with no money and one lousy vote. Then call him a criminal, the rabble of society, when the real criminals get away with it election year after year. The elected officals and their ilk. The lobbyists and their corporate sponsors stealing and robbing american workers tax money. THIS IS THE CAPITOLIST WAY!

NoBS wrote:

Minnesota law bars a voter from soliciting, receiving or accepting any "money, property, or other thing of monetary value
What is offering national health care to get people to vote for you? Is Obama breaking MN law?

How much money did supporters pay for the two Progressive Victims Party candidates' "buying" of "Super delegates" Votes?

It was in the MILLIONS!

And it was LEGAL!

Leftists!

Oh please! Quit trying to defend the indefensible. You don't sell your vote fer cryin' out loud. It isn't cute, it isn't a funny joke and the kid's age isn't an excuse for it. He's old enough to vote so he's old enough to take responsibility for his actions.

At least recognize the vulgar irony that we are discussing this on the 4th of July, the 232nd anniversary of the birth of this nation and the 146th anniversary of the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg, which turned the tide of the Civil War and preserved the nation and this kid's right to vote.

Call this rah-rah patriotism (which it is) but don't dare dismiss it. I am one died-in-the-wool liberal democrat Obama supporter who refuses to cede even one bit of that patriotism to the neo-cons and the smug uber-cool cynics on this forum. The boy is an idiot and deserves--better yet, has earned the right--to be called one.

Not exactly the "brightest bulb," "sharpest knife," etc.etc.. This is a college student? This will look real good on the resume.

Abbo wrote:

I am one died-in-the-wool liberal democrat Obama supporter who refuses to cede even one bit of that patriotism to the neo-cons and the smug uber-cool cynics on this forum.

You don't say? Well knock me over with a feather.

What difference does it make if he tries to sell his vote? The republicans will probably modify the vote count again to retain power. A vote for a democrat will change into a vote for a republican based on fraud.