by
Philip Hodges
The Obama Administration made it clear that Texas better not arrest any
UN election observers. They claim these observers have full immunity,
regardless of state laws. This was in response to a statement Texas
Attorney General Greg Abbot issued to the Organization for Security and
Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) telling them that their international
election-observing representatives will be subject to criminal
prosecution if they are found within a hundred feet of a polling place.
The State Department’s spokesman (is that word sexist?) Victoria Nuland
explained:
“I’m not going to get into any kind of
hypothetical situations or predict where this is going to go other than
to say we have every expectation that this will be worked out and to
state the fact, which is that under U.S. law they are eligible for
immunities…[I]f there are concerns that Texas authorities have, they
have an opportunity through the direct dialogue that’s now going on in
Texas with OSCE observers to take up their concerns. But the mandate of
the OSCE is designed to be absolutely and completely impartial, and
that’s what we plan on when we participate and that’s what we’d expect
here.”
Sure, OSCE is “absolutely and completely impartial.”
There’s nothing to worry about. They’re just going to be making sure no
“voter suppression” is going on. They want to make sure that we have
“free and democratic elections” where
everybody gets to cast a vote for Obama, whether you’re an American citizen or not.
Reporters weren’t able to get the spokesman to confirm or deny whether the State Department was forcing Texas not to
arrest UN election observers, only saying that they are “eligible for
immunities.” These government officials have to leave their words as
vague as possible so as to keep the national media away. If they dared
be more specific or forthright, it might turn into a national story, and
the Obama Administration doesn’t want any attention over this.
It doesn’t take a lot of reading between the lines to figure out that
these international election observers will not be subject to state
laws. At least that’s what the Obama Administration has dictated. I
still think Texas should arrest these UN agents and hold them until
after Election Day. It’s not like they have to bring charges against
them, or have evidence or probable cause. Thanks to the Patriot Act and
the NDAA, people can be detained indefinitely without probable cause by
government officials who ignore the Fourth Amendment. Our own government
is immune to the laws that it enforces. So, Texas and all other states
should “unlawfully” arrest these UN officials and detain them
indefinitely. It doesn’t mean that they will be prosecuted under the
respective state laws. It just means that police will hold them in
custody. You can be immune and still get arrested. And if that happens,
the State Department can blame themselves for not being specific enough.
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