See Silly Jill

Pictured above is Jill Biden, the wife of Vice-President Joe Biden. She and her hubby were guests of Oprah and it was all fun and games, girl talk, fluff between Oprah and Jill while Joe sat looking on.

Until Jill told Oprah about a situation that is a federal crime.

Whoops!

See Jill, silly Jill. See her open her mouth and insert her foot. See her husband shush her loudly, hoping she won't say anything else about it because he has realized what she just revealed. See Oprah and her audience think that the shushing of Jill is cute and they all laugh. Silly Jill.

What did Jill say and then not shut up about?

Jill told Oprah that Barack Obama came to Joe Biden and offered him his choice of serving as the Vice-President or as the Secretary of State. If he turned down the Vice-President's position then he could serve as the Sec of State (take that Hillary! You were at least the SECOND choice). Except that Barack Obama can't offer a cabinet position to somebody until AFTER he is elected per federal law. Here is the law (thanks to RedState.com for this excerpt) -

Whoever, being a candidate, directly or indirectly promises or pledges the appointment, or the use of his influence or support for the appointment of any person to any public or private position or employment, for the purpose of procuring support in his candidacy shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; and if the violation was willful, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.

So if it is true, and Biden's spokesperson vehemently denies the situation occured like Jill described it, then the President-elect broke federal law. Doesn't seem to be a problem for many people. Nothing is really being said, we are just basking in the Sun King's glorious inaugaration and reveling in the Audacity of Hype.

Vice President Joe Biden is known for sticking his foot in his mouth (Obama's handlers kept him relatively tame during the campaign) and now his wife has followed in the family footsteps. This time it might land his boss in a federal prison. Let Nancy Pelosi and her friends come after the Bush administration and try to prosecute them after they have left office, I am sure there are many things that the Obama adminstration would not like to have see the light of day. Darn Senate confirmation hearings and Oprah Winfrey show . . .