Feds investigating sheriff after 'Hussein' remark

[thundley4]

I think they are pushing the Hatch Act to the extreme.  Wouldn't this mean that no elected official can campaign for another elected official?  Calling Barry by is full name is criminal?

LEE COUNTY(Florida): Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott may have more to worry about than just the court of public opinion. Federal investigators are now looking into whether Scott broke the law by campaigning for John McCain.

Officials with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel say they have received so many phone calls from the public that they launched an investigation into Sheriff Scott on Tuesday.

The question is - did he use his position as sheriff to influence an election? If so, he could be in violation of a federal election law called the Hatch Act.

MSNBC

From another article:

When Scott took the stage, he declared the world had three types of people, “the ones who make things happen, the ones who watch what happens and the ones who wonder what happened. Let’s leave Barack Hussein Obama wondering what happened.”

Florida newspaper

[MrsSmith]

Have we ever seen an election where it was "against the rules" to mention a candidate's whole name?      If Barry doesn't like his name, he can change it. 

[RightCoast]

Isn't that his name????????????

[thundley4]

I just can't see how what he did is anydifferent than what any other politician has done when they introduce a candidate, other than calling Barry by his chosen full name.