As for the convict part? It's for real...and there's the comedy part.

QuoteDuring World War I, Eugene Debs was a highly visible and vocal pacifist. On June 16 of 1918 he delivered a famous antiwar speech in Canton, Ohio. He protested against World War I, which was raging in Europe. He was arrested because of the speech and convicted in a federal court in Cleveland, Ohio, under the wartime espionage law. He was sentenced to serve 10 years in prison and disenfranchised for life — i.e. losing his citizenship. While Debs was serving his sentence in Atlanta, Georgia, his humility, friendliness, and his assistance won him the respect and admiration of the most hardened convicts. Debs ran his 1920 presidential campaign from behind bars. President Warren Harding pardoned Debs in 1921. On December 28th, Debs arrived home in Terre Haute where he received a tremendous welcome from thousands of Terre Hauteans. Ill health prevented him from resuming active participation in politics.

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h801.html?PageSpeed=noscript

It's a shame that Clinton won't be running from prison. 

Quote from: tac on April 25, 2016, 05:19:06 AM
It's a shame that Clinton won't be running from prison. 

How do you know? She is a democrat and they don't care about supporting criminals.

Quote from: supsalemgr on April 25, 2016, 06:14:54 AM
How do you know? She is a democrat and they don't care about supporting criminals.

This is McAuliffe's answer as to why he did this....

QuoteVirginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said he issued an executive order to extend voting rights to felons in part to "let them feel good about themselves again."

McAuliffe ordered Friday that 206,000 felons who had completed their sentences including parole or probation by that date immediately regain the right to register to vote, run for office, serve on a jury and serve as a notary public. He plans to repeat the order monthly to account for felons who finish their time in the future.

The governor told MSNBC that he's been "systematically" working on the order "since the day I stepped into office when I came into office January 2014" and restored the voting rights of 18,000 felons before Friday.

"Ten yards from where I spoke is where Abraham Lincoln addressed the freed slaves 151 years ago this month," McAuliffe said. "We have to end this process of disenfranchising folks. So, I used my authority, which I have, legal authority and the moral authority, today to restore the rights of 206,000 felons who... have served their time. They are done with probation. They are done with parole. They are free citizens."

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2016/04/23/mcauliffe-restoring-voting-rights-lets-felons-feel-good-about-themselves-again/

Next up: voting rights for ISIS detainees in Gitmo. And everybody in Iran. And North Korea. They want to feel special too, don'tcha know....