Interestingly enough (?) if this were Britain then Rhymney would have been arrested for doing that (at least in theory) as 'treating' voters is illegal.
In theory, it is illegal in the US, but you have to show that the purpose of giving the money was to buy the votes, thus creating a knowledge requirement, which makes it much more difficult to prove illegality.
Asking if this was staged is like asking if the Pope is Catholic. Though I find it kind of ironic that any Obama voters would ask this question.
At any rate, my first question is the most important, if anyone actually knows anything about Mormonism...
