Governor of Puerto Rico who endorsed Obama under investigation for corruption and could go to jail

I've read delusional posts here saying that Obama could do well in Puerto Rico because of the governor's endorsement. Umm, no. He's a corrupt scumbag under investigation. The country is 100% hispanic with very close ties to New York. Hillary will win the primary 2:1. It was a caucus but was recently changed to a primary, probably because of the powerful friends Hillary has on the island.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/us/24sanjuan.html

SAN JUAN, P.R. — The rumors wash up against the gray walls of La Fortaleza, the governor’s palace in this city’s colonial quarter, with the regularity of the ocean’s waves. Every few weeks they seem to gather momentum, like a tidal surge, and threaten to overwhelm the place and its occupant, Gov. Aníbal S. Acevedo Vilá.

At one moment, the word on the street is that the governor will be arrested before the weekend. At the next, he will be spared, though several of his close associates will fall.

And so it has gone for more than two years while federal investigators have looked into accusations of campaign finance violations relating to Mr. Acevedo, a Democrat, who is up for re-election this year.

The case has captured the imagination of Puerto Rico’s political class and news media, which have tracked every microscopic development in the investigation with the intensity befitting a place where politics infuses the culture and goes to the heart of Puerto Rican identity.

No movement of the federal grand jury reviewing the evidence has gone undetected, the comings and goings of witnesses have been recorded by the media and analyzed ad nauseam, and leaks abound.

“You can’t spend half an hour in a meeting of politically minded people without someone saying, ‘O.K., who’s going to be indicted, when is he going to be indicted?’ ” said Juan Manuel García Passalacqua, a well-known political analyst and lawyer here. “It’s incredible. Every day, man. One gets sick of it. Ugh!”

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/07/puerto-rico-wants-to-change-from-caucus-to-primary/

Roberto Prats, party chairman in the U.S. territory, told the A.P. that the switch was approved Thursday by the central committee to encourage more residents to participate in the contests and will put pressure on Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama to campaign on the island.

have been two of the most corrupt governors ever. The Democratic Party in Puerto Rico is trash, and it goes beyond Hillary and Obama- has nothing to do with them.

Do you realize that your post explains why Hillary will win?
Birds of a feather....


"I've read delusional posts here saying that Obama could do well in Puerto Rico because of the governor's endorsement. Umm, no. He's a corrupt scumbag under investigation. The country is 100% hispanic with very close ties to New York. Hillary will win the primary 2:1. It was a caucus but was recently changed to a primary, probably because of the powerful friends Hillary has on the island."

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are just now coming out of the woodwork. The Obama scandals.....keep tuned in.

*crickets chirping*

Rezko is not Obama's scandal.

Hawkeye-X

No matter how many times you say Resko isn’t a problem, wont make it true. You’ll see what I mean in the GE.

who support Obama than anyone else in the Dem party. If you have proof otherwise, let me know, and you can stop any time with the name calling. :eyes:

He Who Lives in a Glass House Shouldn't .....

"The case is one of several under review by the House Judiciary Committee in which Democrats have complained that federal prosecutors singled them out for selective prosecution, conducting lengthy and sometimes frivolous investigations, while ignoring accusations against Republicans."

"“My client’s principal complaint,” Mr. Green wrote, “is that virtually every facet of his life as an elected official has been subjected to scrutiny in the course of an apparently unending investigation that appears not to be about specific allegations of misconduct but rather a determined effort to find something, anything, that can be used to prosecute the governor and ruin him politically on the eve of an election.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/02/us/02justice.html

I guess the goal posts are in Puerto Rico now.

How ironic that a Clinton supporter is now in favor of unending, politically-instigated investigations by republicans.

Just wondering.

:rofl:

Too bad PR won't make a difference ANYWAY. She could win the whole island and still wouldn't catch up to his delegate lead or states won.

And by the way, how many electoral votes can we expect from Puerto Rico in November?

Huh? Oh, okay, nevermind. :rofl:

that the Democratic Party in PR is garbage- it's run by some of the most corrupt individuals you can ever meet.

He endorsed Obama!!!


:rofl: I have enough Puerto Rican friends to know it's corrupt down there and has been for years. :)

Seriously, why bring this crap up? It's all nonsense.

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