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May 31, 2008 1:53 PM

Music Blaring, Hillary Clinton Rolls Through Puerto Rico on Flat Bed

By
Fernando Suarez
Topics
Hillary Clinton
(CBS)


From CBS News' Fernando Suarez:


CATANO, PUERTO RICO -- Hillary Clinton hit the campaign trail in traditional Puerto Rican style, on the back of a flat bed, trailing another truck with enormous speakers blaring Hillary Clinton campaign propaganda.

A woman on a loud speaker urges voters to turnout. The woman can be heard saying, "Esta es la caravana de tu proxima presidente, Hillary Clinton!" (This is the caravan of the next president, Hillary Clinton!).

The travelling press stands, holding on to railings on another flat bed truck just in front of Clinton, who waives to onlookers. The song that plays most of the time is by Willie Colon, a famous Latin pop star who wrote a song especially for Clinton, called "Hillary Clinton for Presidenta."

The streets of Catano, where Clinton kicked off the canvassing, were eerily quiet. Only a handful of people stood in the streets of this lower income community to greet Clinton.

The caravan is making its way to the town of Tora Baja. More people line the streets and cars slow down and honk at the sight of Clinton, who stands shaking her hips to the sound of the music. Although the traveling press has not seen anything like this along the trail, we have six more hours to go.

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by miat1111 June 3, 2008 9:47 AM EDT
Puerto Rico 2008 is merely an extension of the 2000 clinton sellout: FALN clinton pardons in exchange for the NY Puerto Rican vote in hillary''s Senate race. (See video link, below.)

The selling of the FALN pardons for votes is emblematic of the way the clintons do business.

For eight years, methodically, seditiously and with impunity, the clintons auctioned off America''s security, sovereignty and economy to the highest--(usually foreign)--bidder. Do the research.

Obama must not yield to pressure. He must not put clinton on the ticket... or anywhere in his administration. (He certainly must not put this corrupt, ruthless miscreant on the Supreme Court.)

Many of his supporters will not be able to vote for him if he does.

We cannot survive another clinton. (Indeed, we may yet not survive the first.)

VIDEO: ''Buying Puerto Rico-hillary terrorist sellout''

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by missglo June 1, 2008 3:08 PM EDT
Hillary can ride up on the Queen Mary. Puerto Ricans can see through Hillary. She can''t act one way in NY and another way in Puerto Rico.
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by susan10001-2009 June 1, 2008 10:16 AM EDT
Where are the photos?

Any pics of this?
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by chuckamok May 31, 2008 9:08 PM EDT
"In 1999, the Clinton adminstration cravenly offered pardons to 16 hard-core, remorseless terrorists of the Puerto Rican terror group Armed Forces for National Liberation - the FALN. (Two of them rejected the deal.)

During the 1970s and ''80s, the FALN waged a war against the people of the United States that included 130 plus bombings. Their most heinous attack was the January 1975 lunchtime bombing of Fraunces Tavern here in New York City. It killed four people, including my father, Frank Connor, 33." - Joseph Conner

Hildebeast wishes to cloak herself in the "accomplishments" of BubbaZipper''s admin.

How about this one?

How about it, Puerto Rico?
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