Clinton Trounces Obama In Puerto Rico

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"Sen. Hillary Clinton won the Puerto Rico Democratic primary in a landslide yesterday. CNN reports that Clinton topped Sen. Barack Obama 68%-32%, with 263,120 votes to Obama's 121,458."

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/politics/bulletin/bulletin_080602.htm

FYI.

6/2/2008 11:50:08 PM

6/2/2008 11:57:00 PM

obama is an idiot

6/3/2008 12:01:54 AM

Who, on this board or elsewhere, is asserting that Puerto Rico is racist? You know what? Some people voting in the democratic primaries based their decisions on matters of race. That's sad. Nevertheless, the majority of people that go around saying OMG THIS OR THAT STATE IS RACIST are either Clinton supporters or Republicans (two groups, I might add, that would have a Venn diagram with a non-trivial intersection) who are simply trolling forums, being facetious assholes on news shows, or something along those lines.

hooksaw, you're a fucking clown. gg at playing your role.

6/3/2008 12:23:50 AM

^ Well, why don't you cry about it? Is no one allowed to question Obama's "Second Coming"?

How do you explain all those Latinos voting for Clinton? Let's hear your brilliant thesis.

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 12:44 AM. Reason : PS: ]

6/3/2008 12:43:37 AM

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"Well, why don't you cry about it? "

hahah i lawled

6/3/2008 1:06:03 AM

Who cares? Puerto Rico is utterly meaningless since it has zero electoral college votes and cannot affect the general election.

Having primaries in PR is about as useful as having them in China.

6/3/2008 1:08:17 AM

^^ The man clearly doesn't understand humor as a vehicle in making a serious point, am I right?

^ For once, I'd like to see a response other than "Who cares?" as it relates to Obama. You and the others got any new material?

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 1:11 AM. Reason : .]

6/3/2008 1:09:27 AM

Racism assuredly exists on la isla, though many Puerto Ricans would deny it.

6/3/2008 1:13:48 AM

^ And there it is.

6/3/2008 1:20:03 AM

I have no particular reason to believe that determined the outcome, however. After all, sexism is as alive and well in Puerto Rico as anywhere. Anyone have actual evidence suggesting why Puerto Rican voters made the choices they did?

6/3/2008 1:35:16 AM

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"For once, I'd like to see a response other than "Who cares?" as it relates to Obama. You and the others got any new material? "

OK, how about... I don't care because I won't be voting for a democrat in the general election anyway.

6/3/2008 1:42:56 AM

^ Nader or Barr?

6/3/2008 1:44:43 AM

Barr.

6/3/2008 2:07:24 AM

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"How do you explain all those Latinos voting for Clinton? "

how do you explain it? i cant tell if you are asking this cause you think they are racist or if you have some other thesis

6/3/2008 5:07:32 AM

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"obama is an idiot"

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6/3/2008 7:15:22 AM

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"obama is an idiot"

I know that if I had the primary election in the bag, I'd certainly spend my time campaigning in territories that can't vote in the general election.

6/3/2008 7:52:01 AM

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"Who, on this board or elsewhere, is asserting that Puerto Rico is racist? You know what? Some people voting in the democratic primaries based their decisions on matters of race. "

i think that's pretty much the point of the thread. i think he's using sarcasm to make fun of the Obama supporters that used the racism excuse every time Clinton beat Obama in a state with lots of whiteys.

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 9:18 AM. Reason : asfdasd]

6/3/2008 9:18:24 AM

clinton wins the uneducated.

see kentucky

see west virginia

see puerto rico


are we done here?

6/3/2008 9:27:11 AM

that sort of talk sounds elitist

6/3/2008 9:31:10 AM

It's not elitist to say she consistently wins a demographic (she calls it blue collar, but essentially it's the high school and less demographic).


She won every demographic in Puerto Rico.

Good Job.

They still can't vote in the real election.

6/3/2008 9:43:17 AM

Puerto Rico is intelligent, not racist. Who in their right mind would support and vote for Obama? The man is a nutcase and will be the biggest downfall of this country...worse than Bush Jr.

6/3/2008 9:44:05 AM

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"nutcase"

eh?

6/3/2008 9:47:29 AM

All this smack talk on puerto rico.

So the puerto ricans and hispanics have finally figured out how the obama campaign works

1. rant "change change change, nothing works right now" get votes, also lose some votes
2. those who don't follow, claim racism (get more votes from popularity and outrage)
3. remaining speculators are automatic racists
4. nick name them "blue collar" / "religion clinger" etc...
5. if race==white && party == republican: automatic racists, draw more outrage
6. if fellow democrat disagrees, claim they are republicans
7. if other races than whites disagree, claim they are dirty puerto-guata-mexi-ricans who don't deserve to vote anyway.
8. if there is a rev wright or greater problem, claim racism, draw public outrage at even noticing a problem, then ultimately if that fails, flip flop


since the puerto ricans have even figured this shit out....

this strategy should go smooth for the next few months.

6/3/2008 10:27:21 AM

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"All this smack talk on puerto rico."

where?

6/3/2008 10:38:20 AM

Why does puerto rico get to vote in our primaries, anyway? Isn't that like admitting that we own their asses?

6/3/2008 11:14:40 AM

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"the majority of people that go around saying OMG THIS OR THAT STATE IS RACIST are either Clinton supporters or Republicans"

must have been Clinton supporers and Republicans who said West Virginia was racist...........

6/3/2008 11:21:01 AM

^^ they pay U.S. federal taxes

6/3/2008 11:57:42 AM

sarijoul: "where?"

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" we own their asses"

prophecy fullfilled once more. shall it continue? probably. just hang around buddy

6/3/2008 11:59:31 AM

^^not income taxes

6/3/2008 12:02:08 PM

this thread is full of insight

6/3/2008 12:23:24 PM

that sort of talk sounds elitist

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 12:34 PM. Reason : ]

6/3/2008 12:34:23 PM

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"not income taxes"

and they'll be glad about that by this time next year.

6/3/2008 1:01:55 PM

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"i think that's pretty much the point of the thread. i think he's using sarcasm to make fun of the Obama supporters that used the racism excuse every time Clinton beat Obama in a state with lots of whiteys."

theDuke866

Exactly! Thank you!

Damn, a jarhead (JK ) gets it immediately and some of the rest of you are like, "Wait, wut?"

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"clinton wins the uneducated. see kentucky see west virginia see puerto rico are we done here?"

IRSeriousCat

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"that sort of talk sounds elitist "

marko

Yes, it does.

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 3:54 PM. Reason : .]

6/3/2008 3:52:17 PM

Hey how about I take a whack at explaining the loss

37% of Puerto Ricans polled didn't know who Obama was and who gives a shit about campaigning there when they can't vote in the general

Clinton on the other hand has massive name recognition there between her time in the White House and being a NY senator

That's pretty much all there is to it

6/3/2008 4:01:07 PM

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"Who, on this board or elsewhere, is asserting that Puerto Rico is racist? You know what? Some people voting in the democratic primaries based their decisions on matters of race. That's sad. Nevertheless, the majority of people that go around saying OMG THIS OR THAT STATE IS RACIST are either Clinton supporters or Republicans (two groups, I might add, that would have a Venn diagram with a non-trivial intersection) who are simply trolling forums, being facetious assholes on news shows, or something along those lines. hooksaw, you're a fucking clown. gg at playing your role."

SpookyJon, why are you bothering responding to hooksaw? Just ignore him, he hates that cause he's nothing more than a troll that craves being an attention whore by getting people riled up at the crap he spews out.

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 6:05 PM. Reason : /]

6/3/2008 6:04:40 PM

i'm astonished at the number of people who don't get the thread title...baffling...what is so hard to understand? the states like WV that people said were racist when Hillary won big were mainly backwoods white people...now its nearly anything but white people in Puerto Rico, and they also support Clinton, and its not because they're dumb white rednecks in WV...you guys provided some LOLs though

6/3/2008 6:09:41 PM

^^ there's a huge shit ton of stupity in this thread, from both ends of the political spectrum, but it isn't coming from hooksaw.

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 6:15 PM. Reason : ^ i think there is some racism against blacks in at least certain hispanic circles, though]

6/3/2008 6:11:07 PM

so why are latinos so racist towards blacks?

6/3/2008 6:19:47 PM

there is some racism among blacks, ie "i love black people but i cant stand niggers"

but i digress

[Edited on June 3, 2008 at 6:24 PM. Reason : thats a quote by a black guy, btw]

6/3/2008 6:23:49 PM

For the record, I understood the thread's intent instantly. I attempted to reject the unstated assumption that Puerto Ricans couldn't possibly be racist.

6/3/2008 7:24:06 PM

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"^ i think there is some racism against blacks in at least certain hispanic circles, though"

Hispanics and blacks don't get along that well?

Stop the f*cking presses.

While we're at it, let's add Jews in there.

6/3/2008 8:15:55 PM

6/3/2008 9:34:09 PM

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"obama is an idiot"

there is no way that man will win the white house...absolutely no way

6/3/2008 9:49:57 PM

lol sure would be the shit if he did though...i would go haha to people like you

6/3/2008 10:01:21 PM

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"37% of Puerto Ricans polled didn't know who Obama was"

And that is supposed to HELP your argument?

Who's fault is it that they don't know him?

6/4/2008 2:19:40 AM

I guess it's a tie between it being Obama's fault for not campaigning in a territory that doesn't even vote in the general election, after he already won the primary I might add, and the Puerto Ricans fault for not being educated voters.

[Edited on June 4, 2008 at 7:44 AM. Reason : -]

6/4/2008 7:22:23 AM

^^His I guess, because there was no need to waste money campaigning there ???

6/4/2008 8:00:46 AM

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"lol sure would be the shit if he did though...i would go haha to people like you"

You would for a minute, until you realized he was going to take around 40% of your annual income (that being a conservative estimate) to help pay for all of the programs he is proposing.

6/4/2008 10:06:08 AM