Chelsea Clinton Denied Access in Vieques, Puerto Rico

AP ^

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. Navy has denied Chelsea Clinton permission to campaign for her mother on a former bombing range on a small Puerto Rican island.

Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign wanted to use the land Wednesday as a setting to discuss the candidate's clean up plan for the region and call to give some areas to local residents.

But Navy spokeswoman Lt. Lara Bollinger said no one is allowed to campaign on federal property.

Chelsea Clinton is making her second campaign visit to Puerto Rico in the last three weeks. The U.S. territory has 55 delegates at stake in its June 1 Democratic primary.

The Navy closed the range in Vieques in April 2003 following years of protests after two errant bombs killed a security guard.

[1rudeboy]

pwned

[rockabyebaby]

heeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

[AU72]

Chelsea is no longer a civilian. She’s fair game.`

[weegee]

But Navy spokeswoman Lt. Lara Bollinger said no one is allowed to campaign on federal property.

"Do you know who I AM?!!!"

[trumandogz]

I was not aware that the Bush Administration closed Vieques.

[tumblindice]

“Navy spokeswoman Lt. Lara Bollinger said no one is allowed to campaign on federal property. Well, almost no one.”
“There are Hatch Act exceptions,” she admitted, “but . . .damn! Ugly? She could knock a bulldog off a meat wagon.”

[NormsRevenge]

I guess she doesn’t get a T-shirt saying

I Got BomBed at Vieques!

bummer.

[Constitution Day]

Bwahahaha!

[synbad600]

Denied!

[Sax]

The Navy closed the range in Vieques in April 2003 following years of protests after two errant bombs killed a security guard.

And the prize? The local economy lost $250 million per year when the Navy closed the associated base Roosevelt Roads, which without Vieques was useless.

[Dixie Yooper]

The U.S. Navy has denied Chelsea Clinton permission to campaign for her mother on a former bombing range on a small Puerto Rican island. Don't we have a nice new bombing range we can send her to?

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Chelsea Clinton in Puerto Rico --

[SilvieWaldorfMD]

Ping

[aposiopetic]

I think she looks like her mom in the “pollo” pic.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Photo op denied.

[C210N]

While the whole bunch of folks standing with Chelsea look like they could hurl - note the man and little girl with smirks to Chelsea’s right; the man to Chelsea’s left looks like he did hurl (but was respectful enough to deflect things away from landing on Chelsea).

[oh8eleven]

I will fondly remember Camp Garcia and Isabel Segunda forever. Not.

[JLS]

And the headline on this story is not, “C.Clinton Stopped From Illegally Campaigning on Federal Property,” why? AP is pathetic with that headline.

[Walkingfeather]

Here is a question...

Is chelsey still employed? If so is she getting paid while on leave? Are all of the other employees at her firm entitled to the same benefit? This firm wouldnt have any business dealings with the state of NY would it?