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Chelsea Clinton Denied Access in Vieques, Puerto Rico
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Posted on 05/14/2008 1:16:41 PM PDT by 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.
TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; chelseaclinton; clinton; democrats; hillary; hillaryclinton; june1stprimary; military; navy; puertorico; usnavy; vieques
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To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:17:56 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
heeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeeeeheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:18:50 PM PDT
by
rockabyebaby
(PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR INFIDEL STEPHENJOHNBANKER)
To: 1rudeboy
Chelsea is no longer a civilian. She’s fair game.`
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:20:16 PM PDT
by
AU72
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
But Navy spokeswoman Lt. Lara Bollinger said no one is allowed to campaign on federal property. "Do you know who I AM?!!!"
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:20:44 PM PDT
by
weegee
(Osama Obama claims to have visited 57 states now. Can you say Potatoe Head?)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
I was not aware that the Bush Administration closed Vieques.
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:21:41 PM PDT
by
trumandogz
("He is erratic. He is hotheaded. He loses his temper and it worries me." Sen Cochran on McCain)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
“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.”
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:22:26 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(She hit every branch falling to the ground)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
I guess she doesn’t get a T-shirt saying
I Got BomBed at Vieques!
bummer.
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:23:06 PM PDT
by
NormsRevenge
(Semper Fi ... Godspeed ... ICE toll-free tip hotline—1-866-DHS-2-ICE ... 9/11 .. Never FoRget!!!)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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.
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:25:15 PM PDT
by
Sax
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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?
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:25:25 PM PDT
by
Dixie Yooper
(Ephesians 6:11)
To: All
Chelsea Clinton in Puerto Rico --
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:26:09 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(If Chris Plante Is A "Racist", Then I Must Be A Playboy Centerfold Model!)
To: cll
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:26:50 PM PDT
by
SilvieWaldorfMD
(If Chris Plante Is A "Racist", Then I Must Be A Playboy Centerfold Model!)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
I think she looks like her mom in the “pollo” pic.
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:28:24 PM PDT
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The democRATS are near the tipping point.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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).
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:30:15 PM PDT
by
C210N
(The television has mounted the most serious assault on Republicanism since Das Kapital.)
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
I will fondly remember Camp Garcia and Isabel Segunda forever. Not.
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:31:00 PM PDT
by
oh8eleven
(RVN '67-'68)
To: weegee
And the headline on this story is not, “C.Clinton Stopped From Illegally Campaigning on Federal Property,” why? AP is pathetic with that headline.
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posted on
05/14/2008 1:31:45 PM PDT
by
JLS
To: SilvieWaldorfMD
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?
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