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Neither of the big 2 seems

PeraclesPlease — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 08:47:24 +0000

In reply to Oh I don't know, I think it's

Neither of the big 2 seems very conservative.

Oh I don't know, I think it's

artappraiser — Sat, 02 Dec 2017 08:03:45 +0000

Oh I don't know, I think it's quite possible to blame Trump and his followers as an abomination quite separate from GOP vs. Dem party. I certainly don't see Puerto Ricans with the ability and means to move to Florida turning the state liberal. Locally in "the homeland", they don't even have the same political parties we do which might explain a tendency to judge pols on an individual basis.

Oh come on, this is a

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 10:17:03 +0000

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Oh come on, this is a delirious magical pony post begging people to firgive and forget rather than seriously describing such thing. I noted the conservative streak as part of the post-mortem last year, but what, $30 million aid is enough to keep Puerto Ricans from being pissed? Especially 150,000 whi've moved to the US now with little chance to go home again? Expect a 90% Dem vote from them, pulling a number out of my ass. Directly insulting PR politicians from DC? A sore spot for *200 years* in the Caribbean. Seriously, when Castro died I noted the US had actuvely prohibited the Bolivar revolution from coming to Cuba back in 1820. Those people dont forget their history the way we do.

Comes to mind lots of those

artappraiser — Fri, 01 Dec 2017 02:45:55 +0000

In reply to Puerto Ricans are not always Democrats

Comes to mind lots of those with Caribbean heritage tend to like conservative Dems or RINO's; Colin Powell is an excellent stereotypical example. I know of a few NYC Dominican-Americans who were big Giuliani fans but I could never see them becoming Trump populists even before the hurricane. Giuliani was highly pro-immigrant and pro-ethnic when he was mayor, he really played that. Did a lot of visiting of the "homelands" of NYC and did all the ethnic parades, etc.