So Clinton used memorial day to pander to Puerto Ricans to get their votes in the primary. Sad and disgusting.

Obama was pandering in Puerto Rico too, but they won't vote for him... Bravo, Puerto Rico!
We want a candidate who will keep their promises; someone who will act, rather than deliver a speech!

As Hillary said: "The real challenge is how we can not just make speeches that contain promise, but deliver on those promises. It is for me a sacred obligation."

Hillary is a public servant who keeps her promises!

Never give up!

most Puerto Ricans are not interested in this primary which is called the 'colonial or foreign primary' in Puerto Rico by political analysts of this island nation. The center-left wing of the ruling party is boycoting this event since they believe in Sovereignty for Puerto Rico, also the pro Independence and Nationalists will have a protest march that day. According to informal radio polls less than 200,000 (from 2.5 million voters) are expected to vote, Obama leads by a small margin.

Hillary, unlike Obama, believes that the people should be allowed to vote--that means ALL of the people. How can we go around the world bragging about democracy and empowerment of the people when we limit the rights or the votes of the people? First of all, that includes Michigan and Florida, and all of the other state primaries which too many in this campaign tried to prevent. Secondly, the yearning for the vote by Puerto Ricans is just as sacred as those faced in our early history by those who did not own land, by women, by slaves, by men who fought and died for their country. Who deserves such rights? Just you and I?

Guess what? The people are still trying to vote and this terribly flawed process is not finished, even though one egotist in the campaign is waiting to be crowned King.

Go Puerto Rico! Go Hillary!

Here she goes again...promising Puerto Ricans an amendment to the US Constitution in order to grant islander's the right to vote in US presidential elections without being a state. Yeah, right.

robby,

It truly is sad and disgusting to call one candidate's words pandering, while another candidate's words surely must come from God Almighty!

The names of brave men and women of Puerto Rico shown on their memoial monument are just as worthy as those on our Vietnam Memorial. "Worthy" depends on your perspective, however. I call it memorializing or recognizing on this Memorial Day. You call it "pandering".

robby10001: It's sad and disgusting to see how biased you are against Hillary. What's wrong of her to reach out to those voters and speak of their deserved rights? And you call it pandering? What about Obama? Speaking of pandering, he's biggest one in the world. Just watch what he has said to voters and what he has actually done - such discrepancy exactly tells that he's the one who has been pandering, not Hillary who has strong record of getting things done.

Staying in America and paying respect to our honored dead, or r&r in the islands buying vocal support. What will she do next.

Hillary remains a world famous fibber and one who can't be trusted. She happily endorsed the regulations her supporters on the rules commitee set up to exclude Michigan and Florida and now suddenly cares about them! What's up with that! She voted to send our country to war, why didn't she care about us when it counted?

Hill the Bosnian General is out of control again, she is promising the moon to Pueto-Ricans. She is out of touch and should stop running as a "headless chicken", the game is over because the writing is on the wall.

georgia, that is just not true. Obama believes that all should have the right to vote as well. He is a co-sponsor for the DC House Voting Rights Act.

Talking about pandering, it is the phony hypocrite who took his name off the MI ballot to pander the voters of Iowa, but then, he is now the cry baby who tells his mommy in the House that he did not get any votes in MI because his name was not on the ballot.

Take some responsibilities, phony. You took your name off Voluntarily, for pandering, and nobody asked you to do so. Now you want to discard these votes because of your boneheaded mis-judgment?!

You will lose for sure in November. Quit and leave the sure win to someone else.

She will say and do anything to get votes,the don't want to pay taxes to the US so they don't vote .They are not a state and it won't happen anytime soon.
This thing is not even in her right mind anymore .She needs help.

You're still MY choice Hillary! They can't take that away for me.

Hillary promised NY State a half million new jobs. Since she has been in the Senate we have lost jobs.

Not once during her 8 years of
'experience ' in the White House, not once during her time in the Senate has Hillary Clinton pushed such a plan. Another clear attempt to pander.

Hillary Clinton is a patriot.
Barack Obama is not.
Only Clinton has a chance of delivering on the promise of democracy.

If the clintons need you ... you can count on them to be there.

georgia,

hillary wouldn't know an honest and fair election if it hit on the head. take MI for example. take Fl for another.

Obama '08

why was hillary still in puerto rico begging for their votes when she should of been in the states observing memorial day like the rest of the canidates she is a selfish sad sad lady i in the beginning supported hillary very strongly i being a woman was excited about having a woman for president but now with everything ive heard and seen out of hillary i can just say if she is gonna be the first woman president no thanks dont want her im voting obama never mcsame

Obama will lose to McCain in the Fall.
Through bitter experience,maybee the Democrats will see the light. Although sexism is a powerful survival instinct, Democrats will learn to their BITTER detriment,that sexism does NOT pay.
Let's hope they will learn their lesson, and hopefully Obama will learn to be less codescending.

Angie,

It's easy to ignore that Puerto Rico has contribute more soldiers to the wars US has participated than most states.

Not only PR should vote for the President, but also have Senators and Representatives to defend their interest.

Hillary, we respect your position!

Its amazing how you can tell the difference of an Obama supporter and a Clinton supporter. Clinton supporter are diplomatic, talks about substance and less foul language. Obama supporters on the other hand limits their arguments to personally attacking Hillary and uses foul language to support their claims against Hillary. What a pity. I just wish that these Obama voters will take some time to read history, current (world) events, and stick your head out of the sand - because you are like ostriches - pretending that OBAMA will have the ability to command respect against Putin, OBAMA/Osama bin laden (i'm being sarcastic) - I felt the need to spell it out just incase you dont get it. Wake up and look at the world outside of America. Stop being so myopic and be realistic of how someone like Obama, who lacks the experience as opposed to Hillary, who has done a lot of remarkable works (track record). Obama Voters, if you don't know about this - then POOR you. Don't drag your country down because of your ignorance.

" For the first time in my life, I'm proud to be an American"
What a PRIMITIVE and STUPID thing to say, Michelle Obama.

firewoman,

You know another way to tell the difference between Hillary and Obama supporters?

Clintonites lie like their candidate and Obama supporters use facts, real math and tell the TRUTH like their candidate!!!

Davis,

It is a pretty PRIMITIVE AND STUPID remark for Obama to say that small town Americans are bitter and and therefore need to resort to guns and violence.
Not a smart thing to say to the electorate.

Senator Clinton used the RFK remark, to serve the Obama camp with the caution, that Obama must remain vigilant of peril at such an intensely critical time. It is a woman's instinct to be protective of her own circle, and Obama is after all a Democrat. If anything, Senator Clinton did Obama a favor. All Senator Clinton did was to illustrate just how thoughtful, caring and nurturing women are.

I think it's important the Hillary has highlighted the service and sacrifice of Puerto Rico.

How telling that a number of Obama supporters here are so misinformed as to say she was in the "islands" enjoying herself instead of being here in the states on Memorial Day. How little do they know our history or how many we should honor.

I am more than used to the outrageous insults to President Clinton and Senator Clinton, but to denigrate the service of Puerto Ricans for our country?

Please, at least TRY to learn of a subject before you speak and show your complete ignorance.

Puerto Rico has served our country well and sacrificed much. Why shouldn't she spend the day there, and at the end of the day draw notice to the service Americans like to forget.

Puerto Rico- want the right to vote in American politics- then become a state, and pay taxes & into SSI and all sorts of things like that.

magdalen
You spin like Hillary. Is it a Woman thing?

When her senate seat is up, my home state of New York is going to kick Hillary and her "fun lovin hubby" all the way back to Ark. where they belong. I remember when she first ran in NY and she said she was "always a Yankees fan." That was a sign of things to come. She tells you what you want to hear and believes you are fool enough to believe it. A vote for Puerto Rico- yea right.

Hillary claims that she is the only one who can deliver.

What is that mean? Has she ever said where she got this magic "delivery" wand. The truth: She is pulling the wool over the eyes of her blind followers, the "suspenders of belief."

I heard Obama outline how he is going to deliver on health care by using C-Span and summoning the grassroots to pressure congress.

Hillary is full of it and I am glad the collective conscious of the American saw through that.

"On this Memorial Day, as our nation honors its unbroken line of fallen heroes — and I see many of them in the audience here today — our sense of patriotism is particularly strong"

Obama gives a Mememorial Day speech to a crowd of dead people.

Magdalen -

Shhhhhhh......

This is one of the untouchables according to Obama rules; "For the first time in my life, I'm proud to be an American" What a PRIMITIVE and STUPID thing to say, Michelle Obama.

"The notion" that Obama and family trash the country he is seeking for presidency is perfectly acceptable, according to these rules, but "the notion" that what his wife said in campaigning stump for him is totally unacceptable is completely acceptable, according to these rules.

Phony and hypocrisy in display.

Huh?

Does anyone realize that in order to vote in anything then other a primary Puerto Rico needs to become a state? That's their choice. It comes up every once in a while but citizens of Puerto Rico don't support it. its their call, and as a devil advocate why would they? They get Federal funding and no taxes or other meddling by the Federal Government.

Is Hiliary proposing to allow any one to vote in US elections?

Sadly all the speeches lately sound like a High School class president speech. Next thing both Hiliary and Obama will be arguing free lunch and recess for every one.

As evidenced in Puerto Rico, the collapse of the Clinton brand continues. It turns out that lack of character continues to clobber these two political gangsters.

Hillary and Bill once blended 1960's idealism with ruthless political skills. Once the idealism faded, power corrupted completely. Rather than simply outwit their political enemies, they used their power to destroy anything that got in their way.

Today, the enemies "in the way" are our institutions: the media, the democratic party, and historians.

Sharing a forum, platform or microphone is clearly annoying to Hillary. After years of crafting messages that were summarily injected into the national dialogue has atrophied.

The inability to dictate rules, perception and agendas is driving them insane. The process of finding someone else to blame has reached a fever pitch.

The Clintons are like a heat-seeking missile loose in the atmosphere. They dare anyone to light a match.

Obama must make them livid.

If they can't pay taxes, they shouldn't have a say in who governs our country. They should be making us promises not vice versa.

Puerto Rico should have No Say in this
primary just as its people are not
allowed to vote in the general election!
The people of Puerto Rico have
repeatedly rejected the idea of becoming
our 51st state! So be it!
Their popular vote in this primary
should not be added to either candidates
current popular vote totals!
Primary elections should have the same
rules as the general election regarding
who can participate in said elections!
The primaries and caucuses should be
limited to the 50 states, period!

This will soon be over ,and then all of America will see what Sen. Clinton ,and former President Clinton is all about.They were once looked upon as the next Kenndys ;but now that they have behaved in such a way that,they have lost the respect,of those who was with them in the begining of their political climb to public service ,and now to go out like this is so sad!you have cut into three generations ,and you will not see the damage until this campiage is over!very sad day!

I had been under the impression the states who are part of U>S> are the ones who vote in the primaries. How can a country who pays no taxes to our goverment, etc be allow even to vote in primaries let alone the upcoming election. Hillary can make all the promises she wants. Hopefully she remembers them. I believe it was March or april 1992 when Paul Tsongas dropped out not June. It is like that 'sniper fire"

Why are so many people screaming that they will vote for McCain if Hilary doesn't get the nomination?
Look at the issues. Obama and Clinton are not all that different in their proposals. Obama tends to take the advice of panels of experts, where Hilary decides what is best based on her opinion and what will get her the most popularity points from people who don't really understand. (Ex. gas tax holiday). Regardless, they are not opposing forces! It's just that one is being honest and one is saying what you want to hear. They have very similar plans.
As far as experience goes, being married to the President doesn't count. Obama has more time as an elected official than Hillary does. Besides, I would rather have an inxperienced, honest, charismatic person who is hungry for change than a political panderer with a sense of entitlement. I can't believe yo uguys want it to go Bush, Clinton, Clinton, Bush, Bush, Clinton! Why not just have a monarchy!
As far as Hillary running as an independent... there is nothing the republicans would love more.