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Old 04-03-2008, 18:31   #8
Ret10Echo
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Originally Posted by Counsel View Post
If you guys think you have it bad in the mainland, you can’t even begin to imagine how bad politics are here in PR. Our democratically elected (read Supreme Court appointed) Governor just got indicted in Federal Court with 19 counts of campaign finance corruption, conspiracy to violate United States' federal election laws, wire fraud, conspiracy to defraud the IRS and filing a false tax return.

And, just to spicy things up a little more, he's running for re-election on November 08!

Fiji, here I come.

That is the Rhode Island standard...

Sure his name isn't Cianci?
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