The question I ask all of you, is why such an inclination for the democrat party in PR? I am a conservative independent, with several liberal ideas, and rather stay that way to ensure objectivity in my options. I do see however a completely blind tendency in PR towards a party that works hard to ensure that you remain dependent on the government, and completely the opposite to becoming an independent success. Do you understand this? Do you believe they have your best interest at heart as a party? If you do, then God Bless.
Or are you choosing the democrat party based on elections been a popularity contest?
Think Puerto Rico...
Bueno esto depende de cuanta memoria histórica tengas puesto que si analizas el Partido Republicano en PR antes de 1964.
El mismo esta completamente manchado de sangre por tantos actos violentos y sangrientos contra la disidencia política ordenadas por gobiernos dictatoriales y auoritarios con el apoyo y participacion de GOP Local.
Ahora si eres como la mayoría del pueblo que basa su percepción del partido republicano de finales de los 40 a finales de los 60 (1945-1968) el mismo representa muchos valores religiosos, tradicionalistas & conservadores (the old ways aka Spanish times) . Ademas del estandarte del americanismo y la anexión. (todos mis parientes de +70 son republicanos) y son la foto perfecta de eso que les acabo de describir.
Ya en el periodo de 1968-1972 (gobernatura de Ferre) es el pinaculo de poder de GOP local aunque bajo otro nombre mas fancy Partido Nuevo Progresista (en sus origenes otra sucursal del GOP hasta Rosello). La gobernatura de Ferre viene luego de la ruptura y erocion de PPD subiendo un gobierno republicano
(sounds familiar..think 40 years latter). Este periodo yo lo comparo mucho con una frase que utilizan para describir el gobierno de GW Bush
( Compassionate Conservatism ) mucho goverment aide (federal & state), deregulation of finacial markets, lots of governent investment.....BOOM!!!..... economic bust. In my opinion this buried the GOP in PR to a couple of rich guys in Guaynabo until 2008.
At there core puertoricans are social democrats and belive in collective effort not in greed base individual ideals.... our history does not favor the republicans and there ideas because we know how real poverty feels like and were not as spoiled as many americans. In the US you defined poverty comparing it to the 1930's because thats your worst time recolected by collective memories.....
compare to puertoricans in the 1930's americans were filthy rich rich.
And ultimately democrats have allways been good with Puerto Rico and they put there money were there mouth is and unlike the GOP there not demonizing minorities and specially latinos . People in Puerto Rico dont like fringes to the right or left and that is what the GOP is a conservative fringe.
En cuanto a la economia.... los republicanos lo que tienen es un Crackhead economics they dont give a Sh!+ about the state of the country or the well being of the people unless your wealthy..... They just want the people shackled to the rich.....there slowly turing the United States in to Mexico.
The only way capitalism work is from the bottom up not from the top down
it seems they never left the late 1800's
and know thre just the white elephant in the room - huh would you look at that.
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