Adventures of the Coconut Caucus

About time for an orgullo hispano, from beyond. The kind of story that needs no comment.

He was a real stand-up guy, even in death.

A funeral home in Puerto Rico used a special embalming treatment to keep the body of 24-year-old Angel Pantoja Medina standing upright for a three-day wake in his mother’s San Juan home.

AP The body of Angel Pantoja Medina, 24, leans against a wall by his coffin during his own wake in his mother’s home in Puerto Rico.

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On the same day the Obama campaign released the official list of recycled Hispanic politicians who helped Kerry lose, we received another nice email about the appointed and selected groupies who get backstage access and a private meeting with The Candidate.

We of course were excited because it promised…

The ten voters selected for backstage access for Obama’s speech next Thursday represent the diversity of Obama supporters and come from all across the country.

But then we saw the list…. and we are very outraged, to see that no token Hispanics will get to have some Si Se Puede time with Barack.

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