Posted on 04/29/2010 4:29:47 PM PDT by RED SOUTH
The Canada/Quebec issue is an rift that will never be healed in our lifetimes. But it is a rift borne out of historical events.
Why would we willingly bring a primarily Spanish-speaking state into the union and in the process instantly create our own Quebec with a cultural divide that will inevitably spill over into our politics?
Statehood would end all of the tax breaks that corporations are getting for having plants in PR. Those plants will quickly close, unemployment will increase, demands for welfare will increase, dem voter registration will increase. Our educated Republican leaders will be shocked and surprised.
Catholic does not mean conservative. There are many Catholics in New England and that doesn’t equate to votes for conservatives. Whatever political status exists today in PR will change immediately as soon as they become a state.
We do not need a 51 state and certainly not one where English is neither the first nor the official language.
Oh, I may have been mistaken. I thought that Puerto Rico was treated like DC where they get to vote but have no delegates, essentially an advisory vote. But I may have been thinking about the democrat primary, which does let territories participate since I can’t seem to find anything about Puerto Rico and the presidential election either.
Approximately half of the island’s population lives below the U.S. Federal poverty guidelines.
They might be, but they vote progressive.
50 stars on the flag are just fine with me. I don’t know where Barry wants to get the other 56 from and I don’t care.
NO!
The Catholic church believes the government must provide health care.
I just got back from CA and I found it difficult to get around just speaking English.
Serves me right, trying to go to exotic places like McDonald's or Walgreen's.
Ah yes that’s it, that’s why Obama is pushing it in dark circles and hidden places the MSM is ignoring...
LOL. I hear you. I go home to San Diego and I automatically get rude with people working in stores who cannot speak understandable English.
Yep, but it seems that a lot of our brethren from PR are determined to sell us on how great this Progressive party is. At best, it sounds like you could say that they use a fig leaf of social conservatism to appeal to the majority Catholic population while pushing a typical statist agenda.
Every single Catholic in my family, but one, vote Democrat. Almost all of the Catholics I went to school with vote Democrat.
You said something about Catholics being conservative.
“On Tuesday, Catholics, who accounted for about a quarter of the electorate, supported Obama, at 54 percent, over McCain, at 45 percent.”
Cathnews-Nov.6,2008
No comment?
The Social Democrats in Washington seem to think that a Stare of Puerto Rico would benefit the Social Democrats politically. I would not bet on Republicans lasting much more than thirty days after statehood. Washington can swamp the island with new stolen goods and money in short order and convert any Republicans down there.
When Puerto Rico comes under the Income Tax, most Puerto Ricans will not be eligible to pay it and will vote to keep it that way. Bye bye any Republicans who might be in power down there.
Romney is a Mass. Republican. So I’m not convinced.
No it wouldn't!!!
And besides, the republicans are dead!!! Nobody who loves liberty cares what happens to them!!!
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