Posted on 03/15/2012 7:52:12 AM PDT by Skeez
I like Santorum, he’s my #2 choice after Newt.
But I don’t think he gets the 10th ammendment. In a 10th ammendment world the states decide this kind of thing. His opinion about what language Puerto Ricans speak would be neither here nor there.
...and yes, I honestly believe he has many prayers in a National election!!!
He's not afraid of the hard issues....and he stands his ground....
..His roots will not be shaken.
If you examine my posting history, I hope you will find that I am not one who serially criticizes whatever Rick says or does.
Learning how to “pivot” on the “loaded” questions is a skill that has to be learned and practiced to be effective. It requires that the candidate is articulate; well informed and has a good grasp of the major points of the message he/she wants to emphasize and convey to the particular audience. Newt is very adept at doing this; which is one major reason I have supported him.
If Rick was asked directly whether he thought that Puerto Ricans should learn to speak English; he simply could have pointed out that the question was irrelevant as most Puerto Ricans already do speak English and it is already taught in their school system.
It isn't an easy skill set to develop and not everybody has the ability to do it well; especially under the pressures and rigors of a national political campaign
Maybe it will be his undoing, but IMO this election isn't going to be about our candidate, try as the media will to make it so, it will be about Obama.
Provided our candidate offers the electorate a clear alternative to Obama I believe Santorum will be fine, in spite of nitpicking from his critics.
Geez. I was excited by your statement that I wouldn’t receive replies from you hence forth, yet I got one. Life is full of so many disappointments.
That is way too strong a generalization. You can check my past posts, and not only do I NOT attack Newt, but I don't even tell him to quit, and I also tell other Santorum supporters to support whoever in their state is best situated to beat Romney.
I was not addressing you Doc, or any other individual Freeper. I was talking about the perceived Evangelical Vote that is carrying Santorum ahead of Gingrich. I don't follow who on here is supporting which candidate. I want the most conservative candidate available whom I think has the ability to defeat - The Won.
Blackelk shares this approach, as do too many other Santorum supporters who are more concerned with beating Romney than with trashing Newt to describe us as a whole in those words.
You're Freepers! We're already freaks of nature. I appreciate your tack on this and have no problem with you supporting Santorum for whatever reason you choose to do so. I DO have a problem with what I consider to be unsophisticated voters not being wise as to the effects of their votes and their lack of discernment, IMHO, regarding Gingrich.
1. This is not the time for an un-tested national candidate to go to war with as our leader. 2. I don't support Romney because, again IMHO, there is no evidence that he is a Conservative. 3. I support Gingrich because I find him to be the most capable of defeating Obama in the general election and making the most progress against the behemoth of entrenched media/Govt. alliance.
Regards,
TS
Not afraid of hard issues? Stands his ground? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA Like when he voted for Sonya Sotomayor for the federal judiciary. Or that clip where he justified a bad vote by saying “sometimes when you’re on a team, you take one for the team”?? Yes, what a moral paragon he is. And the people of PA saw right through him.
Any photos of Rick at the Evangel church in P.R. yesterday? ENDI and Primera Hora seem not to have any.
I haven’t seen any. Just saw one of him and his family at the Siervas de María convent/hospital.
Rest assured I was NOT making "fun" of Santorum.
I was dead-on serious in my comment addressing his take on the statehood issue.
Leni
Karen and the kids are there too??
If you examine how effective Romney's technique of “carpet bombing” w/negative ads has been in this race, it becomes very evident that it is not a fair world and a large number of voters can be swayed by just repeating the same lies and distortions over and over again.
Knowing that we will be up against even more of this type of massive propaganda and negative campaigning from the Dems, we have to have candidates who will have a clear message and not let the Dem lackeys in the media pull them off that. Nor can a candidate afford too many gaffes; as they will be repetitiously used in sound bytes ad nauseum.
Other than that, no problema! (smile)
Yes.
And, Newt had to resign as Speaker of the House. What’s your point? Mittens didn’t run for re-election because he didn’t have a prayer of winning the governorship in MA. That’s what I call a coward. At least Rick ran again, even when he knew he was going to lose.
I’m sick of Newt’s supporters and their hypocrisy. I like Newt, and could vote for him, but, let’s not pretend he doesn’t have warts and baggage, because he has plenty of both!!!!
I support Rick Santorum but I cannot imagine why he waded into the controversy.
The history of the debates over admission of New Mexico to statehood included questions about how “American” the state was. I'm going from memory here — I lived in New Mexico for about a year and a half when I was a reporter outside Cannon Air Force Base so I know a bit of the history but I am not an expert.
Lots of arguments can be made back and forth about what happened with the admission of New Mexico and how to apply those precedents today, but three things seem clear:
1) As far as I know, there was no English requirement for admission of New Mexico as a state.
2) When New Mexico was admitted, it had been a territory for so long that all but the very oldest native residents had been born as American citizens.
3) Relatively low growth rates showed that New Mexico posed no risk of swamping the rest of the United States with some sort of demographic disaster.
It seems to me that all three apply to Puerto Rico now just as much as they did to New Mexico a century ago. Whatever we can say about Hispanic growth elsewhere in the United States, Puerto Rico is not a threat to the United States and the territory has been part of the United States since the Spanish-American War.
If Puerto Ricans want to become a state rather than a commonwealth, it seems to me that's up to them and to the Congress via the standard admission policy for states.
And, I suppose you’ve played in the Major Leagues with some expertise in this? Rick, with his NOT knowing what to say, has knocked Newt out of contention for the nomination.
So much for playing in the Major Leagues - huh?
Rick has the balls to tell the truth. Imagine, an honest President! It is imperative that the madness of catering to foreign speaking Americans stop. Newt called for STATEHOOD for PR years ago. Good thinking (or should I say *pandering*) Link!
It IS impossible now, given current PC dictums. Why do you think that Dems may get 70% of Hispanic votes in 2012? Juan tried pandering to them big time in ‘08. Bringing in PR, *without* them first wanting to become Americans, is insanity. BTW, they should receive NO delegates. Bob
It is clear to me that it is in the best interest of America to make English the official language. We have no chance of avoiding socialism or dissolution without a uniting language. I think that it can be assumed that our Founders never considered the posiibility that we might one day be joined by a foreign speaking state. Bob
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