You're right, I don't like it one bit. Indeed, you're quite correct, English is not America's official language but it's the default language of our country. I think Tim James of Alabama was right in every way.
In my opinion, what it comes down to is this: If a Mexican (or other Latino) won't bother to assimilate by learning the defacto language of America, how can we be sure they'll embrace other aspects of our values and culture?
I'll freely admit to being a traditionalist and, truth be told, intolerant. But I want to see America go back to the country I so fondly remember when there was no "press 1 for English" messages and I could turn on any television station and understand every word without half of them being in a foreign language. And, respectfully, that's why I perceive as pandering what Marco Rubio plans for tonight.
Just fifteen years ago, I would go into a local store, and the sound of ANY foreign language would be so unusual and rare that I’d just instinctively turn and make a mental note of it. That was fifteen years ago. Now, I go into the same local stores, and 75% of what I hear is Spanish. I’m now the stranger in my own land... I’m now the one getting dirty looks... and I’m now the one paying through the nose, for schooling, insurance, taxes, and now living in a ratty, degraded third-world atmosphere of increased crime and blight.
At least I haven’t paid as much as my friend across the street, whose young nephew and sister-in-law were smashed into a bloody pulp on the highway by a drunk illegal. Or, the honor student who was down the street on his bike and got run down by two illegals fleeing the quickie-mart they had just robbed.
This is what I think of, when Rubio gives a response in Spanish. The mere thought of it makes my blood boil. I hope every bastard politician that IGNORED our rule of law and let this invasion occur... they can all die in a fire. I’d even lend the matches to get it started. Damn them all to hell. I will NOT be tuning in to Rubio and his amnesty talk.