Rick Santorum Tells Puerto Ricans To Speak English If They Want Statehood

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Rick Santorum Tells Puerto Ricans To Speak English If They Want Statehood, So Mitt Romney Will Win Puerto Rico

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/14/rick-santorum-puerto-rico-mitt-romney_n_1345728.html



In an interview with El Vocero newspaper, Santorum said he supported Puerto Ricans' right to self-determination regarding the island's political status.

"We need to work together and determine what type of relationship we want to develop," he told the newspaper.

But Santorum said he did not support a state in which English was not the primary language.

"Like any other state, there has to be compliance with this and any other federal law," Santorum said. "And that is that English has to be the principal language. There are other states with more than one language such as Hawaii but to be a state of the United States, English has to be the principal language."

[etherealtruth]

1. Santorum is deranged and an idiot ....

.... I expect nothing but statements like this to flow from his fetid mouth

[SharonAnn]

13. "there has to be compliance with this and any other federal law,"

"Like any other state, there has to be compliance with this and any other federal law,"

Hmm, he doesn't know that there isn't a Federal Law about this?

[etherealtruth]

16. Yep ... I stand by deranged and stupid

The stupid ... it burns

[excuse not to write]

60. In other words...

the perfect Republican!

[tanyev]

2. Smoke on your pipe and put that in!

[Turbineguy]

3. This man

is crazed and filled with shit.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

4. Now he's just making shit up.

There is no Principal Language.

[KamaAina]

31. But there is an offical language!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

39. If writing it on a sign made everything true....

Then we're in some serious fucking trouble.

[KamaAina]

55. The point was, the sign said "offical"

proving that the can't even spell the language he wants to be official.

[naughty nina]

58. So how do you feel about it in general.

There is a dominant language. It is English. We may be a diverse bunch in America, but can you at least agree that having a common tongue is more beneficial than not? If PR wanted to be included, then yes, I agree with Santorum that the goal should be that its citizens know English. (By the way, I am Puerto Rican!)

[YellowRubberDuckie]

61. I don't think I should learn Spanish...

...But at the same time English is a very difficult language to learn. I think in order to be a cohesive country it needs a common language, but I don't like the asshole-iness these Republicans pull putting that out there.

[jsmirman]

5. Please be the nominee, please be the nominee

Not only is he an asshole, but his brand of assholery makes him unelectable.

[jsmirman]

18. Oh, I think we may be better off with the double dog dare

strategy.

You know how they love to spite us...

[JBoy]

6. Then tell fetuses and corporations to walk if they want personhood

[csziggy]

15. No, they are not "persons" until they can speak English!

[d_r]

7. English has to be the principal language

for a state to be in the US. wow, didn't know that. Learn something new every day. Next he'll tell them they have to speak English to be US citizens.

[appleannie1]

8. What federal law says we have to speak English? English has to be the principal language.

[SammyWinstonJack]

9. He just makes stuff up, doesn't he?

[MrScorpio]

10. Whoa… That's an entire avalanche of stupid to contend with

It's very overwhelming when it happens.

[lpbk2713]

11. Oh yeah.

Yeah, that oughtta go over real good.


Keep up the good work Chump.

[MarianJack]

14. Uh. little ricky, My wife is Puerto Rican and Proud of it!

She, her immediate family, her extended family and the family friends we met when we visited Puerto Rico a few years back can ALL speak English better than that little shit has ever spoken in his life.

It amazes me how often racist dipshits like little ricky think that speaking more than one language is a sign of ignorance.

I truly hope that little ricky is the nominee so that President Obama can mop the floor with him from coast to coast.

PEACE!

[Ziggystrange]

20. Absolutely true

Almost all Puerto Ricans speak English.
This guy is an idiot.

[MarianJack]

51. Right. My late-great Father-In-Law...

...claimed he had very poor English. What he had, in reality, was just heavily accented English. While he preferred Spanish, he did qoite well with his English.

My wife and her brother and sisters speak English when they're together but Spanish when my Mother-in-Law is present. My Mother-In-Law's English is prety good though.

BTW, Ziggystrange, your Spanish looks to be pretty good. At least it's better than mine!

PEACE!

[Ziggystrange]

63. My Spanish

I can't take the credit. My dad was a diplomat. I went through Kinder-garden, and 1st grade in the Dominican Republic,and 2nd through 7th grades in Puerto Rico. Lived in Venezuela for a while. Then I had Spanish and French in HS here.

My first wife is from Brazil and did not speak a word of English, it was all Spanish until I remembered Portuguese which I had learned at 4 yrs old and forgotten. I'm learning Russian from my 3rd wife.

"My wife and her brother and sisters speak English when they're together but Spanish when my Mother-in-Law is present. My Mother-In-Law's English is prety good though. "

That is very cool, and common. In my house you are always hearing at least 3 languages, we made a deal to speak different languages to the kids. I speak English, my 84 yr old mother speaks Spanish, my wife speaks Russian to our 16 yr old. It can get confusing but the funny thing is the dog is the one that understands what everyone is saying. LOL.

Peace, and long live multiculturalism.

[Ziggystrange]

17. Ricardo es muy estupido

Este hijo de puta no tiene cerebro, solo diarrea de la boca.

[phylny]

22. Por favor,

la madre de Ricardo nunca sería tan loco como para joder a alguien tan estúpido.

[Ziggystrange]

24. Entonces no tiene madre

Ella se caso, i se acosto con el padre de este idiota, o el lechero.

[phylny]

29. O el diablo n/t

[w8liftinglady]

35. pienso que Ricky fuera mas intelligente si el diablo fue el padre

pienso que su padre fue un potato.

[phylny]

41. O un perro.

Tal vez Ricky realmente es el producto del hombre con el perro. Ahora queda claro ....

[Ziggystrange]

42. De acuerdo.

[w8liftinglady]

43. excepto...

si el padre fue un perro,ricky sería compasivo

[phylny]

44. Eso es cierto.

Los perros son mejores personas que las personas. Pido disculpas a los perros por todas partes.

[w8liftinglady]

34. LOL...pienso que el no tiene cerebro

solamente cagada...o nada.

[phylny]

45. Mierda para el cerebro. Divertido. n/t

[w8liftinglady]

47. riase en voz alta (LOL)

[jsmirman]

19. Ugh, I was really hoping he could compete in Texas

so, what they're telling us is that the guy who is going to "bring us back to prosperity" is a guy who is obviously allergic to it?

[w8liftinglady]

46. LOL...The GOOD thing about Texas

The Hispanic voting block here is strongly Democratic....Bring it on,Ricky. I'm sure La Raza would LOVE to meet you!

[jsmirman]

49. What's the breakdown?

is it so strongly democratic that there is no real latino/hispanic presence in the Texas Republican electorate?

I did not know that (if you are, indeed, telling me that's the case).

[w8liftinglady]

50. Border counties are dark blue.

http://lonestarproject.net/

The key is getting out the vote

[jsmirman]

52. Thanks for the info

tbh, most of what I know about white/hispanic race relations in Texas, I learned from Lonestar.

Probably a far too limited source.

[mfcorey1]

21. I think he is on drugs.

[LisaL]

28. No, he is a true believer.

[TheWraith]

33. Being on drugs might make him more normal. nt

[Cali_Democrat]

23. Why does he always say stupid shit after he starts to get momentum?

[Ziggystrange]

25. God tells him to.

[LisaL]

27. Because that's what he believes in.

[RB TexLa]

26. Those likely to vote for Santorum are going to be the voters who feel they

should speak English and do everything to assimilate to Anglo culture. Every ethnic and or immigrant group has or had them.

[Ilsa]

30. Mittens wins PR. Excellent.

I hope RMoney wins the nomination. I don't trust the non-Democratic public in selecting Obama above Frothy.

[LisaL]

32. Neither do I.

[SammyWinstonJack]

36. Me either.

[Major Nikon]

37. Evidently Ricky is fluent in stupid

[underpants]

38. I flew all the way here to affirm to my racist supporters that I am the real deal

Seriously, flying to insult people?

[frogmarch]

40. Bwaaaahahahaha!

Just when I thought he couldn't say anything stupider than the other stupid stuff he's already said.

[muriel_volestrangler]

48. In his heart, there is a federal law about English

That's all that matters. If asked about it, his representative will repeat that he is pro-alphabet.

[krispos42]

53. My snappy comeback would be seen as state-bashing...

...so it shall remain unwritten, if not un-thought.

[LynneSin]

54. Proof that Santorum isn't looking to be president, he's looking for bigger lecture fees & book deals

Everytime he wins a state he finds another way to offend the general population of the United States.

[RebelOne]

56. Most of the Puerto Ricans speak English.

That is their second language. I was in Puerto Rico several years ago and never had a communication problem. Same as in Mexico.

[hatrack]

57. Ah! The GOP strategy of "reaching out" to Latino voters revealed at last!

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

59. George W. Bush releases a statement in support

Ffffff, blupp, grunt, uhhh, mmmmm, put a little more food on yo' family and peeance freeance to ya'll..

[Dirty Socialist]

62. They Like Their Present Situation

of being a territory. Go away.