tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712814264102201644.post1656411174012140673..comments2023-05-20T05:23:29.564-07:00Comments on PUERTO RICO DEMOCRAT CORNER: McClintock speaks at Atlantic City PR Day Parade!Phillip Arroyohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05485790468022066526noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712814264102201644.post-2113365467679495292008-08-13T07:11:00.000-07:002008-08-13T07:11:00.000-07:00There has never been, except for one time, a true ...There has never been, except for one time, a true vote on status in Puerto Rico. The one exception was during the administration of Pedro Rossello and Carlos Romero Barcelo was Resident Commissioner. <BR/><BR/>In the United States House of Representatives a bill was presented that used the correct constitutional definitions of each status: statehood, commonwealth limbo and independence. This bill passed the U.S. House of Representatives by one vote. <BR/><BR/>It was sent on to the U.S. Senate where the well-known bigot Trent Lott kept it from being presented for an up or down on the U.S. Senate floor. He was at that time the Majority Leader of the U.S. Senate. <BR/><BR/>Trent Lott has never been a friend of Puerto Rico. He looks down on Puerto Ricans as of a different race and inferior. Sila Calderon and her PDP cozy up to Trent Lott and helped him to deny democracy to Puerto Rico by keeping the House Bill, which would allow a constitutionally correct referendum on status in Puerto Rico, to being voted on in the U.S. Senate.<BR/><BR/>Trent Lott was kick out of being majority leader when he demonstrated his being a racial bigot. The reactionary Bush Republicans returned him to his leadership position when the Republicans were in control of the U.S. Senate. <BR/><BR/>It is absolute stupidity, dishonesty or both to say that Kenneth McClintock is a Filipino from the Phillipines. He is as Puerto Rican as a delicious dish of rice and beans!<BR/><BR/>If "sandra" is so much against the United States, she should demand independence for Puerto Rico and refuse to accept federal funding. <BR/><BR/>Let's accept the reality that most Puerto Ricans are a wonderful blend of being American and be Puerto Rican. This is not a smooth blend, but a tasty lumpy blend of each culture creating something great.Yankee In Puerto Ricohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17285431381070007630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8712814264102201644.post-56150067665548744402008-08-12T12:15:00.000-07:002008-08-12T12:15:00.000-07:00Puerto Rico has always rejected US statehood becau...Puerto Rico has always rejected US statehood because that would mean the dissapereance of the Puerto Rican nationhood. It would mean the 'hawaiianization" of Puerto Rico (turning Puerto Ricans into a minority in their own land).<BR/>Funny, In Puerto Rico everyone knows that Mr. McClintock is not a real puerto rican, he is Filipino (from the Phillipines).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com