Posted on 05/27/2010 9:29:29 AM PDT by Nachum
President Obama is open to the idea of Puerto Rico becoming a state, Associate Attorney General Thomas Perrelli said at a meeting of a task force devoted to issues related to the U.S. commonwealth.
"The president strongly believes that the status question is a significant one" Perrelli said at this week's meeting of the President's Puerto Rico Task Force. "He also believes that Puerto Rico's status must be based on self-determination by the people of Puerto Rico. And we on the task force are here with open minds on this issue."
Perrelli co-chairs the task force and attended on behalf of the administration. His complete remarks can be read here.
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Also open to Cuba statehood?
Obama is hell bent to stack the electorate, just as FDR tried to do with the Supreme Court by expanding it (and appointing) new justices. The American people will not re-elect Obama. He needs new dedicated voters.
2 guaranteed liberal Senators and 6 or 7 more liberal Democrat members of the House.
I wonder if thats why he’s open to this?
hhmmmm
Obama looks forward to welcoming our 58th state with all its Democrat voters.
you are wrong. It would mean 2 more Dem senators and 6 Dem congresscritters.
I was looking for the satire keyword. :(
Why doesn’t he annex Mexico too while he’s at it? Hell, most of its citizens are in this country anyway.
Why would they want to become the 51st state ?
They received 100’s of millions of dollars from us. The were the biggest benefactor in the stimulus package.
Also, don’t they(the residents)get a deal on income taxes ?
Someone please clarify.
Just what the other 57 states need- a Club Med state
because the plan is for Mexico to annex us?
That jackass in the Oval Office would be open to the Gaza Strip being another USA state.
When are the Liberals going to connect the dots with the Kenyan ineligible to be President of the USA?
That jackass in the Oval Office would be open to the Gaza Strip being another USA state.
When are the Liberals going to connect the dots with the Kenyan ineligible to be President of the USA?
I think it funny he is stealing more Hispanic land....Colonialist pig in the White House. Hypocrite!
More interested in the US becoming a Cuban Protectorate.
Yes, and this morning Glenn Beck predicted that the U.S. Virgin Islands would be next. More voters for Dems.
Most Puerto Ricans are still below the poverty level so any deals on income taxes don’t really mean a lot.
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