[BradtotheBone]

The great shakedown of America continues....

[Chi-townChief]

You wouldn’t think the ‘rats would want to bring in Spanish-speaking Republicans to congress.

[SharpRightTurn]

I favor independence for PR. (That means they’ll be taking care of themselves.)

[C210N]

This is nothing but Floriduh redux. Its a count the votes scheme, until the result is to their liking. Then, then counting stops. PR has voted numerous times in the past, and has rejected statehood every time.

[Wonder Warthog]

I seem to recall there having been at least one referendum to the people of Puerto Rico regarding statehood in my lifetime. They opted to retain “territory” status. As I recall, the other two choices were “statehood” and “independent nation”.

[GraceG]

Could Puerto Rico’s statehood be the only “real” legacy that is left to BHO?

[Gatún(CraigIsaMangoTreeLawyer)]

I know this sounds outlandish, but it sounds to me if the crooked government in D.C. wants to annex any country in the world, they would definitely give it a try through the same means.

By the way, Puerto Ricans, unlike the U.S., enjoy a good street riot even if it means getting hurt or worse.

[Old Retired Army Guy]

Puerto Rico has continuously over the years voted to retain its’ Commonwealth Status. That is because as a Commonwealth, the economic aid they receive in many forms is far greater than what they would get from statehood. At any rate, this is nothing but a cheap trick to get more Democrats in Congress. Another reason to toss them out in November.

[Feline_AIDS]

Are the democrats rigging Puerto Rico for statehood?

I’ll take “duh” for $400, Alex.

[myknowledge]

What next? Virgin Islands? Guam? Wake Island?

[JimRed]

The previous times the people of Puerto Rico voted on the issue, in 1967 and 1993, they rejected statehood in favor of commonwealth status.

[Oldpuppymax]

Gee, I wonder how many sponsors this piece of shite would have had if PR were filled with republican voters??

[cripplecreek]

What they appear to be doing is forcing them into a narrower and narrower box.

They’ll end up with two choices. The one we can’t afford (statehood) or the one they can’t survive. (independence)

[Windcatcher]

You know that Congress doesn't represent us when they have to seek out non-voters as constituents.

[Chaguito]

I’m betting that this is payback to Pierluisi, a promise made by Obama in the campaign. Pierluisi will soon find himself in good company under the bus.

[ridesthemiles]

This is an attempt to gain millions of new Democrat voters. Nothing more—nothing less.

This country really needs those million on the unemployment rolls, too-——NOT!

[Major Matt Mason]

I would think that PR potentially becoming the 51st state would be big news, yet the media is virtually silent on this. Beck is the only one that has talked about it at all, and now we have this article from WND. This lack of coverage shows you just how much of a joke the media really is in this country.

[b4its2late]

So this means I can bring Puerto Rican cigars into this country legally now?

Oh....wait....

[opentalk]

Puerto Rico’s unemployment rate is about 15.9% and 45% of its citizens live below the poverty level with obamacare this will be a big welfare state.