The Man From La Fortaleza (Luis Fortuno, possible VP nominee)

The American Spectator ^ | February, 2012 | John Fund

[Clintonfatigued]

Luis Fortuno is perhaps the best Governor in Puerto Rico history. He would bring excitement to the ticket in the same way that Sarah Palin did.

[InterceptPoint]

FYI:

[ConjunctionJunction]

How would this work? The people of P.R. are U.S. citizens, but they do not vote for POTUS/VPOTUS. P.R. has no electors in the Electoral College.

[Irenic]

NO.

[goodnesswins]

You gotta be kidding? Right?

[AmericanInTokyo]

And WHOM, pray tell, might this be “payback” too, hmmmm????

[cripplecreek]

If Mitt Romney is the nominee, he could choose Jesus Christ as his running mate and I still wouldn’t vote for him.

[fieldmarshaldj]

See how well it goes over when folks learn he fully endorsed a Democrat to succeed him in Congress as PR’s Resident Commissioner.

[traditional1]

"If Mitt Romney is the nominee, he could choose Jesus Christ as his running mate and I still wouldn’t vote for him."

Ditto....

[Dilbert San Diego]

Can I ask a stupid question?

While Puerto Ricans are American citizens, is this guy constitutionally eligible?

As part of the constitutional qualifications for president are that a president or vice-president must be “an inhabitant of the United States for at least 14 years”.

Puerto Rico is not a state, so it seems to be that he has not been an inhabitant of the United States for 14 years, even though he is an American citizen.

[easternsky]

This Household and extended Family Will only vote down ticket if His name appears.

[traditional1]

"This Household and extended Family Will only vote down ticket if His name appears"

AHHHHH!

You're not gonna do the clothes-pin-on-the-nose-vote-for-the-(R) Routine?

The Establishment Elite are COUNTING ON YOU (and/or others) who vote for the spoon-fed pick's they allow!

[ConjunctionJunction]

It’s not a stupid question. How can he run for VPOTUS if he’s not even allowed to vote for POTUS/VPOTUS? And the people of Puerto Rico are not allowed to vote for POTUS/VPOTUS either. If they choose him, seems like it will turn into a big distraction over voting rights for people who live in the territories.

[easternsky]

My Convictions and integrity are also counting on me.

[Redmen4ever]

First of all, Mitt Romney has to do something to shore up his bone fides with the base of the party. I think Gov. Fortuna would make a terrific candidate, because he actually is a true conservative; but, I am a little nervous about nominating someone from P.R. Would he be accepted by our base? On the plus side, we have elected Hispanics and blacks from many majority-white districts. We have elected Asian-American Governors in S.C. and La. On the minus side, this would be a bit of a gamble. I do think the powers that be will investigate this pretty throughly. I’m pretty sure if Gov. Fortuna were on the Republican ticket, statehood would pass overwhelmingly in P.R. I, for one, there’s room for another star on our flag.

[cripplecreek]

The Establishment Elite are COUNTING ON YOU (and/or others) who vote for the spoon-fed pick's they allow!

It always cracks me up to see FReepers deriding the Democrat plantation only to run back to pick the master's cotton on the Grand Old Plantation.

[Redmen4ever]

You, sir, ask a very interesting question! While P.R. are citizens by birth and, under most people’s definition of natural born citizen, qualified on that count. Is the time they are in P.R. count toward the residence requirement?

[traditional1]

"FReepers deriding the Democrat plantation only to run back to pick the master's cotton on the Grand Old Plantation."

No different than Democrats who vote for the (D), no matter WHO is behind it, these people vote (R), then rationalize why things NEVER change.....

[cripplecreek]

No different than Democrats who vote for the (D), no matter WHO is behind it, these people vote (R), then rationalize why things NEVER change.....

Exactly. Nothing will ever get better if we don't deal with our own mess first. Meekly accepting the increasingly leftist candidates the GOP foists on us is only moving us left.

I encourage people to write to their congressman and tell them that you will not vote for Romney under any circumstances even if they actually intend to hold their nose and vote for him.