In FL, he would be directly targeting Cuban voters, most of whom immigrated legally, as they are refugees from Communist Cuba. As such, Rubio might even lose support among his own people, since it would NOT be in their interest to accept illegal immigrants, despite sharing a common language...
I mean, Ted's already released an ad in Spanish (the announcer is the same guy who narrates political ads for other candidates in TX).
I've seen the ad, and have a translation of it on a different thread: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3271004/posts?page=12#12
Make what you will of this, but I don't see how language would be an issue here. With that being said, however, English ought to be the official language of the US, and communication ought to be conducted in English.
” I would think that Ted’s father would stump for him; as English is NOT his first language, he might be tempted to give speeches in Spanish...trying to gin up the legal Hispanic base. “
I have no clue what Ted’s dad will do so we just have to wait and see. My mother’s first language was Italian - but that doesn’t mean she didn’t make English a priority. She learned it as soon as she got here and didn’t speak one word of Italian in the home, since we were an American family.
That’s how legal immigrants differ from illegal. Illegals are just here to take and not to become Americans. At least, it used to be that way - with liberalism I’m sure many legals are not patiotic to this country either.
At least Ted’s ad is very patriotic and not offering our money and jobs to criminal invaders. Makes me sigk though that I have to press 1 for English - after I escaped an invaded state to get back to the US. I make it my mission to inform everyone here about the results of unchecked illegal immigration and how it us cutting our own throats and limiting the opportunities for our children.