Subverting Democracy in Puerto Rico

House Chamber, Washington D.C.
April 29, 2010

Mr. Speaker:

Proponents have a problem. They want statehood for Puerto Rico. But in 1998, the majority voted no.

What to do?

Replace a straight-forward up or down vote with a two-step process.

If 40 percent support the Commonwealth, and 20 percent favor each of three alternatives, the overwhelming plurality is defeated on the first ballot and left only to chose among three options they do not support.

Then stuff the ballot box by letting non-Puerto Ricans vote as long as they were born there. That means as a Californian, I should be entitled to vote in New Yorks elections because I was born there.

This bill isnt needed for a referendum: Puerto Rico can do that on its own. The purpose of this bill is to place a Congressional imprimatur on this rigged election that has no legal effect, no moral validity, and that promises only to set off bitter divisions within the Puerto Rican Commonwealth.

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[ttiiyy]

@swifturtle12 I think Puerto Rico should just declare independence or return back to Spain.

Puerto Rico being a state of the US is never going to work out for anyone.

[ttiiyy]

@congaddict Well, most Puerto Ricans (at least 70%) are Spanish.

What do you guys think about Spain?????????? It is a democratic country now.

[Dogmeat1950]

@ttiiyy also the Independent people have always been in the Minority, Commenwealth is the Majority 

[Dogmeat1950]

@ttiiyy Funny cause I'm Puerto Rican..by the way Puerto Ricans are Native to the Island

[ttiiyy]

@Dogmeat1950 Some PR's have expressed different views than you do. They claim that many PR's do have Spanish blood, and they're different from Mexicans. As a matter of fact, these pro-independence PR's are PROUD of the Spanish culture of PR.

You're the moron that needs some more education!

[Dogmeat1950]

@congaddict I'm sure someone said the same thing about Hawaii.

[Dogmeat1950]

@ttiiyy WTF are you smoking!? Puerto Ricans have died for the USA, may I remind you the Spanish treated the people of the Island like shit. damn near like Slaves.

go get educated. may I also remind you that the Indepedent people are mostly Communist backed.

[Noctalunis]

Knock em down Tom!

[congaddict]

independence all the way, it's not that bad. fear has been instilled in the rican psyche for a long time so as to keep people a colony, self subsistence is achievable. not easy, but it is there.

[ttiiyy]

@BaileyMax103 Puerto Rico can always fight for the independence.

Also, don't forget that Spain is now a democratic country. So returning back to the arms of Spain is not really a bad idea.

At least 70% of Puerto Ricans are Spanish.