"No amnistía." - Rick Santorum - Democratic Underground

LynneSin

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Mon Jun-19-06 02:14 PM
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"No amnistía." - Rick Santorum

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/pennsylvania/counties/bucks_county/14850279.htm

Santorum immigration stance bilingual"No amnistía."

So begins a new Spanish-language passage on Rick Santorum's campaign Web site explaining his opposition to a Senate immigration bill that some Republicans claim includes granting amnesty to those in this country illegally.

"Dando la amnistía ... ridiculiza y degrada los sacrificios de inmigrantes legales."

("Giving amnesty ... mocks and demeans the sacrifices of legal immigrants.")

Until recently, English-language visitors to the Santorum site could read a tough summary of the Republican senator's position on a measure he complained would make it possible for two-thirds of illegal immigrants to gain legal status - some by going home to get a valid work visa, some by paying a fine and partial back taxes.

But Spanish readers initially found no such language - no mention of amnesty, no mention of "felons" and "serial lawbreakers," as in the English discourse.

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Sooner75

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Mon Jun-19-06 02:30 PM
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1. Easy to talk like this in Pennsylvania

Ask ole Rick to get some border state Republican senators to sign on to his position. I'd love to see John Cornyn, Pete Demedici, and John McCain try to live with that position. Fact is it wouldn't fly down here. Even the Right Wingnuts here know who's out in the midday sun doing the heavy lifting. They still want to get their lawns mowed and their streets repaired.

His position may be red meat to his base, but it doesn't amount to much more than that.

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