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Damaging about what kyl did today, is he showed it to be the latter. he said, actually, we're only worried about the deficit when it's something democrats want to do. when it is our principles on the line, you know what, it's actually not that big of a deal. as a matter of principle, we don't need to worry about the deficit quite right then. >> what it means is that there ought to be a caption, or at least an asterisk that just appears on the lower third of the screen every time a republican starts talking about the deficit right now, "psst, i don't really mean this." last question for you. th...

Resolution. it is. it is supposedly to support puerto rico's self-determination on whether or not if they want to be a state. oh, well, that's great. i think we have some other things, you know, that might be more important. you know what i mean? why do we need this? that is the question i'm left with. why do we need this? do we need a non-binding resolution to support self-determination? they've been asked this question. they can ask it again. i mean is there something going on in puerto rico i'm not aware of? is there something really -- i want to help puerto rico if there is a problem, but ...

It has always been the same question. here it is. three times. '67, '93 and '98 they voted. no. the question has been: do you want to become a state? do you want the be a state? that's the question. pretty easy. no. now, let me take you to washington, d.c. remember this question. puerto rico, do you want to be a state? no. three times. now let me take you to washington, d.c., where tomorrow an important vote is happening. they're not asking this question do you want to be a state? no, no no. this sounds so nice i don't know how anyone could vote against this. this is called the puerto rico dem...

So, they said okay. that's how we had the 16th state. alaska did the same thing. kind of. let me restate. they elected delegates for congress, they voted on statehood and they drafted a state constitution, applied for statehood, went to the capitol and demanded to be seated. this is the key. it doesn't matter what happens in congress. it doesn't matter. doesn't matter. they demanded and they were seated. congressman, any congressman who votes for this, for some reason or another -- give them the benefit of the doubt. they are sheep being led to slaughter. "no, this is non-binding." what? they ...

H.r.-2499. if this passes, tomorrow, tomorrow they vote on this. if this passes it will force a yes or no vote in puerto rico. not on this question. no, no, no. do you want to be a state no. no. if this passes tomorrow, what they are going to ask is this question -- do you want to maintain the current status of puerto rico? well, no, wait a minute. that's not the same question. why? why? do you went to maintain the status quo? let me ask you this. do you want to maintain the status quo of our country right now? nope. if bertha lewis who, you know, runs acorn, if she were watching, i can guaran...