If I didn’t know better, I might think [tag]Rick Santorum[/tag] is a little embarrassed about what his Spanish-speaking constituents think about his position on immigration.
English-language visitors to www.ricksantorum.com encountered a home page filled with concern about the “[tag]amnesty[/tag]-ridden proposal” the U.S. Senate adopted to deal with illegal [tag]immigration[/tag].
But a section of the site for Spanish readers made no mention of amnesty in its discourse on immigration. Nor did it refer to “rewarding criminal behavior” of illegal immigrants, as the English version did.
Jim Hoefler, a professor of political science at Dickinson College, noted: “The English version is kind of the Rick Santorum we know – no amnesty, law and order, tough guy. The Spanish version is a lot softer – we need to find a balance, that sort of approach.”
Well, that’s embarrassing. One has to wonder if the Santorum campaign just assumed no one would check. As it turns out, considering the local media attention, Santorum would have been better off just playing it straight from the outset.
A spokesperson for Santorum’s campaign said staffers would “probably” make the two different sites match sometime this week.