Cain Proposes Electrified Border Fence - Now says he was joking.

[jefferson_dem]

Cain Proposes Electrified Border Fence
By EDWARD WYATT

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Saturday that part of his immigration policy would be to build an electrified fence on the country’s border with Mexico that could kill people trying to enter the country illegally.

The remarks, which came at two campaign rallies in Tennessee as part of a barnstorming bus tour across the state, drew loud cheers from crowds of several hundred people at each rally. At the second stop, in Harriman, Tenn., Mr. Cain added that he also would consider using military troops “with real guns and real bullets” on the border to stop illegal immigration.

The remarks were among the most pointed yet by Mr. Cain about illegal immigration, and they come as he is enjoying a surge in national political polls on the back of his victory in a recent Florida straw poll. They also follow on remarks made by Representative Michele Bachmann on Saturday during a speech on illegal immigration in Iowa, in which she also advocated a border fence.

It is not the first time that Mr. Cain has floated the idea of an electrified fence. He has told the story many times of a caller to his former radio show who chastised him for talking about building a border fence, saying that such an idea was impractical. Mr. Cain often says he told the caller that he had recently returned from China, and if the Chinese could build the Great Wall then America could build a border fence.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/cain-proposes-electrified-border-fence/

Herman Cain: I wasn’t serious about putting electric fence on border

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday he wasn’t being serious when he told a crowd this weekend that he wants an electric fence to span the border along Mexico.

Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press with David Gregory, Cain said, “That’s a joke, David … That’s not a serious plan.”

http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/16/herman-cain-i-wasn%e2%80%99t-serious-about-putting-electric-fence-on-border/#ixzz1ax3RtSKy

[no_hypocrisy]

1. Think he was "joking" like John McCain was "joking" with "Bomb, bomb, bomb.

Bomb bomb Iran . . . "?

[Enrique]

2. "that was for the morons that come to my speeches" n/t

[liberal N proud]

3. GOP double speak - when what you say doesn't add up, just say you were not serious

These fuckers pull it in every campaign, every candidate.

And the sheep keep believing them.

[classof56]

4. Won't his supporters be disappointed to hear he's joking?

The ones who cheered loudly? I'm guessing he wasn't joking at all, but the thing that really floors me is the statement about the Great Wall of China. If the Chinese could build the Great Wall, then America could build a border fence? Does the man know nothing about history? Perhaps he thinks we should reinstate slavery to get the job done? Boggles the mind...!

Oh, and he wants to use military troops with real guns and real bullets to shoot 'em dead? Can hardly wait till he's Commander in Chief...:crazy:

[K8-EEE]

7. Yes! The Freepers loved the idea of his electrifying Mexicans

Now they will be disappointed!

[Bjorn Against]

5. Haha jokes about killing minorities are funny

I hope I don't need the sarcasm tag for that, it is bad enough that he said this in the first place but suggesting we should have laughed at the suggestion does not make it any better. The right-wing has a sadistic sense of "humor".

[TwilightGardener]

6. Not ready for prime time.

[CakeGrrl]

8. Tell it to the people who want to vote for you, Cain.

They think you mean it.

That's what you get for courting insanity.

[surrealAmerican]

9. The surest way to get republicans to cheer for you ...

... is to say you're going to kill people, preferable many people.


It's sick, whether it's a "joke" or not.

[Laura PourMeADrink]

10. As un-learned as I am, I truly actually think I could do a better job

than Cain did today on MTP. He is almost like a caricature. Scary that someone knows so little but doesn't realize it (ala Palin).

I HATE people who call themselves by their own names too. "Herman Cain won't do that." Herman Cain

"Don't compare me to Jimmy Carter." Like it's a bad thing. You should only be like him in your dreams, asshole

[roguevalley]

11. what is it with men who love to kill as long as someone else is

doing it? Jeez