Posted on 10/15/2011 4:18:53 PM PDT by VinL
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...
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..
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.
“It’s going to be 20 feet high. It’s going to have barbed wire on the top. It’s going to be electrified. And there’s going to be a sign on the other side saying, ‘It will kill you — Warning.’” At an earlier rally, on the campus of Tennessee Tech University in Cookeville, Tenn., he added that the sign would be written “in English and in Spanish.”
“This nation has always been a nation with wide open doors,” Mr. Cain said at the second rally. “We want to make it easy for people to come through the front door. And we’re going to shut off the back door so you don’t have to sneak into America.”
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
I assume you know “Freedom isn’t Free” since it’s on your home page.
Well, if the messicans want freedom, they need to migrate legally or fix their own problems at home instead of causing more problems here.
Did someone at an OWS protest tell you to type that or did you really come up with that gem all by yourself?
Who is going to drag a baby across the desert and hang them on a fence, their caring parents,
drug cartels
That's fine. Do fencing AS WELL AS border enforcement AS WELL AS sanctions for those who employ, harbor, or provide social services to illegal aliens. Defense-in-depth.
Ever try to build a tunnel? ..... BobL
You mean like these tunnels, below, that were built under the U.S./Mexican border under the currently existing portions of the Fence?
I, personally, have never built a tunnel but, if you want a tunnel dug, with a few phone calls, I'm sure that you can find plenty of Mexicans that can build you a pretty damned good one.
“Sorry for the yelling, but if you’re a Reagan Man, stop sounding like Romney.”
We’ve been saying for weeks that Romney people are basically off this thread, but maybe not? Perhaps they show up like this to try to shoot down people that are a real threat to Romney...they are just smart enough not to disclose who they’re supporting (or being paid by).
No. It would be heartless.
>> he added that the sign would be written “in English and in Spanish.”
Before making English the official language?
Where the hell is LeMay when we need him?
He is needed immediately in Afghanistan, Iraq and on our borders.
We also know how pumps and pipes work. Those cows can learn to drink from troughs like normal cows in this country. You seem to want to imagine Texas is like India or something.
Yeah, we’re all craving a RINO who will tow the moderate party line.
You’ve summed it up.
“I seem to recall, The Berlin Wall worked pretty well.”
Actually it worked great...about 2 people per year got across.
I guess even that is too many for some, if Cain proposes it.
And lengths ...apparently!
2500 miles of electrified fence?
OUCH!!!
“So we cut our selves of from water in a state that is suffering a horrible drought?”
Here you go. I realize that I’m getting a bit technical here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe_%28fluid_conveyance%29
Everyone seems to think Perry is inarticulate.
IF he actually said this as written. He will have a problem with Christians. Yes we all want illegal aliens to go home.
But “I will kill you”...REALLY?
Most Christians don’t HATE like that. Just look at NYC.
Pure HATE. and it’s ugly. Just saying. MO
Perry has been saying that all along and look where that got him.
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