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’m still pulling for Rick Perry and hoping he makes a comeback. He is still taking in lots of campaign money so that’s a good sign
He is gonna continue embarrassing himself, and conservatives, by extension
The one I asked you in the same post you went all lib on me over.
In military terms the wall is a force multiplier. Nobody said an unmanned wall. It takes an order of magnitude less troops/agents to patrol a wall. The wall is MORE important in the remote areas because that is where supporting troops is the most difficult. Walls are non political and are on duty 7/24/365.
We already have a moat with Gators, it’s called the Rio Grande.
If we are not allowed to use the military to protect our borders then what “boots” on the ground are Perry talking about?
“I am not about to explain the complexities of Posse Comitatus.”
Probably because you’re clueless.
If you simply crack down on illegals and employing illegals, they will go home and stay home. Because they have their own country.
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I don’t think they will go home. Right now they are leaving Alabama headed probably for Texas to put their kids in K-12 and on to college.
Another personal attack. Classic liberal behavior on your part.
“Ever see what happens when a claymore goes off in a tunnel?”
I’d rather we’d get off of that approach...to me it sounds overboard and silly. Cain’s approach is just the right amount of force that’s needed at this point. Maybe claymore’s later, if the Mexican military starts getting involved.
He defended it once that I know of.
The infamous “Heartless” remark, and I have said all along I think that was an error.
He could play that card in the general election but it was a gaffe to say that in the primary.
That said, he has a SOLID track record on the issues that face America.
The border would be a nice place to dig a big LONG trench, and store all our nuclear waste .
With appropriate warning signs, of course!
“PELIGRO! Nuko! Muerte!!!!”
Where is the Rio in your picture?
This should get Rick Perry to butch up on defending our border
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Rick may not butch up on border defense, but possibly Anita, will take issue something at her next Presser.
There's no need whatsoever to take land.
Put down the crack pipe or what ever else you might be ingesting.
Join the human race, idiot.
No kidding! LoL
A liberal trait is call names, claim their opponents/ideas are nuts/crazy and act like a 5 year old when the facts get inconvenient. Shame that Perry supporters cannot deal in fact and resort to that level of behavior.
“I’m still pulling for Rick Perry...He is still taking in lots of campaign money so that’s a good sign.
Yea, that’s why he’s not permitted to deviate on ILLEGALS. Sucks to have a candidate who’s owned, but he’s been our governor here for a decade and we got to see it close up.
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