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 ...
Well no, not by iteself. That's why we also need land mines.
Yes, another amnesty supporting Perrywinkle.
Electrocuting children and babies?
Certainly he’s not proposing that?
This has to be a joke.
“...The electrified fence idea won’t work...
What’s needed is for the border patrol being allowed to shoot crossers...”
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Why can’t we do both?
I really hope he kind of sort of didn’t say this.
You talk about red meat for the press.
Sure hopes he has a really good rebuttal.
I hope Cain doesn’t become a Curtis Le May. I’ve really liked him, but I’m beginning to worry that the lack of political experience is going to do him in. You can’t just say anything.
If he really said that, he’s a bigger idiot than I thought.
“Electrocuting children and babies?”
Did you read the article? He said he would post a sign with a warning.
Ohh...working realistically within the LAW?
If fences don’t work, why is there one around the White House?????
“Cain has always been one of my three choices to take down Willard. After this insane remark, I’m not sure Cain is qualified to be a pot hole inspector.”
I’m calling absolute and total BS on that remark. You’ve been on Free Republic for the last few days bashing Cain. So your attempt to come on here and pretend like you’ve been for Cain up to this moment should be seen for what it is:
Absolute and total BS.
I’m going to enjoy watching your reaction as Cain continues to advance in the polls. This should be fun! Please continue to spin a web of ridicule for yourself! LOL!
“...Electrocuting children and babies?...”
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Maybe after the first 100 or so, they will stop coming.
>>YES! ... and with this proposal, an idiot to boot! <<
Well, not everyone supports your open-borders Romneyites.
You might want to change your name to something that matches the philosophy. Except for maybe great support and signature for his amnesty (his one huge mistake). I assume you want another.
Keep passing around the half truths.
This is incredible! I totally support Cain on this one.
“Ohh...working realistically within the LAW?”
You mean the laws that Rick Perry passes to coddle, incentivize, and subsidize illegal aliens to the detriment of American taxpayers?
He is on with the one with a high opinion of himself David Gregory Tommorrow on Meet the Depressed.
Let us see how he handles Nancy and this issue...
There is not much appetite in the country for more amateur hour at the White House.
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