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 countrys 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.
Its going to be 20 feet high. Its going to have barbed wire on the top. Its going to be electrified. And theres 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 were going to shut off the back door so you dont have to sneak into America.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
It was invented by a Dr. Alan Parsons which is why I am calling it “The Alan Parsons project.”
too bad that they won’t give americans guns like they do terrorists.
regardless, all anyone has to do is stop paying for medical, education, food and housing for illegals. They will scamper back to mexico faster than they came ere to begin with.
Herman Cain's opinion is supported by far more AMERICAN CITIZENS than those who oppose it. Too many so-called Conservatives lack principle just like the career politicians they prefer over anything new, because they are scared of something new even if it could be what we need to save the nation just because they fear it will end in defeat, and they will take a liberal RINO who actually has less of a chance to win before they will get behind an intelligent man who speaks like real Americans because he knows what we want, and what the country needs to survive.
But how dare Cain say what most Americans agree with instead of pandering to the criminal element destroying our society, and the weak Mexican government that has their loyalty and our country to trash and steal from. Herman Cain will not embarrass our nation by allowing the government of Mexico to insult him, the U.S., or it's citizens like others before him have. He's not afraid to enforce our laws just because he will be called a racist by a small minority of people who have nothing more than that because of how obvious it is they support something illegal, unpopular, and destructive to the United States. Illegal immigrants and the Mexican government do not control us, and the minority of American citizens who side with them don't even come close in numbers, or influence, to those of us who side with Herman Cain on this issue.
We aren't the Republicans who want victory for the party no matter how liberal they are on such important issues as this. We are actually fed up with all the pandering Republican liberals who have fooled themselves into believing they are Conservative, but don't have the balls to stray from the status quo when it comes down to it. If you are the ones who think Cain coming out strong on the right side of this issue is going to hurt him you're the ones who are completely brainwashed, and are either on the wrong side of the issue yourself, or just don't have any backbone, principle, or intelligence like the identical RINOs you've supported your entire lives. They are just a bunch of empty suits who usually don't even know how to run campaigns because they are so out of touch with voters, and now we have people who have come to believe these losers.
This has solidified my Support for Herman Cain. I will be donating even more to his campaign based on this. I will do everything I can to get this man the Republican nomination, and then into the Presidency. I will not vote for the same type of do nothing career politician that we have never gotten anything substantial and positive from. I'm just saddened and perplexed by those of you who believe saying something about illegal immigration, an issue that has frustrated so many Americans because no matter what we do the career politicians have completely abandoned us on this issue in support of the illegals who are breaking our laws and ruining our nation, will hurt him instead of giving those who have given up out of obvious reluctance by our leaders to represent us on this someone to finally get behind; someone who will simply enforce our laws.
There has been almost no one who has given us any hope whatsoever when it comes to solving this problem, even though it's been shown that Cain's type of talk on the issue is what the majority of Americans want. This is going to help Cain gain support and money as it should. I already know people who have started supporting Cain for this type of talk. People are impressed he is talking like the majority, and not like the career politicians with no substance or Conservative principle because they fear a small minority made up largely of people who aren't even American citizens.
The Hispanic majority here legally will support Democrats in the near future, and pandering to illegals will not change that. If that is the strategy of Republicans it's one of the stupidest I have ever heard of. It's wrong to believe that all Hispanics support illegal immigration as many seem to believe is the case. My best friend is Hispanic and he's against illegal immigration just as much as the rest of us. He's American and has more in common with Americans than illegal immigrants from the nation his ancestors left because he was raised in America, and has no more in common with illegal Mexican immigrants than I do. Those legal Hispanics who do support illegal immigration will never support Republicans over Democrats no matter how much pandering Republicans do. Democrats will always pander to lawbreaking illegals over legal citizens even more so.
Republicans better know that they will lose more far more votes by insulting those like me who will not except being ignored, or opposed, on this issue any longer. I will not vote for someone who talk tough on illegal immigration. I will not vote for someone just because they think those of us being ignored will vote for them just to vote against Obama or some other liberal, but I already did that with Bush and McCain, and will never do it again. I will not choose the candidate who will destroy the nation a little slower over the guy who will destroy it faster. If Obama wins reelection it's because we didn't nominate a good Conservative who can be supported by people like me who are fed up with voting for the least worst candidate, and refuse to do it no matter what. If Obama wins it's what we deserve for not nominating a new kind of candidate like we talked about at TEA party rallies. Candidates that sounded just like Herman Cain.
And Legal Hispanic Americans are just like every other American and most are against illegal immigration. Many have no more in common with those in Mexico than most whites have with the European nations our ancestors were smart enough to leave. Stop the pandering to illegals strategy thinking it will help you when it will destroy you obviously destroy you.
Herman Cain is what we need, and he's the kind of person the TEA party supporters I stood with were asking for in a candidate. A guy who's not a career politician, but an intelligent, successful, and educated man who speaks like a true American on the most important issues of our time. He's on the right side of this issue. The side of the majority of Americans, and one of our most important and just laws. An issue ignored for way too long, but finally spoken about with the emotion and straightforwardness we have sought. Don't attack a man like Cain for taking the right stance on an issue as important as this then pretend you care about the nation or want anything but a vague talking politician too afraid of certain issues.
There is a way to keep people from crossing. It is sure to work
The fence and landmines. Unless they have EOD and mine detectors there isnt much they could do.
Bouncing Betty or those little wooden mines.
The Fence should be ten feet into the ground as well....
This is a bad idea...somebody might get hurt.
Could you just imagine the the health issues inflicted on the likes of Pelosi after hearing that thousands of paid for guaranteed votes just got mowed down while illegally crossing the border?
This thread sure brought out the open borders advocates here on FR.
The wind rarely stops down there. As far as when they are broken down....put some of those “99%” to work to get them running again.
You mean people who are more concerned with getting their way than saving America. Little better than the wall street protesters in my opinion.
Snipers won’t be allowed to shoot innocent children down, and actually it’s pretty easily to sneak a balloon at night. Other than eclipsing a few stars, it’s pretty inconspicuous. It will be lucrative and provide jobs for air ferrymen and the ground support who booby trap the surrounding roads near landing sites. I just need to decide whether to call it the Tortilla Flotilla or Eclipso Cruz Lines.
Are your border patrol guys supposed to write them a ticket on the spot with instructions to show up in court, or maybe they are going to shoot them.
Once you get past the ticket part, how you shoot them might be meaningful ~ Hellfire missiles work much better than bullets!
It's like the questions you face when selecting a guard dog for your family home. Do you think a little Bijon Fries will do the job (they don't even bark loud but they will jump up on your bed and lick your face until you wake up), or do you prefer a pit bull that can grab and hold a burglar and hold him on the ground ~ by the throat?
Think of what the burglar will make of your decision!
Think of what the dog will think of it.
Think of your family.
At one time I could of managed to hold my nose and possibly vote for Perry after he called me heartless. But after numerous insipid arguments from Perrywinkles on FR I could never vote for that fraud now. You guys really blew it for Perry. In your mindless defense of the indefensible, you managed to take one issue and completely turn off all real conservatives by insulting our intelligence. God job. Perry will not ever be President I will now work against him. I was neutral but now I am anti-Perry. So KMA.
GIve back the interstate highway system. Go back to your dirt roads. I am now ant-Perry because as clowns like you on FR.
Now they have anti-aircraft batteries protecting the White House. Onliest thing you can do with those things is, of course, to shoot the plane on its way to the White House.
Guess nobody wanted to take the chance that the next plane will miss!
How dare you talk common sense to the Cainiacs. Don’t forget- NO NEW TAXES (well except for Cain’s 9% sales tax- that’s not really a tax, because businesses will be paying less)
The US Supreme Court has already ruled on the constitutionality of Voter ID ~ see: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/29/washington/28cnd-scotus.html
Put it on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. Mexico does not like it, I don't care. They should not have been encouraging illegal immigration in the first place.
Good for you Mr. Cain for having the guts to make this an issue no other politician will touch, but now they will have to.....
Border fence (((ping))).....
Presidential candidates that call their base heartless and have his butt boys shove it down our throats on Free Republic will do that. I’m just sayin’.
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