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 ...
If JR can call the lightning on FR, then Cain can call the Holy Amperage once elected...ZOT!!! ;)
Hey folks, you do know he was joking? At other times he has said he would add a moat with alligators around the electrified fence.
I assure you, EITHER 765 KV or 500 KV are very impressive in insulator and conductor size and spacing, in any case.
There are 1000's of miles of 500KV transmission in the PJM Interconnection (Pennsylvania-New Jersey-Maryland).
Yea, but the core of what he is saying is that he’s not afraid to take solid measures to protect the border. Do I really think he’d electrify the fence? Not really. But I think he’d build one and man it appropriately, not Lib/RINO style. Nor do I think he’s put ROEs in place to castrate the BP/military protecting it.
Edit - “he’s” = “He’d”
I agree.
I got as far as “you perrybots” and stopped reading. A moment or two of checking my previous posts would show I am no fan of Perry. When you’re that slipshod, I don’t see any need to read on.
Well in spite of what the US Supreme Court has already ruled, apparently Holder’s ‘justice’ will attempt to have his say.
It will all be forgotten by November...
On the off-chance that Cain gets the nomination, I can imagine that the Billion Dollar war chest of Obama will provide a few commercials with this bone-headed “joke” at the center.
In English and Spanish.
“Herman Cain has a new idea for immigration control. An electric fence, and if that doesn’t work, guns with live ammo. He says he was joking. Was he?”
Still shot of Berlin Wall.
“Is this the America Herman Cain really wants?”
“I got as far as “you perrybots” and stopped reading.”
I was just having fun with you and your balloon fantasies. Thanks for getting off the topic, I still have a lot of nutcases to deal with today.
BINGO
You forgot to add the moat with alligators.
I watched Cain on “Meet the Press” this morning and he said he did NOT make that statement about the electrified fence.
“Still shot of Berlin Wall.“Is this the America Herman Cain really wants?””
Pure emotionalism and easily countered by shots of crime scene photos where illegals have killed Americans. Or lists of names of dead Americans.
Fire fought with fire.
I forgive you but only because you’re from Texas.
They do seem to be coming out of the woodwork. Lots of incredible comments.
BTW, for all the Anti=fence/pro-Perry types...it’s been 1 hr 45 min and still no one has addressed post 827.
I’ll update the avoidance periodically so posters can see for themselves just how unwilling they are to deal with the issues presented.
“I forgive you but only because you’re from Texas.”
LOL.
“BTW, for all the Anti=fence/pro-Perry types...it’s been 1 hr 45 min and still no one has addressed post 827.
You are so right. I’m not referring to Lucky Lady here, but I think a lot of others are Romney plants just playing their own game of Operation Chaos. They cannot openly support Romney...so the next best thing to boost up Perry, so that Romney can get a slim lead.
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