Posted on 10/16/2011 9:18:08 AM PDT by kristinn
At two campaign rallies in Tennessee on Saturday night, the Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said 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.
But by Sunday morning, in a dramatic change of tone, Mr. Cain, a former restaurant executive, said he was only kidding.
Thats a joke, Mr. Cain told the journalist David Gregory during an appearance on NBCs Meet the Press, where he was asked about the electrified fence. Thats not a serious plan. Ive also said America needs to get a sense of humor.
Mr. Cains attempt to pass off incendiary comments as nothing but a joke may take more effort, however. In making the initial remarks about an electrified fence killing illegal immigrants, Mr. Cain was detailed and repetitive. He did not introduce his thoughts as anything but serious commentary, beginning with the words, We have a crisis of illegal immigration.
And the crowds responded with cheers, not laughs.
(Excerpt) Read more at thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com ...
Actually he is for a fence as well as more boots on the ground
Where’s the fence? Not in the Immigration Bill!
The Comprehensive Immigration Bill debated in the Senate last week was dead on arrival. Most regular folks kept screaming, “Where’s the fence?”
The Immigration Bill was supposed to be good compromise legislation. It is just bad legislation with different agendas glued together, while not emphasizing enough of the public’s number one priority - the fence! Not just wire, wood and concrete, but all the technologies we have available to stop the rampant inflow of illegal aliens into this country.
Source: Political column, THE New Voice, “Immigration Bill” , Jun 11, 2007
Looks like that person was pinged.
Reminds me of a story about a farmer in Prescott, Arkansas back in the 70s who wanted an electrical fence to keep his hunting dogs from getting loose. He got a bid from an electrical contractor and thought it was too high so he decided to build it himself. He ran 120 volt wires around the pen and a few days later he found all of his dogs’ bloated bodies hung up in the fence. Sad but true story.
However, if that did happen on the border I guarantee it would stop the crossings.
By the way, did Cain use the word “deadly”?
He wanted to put moats and alligators? Very cute, indeed.
Well, most of the Cain supporters on that thread about the electrified fence took him seriously on that and supported him to a scary degree.
He needs to stop making outrageous suggestions and then saying it was a joke.
Border issues are not a joke and Cain obviously knows very little about the border or the problem.
Get a life
We don’t need a dry cod stuffy pc president
Who, exactly, are you talking about?
You still haven’t posted an example of the “vicious hatred of Mexicans.” Slandering unnamed FReepers and the management is a sleazeball tactic and it doesn’t belong here.
I got confused because they were double teaming on another FReeper with the race card.
No, the joke would be putting an electical fence up and NOT having a Warning! Now that would be funny.... ( Now that was a joke everyone!)
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