Posted on 10/18/2011 4:39:29 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
PHOENIX - After first apologizing for suggesting an electric fence along the border, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told reporters here Monday that he still thinks it's a good idea for controlling illegal immigration.
"I'm not walking away from that," he said.
Cain has spent the last several days explaining a controversial comment about building an electrified fence along the U.S. - Mexico border that he said could kill people trying to enter the country illegally. On Sunday, he said his comments were "a joke." But talking to reporters here after a meeting here with Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who has made a national reputation for cracking down on illegal immigrants, Cain reversed course.
Initially Cain apologied when told his remarks had upset some in the state. "Mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa," he said, using the Latin formula for expressing contrition. But when a reporter challenged his description of his comments, saying he didn't seem to be telling a joke, the retired pizza executive acknowledged: "You're right." He said he still believes in the need for a border fence "and it might be electrified."
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I still want land mines.
Thank you for posting this.
Mr. CAIN cares about America.
RINO “Open Border” “Freebies for Mexicans” Perry not so much.
I wonder how many lobs who fret about the idea of a border fence have visited and admired the Great Wall of China?
Opps wrong hat!! 
Whatever happened to the alligator moat idea? Or better yet, snakes! Build the moat and then comb Texas and Arizona for every rattlesnake you can find. Toss them in the moat. Make it like something out of Indian Jones. Every couple of days dump in a truckload or two of rats and mice to keep them fed. I’d love to see anyone try and cross that.
“lobs”=”libs”
Apparently, my iPad doesn’t like libs.
At the end of the day, the barbarians still took China over.
Enuf with the cartoons.
FOCUS on the campaign.
Tell RINO Rick to become a VOCAL CONSERVATIVE
or just admit he is a Rove-picked Gore-derived
puppet for Romney.
Cain is the best of those we have running, but he’s still not ready for prime time.
Hey, while we're reviewing the serious subject of "Romney Puppets"...
...and you could make nature films....
You need to change Perry’s comments to “Snore”, “Snore”, “Snore”.
I don’t think rattlesnakes like water that much. Snakes don’t eat all that often.
That might work to, but my idea has lower costs. Though your idea does remove the cost of feeding. One would assume that having lasered the illegals into small pieces then the sharks could feed on what was left.
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True. Instead of providing public television with money we could provide free documentaries. Even more savings.
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