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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Pretty lame response, there...
You’re really reaching there, my friend.
The apology was the joke?
We don’t really know what he thinks, do we?
He’s hitting the border issue with a lot of bull to try to make himself seem better on the border than Perry, the man he seems to hate and fear the most.
Well, he knows very little about Texas problems or border problems and he’s revealing just how little every time he opens his mouth.
No prob... We’ve debated before... NYCRepublican
Enjoy
Tarp, No Tarp. No sales tax, sales tax. Electric fence, joke, electric fence, apology...joke...no joke...
Let's not call it flip flopping. He seems to say whatever is most convenient to his audience.
I'm not saying this to be nasty, but it is a real concern. You may not waiver in your support, but he waivers in his stances.
Do you think so? I’ve wondered but didn’t dare say it.
If Perry becomes POTUS and winds up being another Bush or worse in regards to the border, you are probably going to have to restrict yourself to the “Pray to...er, FOR Perry” caucus threads.
Actually, bcsco, you shouldn’t be allowed to comment because of cluelessness.
You are not worth responding to. Perry advocated the vaccine because he honestly thought it would save the lives of young women.
And by the way, it is still considered a good idea.
Merck gave Perry something like $7,000 ... probably gave ten times that much to Obama.
You are a disgrace to your screen name. Diogenesis would sue if he were still around.
So, another of the post police shows up. Typical of you Perrybots. You have a candidate who’s tanked, your efforts here have gone for naught, and now it’s time to attack those you’ve tried to draw in to your threads. You people make me laugh. Besides Perry’s obvious shortcomings, you are the biggest turn off of all.
Damn good post!
Did I hurt your feelings, honey? Toughen up, you’ll need to if you want to continue supporting the flip flopper.
Hurt my feelings? BWAHAAAAAHAAAAA. You’re the clueless one. And that’s obvious, not only by your goofy little posts, but your allegiance to a 3 per-center. All these Perry threads, with nothing to show for it. BWAHAAAAAAAAAHAAAAAAAAAA!
>>Our horse fence <<
Is it electrified? With enough volts to zap a human?
Maybe a nice pit in front of it. That would stop the horses.
Yes more stuff regarding his affirmative actions BS is coming.
On a separate note... We had a quick shower in downtown NYC earlier.. Just enough to get the scumbag demonstrators smelling a little more raw... Nice
Tomorrow, it’s supposed to pour all day... Just may be motivated to walk over there and take pics of the losers. Haha
Bachmann doesn’t smile often - I suspect botox.
No, no one will ever beat the cat whipped boy from Texas for the total his greased poll slide to the bottom. LOL world record foul up tend to crap on themselves, another demonstration coming to night.
Ewwwww — I bet a wet mangy dog smells nice compared to that.
You should go. It’s history. Just take a clothes pin.
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