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 ...
Who is going to drag a baby across the desert and hang them on a fence, their caring parents,
I would like to know how many countries allow someone to enter their country illegally. Then become eligible for free food. Education, housing medical... then to top it off give us drivers licenses and allow us to vote by not having to show ID.
Name me one???
I would like to know how many countries allow someone to enter their country illegally. Then become eligible for free food. Education, housing medical... then to top it off give us drivers licenses and allow us to vote by not having to show ID.
Name me one???
“he’s a bigger idiot than I thought.”
Ok, you Perryites have made it very clear that you support subsidized college education for illegals and amnesty. Perry will just have to be defeated. You can move along now.
IF they actually work. I have my doubts, though.
Exactly!
How many babies have you seen climbing fences lately?
And lots of Predators equipped with Hellfire missiles and 500 pound JDAMs.
“If he really said that, he’s a bigger idiot than I thought.”
And if you think Herman Cain is an idiot, then I think you are an idiot. Just so we’re clear.
A sign with a warning?
Hand wringers for Perry!
12.000 volts rather than 12, I hope...
We should reward ILLEGAL aliens who manage to penetrate our defenses with taxpayer funded subsidies! It's the American liberal way!
/sarc
It makes the entire Republican party look like looneys.
That is where the alligators come in, silly. Besides, that river is very shallow and obviously you know nothing about building boat docks beyond the water’s edge. They will just build a very long one away from the water’s edge without decking.
It isn't as if we have never built a long barb-wire topped fence before. What is the combined distance of all the fences around US Airports? The one around DFW alone is probably 40 miles. Times 200 airports and airbases? You could triple fence the border it for less than those fences cost.
The only logistical impediment to a fence is the EPA.
Issue an order to V Corp to come home. Give them the mission "Secure and protect the border."
Gen. Gibbs will respond with the Corp motto.
Glad he covered his ass.
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