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Cain Proposes Electrified Border Fence
Pravda- NY Times Division ^ | 10/15/11 | Wyatt

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 ...


TOPICS: Mexico; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia; US: New York
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To: cookcounty

Hehehehe. Now that’s a gotcha if I ever heard one.


81 posted on 10/15/2011 4:46:43 PM PDT by workerbee (We're not scared, Maobama -- we're pissed off!)
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To: Porterville

“If he really said this then his rise is over. It is silly and nonsensical to behave in this manner. If it isn’t satire then Cain won’t even be VP.... “

That’s right. What we need is land mines and snipers...


82 posted on 10/15/2011 4:46:59 PM PDT by babygene (Figures don't lie, but liars can figure...)
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To: VinL

Not sure we really need to spend that much money on a fence. Just put a simple fence up.

Whats needed is to stop them from working when they get here. They’ll self deport. Send the employers who hired them at the same time.


83 posted on 10/15/2011 4:47:17 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: cookcounty
If fences don’t work, why is there one around the White House?????

Question the motives of anyone who tells you that border fences don't work. They probably have an agenda that they are hiding.

84 posted on 10/15/2011 4:47:32 PM PDT by South40 ('Heartless' since 1957)
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To: NYCslicker
“I wonder what Rick Perry’s idea is?”

Rick chesks with his mega donors (builders, poultry producers, people like that) and does what they want.

They get cheap illegal alien labor. Illegals get a lot of goodies including in-state tuition. The Perry family gets all sorts of free stuff (luxury vacations, Rose Bowl trips, etc.) and taxpaying Americans get the shaft.

85 posted on 10/15/2011 4:47:34 PM PDT by bwc2221
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To: VinL

I want to see the actual text, not some leftist blogger’s memory at the NYT.


86 posted on 10/15/2011 4:47:34 PM PDT by cookcounty (2012 choice: It's the Tea Party or the Slumber Party.)
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To: Flightdeck

Yeah, we’re clear. Neither me or Cain have a chance to be elected President. If he said that, he’s a nut- a real, honest to goodnes lunatic.


87 posted on 10/15/2011 4:48:16 PM PDT by Krankor (Electrical banana Is gonna be a sudden craze Electrical banana Is bound to be the very next phase)
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To: Howie66
IF they actually work. I have my doubts, though.

I do facility security for a living..for 170 or so large facility clients...I can tell you it does work for those that have them around the perimeter.

Beatable for those prepared in advance, and high maintenance at times, but the Civil War buffs here on FR will tell you what a simple picket fence strategically placed in the middle of a field can do to put a monkey wrench in the plans of advancing enemy invaders.

88 posted on 10/15/2011 4:48:23 PM PDT by IrishPennant (We don't want to work so we go to work to make enough money not to work...Huh?)
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To: VinL

Go for it!


89 posted on 10/15/2011 4:48:34 PM PDT by Guenevere (....We press on.....)
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To: org.whodat

Not sure I get this?
Was it something he said on his radio show?

Anyone familiar with the source?
Credible or not?


90 posted on 10/15/2011 4:49:00 PM PDT by Donnafrflorida (Thru HIM all things are possible.)
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To: Reagan Man
Cain has always been one of my three choices...



I'm not sure Cain is qualified to be a pot hole inspector.

I'm not sure you're qualified for anything.
91 posted on 10/15/2011 4:49:46 PM PDT by Brown Deer (Pray for 0bama. Psalm 109:8)
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To: VinL

This guy is getting traction.


92 posted on 10/15/2011 4:50:04 PM PDT by Lazamataz ("If Herman Cain does become President, his Vice President will be known as Co-Cain." -- Laz, 2011)
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To: VinL

“...he added that the sign would be written “in English and in Spanish.” “

What an IDIOT!!! Anyone knows it can’t work. It’s got to be in English, Spanish AND Arabic.

Cain has no business running for president (LOL).


93 posted on 10/15/2011 4:50:14 PM PDT by BobL (A vote for Perry is a vote for Romney)
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To: katieanna

That’s where the armed troops come in play...


94 posted on 10/15/2011 4:50:25 PM PDT by Brad’s Gramma (Mr B has a new cousin on the way!)
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To: NYCslicker

I mean federal laws and international laws.

Stop being a disingenuous snot.

You aren’t paying for anything Rick Perry has done.
You are paying for what Ted Kennedy and the federal Gov have done.


95 posted on 10/15/2011 4:50:41 PM PDT by mylife (The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts)
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To: VinL

Why not?

If Hadrian was able to build an effective fortification 1900 years ago without modern construction equipment, Herman Cain should be able to do it in 2013.


96 posted on 10/15/2011 4:50:43 PM PDT by I_Like_Spam
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To: Porterville
If he really said this then his rise is over. It is silly and nonsensical to behave in this manner. If it isn't satire then Cain won't even be VP...

Why? Because he believes in the rule of law? Any elected official who condones illegal immigration should be put in jail. This selective law enforcement has got to stop.

97 posted on 10/15/2011 4:51:08 PM PDT by Cobra64 (Too many people are incapable of critical thinking. Common sense isn't common anymore.)
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To: VinL

I’ve suggested more than once that they ought to use copters from Fort Hood,fly low,slow and shoot anybody that dares to cross over. I’m not a violent person but desperate times = desperate measures.
Herman, Herman, he’s my man if he Cain’t do it, nobody can.


98 posted on 10/15/2011 4:51:42 PM PDT by peridot (don't need)
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To: mazda77

Really no need for the smart a** remark. My point is that for all the talk of a fence, I do not hear proposals as to how to logistically and physically construct such with a near 1300 mile border that includes the river and a great deal of tough rural terrain and lots of private ranches. Your suggestion of boat docks is duly noted. You could have kept your comment to that.


99 posted on 10/15/2011 4:51:43 PM PDT by katieanna
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To: katieanna
We have the power to build it on the Mexican side.

Satisfied?

You had to ask.

100 posted on 10/15/2011 4:51:45 PM PDT by muawiyah
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