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Cain "Jokes" About Electrified Border Fence

By Jeralyn, Section Elections
Posted on Sun Oct 16, 2011 at 09:43:49 PM EST
Tags: Herman Cain (all tags)
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Herman Cain, the newest Republican flavor of the week, told those attending a Tennessee rally yesterday about his response to a someone who had challenged his pro-border fence position on his call-in radio show. Cain said he responded:

When I'm in charge of the fence, we going to have a fence. It's going to be 20 feet high. It's going to have barbed wire on the top. It's going to be electrocuted, electrified," Cain said. "And there's going to be a sign on the other side that says it will kill you."

Today on Meet the Press, he said he was joking: [More...]

That's a joke. I've also said America needs to get a sense of humor. That was a joke, okay?

Is anybody laughing? Cain is headed to Arizona tomorrow, to meet with Sheriff Joe Arpaio -- the second such meeting in three months.

On abortion: He's not only against it, he opposes it even in cases involving rape or incest. "There are other options" he said today on Meet the Press.

On Face the Nation last week, discussing the Wall Street protesters:

[He] call[ed] the protesters “jealous’ Americans who "play the victim card” and want to “take somebody else’s” Cadillac.
Here's his op-ed in the New York Post on the topic.

Cain will be gone soon. Since no one took him seriously, no one bothered to vet him. That's coming soon.

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    Ugh. The fence. (5.00 / 1) (#11)
    by Addison on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 09:37:59 AM EST
    You can have all sorts of positions on illegal immigration and still realize that if a 200-mile wide desert doesn't stop people then a 10-foot wide fence won't. It's such a stupid idea solely for people who can't deal with abstractions and need a physical object to be satisfied.

    What.... (5.00 / 2) (#13)
    by kdog on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 09:53:13 AM EST
    no moat with sharks armed with lazer beams Dr. Evil?

    Wouldn't be nice if the presidential hopefuls were more concerned with the jobs leaving our borders, instead of this infatuation with dropping the hammer on huddled masses yearning to breathe free.  Well, not quite free, but you catch my drift.

    The problem is, KDog, that you lack (none / 0) (#14)
    by Peter G on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 10:30:41 AM EST
    a Republican sense of humor.  After all, what could be funnier than a number of dead Mexicans?

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    A number of bankrupt banksters? (5.00 / 2) (#15)
    by kdog on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 10:41:26 AM EST
    Oh yeah, Republicans and Democrats see no humor in that:)

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    He did suggest a moat, (none / 0) (#25)
    by KeysDan on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 04:17:06 PM EST
    but filled with alligators.   Like 999, his idea requires a call to 9ll. Alligators will not do well in the Arizona climate and replacements would be an unanticipated expense.  Otherwise, of course, a huge idea.

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    The man is (none / 0) (#26)
    by Zorba on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 05:38:39 PM EST
    dumber than a bag of hair.  Although, probably no stupider than Perry- perhaps even just a wee bit smarter than Perry.  Where do the Republicans find these clowns?  Oh, I forgot- Cain was "kidding."

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    Yes, he is a joke. (none / 0) (#34)
    by KeysDan on Wed Oct 19, 2011 at 09:40:38 AM EST


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    If the Rio Grande (none / 0) (#31)
    by Rojas on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 10:29:41 PM EST
    was like the Grand Canyon Perry would have installed an escalator. That's no joke Peter.

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    Per CNN (5.00 / 1) (#19)
    by smott on Mon Oct 17, 2011 at 01:39:45 PM EST
    Herman is now tied with Mittens.

    >>>

    Mitt Romney and Herman Cain are essentially tied for the lead in the race for the 2012 GOP nomination, with Rick Perry dropping to a distant third, according to a new CNN/ORC poll.
    But with only 33% of all Republicans saying that their minds are made up, it's far too early to say the race is over, or even that is has boiled down to a mano-a-mano fight between Romney and Cain.
    Cain has seen his support nearly triple, from 9% in September to 25% now; Perry's strength has been cut in half in that same time period.
    There has been little change for the candidates in single digits -- 2- to 3-point swings for Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich and little or no change for Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum and Jon Huntsman.

    Heh. (none / 0) (#1)
    by Edger on Sun Oct 16, 2011 at 09:52:27 PM EST
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