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Mrs.PatsFanInVa 10-18-2011 01:03 PM
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Wow! I can't tell if Herman Cain is suffering from bi-polar disease, the inability to remember what he said yesterday or just says whatever he thinks the people in front of him at any given moment wants to hear.

Regardless, I can't wait to see what he says tonight. It's not everybody who can apologize and double down at the same time.

Saturday 10/15/11

Speaking to a rally sponsored by the Roane County Tea Party, Mr. Cain said that part of his plan would be to “secure the border for real” with 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 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.”

Cain Proposes Electrified Border Fence - NYTimes.com

Sunday 10/16/11

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Sunday he wasn’t being serious when he told a crowd this weekend that he wants an electric fence to span the border along Mexico.

Appearing on NBC’s Meet the Press with David Gregory, Cain said, “That’s a joke, David … That’s not a serious plan.”

“I’ve also said America needs to get a sense of humor, Cain added.

Read more: http://dailycaller.com/2011/10/16/he...#ixzz1b9nvVrdt

Monday 10/17/11

After a brief meeting Monday with tough-talking Arizona Sherriff Joe Arpaio, who has become the poster boy for his state’s harsh immigration laws, Cain offered a mea culpa (three to be exact) onbeing so light-hearted on such a serious issue.

“It is probably not a joke you are supposed to make if you are a presidential candidate. Mea culpa. Mea culpa. Mea culpa,” he said,

Asked by reporters about the electrified fence, he seemed to modify his stance a bit, embracing some version of the fence.

“You are right, I don’t apologize for using a combination of a fence, and it might be electrified. I’m not walking away from that. I just don’t want to offend anyone,” he said, according to the Republic.

Herman Cain meets with Sherriff Joe Arpaio, stands by electric border fence comments - Election 2012 - The Washington Post

khayos 10-18-2011 01:08 PM
Re: Both Sides of the Fence
 
Tell it to the corpse-men in all 57 states while traveling on the intercontinental railroad.

patsfan13 10-18-2011 01:12 PM
Re: Both Sides of the Fence
 
Well if there was audio of the comment you might have a point, but as it is the words and meaning will be twisted by the left to smear since they can't run on the Obama record.

This however is a good sign as it means that Cain is being taken seriously as a threat to the left.

JackBauer 10-18-2011 01:31 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by khayos (Post 2746598)
Tell it to the corpse-men in all 57 states while traveling on the intercontinental railroad.
You're aware this isn't a verbal gaffe. Right?

Mrs.PatsFanInVa 10-18-2011 02:07 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patsfan13 (Post 2746606)
Well if there was audio of the comment you might have a point, but as it is the words and meaning will be twisted by the left to smear since they can't run on the Obama record.
Sorry, I forgot you prefer your news in pictures and sound as opposed to words.

Saturday comments (audio + video) Sunday Meet the Press (audio + video)

Herman Cain's electrified border fence 'joke': Bad taste? - YouTube

Monday's comments (audio + video)

Herman Cain Electric Fence - YouTube

chicowalker 10-18-2011 02:20 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by patsfan13 (Post 2746606)
Well if there was audio of the comment you might have a point, but as it is the words and meaning will be twisted by the left to smear since they can't run on the Obama record.

This however is a good sign as it means that Cain is being taken seriously as a threat to the left.
Good stuff, 13. If there isn't coverage, it's because a candidate is a serious threat and the evil liberal media is ignoring them. If there is coverage, it's because the candidate is a serious threat and the evil librul media is trying to destroy them.

Sounds like borderline paranoia.

khayos 10-18-2011 02:42 PM
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Full text:

"I’m going to build a wall twenty feet high, cover it in barbed wire, and electrify it. I’m going to put a big sign on it that says if you touch this, it will kill you. Then I’m going to dig a big moat as long as a football field and I’m going to fill it with alligators.

If anyone can climb that wall, swim that moat, fight off the alligators and live to tell about it, I’m going to find them a job."

Real World 10-18-2011 02:43 PM
Re: Both Sides of the Fence
 
Slow news day it seems.

patsfan13 10-18-2011 02:49 PM
Re: Both Sides of the Fence
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by chicowalker (Post 2746745)
Good stuff, 13. If there isn't coverage, it's because a candidate is a serious threat and the evil liberal media is ignoring them. If there is coverage, it's because the candidate is a serious threat and the evil librul media is trying to destroy them.

Sounds like borderline paranoia.

It isn't coverage it is a series of attacks from the establishment, I include pubbies like Rove, National Review and so on.

Don't worry I know you are incapable of telling the difference.

Real World 10-18-2011 02:50 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by khayos (Post 2746776)
Full text:

"I’m going to build a wall twenty feet high, cover it in barbed wire, and electrify it. I’m going to put a big sign on it that says if you touch this, it will kill you. Then I’m going to dig a big moat as long as a football field and I’m going to fill it with alligators.

If anyone can climb that wall, swim that moat, fight off the alligators and live to tell about it, I’m going to find them a job."
That certainly puts the seriousness of his words into their proper context. Personally, I'd prefer two fences with a mine field in between. Maybe add a few remote controlled .50 caliber machine guns too.


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