Washington (CNN) – GOP presidential contender Herman Cain walked back comments Sunday that he made a day earlier when he called for a deadly electric fence on the United States-Mexico border.
"That's a joke," Cain said on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I've also said America needs to get a sense of humor. That was a joke, OK."
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Cain made the fence comments Saturday at a Tennessee rally while kicking off his bus tour to promote his "9-9-9" tax plan.
Speaking to the crowd, Cain recalled a conversation he had on his conservative radio talk show with a caller who argued against building a fence to prevent illegal immigration.
But Cain said he fought back, telling the caller:
"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."
Cain, who's surged to the top of the Republican presidential field to join fellow front-runner Mitt Romney, said he was only kidding about the remark.
"That's not a serious plan," Cain said Sunday.
Cain's comment Sunday comes one day before he's set to meet with Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the high-profile Arizona law enforcement officer known for cracking down on illegal immigration. According to the sheriff's office, Monday will mark the second meeting for Cain and Arpaio in the last three months.
"I’m anxious to hear Herman Cain’s position on a variety of issues, directly from him and not through the prism of media interpretation,” Arpaio said in a statement.
In the interview Sunday, Cain went on to explain his immigration plan, which includes securing the border using a physical fence, new technology and, if needed, troops on the ground. He also argued for stronger enforcement of laws already in place and called for a tighter bureaucracy.
–CNN's Steve Brusk contributed to this report.
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Axelrod strikes Romney, says Perry could bounce back
Gingrich: Cain has strong shot at nomination
Bachmann raises almost $4 million, but spends nearly $6 million
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Seriously??? Again, this "walking back" of comments, this time from Cain. Do people in the public eye even think about what they say before they say it anymore? Doesn't appear so! This one is pretty pathetic though.
Dude, you have the right to tell whaterver the jokes you wanna tell, and I reserve the right to interpret those jokes in whatever the way I want and translate my interpretation into my vote. And believe me, many Americans are feeling the same way. You can be as much xenophobic as you want and I will be a vocal advocate against your policies to the best of my capacity.
A presidential candidate "joking" about using deadly force? That's not a sense of humor, Herb; that's pandering to the radical right and then not having the stones to admit it. Either that or you truly believe we should kill people to keep them from entering our country illegally.
BTW, I'd like to see an investigation into whether Godfather's Pizza has ever hired illegals ... I'm guessing they have, making Herb just another typical Republican hypocrite.
Seriously!!!!!....what do we know about this man and his projections for the presidency???? "9 9 9 " which has been minimally explained but NOT as being an advantage in the tax area!!! Other than that, we know nothing except that he has absolutely NO experience in the political arena. There are rumblings that he intends to end Social Security and Medicare, which is enough to stop any definitive thinking in his direction. So far, this is all that has been available to us!!
!!How can the Tea Partiers get so up on him when they don't have anything to go on????Once again it just proves that they have no basis for most of their pronouncements!!! If we don't get some solid info on Mr.. Cain soon, I expect him to fade into the sunset very shortly!!!!!
It sickens me that Cain had no choice but to back down on the fence comment when the bleeding heart, lefty press tried to bait him into saying was willing to kill Mexicans who casually violate our laws, hold Americans in open contempt, but yet expect those same Americans to support them and their ever-expanding families. It simply is politically incorrect in this country to refer to ANY minority person or group as anything other than a poor, misunderstood, downtrodden victim of America, who deserves lavish reparations with no questions asked. Sickening.
The US press is as effective at stifling free speech and free thought as any totalitarian regime in the world.
we dont need a President w/ a sense of humor,we need one that knows what the HELL they are doing!!!! if we wanted someone to laugh @ , we would have voted for sarah palin!!!
Possibly Cain was joking with "9, 9, 9" too. Consider someone retired living on entitlements and consider a “working poor” individual, both living check to check, trying to make ends meet. Now take an additional 18% (9% Fed Sales Tax and 9% Fed Income Tax) out of their budget – how can they ever survive?
“9, 9, 9” is just another con aimed to greatly benefit the few. In actuality it would add millions to the ranks of the poor, devastate consumer spending, drastically negatively impact the economy and penalize the middle class, all while making the wealthy wealthier. It is a devil’s proposal that should be garbaged right next to privatizing Social Security (which would have been the antecedent to doing away with Social Security by ultimately rolling the private accounts into 401ks). The deception behind these extreme proposals is disgusting and actually even criminal as they are intended to benefit only the very few and are offered without any conscience for the impact on the majority. To give them any credit is ridiculous and actually scary.
Cain is as dumb as he looks.
NO ONE, NO ONE who is in a position of running for the President of the U.S. says something as STUPID as what he says.
Worst...he then lies and says it was a "joke". I see NOTHING funny in this.
I am tired that everything he says, then becomes " it was a joke," it just proves he is a joke
He shouldn't have backed down on that and said it was a joke. Big mistake. The fence idea is actually a very good one. This shows he doesn't have the courage to stand by anything. I saw the video, he looked serious. If he was being sarcastic, he should have mentioned that at the time. He speaks too fluent of sarcasm for me to feel there was anything sarcastic about what he said... he's showing himself to be a coward. I'm disappointed.
I hope he wins republican nomination.
Herman Cain is so special to the republican party that none of other candidates bother to disect his past. That will be different when he faces democrat.
If you notice, Obama people are going after Perry and Romney hoping that someone else like Cain could be nominated.
"Herb" Cain's time on his high horse will soon buck him off... No worries people, he'll soon be replaced by another extreme and tasteless flavor...
Is something wrong with Cain? Is he “joking” in this statement too? Cain LOVES telling JOKES and the more he talks about 9-9-9, that’s a joke too. When are we going to know when he is serious??
On “Meet the Press” today, he told another joke. David asked him about a statement he said in TN regarding what he would do to control immigration Cain stated in TN that he would “… build an electrifying fence on the border that would kill people if they tried to cross it…” He told David that it was a JOKE. A joke? He said that the American people need to have a sense of humor!!! WTH? We’re suppose to “laugh” at him when he is addressing the country???
Maybe Cain should apply for a job on SNL instead of asking the American people to vote for him to be the leader of our nation!!
Obama 2012!!
To be fair, he said it would have a sign that says it will kill you, not that it'd actually kill you
Sounds reasonable to me!
Bwaha.
Mr. Cain needs to learn that humor from republicans is NOT tolerated.
HE is the joke.
GW Bush treated the whole presidency as a joke...look where that got us.
The problem with these off-the-cuff remarks that have become common place with Herman Cain is they indicate poor diplomacy skills - which are requisite for the presidency. Similar "joking" comments could place the entire nation in a great deal of trouble if they were directed to an international leader (in person or indirectly) if Herman Cain were to be elected President, and he said them while acting in official capacity. In this age of instant communication, he couldn't retract his "intent" with "I was just joking" or "get a life." Wars have been started over less.
What everything this man say that bad ,he going to come back and say it a JOKE. Herman Cain you are the Joke. Because there no humor It that at all. The more this man talk the worse he sound. He 9-9-9- plan Is a Joke To.
So is America ever electing another republican for President...Wow..L.M.A.O
the jokes in your hand
Yes I think that an electric fence is a JOKE. We've got a war and invasion going on at the border and an electric fence is not enough. If the elitists don't think so – let them spend a few months at those ranchers' homes. We need to treat this as a war – the other side sure is. As soon as the first American was killed on this side of the border- we should have deployed the troops, the tanks, the airplanes and the drones. As a retired military officer, I find this as a justified reason for deploying our military. I can tell you this – those 100 combat ttroops going to Uganda would better serve this country by being deployed at the border. And I bet if you asked them – I am sure that they would rather be protecting Arizona and Texas than some far-away contry that poses no threat to the US. Where are the priorities with our government. SECURE THE D–N BORDER. To hell with politics.
The handshake is stronger than the fist or a fence, Mr. Cain. What's next on your agenda, number tattoos on all Hispanics' arms?
Actually that's exactly what it will take, to stop the illegals. Threat of being killed.
Hey "Herb" Cain, instead of electrocuting Mexicans trying to enter the U.S. looking for slave-wage manual labor jobs, why don't we electrocute the employers who purposely higher the illegal immigrant worker for the expressed purpose of exploiting their legallity by paying them p*ss-poor wages for long hours spent in suspect working conditions. Oh wait, I was joking. Why hold those "job creators" responsible for exploting desparate people when you can blame the desparate people themselves?
It is sad that Cain has to take back his comment, one that millions of AMERICANS agree with, because liberals are too afraid that we might offend someone. This is America, we need to look out for our own and not other country's problems. We as Americans cannot go to Mexico and purchase a house. We cannot go over there and live and exploit their country and not get thrown in jail. If all these liberal are so concerned about Mexico, move down there and try to make a change. You will quickly realize that their own government doesn't care about them and the govt. certainly won't care about you. LETS TAKE BACK AMERICA AND HAVE SOME PRIDE IN OUR OWN COUNTRY. GOD BLESS AMERICA.
When it come to illegitimate babies in a colored family gust look around you can see all those different races in one one house whole wonder who is who for the last three hundred years which is a joke!
He calls these comments a joke- again and again. As the leader of the free world, those kinds of comment would start wars. They are not funny. They are not called for , even on the campaign trail. If this is his style of conversation, then maybe he needs to reconsider his political calling.
Cain is as reckless as it comes. Joking about electrocuting people? What else is he joking about? It is clear that his 999 plan is a joke on Americas working families who will end up paying 10-15% more in taxes while the rich and super rich pay nothing on their capital gains.
The tragedy of course is this: Because Mr. Cain is rich and black, many in the Republican Party don't quite know yet how to treat him. They know he is a joke, but they don't want to appear racist by calling it what it is! Yes, Mr. Cain is a joke. But he is not any more of a joke than any of the Republican candidates. So, why not support the biggest, loudest, and most outlandish jester? Why not support Cain?
Anyone who understands the crisis in the nation today will know that the only reason Cain is rising within the GOP is because his tax plan will specifically benefit the rich and super rich and shift more taxes onto the middle class and the poor. That is the real joke on the American people.
It is becomming more and more apparent that it is Cain himself who is the joke.
The Republicans are propping him up because he parrots the Tea talking points and isn't afraid to make extreme comments then later on claim that it was 'just a joke'. He cannot continue to be taken seriously if he keeps doing so and he knows it.
Just like Trump, Cain knows he will never win POTUS so it doesn't matter what he says. By being extreme he makes the serious candidates appear less extreme, and this is why the Tea Party likes him. He is willing to say what they don't want to say because their political career would be over. Cain's never truly began.
I don't agree with Mr. Cains views but I agree we need to lighin up & not be so PC. He said it when he was a radio personality & on the radio. He would dare say it now. He's to busy calling Americans expressing their constitutional right to freedom of speech "anti-American".
Another 180. Shocker.
That would be several times that Cain has had to "walk back" his weird sense of humor
The biggest joke of the year is an African American man running to be President of the United States for the Racist GOP.You should be on Saturday night live.
Honestly, I don't know how anyone can treat Herman Cain with anything even approaching seriousness. He is anti-abortion, which is fine, except that he's against it even for victims of rape or incest. He, along with the rest of the republican nominees, failed to rebuke the tea party audience for booing the gay soldier or cheering for capital punishment. He will eliminate 90% of the taxes that the wealthy pay by removing the capital gains tax and increase the tax on the middle class and poor. These are not solutions that are going to move the country forward. We can have a discussion about whether Obama has done enough or not, and there is room for Republican ideas, but I mean real republicans and not the corporate robots that are running for election now. If there was one person, that I needed to vote for from the republican's it would be Ron Paul. He may have some crazy ideas, but at least he's not bought. And that's more than any of the others can say.
This "joke" excuse will be used to cover every stupid comment he makes. Given that requirement he'll have enough material to start a comedy club.
Everything Cain says is a joke. I guess Cain is a joker.
"9-9-9! Its a joke, God, Americans got to learn to have a sense of humor!"
- Herm Cain
Are we suppose to erect our on Berlin Wall? Not practical Cain. Also, build a 20 foot fence and someone gets rich selling 22 foot ladders.
He insults Americans and then he backpedals.
He's another Palin.
Cain is the joke, ernest ,but does not have the right stuff and that will soon be shown when he encounters a real debate on his policies like 999 with a broader knowledgeable audience.
Cain himself is the joke. How does running a (crappy) pizza chain qualify someone to become one of the most powerful people in the world? Somehow I find it hard to respect a man that jokes about electrocuting people on national television. Of course, I don't for a second thing he was actually joking.
It seems to me that the GOP "contestants" keep making these stupid, non-presidential type remarks, and then when the American people rightfully complain, they say it was all a joke. Frankly, I think the GOP contestants are a joke!
Cain should have stayed with his position since he added that there will be a sign telling people about the danger of being electrocuted. Now he is making himself weak. Gngrich made the same mistake when he walked back his unique position on health care and social security.
Wonder which of the 1% is paying him to run....
It's no joke to the millions of undocumented people in the US, the people in Mexico, and the citizens of border states. If i make a joke about black people does that mean Herman Cain has no sense of humor?
American public to dumb to vote for someone with common sense & business experience like Mr. Cain...keep supporting clueless perpetually unemployeed self entiled losers occupying America. that's the answer!
The statement only became a joke when there was blow-back. Had there been a few folks come out in support he would repeat it like his constant crowing about his 9-9-9 plan.
I really like sheriff joe arpaio of Arizona he is running the jail in a way all jails should be like your in jail for breaking the law so you shouldn't have alot of freedom and rights like TV MAGAZINE COMFORT OF HOME LIVING BUT BE PUT ON CHAIN GANGS MADE TO WORK
The only thing worse than a lousy comedian is a lousy president. And, there is no doubt that we would get both with this Koch brothers puppet. The GOP is alway sticking their foot in their mouth and once again this exemplifies the moronic and insensitive nature of many, many GOP politicos. Is this attributable to the low I.Q. of these people or they just a mean spirited, ignorant, anti-intellectual, anti-science, superstitious lot? That the American people would consider voting for anyone on the current GOP ticket shows that we all need a better education.
I agree Herman! An electric fence is not only needed, we need to back it up with machine gun turrets and attack dogs. Keep the illegals OUT!
If Cain wants to tell jokes, he can go to any comedy club in the country and begin a new career. Being POTUS isn't a game, it's a serious job that requires tough decisions and complicated solutions to complicated problems. Some of these people just don't get that.
Get ready for the left's racist attempts to discredit Cain. They will have no facts... Just their off hand childish comments.
Mr. Cain needs to realize that he's becoming the butt of his own jokes. I suppose if people liked what he said, then it was serious. If they didn't like it or were offended, it was a "joke."
Is any really taking Herman Cain seriously...come on!
If that was a joke, then that was in very poor taste. The delivery was terrible.
In defiense of a 9% national sales tax did you notice Mr. Cain's "bad science" explanation of how 9-9-9 would not cause inflation, but instead cause prices to go down? Mr. Cain cited a hypothetical example of how there are "hidden", or "embedded" taxes in everything buy included a loaf of bread. He pointed out that taxes are currently charged at each step in the process of producing a loaf of bread and bringing it to market.
Mr. Cain cited taxes on the delivery man, the baker, flour producer, etc. He claimed that under 9-9-9 all of those taxes are currently being paid would go away, which result in a lower price to you. That is pure, simple hogwash, and a shameless attempt to pull the wool over the public's eyes.
Will those embedded taxes go away? Yes. But, Mr. Cain's crime is to pretend that nothing would take their place. Every link in the chain that brings a loaf of bread to market will simply be paying new taxes. If he was not playing all of us to be complete fools, then he was really telling us that companies would pay *no* taxes under his plan.
Cain IS the joke. and i heard him make this statement. he didn't sound like he was joking. it's way too easy to say something inflammatory and then say you were only joking when it's poorly received. the joke will be on us if this idiot ever made it to the White House.
Re: "It sickens me that Cain had no choice but to back down on the fence comment when the bleeding heart, lefty press tried to bait him into saying was willing to kill Mexicans who casually violate our laws...The US press is as effective at stifling free speech and free thought as any totalitarian regime in the world."
Bait him? He said it! The media was simply asking about the statement and he said it was a joke. He could have stood by the statement and dealt with the consequences. No one stifled his free speech.
the important thing is,cain is anti-communist,anti-nazi,anti-progressive,anti-socialist.and apparently does not hate jews.all of those support the wall street protests.just another unrelated coinsidence.
funny some people think that 9-9-9 is a joke as well. See some in America DO have a sense of humor
I was going to vote for Herb because I like paying higher taxes and Herb is going to make the poor pay taxes , Herb will also attempt to get rid of medicare, medicade, and unemployment insurance and anything else that may help the middle class. The deciding factor to vote for Herb was the ELECTRIC FENCE, that was the best idea that he ever had, now he says that the statement was a joke, I guess I will not vote for Herb afterall since he is not serious about electrocuting ILLEGALS. I will have to vote for the NUT CASE Michelle, at least she will pray the gay away. LOL LOL LOL
This article is a joke. First, if you don't have a sense of humor, then I suppose you really believe he was advocating the killing of mexican nationals. Secondly, sarcasm must be a lost art. Thirdly, the commenters on here are apparently unable to read the whole article and take everything to seriously. I guess you all also believe that Obama didn't bow to someone else, he really was shaking hands. This is why we have him as president. Unfortunately, there's not an intelligence test required before you vote.
If the joke fits..........wear it, Godfather. But seriously, could you describe the ingredients in your poison....I mean, PIZZA?
I guess I have no sense of humor, I don't think it's funny!
Thinkagain, you're probably right. How long will it be before we either have a group of illegals come out in their Godfather Pizza uniforms or before the stats start to show up.
We can have th fence and then Cain should inaugurate it by touching it and proving that it actually works. BTW, this is no joke!
I knew a man from Germany who was trapped in the East when the Soviet Union built the fence to divide the country. He told me "first the build the fence to keep others out and protect you... then some day they tell the soldiers to turn around and suddenly you've the one in the cage.". I saw Herman Cain's speech and he wasn't joking. He was shooting off his mouth and revealing his character and that of his crowd.
Gee I thought by the title "Cain's big Joke", that this story was going to be about how Cain's been geeting funds from the Koch Brothers for the last five years to push the Koch's plan of lowering, or eliminating the IRS....Oh well...Maybe tomorrow..Those Koch Brothers seem to be everywhere, behind the Tea Party, behind Scott Walker, Against Unions, behind Grover Norquist, behind Cain....Wow. Now caught dealing with Iran...Wow...
But back to Cain and the fence comment. Just how is the public suppose to know, when these Republicans are making a joke anymore, they are serious about so many crazy ideas, that a joke like building an electrified fence, fits right in with giving the elderly a coupon for healthcare, and dumping them on the curb...
I don't believe it was a joke. Cain did not realize until afterward that it was a faux pas, that lethal booby trapping, even on a border, is illegal.
The biggest joke is Cain. If he wants to do vaudeville he better aquire more talent or apply for another job. Running this great country is not a joke. this freloaded probably never had a real job and got where he is through affirmitive action and other hand outs. Go back to delivering pizza's
Ha Ha.....that was funny!
This clown and the entire Republican Party is a joke. Everytime he says something stupid, he says its a joke. Yet they want to villify Obama for every single thing that he says or has said. He's a hypocrite and a clown.
How are we suppose to know when they are joking? They keep saying crazy stuff that they really mean, that most people thought was a joke...
Great another self styled Maverick, business man, presidential wanna-be. I think Mr. Cain has to realize that the USA is not a failing fast food pizza restaurant. Millions of american citizens are suffering and coming up with snotty quips and sound bites doesn't tell us how he can make America a better place. Mr. Cain your five minutes of fame are over. GO HOME!
Too bad is was a joke. He could have increased his tea party support.
For those complaining about Cain's lack of experience...one word...Obama.
For those complaining about Cain's off the cuff remarks (which many are absurd jokes – which is a valid style)...one word Obama... who after hearing that one of his friends was arrested, off the cuff, called a police officer childish and criticized law enforcement. (And he never went back and said it was a joke...because it wasn't). Virtually everything I'm hearing people criticize Cain for, we've got in Obama with interest to spare.
As far as America getting a sense of humor, yes, America needs to wake up, quit being so full of themselves and realize that humor is important. At least Cain isn't as big a joke as electing Al Franken to the Senate.
Either Cain jokes almost continuously or his beliefs are so outrageous that most Americans don't share them. In either case, he is not fit to be the President of our country. Please go back to whatever it was before your megalomania exploded, Mr. Cain.
Why are people surprised. Reps already in office say not to take what they say literally, or as the truth. Cain said it was not a serious plan, he just wanted to say something to get people to vote for him, not talk about a serious plan.
It is SO hard to be a Republican these days. The Kool-aid is particularly watery. But I will have some solace in knowing that the next time I wake up, Hermie Cain will no longer top the polls.
"It's a joke" is the death knell statement of any campaign. Not only does it show a lack of imagination foresight and a killer p.r. staff, it also shows an extreme underestimation of the intelligence of the American people. It was no joke, you just got caught with pizza on your face.
If Cain is indeed elected, we will probably need two fences: one one each border, for the same reason a fence once ran all along East Germany's border.
No Herman...you are the Joke!!
This man was serious when he said that, if he was joking at the time, wouldn't he would have atleast laughed when making the statement?
The Joker is himself a Joke!
Herb Cain is joking about electrocuting people????? I think his next joke will be poisoning them. Absurd!
There's only one joke here and that's Herman McCain
Will someone please explain to this man that everything he says doesn't just appear to the couple of hundred people in the audience, but is seen and/or heard by millions about as soon as he says it. That means someone will hear it and take it out of whatever context it was presented in (gotta love these days of the 15 second sound-bite), and someone will take offense.
While Cain is not my favorite horse in this race, he has a real good opportunity to shoot himself in the foot, tanking any chance he may have if he doesn't but a muzzle on himself and keep on message.
Some sense of humor, eh !!!! He`d probably laugh at a train wreck----
"I've also said America needs to get a sense of humor. That was a joke, OK." This dimwitted puppet and liar is actually a candidate for president of the United States! How much more of a sense of humor does America need?
trey wrote:
This article is a joke. First, if you don't have a sense of humor, then I suppose you really believe he was advocating the killing of mexican nationals. Secondly, sarcasm must be a lost art. Thirdly, the commenters on here are apparently unable to read the whole article and take everything to seriously.
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It's not about the article. It's about what Mr. Cain said, which obviously you have neither seen nor heard. The man was most serious. He was trying to create controversy and it blew up in his face.
Does this mean that "9-9-9" is a joke, too?
I love all the comments on here asking about Herman's past and questioning his experience. These same questions were never asked about OBO the magnificent one. Because all you Stalinists that post here have an agenda paid for by Soros and the true elites.
No one ver questioned OBO's ties to All of the left wing nuts.
Looks as if the Grand Old Party's newest Flavor of the Week is fast becoming America's Joke of the Year.
It was just a racist joke.
When your average completely disconnected from reality right-winger starts talking about killing people, its just good policy to take him seriously.
Yeah, right. Every time the Republicans put their foot in their mouths, they claim it was a joke or that they mis-spoke or that their intention was misunderstood. I thought this was the party that touts personal responsibility. Well, it's time they owned their remarks.
9-9-9 is definitely a joke as well, and also just as funny.
Mr. Cain is so funny. That was just a great joke. I am laughing all the way to the voting booth, to vote for Obama!
America must have a sense of humor for this dipwad to even be considered a real candidate for President.
I think this was a planned political move. He can claim it's a joke, yet he can give a wink and a nod to all those who would love to see illegal aliens electrocuted (and I'll bet there is whole bunch of them!)
This is all about winning the primaries, which in the case of the GOP means right-wing, evangelical, xenophobic, anti-science. He is playing the game perfectly.
Is he a presidential candidate or stand up comic? It appears neither. His remarks aren't funny and are certainly not presidential
Arpaio meeting Cain, heh. That's going to create some kind of black hole of ignorance, sucking in even more ignorance from the fertile fields of Arizona.
Is Herb Cain aware that his electric fence will electrocute even the animals, birds and any other breathing creatures? What a horrible idea one can come with!
Cain,.. you're the joke. This guy comes out with some ridiculous remarks,.. and then claims he was only joking,.. how can anyone take him seriously?
No Mr. Cain; You are the joke. One the Tea party is preparing to unleash on the US if enough people are uninformed enough to vote for you.
I'm confused:
1) Cain is a joke?
2) electric fence is a joke?
3) Americans need to get a sense of humor is a joke?
I'm think #1...
He can joke about the fence all he wants. What is not a joke is having a meeting with Arpaio; the same Arpaio that is under investigation for multiples human rights violations in his personal vendetta against hispanics. Those visits tell a lot about the kind of person that Cain is.
Hey Cain, here's another joke....your chances of being elected POTUS.
OPEN YOUR EYES AMERICA! This guy is T-R-O-U-B-L-E & dangerous!
Cain is the one who needs to get a sense of humor ... the man is certainly a simple-minded and heartless buffoon, but he’s not the least bit funny. Comedians are supposed to tell jokes, not be the joke!
The longer Cain keeps making jokes – the sooner it will be clear that the biggest joke of all…is him. He is my first choice to win the Republican Nomination besides slack jaw Palin (who may now finally realize what a joke she is). Can you imagine all those red state cross-burning Republicans voting for Cain?
If you aren't rich it's your fault not the fact that Cain had you slaving in his Pizza shops for minimum wage while he got very wealthy. Th fact that the Republicans find this guy app-ealing in any way is the joke. He is an angry, black man with a chip on his shoulder who hates everyone especially people of any color .
All these people bashing Cain are racists. It seems neither the left or the right can stand a black man in power that belongs to the opposite party.
Electric Fence sounds like a good idea. It deters those with bolt cutters.
Everytime he slps up it's a joke. He is the joke. He is uncomfortable in his own skin. He is also a hyprocrite.
All those ppl bashing Cain are intelligent not racists. I voted for and back Obama. Cain is another story another republican who has money nad thinks the little people should just shut up and be happy they are rich.
Peace
Is Herb Cain aware that his electric fence will electrocute even the animals, birds and any other breathing creatures? What a horrible idea one can come with!
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Yeah..all that desert wildlife like lizards and cayotes are gonna be wiped out ( rolling eyes )
I laughed so hard when I watched a video of him at a campaign saying to an audience of white people that "I left democrats plantation..." It sounds like he is begging for acceptance.
Oldie in TampaBay
OPEN YOUR EYES AMERICA! This guy is T-R-O-U-B-L-E & dangerous!
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Yeah..Ok ... we all keep forgetting how wonderful a job your messiah barry is doing..
There is nothing funny about backing off on the promise of an electrified fence – that, and a lot more, is what we need to prevent access to my country by these alien invaders. My country is literally being destroyed (and I live in California where I see it first hand) by our failure to protect America for American Citizens. My schools are overcrowded by these foreigners whose parents don't even pay taxes (and that is not to suggest that they are welcome here if they do pay taxes – they are not welcome under any circumstance).The fence – or a least armed guards and whatever else we can muster up to positively prevent access – is just one aspect of what must be a comprehensive plan to protect America from alien invaders.
Seriously, what's wrong with this idea? I think we ought to mine the border.
Joke or not, it was in poor taste. After watching him on several news stations, he is a hothead and has some of the worst body language I have ever seen. He acts like a spoiled little rich kid that throws a fit when he doesnt get his way. He is for the RICH and could care less about the middle class or the poor.
First of all, killing innocent people trying to feed their families is not funny and anyone serious about being President should know that. Go electrocute the head of the company that take advantage of the illegals with low wages, just do not complain when you cannot afford lettuce or any other produce harvested by hand due to the cost.
Second, when is the media going to realize this chump is playing them like a fiddle? Trump did it for ratings, Palin for book sales and now Cain and Gingrich are combining both book tours with running for the president, all for the free publicity. He nor Gingrich has any ground organization. It is all for book sales and then Cain can get a show on Fox about he was "brutalized" because of his race, just like Palin.
Funny you media types do not see the patterns
Last three years was a bad joke .
GET THE ELECTRIC FENCE! It's not in poor taste,it's a great idea! YAY CAIN!!!!
Sounds like Marty can't handle a rich, conservative black man. Don't like black men with money?
I pray to any God that he is the GOP pick and Palin is his running mate........LOL
Hopefully the good ole southern boys will back him...yea right!
He is just following in Palin's footsteps. He's not in it to win it. He's only in for the attention and money. He is probably cracking up that people have actually taken his 9-9-9 plan seriously when he was just joking. But as a comic he now has to be more outrageous to get the real reaction he wanted and then he will bow out...tick tock.
@Kv: "It sickens me that Cain had no choice but to back down on the fence comment when the bleeding heart, lefty press tried to bait him into saying was willing to kill Mexicans who casually violate our laws, hold Americans in open contempt, but yet expect those same Americans to support them and their ever-expanding families."
It sickens you that we have the freedom to disagree with what a public figures says, exercising our First Amendment rights when doing so? It sickens you that Cain doesn't have the stones to stand by his words?
It sickens ME that you won't accept the FACT that if American companies weren't willing to hire illegal aliens (for cheap wages, so they don't have to pay American citizens a decent wage) the illegals wouldn't come here in the first place.
It sickens ME that you think every "Mexican" that comes to our country illegally holds us in contempt and expects us to support them. Check your facts: Crime by illegal aliens is less than their American citizen counterparts. These folks work harder and longer for lower wages than most Americans and contribute greatly to our economy – just ask Alabama if you don't believe me. Lastly, if American employers paid them a decent wage, they wouldn't need public assistance. And regarding the size of their family, what would you rather they do – have abortions?
Cain, now is not the time for joking around. People are TRYING to make informed decisions. Between stupid "jokes" and comments taken out of context by the media...how is anyone supposed to make an informed decision anyway?!?!?
These GOP clowns cannot say anything which they do not need to later retract! Does the record of the walls in Berlin and Israel suggest a wall between the US and Mexico will not become a historical embarrassment? How stupid and ignorant.
His biggest joke is thinking he can be president
The real joke is that you stand a chance of becoming our President, let alone the Republican nominee.
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You have a strange name for a Native American. Otherwise, you'd be a product of immigrants.
Cracking bad jokes about an emotionally-charged issue is not presidential. If a Democrat made jokes abotu abortion, the Right would be screaming for his head and issue a fatwah. The fact he tells the country to lighten up tells me he does not take this seriously. On the other hand, why should he take it seriously? He's all set, so he figures, screw everyone else ( since I'm on the Koch Brothers' retainer).
Cain tells jokes, Obama is a joke. Big difference.
If this is a joke, then the joke is on Herman Cain. This guy is a class A idiot! He's not a serious candidate...he's a dunce meant to be a distraction from weak policy ideas from the right. They had full control of government and still didn't do ONE thing about immigration, so what makes anyone believe they will do it EVER? The whole GOP party need to build an electric fence around them to protect their bubble.
Mr Cain thinks we are all stupid. He uses the joke line every time he says something wrong. electrify the fence Oh it was a joke. Only small bills Oh that was a joke to. You know what Mr Cain Like your pizza you are the joke and the republicans that like you are a bigger joke.
Amazing how these candidates continuously make comments and then have to retract. Their first comments are a truth about who they really are: mean, selfish, narrow-minded, .... I'll stop there.
Any one of those candidates have any compassion? Hardly. Obama? Always.
Obama 2012!!!!
the clown currently in the White House is a bad joke.
@tj:
If he is, then you won't be laughing after November 2012. Can't wait to see the screaming from the Right after they get their walking papers.
Do you want a "funny extremist" as President?
Everything with Cain is a joke. Esp. the fact that he is running as a republican and believes that he can win the nomination in a party where Southern right wing racists have no intention to vote for him. Many closeted tea party members are pretending to back him but there is no chance they will when the nomination process begins.
Let's address whether or not his policies on economics will work, firstly. As for the fence comment, it may have been inappropriate but many Americans are fed up with seeing some political leaders offering amnesty and subsidies using tax dollars. The deterrents currently in place aren't working because they're not being applied in every state. People are too PC to saying anything and risk being jumped on by pro-illegal sympathizers. Legal yes, illegal no. Cain, watch your mouth.
And this guy is winning straw votes!!!!! The Republican field is a bunch of extremist trying to get the tea party vote. After the primary, they all will be "walking a lot of comments back" trying to win a general election or holding on to their current seat. Cain is quickly replacing Bachman with the most off the wall comments. Crazy group.
So how does he feel about landmines?
I believe an electric fence is insufficent. It should only be the last obstacle they have to get by. A 30' feet barbed wire fence all the way up, immediately backed by a very deep, aligator infested moat, with another 30' barbed wire fence, backed up by a minefield, THEN the electrical fence! If you survive all that, WELCOME TO AMERICA! Then people might get the hint, we're serious about protecting our borders.
Picture if you will this man is in the White House and he has his finger on the BIG RED BUTTON and someone says something to offend him or rile him up. hmmmm Next planet please. Maybe he will aim the rockets at Mexico?? Just what we need is a war on our very own borders. Great diplomacy there.
I don't find electrocution to be a humorous subject. Apparently, Mr. Cain does find humor in this. I suspect that he actually meant what he said initially, and was surprised by the fact that most human don't share his rather highly warped views. This man does not deserve the trust of the people.
Hey Think Again....talk about statements involving deadly force? Who said this..."If they bring a knife, you bring a gun." Clue...this wasn't a presidential "candidate"....
Cain needs to get back to the back of the bus. Oh, wait, that was a joke, I wasn't serious. You need to get a sense of humor.
"That was a joke" is Cain's code phrase for "I ran my mouth, stuck my foot in it and got called for it, so now I'm going to duck the issue."
Riiiight....a joke...."It was just...WINK WINK...a joke...I didn't really mean it and I'm not...WINK WINK...really on the side of the most extreme of the right wing bigots who think it is financially feasible and physically possible to build a big fence that "closes the border" and then jumpstart a police state search-and-deport operation."
"I believe an electric fence is insufficent. It should only be the last obstacle they have to get by. A 30' feet barbed wire fence all the way up, immediately backed by a very deep, aligator infested moat, with another 30' barbed wire fence, backed up by a minefield, THEN the electrical fence! If you survive all that, WELCOME TO AMERICA! Then people might get the hint, we're serious about protecting our borders."
Here's the thing though: if you want to sound serious about "protecting our border" (whatever that means...I take it usually to mean "keep out browny")...then yuo have to start by talking about it in a serious way. Both what you said and what Cain said sound like the infantile ramblings of someone who cannot distinguish between reality and Sunday morning cartoons.
Even though I strongly believe in separation of church and state, I am amazed how many GOP supporters seriously back the idea of an electrified fence when so many of them DO NOT believe in the aforementioned separation. If, as so many of them also claim, they are Christians in a Christian nation, where is compassion for the poor (check Biblical references to caring for the poor in a concordance!)?...Where is the "judge not lest, etc...? WWJD?
"But we're headed straight for that shark, sir!!!"
"No worries...engage jump thrusters..."
To echo other comments here, Mr. Cain is a joke. A bad one. He may have been OK at marketing pizza, but he would be a catastrophe as President of the United States. The corporate executive mentality does not translate to public servant, the president is the ultimate public servant. Cain's candidacy is built on simplistic slogans and pontifical assertions that could only come out of the mouth of a CEO. most important of all, Herman Cain is too self-absorbed to realize that he is being exploited by the white power structure of the RNC, which is trying to prove that it is undeserving of its racist reputation over the last 50 years.
I'm sure a lot of Republicans wish Cain's remark weren't a joke, and I'm not sure even in Cain's mind it was "only" a joke.
When you see the video of Cain telling the southern crowd how he's going to build a fence and the Mexican border – two things are noteworthy: 1. His southern accent which is not at all evident during Republican debates (pandering to the southerners) 2. He doesn't come across as some who is joking. He says it straight faced and forcefullly.
His retraction is a lie.
The Obama adminisrartion's idea of border security is to sell thousands of automatic weapons to known Mexican drug cartel members then plead ignorance of the entire operation. Eric Holder should be removed and Obama impeached for naming such a complete buffoon to such a high office. Two total incompetents!
Usually when someone says a joke I ddon't get and then explains it was a joke I can see some effort of humor in the joke. I still can't. He want Americans to be happy?
More backtracking by a republican...."I am sorry IF I offended anyone" "I didn't really mean that" (although I made no such comment to refudiate it when initially said)" "That was taken out of context by the lamestream media". "that monkey e-mail was not supposed to be circulated outside of my little hate group circle. The person who did that is in trouble"..yadda yadda yadda. These clowns don't know what they are doing. The sheep will believe their idiotic comments, AND give them a pass when they claim whatever. As long as they keep putting both feet in their mouths, Obama is a shoo-in
Koch brothers are wasting their money again. Wisconsin Gov Walker and Cain.
In addition to an electric fence , please add U.S. Death Squads to our Southern border. That'll get my vote! : )
He was only kidding...it's really not going to have a waring sign on it
Mr. Cain, if you think the things you say are above reproach, think again. That could translate to fewer votes for you. Your view of your greatness is concerning.
So Herman Cain is a self-acclaimed leader-to-be who thinks he can decide what people should laugh at. I do not think what he said was intended as a joke until he was challenged. How can this man, who never accepts his own humanness, be our leader?
"How you like me now?!"
Maybe Herm can be Comedian in Chief. Cuz he's never going to be Commander in Chief.
I think most people realized it was a joke. A lot of us, however, didn't think it was in good taste, appropriate or particularly funny. Sometimes, what a person considers funny tells us a lot about who that person really is inside. I also don't think his 9-9-9 plan is very funny. The middle class and poor spend much more of their hard-earned money on necessities – those things that Cain would tax. They don't generally have much money for investments and Capital Gains real estate deals, those earnings that Cain would allow to be tax-free.
Normajean, so what did you know about the current president, nada, zill, zero,( still don't know nothing about him) except you make history if you elect him.
You mean, Cain is one big joke. Dems are right about one thing. Republicans just won't admit how they really don't want a black man....any black man...in the White House. Can't say that's a bad thing. It's probably better for the country in the end. It's hard to admit that some races just fall short of being great leaders. Perhaps it's genetic...don't really know.
Gerr, leave the Koch brothers out of this, or you have to be reminded of George Soros, Jeff Immelt and the Unions, who have pay and bought the democratic party and calling the shots.
Why won't Cain leave the comedy to the professionals? I know another person who tries to claim he was making a joke when ever he sais somthing stupid. He is my cousin Bradly and he has an IQ of 70.
I would like Cain to name one policy proposal of his that isn't a joke. Alligators on the Mexican border? The "999 Plan"? Extra loyalty oaths for Muslim Americans? Has this man proposed anything at all that could actually be enacted into law?
because the idea of an electric fence designed to hurt people is HILARIOUS!
News Flash: Herman Cain IS the joke.
"Normajean, so what did you know about the current president, nada, zill, zero,( still don't know nothing about him) except you make history if you elect him."
2 biographies and more scrutiny into hisbackground than any POTUS in the past 50-100 years and you guys are still pretending like his personal history is some big mystery? Haha. Methinks the ignorance is not feigned.
...and the ones that make it over the fence ought to be lynched, right, Herm?
Cain forgets to mention that his 999 sales tax will be paid in combination with state sales tax and city sales tax. Add it up folks.
I could see where I could buy a comment about an "electrified fence" being a joke. However, I watched the clip and the context in which he said it, no one laughed. The crowd actually cheered the possibility of a fence KILLING people who would attempt to negotiate it. Illegal immigration is not a capitol crime punishable by death. Me thinks Mr Cain has no choice except to cast the remark as a joke. Unfortunately, this was not said to evoke laughter. No? Look at the video.
Take the 9-9-9 plan and multiply it by State, County, City, and Special District taxes at the same rates.... thats 36%-36%-36% for everyone. In other words, nothing changes at the income tax level, but the sales taxes triple and the corporate taxes quintuple for many. Meanwhile the rich get even richer, and the poor just start occupying city streets. Welfare states, crime, illiteracy, hopelessness flurish even more.
Another republican taking the Fox News approach: These comments were not intended to be factual.
I think he was actually probably serious. I think he only decided to call it a joke when an aide pointed out that building such a fence would require more revenue than his 9-9-9 plan could provide. These things don't get built for free, you know.
In the interview Sunday, Cain went on to explain his immigration plan, which includes securing the border using a physical fence, new technology and, if needed, troops on the ground. He also argued for stronger enforcement of laws already in place and called for a tighter bureaucracy.
- One thing missing from this, similar to what's missing from every republican proposal to expand subsidies and military spending.... how do you intend on paying for it? Budget deficits are created when cash inflow does not match cash outflow. This needs to be a central issue w/republican candidiates and something that needs to be explained. You want war in Iraq... how do you plan on paying for it?
Cain is the "cool" guy for now, but it's becoming apparent that he is nowhere near being prepared to be President of the United States. 9-9-9 is a gimmick, and Cain has not details behind the plan. When he is pressed for details, he just says that it's a bold and fresh idea. We need ideas that really work.
This is what it's come to: anybody with any govt experience at all is now considered part of the problem. So the only people we can elect are those from outside, who have absolutely no experience dealing with Washington or how to get anything accomplished. If they've managed to build a corporation people assume they know what they are doing but running a govt and running a corporation are two different things. Then they get in office and start putting their feet in their mouths and getting run over by more politically adept folks than themselves and show that they are way over their heads. We get the govt we deserve.
Al Qaeda will definitely try to use Mexican drug gangs in its war with the US. So instead of criticizing Herman Cain, maybe you need to look at your own priorities.
Some of you who think this is an issue with real traction, President Obama has deported more illegal aliens in three years than Bush did in his entire career.
We should put an electric fence around African American communities to keep them there. Just a joke. Hahaha... right Cain? Get a sense of humor.
The entire nations needs a "remove sick from rectum" kit. "OMFG HE SHOULDN'T JOKE ABOUT THAT GAWD"!!! Lighten up. Who thinks he will actually win anyways?
The 24 N Parallel needs to be the NEW NORTHERN BORDER OF MEXICO. A new country Militarily controlled by the USA needs to be established. NO MORE DRUG CARTELS AKA MEXICAN GOVERNMENT. I volunteer to go with military support that I COMMAND. The now president of mexico phillipe calderon and LAST PRESIDENT vicente fox have spoke recommended HAD SPEACHES IN THE USA about legalizing ALL DRUGS LIKE THEY HAVE IN MEXICO. HELLO PEOPLE
cain's supporters are a joke. They must be some of the stupidest people in the country.
I support Cain on this issue. I have lived in Texas and California for the past 35 years and this is no joke people. Drug Cartels run mexico.
He's hilarious. And that's about it.
I think a black republican candidate scares the hell out of the dems...
with cain, he"ll get all of the republican voters(even if they dont want a black pres they'll vote for him over obama), a chunk of the independants, and a chunk of the black and latino votes...and that scares the hell out of the dems.
go cain!
Hey Cain....how many illegals did you employ at Godfathers pizza..
You are a joke...go away
Some people say that Cain is not ready to be President and I say those same people voted for Obama, who definitely wasn't ready to be President of anything other than his glee club.
I like Cain for his honesty and freshness and his fence too. Didn't he say there would be a sign warning those trying to climb it...enough said on that subject. Either Cain or Romney will do fine to get us back on the right path, a path other than class warfare, racial hatred and Socialism.
Well, Mr. Cain when you tell a "joke" that's funny we'll laugh! The first part of the video about China and their wall...Funny! You and your wall and killing people, not so much with the funny....sorry.
A joke? Really? It doesn't sound like one. How are the American people supposed to decipher what policy positions are "jokes" and which ones are for real? His actual positions are somewhat troubling, but most troubling about Herman Cain is his complete lack of transparency.
Herman Cain shoots from the lip the way Barry Goldwater did.
He'll get about as close to the White House too.
His candidacy is the real joke.
it would create a job cleaning up the dead wildlife–a job plan
Cracking bad jokes about an emotionally-charged issue is not presidential.
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You mean like "shovel ready wasn't quite as shovel ready as we thought"???? I agree. Obama is not presidential material!
I love these rethug clowns. Electric fences, executions of innocent people, death panels, corporations are people, John Wayne gacy or the actor born in Iowa, pray away the gay. The list of dumbness goes on and on and on!
to tet1953 (9:08 this morning)"...lethal booby trapping, even on the border, is illegal." If Cain had said "Let's put up an electric fence with a sign that reads 'Welcome, come on in.'" That would be booby trapping. Warning them that they would be killed if they entered is not a booby trap. Not that I am on Cain's side. It's just that your comment is a little stupid.
The human/drug smugglers are too smart and powerful to let anyone else (terrorists) use our southern border the way they do. What makes those smugglers so powerful is the vast DIFFERENCE in wealth on either side of the border. Part of the wealth on our side is fake, inflated wealth. The smugglers are using this to suck that wealth back out of our country and into their hands making them more powerful than their own governments and turning their countries into 3rd world hell-holes that makes the difference in wealth even bigger and the cycle continues. A fence won't hold back the enormous pressure exerted by the difference in wealth. Redistribution is not the answer,... stopping or reversing our inflation can HELP... SERIOUSLY working on ways to make our closest southern neighbor as strong and healthy as we are would remove that pressure, obviate the smugglers, and the whole continent will be stronger and safer. Easier said than done for sure, but, sometimes the only real answer won't fit into a nice little sound bite that extremists like to hear.
What Mr. Cain said might have been a joke, but he actually spoke what millions of Americans have been thinking for a long time. It's way beyond time to rid this nation of all illegal immigrants and the joke may become a reality before long. I admire Mr. Cain for speaking his mind and standing up for what he believes in and I also think that more people will be behind this man than the news media's , so called experts, believe.
I'm amazed that Cain is trying to walk back this comment - doesn't he know who his supporters are? They might have been able to figure out that the alligators were a joke, but an electric fence? That's gotta be serious! And none of that "green energy" to power it, neither!
Cain's candidacy is the joke regardless of what the polls say
Ah, the old "I was joking" walk-back. Yeah, funny joke. Cain, you are a laugh-riot.
Come on folks, look at the jokes Obama makes about his shovel ready stimulis, and how much money did that joke cost us? This last three years has been a joke and you still do not see it. I feel bad for you. wake up and see what shape this country has been taken. the road back is going to take alot of work.
Is everything a joke to this idiot?? The only thing I see as a joke would be if he was elected president!! Please NO!
When wingnuts tout a plan as "BOLD", They mean kill Social Security and Medicare.
While Mr. Cain touts this business experience, why doest he mention about his long standing relationship with AFP ???
Typical Teapublican response to problems: Kill.
Don't joke with the press when they have already made up their minds. I'm sure a lot of people (not joking) think this fence isn't a bad idea. Illegal should mean "Illegal".
This guy doesn't have the plums to stand behind his stupid remarks. When you're trying to run for president of the USA, if you're gonna say something, you d*mn well better mean it 'cause you know it's going everywhere. This guy is just a spineless coward. He casually mentions killing people for what really is a minor infraction, gets called out on it, then tells US that we nee to get a sense of humor? Go the fck to hll cain!!
The Pot getting rid of the pan – Hermain Cain has been on a roll calling blacks brain washed, Muslims taking a test to prove they love America now on the offence against Lations, next he will get em whites
He was not kidding. He really wants an electrified fence across the border with Mexico.
Fortunately for the US, there is no way in this century will the GOP ever vote for a black man to be the republican nominee. No way, no how.
I am Mexican – Canadian, and although I do believe the illegal immigration is big problem and that both countries have to do something about it, America has to protect its territory and its economy, Mexico has to solve his out of control violence, corruption and poverty. Having said that , it brings some level of comfort to read that must Americans in this forum are outraged by these xenophobic and fascist remarks. Particularly coming from someone who's skin color represented at some point in American History the symbol of oppression and racism. Smarten up Mr. Cain. The Joke will be on you when is time to cast the ballots.
The joke backfired and Mr. Cain now needs to explain his remarks. It was not funny the first time and it is not funny now. The fence conjures up a lot of distrust. The problems on the Mexican border will require a unified effort and right now it is each state making their own rules. So much for unity.
OK. That's it. Joke or not a joke, Herman is getting my vote!! I love the way this man thinks.
Don't worry guys. Remember that most of the electricity that US border cities consume is imported from Mexico. Then Mexico will have the on-off switch for that electric Fence.
I am glad this guy Cain does not represent the view of most African Americans. To imply that poor people crossing the border in search or opportunities (human beings desperate enough to risk their lives in order to find ways to support their families) to imply that they should be treated as cattle, is not only dehumanizing and hat mongering, it is also out right immoral, unethical, unchristian and un American. Shame on you Cain, by your choice of jokes we get to know your own soul.
Mr. Cain is proving something that Rick Perry inadvertently let out of the bag. It sure looks like Conservatives don't have a heart. You will not find a single liberal in favor of letting someone die without medical treatment because they lacked insurance. The last time we saw people killed for crossing a border was when the East Germans shot their own citizens. Is that the kind of America you folks really want? Maybe that's why George W. Bush had to invent the mythological character called a "Compassionate Conservative". We're still looking for the first one.
MR. CAIN – - THE JOB YOU ARE VYING FOR IS "COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF", NOT "COMEDIAN-IN-CHIEF"
(1a.) – First Cain claimed he would never ask an American Muslim to serve in his administration.
(1b.) – But then he backed off when he realized that was bigotry on his part.
(2a.) – Cain claimed that if you are unemployed, it is because you are lazy.
(2b.) – Cain does not understand that the woman with a Masters Degree and making $125,000.00 has just watched her job sent overseas. And she don't want a handout, she needs a job.
(3a.) – Cain also said Haagen-Dazs Black Walnut was his favorite ice cream.
(3b.) – But we now learn that Haagen-Dazs stopped making Black Walnut ice cream years ago. Therefore Cain lied.
(4a.) – Cain said American Blacks were brainwashed because they refuse to support Republicans.
(4b.) – Apparently, Cain forgot that Blacks voted for Republicans after Lincoln freed the slaves and for the next 65-years; until Herbert Hoover and every Republican since has supported policies that relegate blacks to second-class citizenship.
Finally a solution to the border problem- on that I would have to give him my vote!!!
Go Herman - no joke - let's do this, and add a whole lot of armed NG troops with live ammo. That's why they are called the National Guard.
Oh... is it like Michele Bachman who made her joke about the victims from the Hurricane Irene weeks ago?
Nope, it wasn't joking. This was a good ole Cain back walk of comments he did not think about before he opened his mouth.
Of course it is a joke. Big business is why we have an immigration problem and the GOP to begin with.