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2011-10-16 01:58:52 PM
Yes you were, Mister Desperately-Trying-To-Prove-I'm-Not-Just-A-Token.
 
2011-10-16 02:01:16 PM
I'm shocked. That comment has electrified the base.
 
2011-10-16 02:07:09 PM
WTF Indeed: I'm shocked. That comment has electrified the base.

Thanks for my morning lol!
 
2011-10-16 02:07:25 PM
So he admits he has no real solution to illegal immigration as well as admits he's raising taxes on low and middle income taxpayers with his 999 plan. This could be bad news for Cain, I think he toast.
 
2011-10-16 02:16:47 PM
It's hilarious how every time the media finds a new right winger to root for that right winger opens his or her mouth and says something horribly dumb.
 
2011-10-16 02:20:09 PM
He meant the Canadian border.
 
2011-10-16 02:26:02 PM
Republicans should vote for him to prove they are not racist.
 
2011-10-16 02:30:09 PM
Hrmmm, I like the first headline the best, "In a move sure to wrap up the Hispanic vote, Herman Cain wants an electrified border fence that can kill on impact"

Same article, though, basically.
 
2011-10-16 02:33:25 PM
I guess the idea met with some resistance. Ohm my. :-/
 
2011-10-16 02:34:23 PM
haha, He was just joking about as President of the United States of America wanting to kill people. Oh, what a jokester.

/You're not in the world of pizza executive anymore, dude.
//Much bigger game now.
///Worse case before: you give people food poisoning.
////Worst case as President: you destroy life as we know it on the planet Earth.
 
2011-10-16 02:54:30 PM
Of course the electric fence idea was a joke!

Cain's real plans for the border involve a moat filled with crocodiles. (new window)
 
2011-10-16 03:16:31 PM
The Onanist: He meant the Canadian border.

In that case, he has my vote.
 
2011-10-16 03:16:32 PM
So how are we to tell when he is serious? Because that sounded exactly like everything else he says. I suppose his tax "plan" isn't serious either? Well, it isn't serious no matter what, but does he think it's a serious plan?
 
2011-10-16 03:19:53 PM
Shocking news!
 
2011-10-16 03:21:47 PM
1.bp.blogspot.com
 
2011-10-16 03:21:49 PM
We should all mail checks to his campaign, for like $500. but dont sign them.
Fill out the "pay to the order" part with this is a joke and not a real check. void. void void.

bwahahahahahahahahahaha
/I probably need more caffeine.
 
2011-10-16 03:25:58 PM
Republican words- not intended to be factual statements
 
CDP [TotalFark]
2011-10-16 03:32:30 PM
well, some people are fed up enough to take that comment seriously. the people coming here are convinced they are the indigenous people and we are the invaders. they have the attitude that everything here belongs to them.

I read somewhere that hitler had that plan to tell them the same lies in order to keep the US out of WWI & WWII. well the story got out anyhow and we are now dealing with the attitude here from a lot of them today.

i132.photobucket.com
 
2011-10-16 03:33:33 PM
www.prunejuicemedia.com

"I wanted a NUCLEAR-POWERED electrified fence on the US/Mexico border."
 
2011-10-16 03:35:53 PM
Goodnight funnyman.
 
2011-10-16 03:36:03 PM
We need a a no mans land filled with landmines. That will stop em
 
2011-10-16 03:37:04 PM
I was going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say it was a joke (because it's so ridiculous) but then I read this:

The remarks, which came at two campaign rallies in Tennessee as part of a barnstorming bus tour across the state, drew loud cheers from crowds of several hundred people at each rally. At the second stop, in Harriman, Tenn., Mr. Cain added that he also would consider using military troops "with real guns and real bullets" on the border to stop illegal immigration.

He did this twice. A "joke" like that can only be done one time, and preferably off the air......not in front of a campaign rally.
 
2011-10-16 03:39:26 PM
That's why you don't whiz on the electric fence.
 
2011-10-16 03:40:16 PM
djkutch: Republicans should vote for him to prove they are not racist.

It worked for Obama.
 
2011-10-16 03:40:31 PM
He's not playing by the tea rules. You always double down on derp no matter what.
 
2011-10-16 03:41:06 PM
Do you think he or Palin really want the hard work that comes with having an elected office? They're in it for the lutz and profit. Who's gonna buy their book. They both have it made maybe they had other plans at first, but I think quickly they both realized what they actually want.
 
2011-10-16 03:42:27 PM
GAT_00: So how are we to tell when he is serious?

When the ideas he floats aren't ridiculed immediately. Hey, it worked for Nixon.
 
2011-10-16 03:44:00 PM
pizzaromahalal.com
 
2011-10-16 03:44:30 PM
coyo: Do you think he or Palin really want the hard work that comes with having an elected office? They're in it for the lutz and profit. Who's gonna buy their book. They both have it made maybe they had other plans at first, but I think quickly they both realized what they actually want.

Exactly. Cain has been out of the running since the start, and he knows it. Bachmann is probably nuts enough to think she's a real contender, but people like Cain and Gingrich are simply there to increase their exposure.
 
2011-10-16 03:46:50 PM
vernonFL: moat

Was hoping this was a link to Obama's "Border fence with a moat, and alligators in the moat" comment. Sigh.

"Even though we've answered these concerns, I've got to say I suspect there's still some who are trying to move the goal posts on us one more time. You know, they said 'we needed to triple the border patrol.' Well, now they're going to say we need to quadruple the border patrol, or they'll want a higher fence. Maybe they'll need a moat. Maybe they'll want alligators in the moat. They'll never be satisfied. I understand. That's politics. But the truth is the measures we put in place are getting results," President Obama said in El Paso, Texas today. Link (new window)
 
2011-10-16 03:47:17 PM
that's what happens when he goes off his message

i.imgur.com
 
2011-10-16 03:48:34 PM
CDP: I read somewhere that hitler had that plan to tell them the same lies in order to keep the US out of WWI & WWII.



WWI-era Germany, anyway.
 
2011-10-16 03:49:24 PM
StopLurkListen: "Even though we've answered these concerns, I've got to say I suspect there's still some who are trying to move the goal posts on us one more time. You know, they said 'we needed to triple the border patrol.' Well, now they're going to say we need to quadruple the border patrol, or they'll want a higher fence. Maybe they'll need a moat. Maybe they'll want alligators in the moat. They'll never be satisfied. I understand. That's politics. But the truth is the measures we put in place are getting results," President Obama said in El Paso, Texas today. Link (new window)

Now that's how you do a joke, Mr. Cain.
 
2011-10-16 03:50:17 PM
StopLurkListen: When the ideas he floats aren't ridiculed immediately.

If those floating ideas get ridiculed, then I guess they need to be ...grounded.

*puts on shades*

YEAAAAAAAAH
 
2011-10-16 03:51:05 PM
RobbieFal: that's what happens when he goes off his message

Win.
 
2011-10-16 03:52:15 PM
ecmoRandomNumbers: The Onanist: He meant the Canadian border.

In that case, he has my vote.


Lets not Rush to judgement here. Doing that would be poutine a lot of people barenaked out in the cold.
 
2011-10-16 03:55:10 PM
"I wasn't serious about raising taxes on the majority poor and middle class while cutting them for my priviledged and wealthy friends, that platform popular with conservatives was just A FARKING JOKE."
 
2011-10-16 03:55:26 PM
SilentStrider: RobbieFal: that's what happens when he goes off his message

Win.


When FARK starts adding Facebooky "likes" or Google's "+1" to posts it'll be all over for this site...
 
2011-10-16 03:58:28 PM
Maybe he's telling the truth. After all, conservatives tend to be utterly incompetent at anything approaching humor, so maybe that's how he actually delivers what he thinks is a joke.
 
2011-10-16 04:00:16 PM
Looks like we might now know who is behind the 999.
 
2011-10-16 04:00:29 PM
"I've also said America needs to get a sense of humor, Cain added.

THAT'S NOT FUNNY ASSHOLE

For the second time today, I say:

CONSERVATIVES ARE NOT FUNNY - STOP TRYING!!
 
2011-10-16 04:00:52 PM
StopLurkListen: When FARK starts adding Facebooky "likes" or Google's "+1" to posts it'll be all over for this site...



I do find myself looking for up/down-vote options when toggling between here and reddit.
 
2011-10-16 04:02:09 PM
Cain then clarified that he had an actual plan, but he can't tell us what it is.
 
2011-10-16 04:02:38 PM
StopLurkListen: SilentStrider: RobbieFal: that's what happens when he goes off his message

Win.

When FARK starts adding Facebooky "likes" or Google's "+1" to posts it'll be all over for this site...


Haven't the '+1's always been a Fark thing, like long before Google ever did it?
 
2011-10-16 04:04:06 PM
He shouldn't backpedal.

The only people who don't want a militarized border with mexico are the illegals invading us and those treasonous Americans who wish to give aid and comfort to our invading enemies.
 
2011-10-16 04:04:28 PM
Lionel Mandrake: "I've also said America needs to get a sense of humor, Cain added.

THAT'S NOT FUNNY ASSHOLE

For the second time today, I say:

CONSERVATIVES ARE NOT FUNNY - STOP TRYING!!


just because Cain's a joke doesn't mean that voting for him is showing a sense of humor
 
2011-10-16 04:04:41 PM
vernonFL
Of course the electric fence idea was a joke!
Cain's real plans for the border involve a moat filled with crocodiles. (new window)

Don't forget willy fish, bullsharks, piranhas, and electric eels.
/Not that the border is that much of a problem, just because the Amazon is so interesting.
 
2011-10-16 04:05:02 PM
Vote Cain for a blacker America.
 
2011-10-16 04:05:21 PM
silgryphon: We need a a no mans land filled with landmines. That will stop em

shoot and kill anyone crossing the border away from an official crossing. leave the bodies to rot in the baking sun as a warning to everyone else. sure, you will probably kill a bunch of protesters. meh

/landmines would be so awesome, so there is no chance that we would use them. THINK OF THE CHILDREN!@!
 
2011-10-16 04:06:46 PM
Britney Spear's Speculum: Vote Cain for a blacker America.darker future



ftfm
 
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