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(Talking Points Memo) Followup Herman Cain was joking when he said his deadly electrified border fence was a joke. Seriously   (2012.talkingpointsmemo.com) divider line 124
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FlashHarry [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 05:04:04 PM
herman cain is a certified loon. the fact that he's the GOP's it-boy of the moment speaks volumes to how far this once-great party has fallen.
 
EasyWind [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 05:17:01 PM
i1180.photobucket.com
 
gilgigamesh [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 05:59:11 PM
I am getting a headache.
 
The Onion is prophetic [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 06:04:39 PM
It's a joke... that's also true... but it can't be true... because jokes aren't mean to be taken at face value... but he says he'll still do it... when you joke about doing something, it means you're not doing it... but he's serious about the joke...

*brain asplode*

Or am I thinking too much into this? After all, this is the same guy who gave 3 opposing viewpoints about abortion in a 2 minute timespan.
 
Lionel Mandrake [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 06:10:17 PM
2.bp.blogspot.com

or is he more of a

2.bp.blogspot.com?
 
gilgigamesh [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 06:18:32 PM
The problem is the guy says something completely different depending on who he is talking to. And then he gets irritated and huffy when you dare to ask him why he is saying something 180 degrees from what he said 12 hours ago.

See, this is why the whole "I'm a businessman, not a politician" idea is so ill conceived. He was a CEO, so he was used to being able to say whatever and have it lapped up eagerly by bobbleheaded sycophants. Now he gets angry and confused when something he said more than 5 minutes ago was actually memorialized and checked for consistency with his current statements.

Yeah, republicans. Definitely go with this guy.
 
fusillade762
2011-10-18 06:21:33 PM
I'm starting to wonder if the conservative inability to be funny is actually a clever defense mechanism. When everything you say can later be recanted as a joke you can pretty much get away with anything.
 
Runs_With_Scissors_ [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 06:31:30 PM
It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views of that speech, but in terms of what we need to do, I fully intend to do so because I'm more sensitive to our citizens being hurt."*

*This was not intended to be a factual statement
 
But Wait There's More [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 06:38:25 PM
home.comcast.net
 
gwydion56 [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 07:11:25 PM
I am getting a charge out of this thread.
 
ultraholland
2011-10-18 07:22:31 PM
I'm more sensitive to our citizens being hurt

by words, not electricity
 
ksdanj [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 07:23:46 PM
He sounds like he might be stoned.

NTTAWWT...
 
elchip
2011-10-18 07:26:06 PM
I'm against illegal immigration (mainly because there aren't enough jobs to go around for the people who are here legally), but if you're SO against illegal immigration that you want to KILL people whose only crime is a desire for a better life in the US... You're a sick fark.
 
gwydion56 [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 07:28:45 PM
elchip: I'm against illegal immigration (mainly because there aren't enough jobs to go around for the people who are here legally), but if you're SO against illegal immigration that you want to KILL people whose only crime is a desire for a better life in the US... You're a sick fark.

Nah, you are just weeding out the ones that are too clumsy and slow to deliver a pizza in under 30 minutes.
 
seventypercent [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 07:40:08 PM
This thread reminds me of the fact that 90% of the people you meet on the street every day think that Lionel Richie sang the song "Suddenly". It's Billy Ocean, you farking retards.
 
coco ebert [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 07:46:26 PM
Whar is debate thread whar?!
 
Ed Finnerty [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 07:47:29 PM
El es un chiste grande.
 
SilentStrider [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 07:59:54 PM
coco ebert: Whar is debate thread whar?!

that would be here. (new window)

enjoy. I'll be watching NCIS and enjoying my brain not dribbling out my ears.
 
coco ebert [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 08:03:17 PM
SilentStrider: coco ebert: Whar is debate thread whar?!

that would be here. (new window)

enjoy. I'll be watching NCIS and enjoying my brain not dribbling out my ears.

Thanks. :)
 
GAT_00 [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 08:10:42 PM
Has he flipped-flopped enough to be called a politician yet?
 
Worst.Fark handle. ever.
2011-10-18 08:41:56 PM
And yes, republicans. THIS is the guy you have selected to be your best chance against Obama.
 
Marine1
2011-10-18 08:43:52 PM
Are we sure the guy didn't mean that it would be a virtual fence as well? That's been discussed for quite a while... could be called an electric fence.

/doesn't honestly care anymore
 
Easy Reader
2011-10-18 08:43:53 PM
Can you imagine how fast Mexico would hook their A/C units up to it?
 
Oldiron_79
2011-10-18 08:44:01 PM
Herman Cain is Black and can therefore not be racist, so clearly Subby is a racist.
 
Bad_ad85
2011-10-18 08:45:23 PM
Worst.Fark handle. ever.: And yes, republicans. THIS is the guy you have selected to be your best chance against Obama.

No, this is the retard they're going to set the bar on how far they've improved on the actual candidate they will pull out in a month.
 
Ed Finnerty [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 08:46:46 PM
He's sunk once the media meets is nephew Urkel.
 
jso2897 [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 08:47:49 PM
I'm pretty sure he was bullshiatting for comic effect. Pitiful attempt at humor
And anyway, it IS a joke - even when some assburger on Fark suggests it seriously.
 
Omahawg
2011-10-18 08:48:32 PM
when I was a wee lad Godfather's was some dang good pizza. Then Willie sold it out and corporate hired Mr. Cain to serve out the cheap crap they sell today.

yeah...why should we vote for this guy?
 
theflatline [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 08:48:59 PM
and he is a real nubian, and the Right is afraid of Obama who is a high yeller?
 
apeiron242
2011-10-18 08:49:00 PM
In his defence, it's pretty cool that he is a fan of Enigma.
 
Marine1
2011-10-18 08:49:26 PM
Is TPM an actual unbiased news source?
 
SweetSaws
2011-10-18 08:49:27 PM
Why the hell would you build a wall? Just electrify the Rio Grande :)
 
Funbags
2011-10-18 08:50:33 PM
Closed circuit to Fundies: this is the guy you've been waiting for. He can't possibly lose in a general election. Nominate him immediately!
 
Evenbiggerknickers [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 08:50:49 PM
sharetv.org
 
ese_guey
2011-10-18 08:51:24 PM
Easy Reader: Can you imagine how fast Mexico would hook their A/C units up to it?

And this is how I learned to not eat spaghetti while reading Fark.

/thanks for the laugh
 
Karac
2011-10-18 08:51:59 PM
I apologize if it offended anyone.

These assholes DO realize that saying "I'm sorry if you were offended, but if you weren't then I'm not sorry" isn't really an apology, don't they?
 
Amigajoe
2011-10-18 08:52:35 PM
-What's telling is when you point out how bat-shiat insane their candidates are, all the 'Pubs can do is hurl insults at you like 5 -year-olds. They've just decided to say fark it and commit to the derp...
 
Karac
2011-10-18 08:54:10 PM
"I don't like to offend anyone...however, I don't apologize for using a combination of a fence. And it might be electrified - I'm not walking away from that," Cain backtracked. "I just don't want to offend anybody. It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views of that speech, but in terms of what we need to do, I fully intend to do so because I'm more sensitive to our citizens being hurt."

How the fark does he think he can make legislation fit into 3 pages if saying 'my bad' takes him a whole paragraph?
 
UrinalPooper
2011-10-18 08:54:17 PM
What's wrong with an electrified border fence? Seriously... I'm not trolling, I really don't see why it's such bad idea. Safer than mining the entire border...
 
Mitch Taylor's Bro
2011-10-18 08:55:20 PM
Marine1: Are we sure the guy didn't mean that it would be a virtual fence as well? That's been discussed for quite a while... could be called an electric fence.

/doesn't honestly care anymore

FTFA: "I don't like to offend anyone...however, I don't apologize for using a combination of a fence. And it might be electrified - I'm not walking away from that," Cain backtracked. "I just don't want to offend anybody. It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views of that speech, but in terms of what we need to do, I fully intend to do so because I'm more sensitive to our citizens being hurt."

The bolded part leads me to be quite sure he meant "electric fence" in the "don't pee on the..." sense. I included the last sentence for extra lulz. Seriously, Herman, WTF?
 
jmr61 [TotalFark]
2011-10-18 08:56:44 PM
gilgigamesh: The problem is the guy says something completely different depending on who he is talking to. And then he gets irritated and huffy when you dare to ask him why he is saying something 180 degrees from what he said 12 hours ago.

See, this is why the whole "I'm a businessman, not a politician" idea is so ill conceived. He was a CEO, so he was used to being able to say whatever and have it lapped up eagerly by bobbleheaded sycophants. Now he gets angry and confused when something he said more than 5 minutes ago was actually memorialized and checked for consistency with his current statements.

Yeah, republicans. Definitely go with this guy.



Yes, PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE go with this guy,
 
Marine1
2011-10-18 08:57:05 PM
Mitch Taylor's Bro: Marine1: Are we sure the guy didn't mean that it would be a virtual fence as well? That's been discussed for quite a while... could be called an electric fence.

/doesn't honestly care anymore

FTFA: "I don't like to offend anyone...however, I don't apologize for using a combination of a fence. And it might be electrified - I'm not walking away from that," Cain backtracked. "I just don't want to offend anybody. It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views of that speech, but in terms of what we need to do, I fully intend to do so because I'm more sensitive to our citizens being hurt."

The bolded part leads me to be quite sure he meant "electric fence" in the "don't pee on the..." sense. I included the last sentence for extra lulz. Seriously, Herman, WTF?

Eh, damn.

Whatever. Still have some respect for the dude's brand of crazy.
 
Allen. The end.
2011-10-18 08:57:31 PM
theflatline: and he is a real nubian, and the Right is afraid of Obama who is a high yeller?

What's a nubian?

SHUT THE FUGK UP!!

But seriously, IF you say something that is meant to be a "hard truth", an "idea that most Americans are thinking of", or "tough call reality", or however they try to shill it, THEN you try to soften the blow by polishing the turd, then you should get farked.

And what happened to Godfathers pizza anyway? When I was a kid I thought they were pretty damn good.

Hmm...Godfathers. The mafia. We want a president who is tied up with la Cosa Nostra????
Not me! I'm going pure Palin-burger!
 
Lenny_da_Hog
2011-10-18 08:57:48 PM
Be proud, Republicans.

Be proud.
 
Pollexabator
2011-10-18 08:58:06 PM
It's a joke, that's totally not a joke. It's hyperbole that was, in fact, true, but not intended to be really a stance on the issue. I'm serious, but Americans need a sense of humor...

/dude...wait....what?
 
Mitch Taylor's Bro
2011-10-18 08:58:43 PM
Karac: "I don't like to offend anyone...however, I don't apologize for using a combination of a fence. And it might be electrified - I'm not walking away from that," Cain backtracked. "I just don't want to offend anybody. It was a joke to the extent in the context of the views of that speech, but in terms of what we need to do, I fully intend to do so because I'm more sensitive to our citizens being hurt."

How the fark does he think he can make legislation fit into 3 pages if saying 'my bad' takes him a whole paragraph?

I think he meant that EVERYTHING should fit into three pages, even if it can be expressed in just two words.
 
LordOfThePings
2011-10-18 09:00:00 PM
I can see why he's currently the GOP's leading joke.

Apologies if I offend anybody. Not for saying it. Just if you decide to take offense.
 
caperbear
2011-10-18 09:01:12 PM
how can you claim to love your free country and then want to put a cage around it?
 
dickfreckle
2011-10-18 09:02:33 PM
theflatline: and he is a real nubian, and the Right is afraid of Obama who is a high yeller?

I admit to sleeping to Enigma. This will never, ever be discussed again.
 
Genta
2011-10-18 09:03:25 PM
FlashHarry: herman cain is a certified loon. the fact that he's the GOP's it-boy of the moment speaks volumes to how far this once-great party has fallen.

i disagree.

he's a step up from sarah palin.

I read an article somewhere that pointed out a specific point in the timeline of his candidacy that he went loony... and made the point that he's not actually running for office anymore. he's running for publicity for book deals etc. sorta like sarah palin is now. so in that context, the loonier the better. donald trump is another example.

dem candidates cant do that because.... there's only one serious candidate now. my prediction is that when a republican is up for reelection there will be some loony lefties running for president solely for publicity. cindy sheehan, micheal moore etc.
 
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