Cain Flip Flops In 24 Hrs On Border

[mrjarrell]

So, first he tells a big TEA Party crowd he's going to build an electrified border fence and place troops on the border then, when there's some folks that get upset he says he was just joking. Seems like he says one thing then goes about changing his mind when the wind blows in another direction. This is not the way to get noticed, Mr. Cain.

Here's yesterdays piece: Cain Proposes Electrified Border Fence - NYTimes.com

And today's retraction: Herman Cain | Electric Fence | New York Times | The Daily Caller

As a politician he seems to be coming right along.

 

[hooky]

So you think he was serious when he said he wanted to build an electric fence that would kill people? Then he when says the electric fence quip was a joke, that makes him a flip flopper? A joke in poor taste that the the NYT then uses dishonestly in the article is what I get out of the whole thing.

He's been pretty consistent about building a fence. I think at one point we spent a boatload money to build one that was never completed.

 

[rambone]

I hope he was joking when he endorsed Mitt Romney and supported banker bailouts in 2008.

 

[mrjarrell]

So you think he was serious when he said he wanted to build an electric fence that would kill people? Then he when says the electric fence quip was a joke, that makes him a flip flopper? A joke in poor taste that the the NYT then uses dishonestly in the article is what I get out of the whole thing.

He's been pretty consistent about building a fence. I think at one point we spent a boatload money to build one that was never completed.

He's said he's in favour of a fence during his hosting of the radio show. There's a pattern there. Yeah, in the political arena it makes you a flip flopper when you espouse one thing to a crowd then take it back the next day. This wasn't a "gotcha" thing. This was him speaking and then recanting. That's called flip flopping. And I'm willing to bet the crowd didn't think he was joking.

 

[hooky]

I know that he's said he's in favor of a fence for some time. The part about it killing people is the really bad joke, not the fence itself.

It's just the NYT and NBC twisting things that are said to tear down a candidate leading the republican field at the moment.

You never answered the original question I posed. Do you think he was serious about having an electric fence that would kill people? Because it would seem to me that if you think he was serious, that would be the real outrage.

 

[mrjarrell]

I have no reason to disbelieve that he was serious about the electrified part, hooky. I've heard republican followers right here on INGO espouse the same thing and worse. Why would one of their candidates not reflect their wishes?

 

[rambone]

I'll just leave this here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPuKLudRnco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=JPuKLudRnco

 

[Prometheus]

I'll just leave this here.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JPuKLudRnco

It's been said the TARP king isn't running for president, he's on a nationwide book tour.

I'd have to agree.

 

[BigMatt]

I have no reason to disbelieve that he was serious about the electrified part, hooky. I've heard republican followers right here on INGO espouse the same thing and worse. Why would one of their candidates not reflect their wishes?

If you had done any research at all, you would have found at least one or two reasons to believe he was joking.

Here is what I found after a one minute search on Google:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMfpU19hWfM

And, by the way, that was uploaded to YouTube on 8-11-11.

 

[KLB]

So, he said he was joking, then went on to talk about having high fences. No more talk of killer electrified fences though.

I would have thought he would have learned the first time that people did not think his "joke" was funny and therefore maybe it would be good to not use it any more.

 

[ZombieApocolypse]

So if Obama says he was "just joking" about everything hes done wrong, that would be ok right?

 

[Expat]

I think the closing of Borders had us all a bit upset.

 

[adam]

So if Obama says he was "just joking" about everything hes done wrong, that would be ok right?

Two different beasts IMO. Obama has actually done those things, Cain is using it as a talking point and hasn't actually done anything yet. If Cain did then I think you could place him in the same boat.

 

[rjstew317]

I think the closing of Borders had us all a bit upset.

man I loved that place!! Now I'm pissed!!

 

[SemperFiUSMC]

I think the closing of Borders had us all a bit upset.

Only ther uber-elitists that can read minds and see into evil Republican hearts. Us knuckle draggers can't read anyhow. We just get our info spoon-fed by Fox News.

 

[rambone]

So which parts of his plan are serious and which are a joke?

 

[mrjarrell]

So which parts of his plan are serious and which are a joke?

Apparently, it depends on which way the wind's blowin'.

 

[hooky]

You guys crack me up.

 

[rambone]

Was he serious about it being 20 feet high? I would like to know what his plan is going to cost us.

 

[rjstew317]

Was he serious about it being 20 feet high? I would like to know what his plan is going to cost us.

and what about this differs from what Ron Paul would do?