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Herman Cain's Plan to Jokingly Electrocute Mexicans without Offending Anyone

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Carl Herrera, Oct 18, 2011.

  1. Carl Herrera

    Carl Herrera Contributing Member

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    http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...order-i-was-joking-but-its-a-serious-plan.php


    Seems at least some Latino GOP members are offended... one from Texas is leaving the party:

    http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2...erman-cains-electric-fence-idea.php?ref=fpblg
    Well, I guess Herman has to find someone to offend who is closer to home than Uzbekistan.
     
  2. snc

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    I know this is against Cain's wishes, but I'm offended.
     
  3. Kojirou

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    Land mines would be cheaper.
     
  4. Carl Herrera

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    Rule of thumb: You know your immigration policy needs work when it is basically taken from the movie Machete.
     
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    Hey now hey!

    We might be getting somewhere in the agreement department with Mr Cain.

    CNN today:

    BLITZER: Could you imagine if you were president…and there were one American soldier who had been held for years and the demand was al Qaeda or some other terrorist group, “You got to free everyone at Guantanamo Bay” – several hundred prisoners at Guantanamo. Could you see yourself as president authorizing that kind of transfer?

    CAIN: I could see myself authorizing that kind of transfer
     
  6. B-Bob

    B-Bob "94-year-old self-described dreamer"

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    VP possibility? to recapture the demographic?
     
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    I'm South American. So I'm not offended.

    But the blacks can be just as if not more so racist than whites.
     
  8. Hightop

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    Taxes are the price we pay for civilization.
     
  9. mc mark

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    And more taxes insures more civilization

    ;)
     
  10. AXG

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    What's more funny is he aplogizes by saying "mea culpa" which is like saying "my bad dawg."
     
  11. Carl Herrera

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    Cain has decided that he misspoke back there...

    http://thinkprogress.org/security/2...ss-to-negotiating-with-terrorists-i-misspoke/

    So... Herman was for negotiating with terrorists before he was against it?
     
  12. mc mark

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    That's too bad. It seemed like an almost sane response from Mr Cain.
     
  13. FranchiseBlade

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    No surprise Herman Cain flip flops like crazy. As soon as he says something and is questioned on it, he'll change. He's done it over and over during this campaign.
     
  14. arno_ed

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    He wasn't joking. He is just crazy. In about 2 weeks he will drop in the polls. just like all the previous crazy republican candidates did.
     
  15. Raven

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    Any race or ethnic group can, and is, racist, if by racist you mean tribal. That has never gone away and never will.
     
  16. JuanValdez

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    I don't see an electric fence killing many people. People wouldn't be trying to climb an electrified fence. It's still a bad idea, but it seems like he's been painted into an artificial corner by saying he advocates murdering Mexicans. Mostly, he's just had a huge rhetorical screw-up by not being able to control the conversation around this fence. And he's had too many of those to be effective as a president or even a candidate.
     
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    Rumor has it he believes citizens have the right to electrocute any Muslim that tries to build a Mosque in their hometown as well. First they have to put up a sign that says "Build a Mosque and you die." Arabic not required.
     

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