Walker says wall on Canadian border worth reviewing

[riversedge]

Source: AP



Sunday, August 30, 2015

By:
Associated Press

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker says that building a wall along the country's norther border with Canada is a legitimate issue that merits further review.

Republican candidates have generally taken a get-tough approach on deterring illegal immigration, but they usually focus on the border with Mexico.

The Wisconsin governor was asked whether he wanted to build a wall on the northern border, too, during an interview Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Walker says law enforcement officials in New Hampshire brought up the topic of building a wall along the U.S.-Canadian border during a recent town hall meeting. He says they raised some legitimate concerns, so it's a "legitimate issue for us to look at."

The U.S.-Canada boundary is the longest international border in the world at 5,525 miles long.
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Note the thumbs down on this pic. I Concur--Walker has long since jumped the shark.



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[Xipe Totec]

1. Will he bring in Chinese labor? I hear they build great walls. nt

[Feeling the Bern]

14. The contractor will be Qin Shi Huang, AKA Shi Huang Di.

Maybe he can commission a project for terra cota soldiers to protect the wall and border.

What an asshole.

[wordpix]

104. how much will THAT cost, Scottie, and how will you pay for it?

gawd forbid they would tax the rich for anything, much less for this idiotic wall idea

[Feeling the Bern]

111. He's following the Robert Frost "Mending Wall" ideal of

"Good fences make good neighbors."

[33taw]

17. No - he'll start with the Canadian Imigrants - Ted Cruz for Crew Chief

[PatrickforO]

2. Building a wall on the Canadian border is the stupidest thing GOP candidates have

suggested since the Donald said he'd build a wall on the border with Mexico and make Mexico pay for it.

Pretty stupid. Pretty insulting to our brothers and sisters in Canada (though many are probably laughing like we do most of the time at GOP antics).

Seriously, global warming is a hoax, Obama is the most divisive president ever, Planned Parenthood doesn't do women's health, women should not have access to birth control and should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term even if it threatens their life or happened because of a rape or incest, don't raise the minimum wage, repeal ACA and replace it with nothing, don't support women earning the same as men for the same jobs, fracking is safe, coal is good, a peace agreement with Iran is bad, the trans pacific partnership that will cost America millions of jobs and compromise our environmental and other regulations/laws is good...

Stupidity? I guess take your pick...

[cali]

96. he'd have to run that wall through many a main street of small towns and

thru this place:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Free_Library_and_Opera_House

[Quasimodem]

112. Sorry Mr. Frost, but even the best walls make poor diplomats.

The first Emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, constructed the Great Wall of China from 220–206 BC, Emperor Hadrian of Rome erected Hadrian's Wall in Northern England around 122 AD, and the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) built and maintained the Berlin Wall, aka, the "Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart" from 1961 to 1989.

Now, Scott Walker wants to build the Great White North Barrier Wall against the terrorism of socialized medicine, short (78 days, their current longest) election cycles, fair minimum wage laws (okay, comparatively fair) and all I can say is:

For keeping alive the spirit of progressive solutions to geopolitical problems, THANK GOD for the GOP!!!

[Snotcicles]

3. Walker should build a wall all the way around his head. nt

[Half-Century Man]

5. Walker has a wall around his head.

It is the inner wall of his colon.

[awoke_in_2003]

106. DUzy. nt

[glinda]

4. No regard for wildlife at all on these Border fantasies.

[tymorial]

11. Please. These ass clowns hear wildlife and they think of hunting.

[Stonepounder]

7. And what about those pesky lakes?

Lets see. Canada-US border 4,000 mi plus 1500 mi Canada-Alaska border.
Plus the Great Lakes

Then the Mexico-US border is another 2,000 mi.

Then we need all the INS people to man the walls.

Who the hell is going to pay for 7,500 miles of walls, plus the 10 of thousands of new INS agents?

Idiots!!!!

[PatrickforO]

113. Well, no, Walker must be ON that. Maybe a kind of submarine wall...

He needs to go away.

[tymorial]

8. This makes me think of the South Park episode lol

[Adsos Letter]

9. Priceless photo.

Her expression speaks volumes.

[Dont call me Shirley]

76. And thumbs down on the left....

[wordpix]

105. the one behind him looks like she's about to cry

Scottie is so stupid it brings tears to her eyes that he's a serious contender.

[Botany]

10. The stupid is strong w/this one

Good luck along the Minnesota / Ontario border

[riversedge]

16. Can anyone imagine building an ugly wall

along this border.(guess that question is already answered) Wonderful photos. Thanks

[Botany]

19. North Western Montana, Idaho, and Washingotn State might be a little tough too

[turbinetree]

21. Just got back from there visiting family..........................Minnesota

and this idiot Walker, not only knows how to bankrupt a state, he has no clue except on expanding that to bankrupt the country with all of these in clowns in the car trying to turn this country into Berlin i. e 1961-------1989, maybe they should have gotten that memo-----it doesn't work

He truly is a doofus jerk


Honk------------for a political revolution Bernie 2016

[Botany]

30. The US Canada Border is smack in the middle of this lake ..... Basswood Lake

Average Depth 50' Good luck with that wall Scotty.

The man is from "the north country" he should know better then to say such
stupid shit.

[turbinetree]

33. Just got back from near the Boundary Water Canoe Area................

and this idiot wants to do what again, besides opening his self righteous criminal mouth-----------------he is just a doofus

Already miss the fishing and water-----------------absolutely love it there

[Botany]

39. It has been a few years but I love it "up there"

I have crossed the border in the middle of the lakes or the Rainy River a bunch of times
and not unless their was a bouy marking it then I wasn't sure what country I was in ....

I love to fish for big pike from a canoe @ sunset in 15 feet of water along a weed bed.


BTW how was the fishing?

[turbinetree]

40. Great--------------------

caught some walley, crappie, and a couple of northerners, and lake trout and put some corn meal and some butter, best fish tasting as far as I am concern-----just love them

Biggest fish caught out of lake by me, was a 15lb northerner and the biggest fish I seen caught was 38 lb muskie.

Yeah, go late at night or very early morning

[sarge43]

56. The border runs thru four of the five Great Lakes

Is idiot boy planning to station all the Coast Guard and most of the Navy along that border or just build a wall? Oh yeah, there's that wall between Alaska and Canada to consider.

Canada is also a key member of the NATO Pact. Probably not a good idea to treat an important ally like that.

Shoe size bigger than his IQ

[Botany]

62. I forgot about the Alaska Yukon border ..... thanx!

no problem building a wall there



also I think some Wheat Farms go on either side of the border in the plains too.

[Thor_MN]

57. What is his plan for an 800+ foot wall that withstand ice flows on Lake Superior?

I commend him on the jobs aspect, but think that there are more practical and needed infrastructure opportunities.

Tell, you what Squatty, we will take the money for your wall, and spend it on roads, bridges, hospitals, schools, etc..

Dumbass.

[Botany]

66. Why does anybody take these nut jobs seriously?

If Hillary or Bermie had said anything so stupid our "liberal media" would be all over them.



I have been around Lake Superior in Winter* and it is really wicked and wild.


* X-country skiing w/nice warm place to sleep @ night ..... I have no doubt that unless
I had shelter a night outside in that area would have killed me. 15 below w/20 mph winds.

[Still In Wisconsin]

12. Blame Canada!

Scott Walker hates hockey.

[awoke_in_2003]

108. They're not even a real country, anyway. nt

[rurallib]

13. Can the Kochs run their pipeline along it, Scotty?

If this wall thing catches on, we could be looking like Europe in the middle ages.

For some folks just going to work in the morning would involve sneaking over the wall in the town where you live and sneaking over the wall into the town where you work.

[City Lights]

15. Does he want Canada to pay for it?

This dude is a first class putz.

[ananda]

18. Is anyone outside WI listening to Walker these days?

..

[John Poet]

20. I'm sure Canadians would appreciate a wall on the border,

to keep these wack-a-doodle Americans from sneaking into their country illegally.

[uriel1972]

24. That was my first thought... nt

[LongTomH]

59. Ohh!!!!! Yeahh!!!!!

[Ilsa]

84. Especially to try and get healthcare!!! LOL nt

[Still In Wisconsin]

22. Naturally! He wants a wall to keep all the draft dodgers in the USA when

he starts four or five simultaneous wars.

[Faux pas]

23. He's a dolt.

That is all.

[CTyankee]

25. I have a silly question....WHY?

What is the problem with Canada? They speak English. They're largely white. What's Walker's problem with them?

Also, I haven't noticed Canadians wanting to come to the U.S. They have socialized medicine, they don't want our profit based health care. They have a nice social safety net. Why on earth would they want to become U.S. citizens?

I'm guessing that this is a move by Walker not to appear racist. So he can look like an idiot instead...

[underpants]

46. Have a feeling this has to do with Jenner winning Gold in Montreal in 1976

I'm sure George Will will explain it in his column next week.

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

115. But to hear the conservatives tell it, Canadians are coming in hordes to American hospitals

Because they can't get actual health care in Canada.

I heard one seriously saying that the extreme shortage of doctors in Nunavut proves that socialized medicine does not work. Of course, that a significant part of Nunavut is north of the Arctic Circle, and the rest of it isn't that much south of it has nothing whatsoever to do with doctors not wanting to practice there. Or that the total population of the territory is less than forty thousand.

[CTyankee]

116. we keep hearing these stories about Canadians coming to the US to get the latest surgery

that they can't get at home. Yet when investigated, it is not something the patient badly needs and it is not available to him under Canadian health care. From what I've heard if you need care in Canada you get your care. There are waits for some things but not for things that must be attended to right away.

[jtuck004]

26. Ted Cruz is already here. You will have to find another way to beat him. n/t

[Newest Reality]

27. Walls?

If walls are the big solution these days, then I sincerely recommend that we build a wall around both Scott Walker's home and Donald Trump's, (while they are in them).

We solve two big problems that way and it is much more cost efficient.

Fixed!

WALLS FOR WALKER/TRUMP!

[underpants]

48. One left - USA! Russian border

How that wasn't first is baffling

[EEO]

28. Now they are afraid of Canada? These people are so pathetic.

[pampango]

50. If someone wants to 'out-Trump' Trump he has to come up with an even more stupid idea.

Walker has succeeded - while sticking with the "Be afraid of THEM" theme as applied to foreigners.

[AlbertCat]

29. Do these GOP candidates do anything but waste time and money????

This is something to even think about.... for a minute???

[PatrickforO]

114. The GOP as a party has wasted trillions of dollars.

You know, I wrote my congressman Ken Buck (Tea Party crazy Republican) and asked him what his plan is for holding the Pentagon accountable for losing $8.5 trillion between 2002 and 2014.

I'm still waiting for his response, but I have a nice cricket in my garage...

[packman]

31. We can always declare war on Canada

Didn't work out too well last time, but hell we got the bomb and they don't -maybe time to give it another try

[underpants]

45. This makes Loverboy so sad they stopped working for the weekend

[americannightmare]

34. This wall is to keep those of us...

who want to escape a Walker, Trump, any GOP name here, presidency!

[PasadenaTrudy]

35. To keep them out or

keep us in?

[DesertDawg]

36. Bloody hell

These clowns get dumber by the minute.

[Javaman]

37. I have an idea...

how about all the repub governors just build walls around their governor mansions and state capital building? That way they keep out the illegals they see under every stone and keeps out the little people that they hate so much?

And conversely, they people don't have to deal with these idiots anymore.

[uriel1972]

43. By George! I think he's go...

Nah, it can't be that simple.

[asjr]

38. Wish that shark would bite him!

[LiberalElite]

41. Maybe the Canadians would be willing to pay for it nt

[Jim Lane]

54. If Walker becomes President, Canada will RACE to build that wall. (n/t)

[LiberalElite]

67. Absolutely.

If he wins the primaries (better get looking up Canadian immigration laws.
( Although it's really too cold up there for me & my asthma maybe overall I'd still be better off wheezing. )

[A Simple Game]

98. Pay for it? If Walker becomes President they'll build their own! n/t

[benld74]

42. Wisconsin needed one to keep his @ss out,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[underpants]

44. Does this include blocking the oil sludge pipeline?

Holy crap he is a joke

[hedgehog]

47. Wasn't there a library up in New England that straddled the border -

entrances in Canada and the US?

Before 9/11 and Homeland Security, we used to cross the border all the time, no problem. Everyone knew the best view of Niagara Falls was from the Canadian side, and the bars stayed open later in Canada.

The biggest problem with Canadians crossing the border today is that they come to malls in the US because the exchange rates make Chinese made clothes cheaper here. The clothes are purchased, stripped of price tags in the parking lot and packed into suitcases to avoid paying customs duties. Canadian litterbugs; who knew?

[cali]

97. The Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Derby Line Vermont and Stanstead

Quebec. Gorgeous place.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haskell_Free_Library_and_Opera_House

[riverbendviewgal]

49. Could be good for Canada

If it kept American guns coming across the border.

[hedgehog]

51. Hey Walker! Build a wall across this!

[mountain grammy]

52. He'll try..

[hedgehog]

55. Strictly speaking, he'd have to build the wall down the middle

rather than across the Falls!

[HassleCat]

53. He has to say that

So it doesn't look like he hates Mexicans. Which he does, of course.

[underpants]

64. I think he's angling to be Secretary of Duh Fence

Fences are going to be HOOOGE in the Trump Administration. HOOOGE! ... and GREAT! too. The BEST!

[pampango]

58. My son just suggested that a republican should propose banning all travel into and from the US.

And ban all imports and exports as well. Their base seems to view foreigners (either as potential immigrants or current poor workers) as bad. This way we will be isolated from the ill-effects of their presence in the world.

That would prevent all immigration - a plus in the eyes of their base. It would keep international tourists from visiting the US but Americans would have no choice but to vacation here so tourism may not suffer much. And we wouldn't have to worry about trade deficits anymore.

I think a GOP candidate could go a long way with these kinds of policies. Their base doesn't like immigrants (and OTHERS in general), doesn't travel to other countries much anyway and doesn't like trade either.

Fortunately, my son was joking (I hope).

[Geronimoe]

60. He can start by building a wall around Wisconsin

And we'll let him know if he'll be allowed to leave. Better yet how about padded cell walls around himself.

[ThoughtCriminal]

61. Seal the Border!

I'm sick of Canadians coming here and bragging about universal health care.

[lutefisk]

63. He's not just stupid- there is something wrong with him.

Judging by his declining poll numbers, voters' survival instincts are kicking in and they are getting a bad feeling about him. There are better choices, Republicans. This guy is bad news.

[LongTomH]

65. The Koch Brothers are really, really not getting their money's worth with this guy!

I'm sure Chuckie and Dave are looking at each other, saying: "I thought he was YOUR choice!!!!!"

[NCjack]

68. Walker has insulted the best friend USA has. He should never be

in the White House, even with a visitor's pass.

[sarge43]

70. Plus a fair share of us from the northern states

have Canadian friends and relatives. Hubby and I hold up hands.

Canada is the best neighbor and friend you could ask for.

Idiot boy is a sock puppet.

[mikeargo]

72. Doesn't this idiot realize

The largest ethnic group in NH is French-Canadian.

Good luck in the NH primary, if you make it that far, you moran.

[sarge43]

73. Good point

I'd understand this level of dumb from a Florida or Texas Repug. He's from Wisconsin for Dog's sake. Canadians are the upstairs neighbors who bang on the floor when we're getting too noisy.

I take that back. They come downstairs, knock on the door and politely ask us to turn it down a notch.

[floriduck]

69. pardon the pun but

If there's a wall, Walker will sit on it.

[TexasBushwhacker]

71. Because illegal immigrants are just streaming in

from Canada, where the minimum wage is $10 to $11 an hour and they have universal health care.

[hue]

74. Where the hell is the MSM on this?? An insult to our friendly northern neighbors d/t raw stupidity!!

Walker needs to be locked in an insane asylum in a straight jacket with his delusions of grandeur as his only company in a padded cell!

[Dont call me Shirley]

75. Your election is worth reviewing, Scott. Geez!

[Agnosticsherbet]

77. Why do Republicans want to turn us into North Korea.

Shut the world out and us in.

[HuskyOffset]

78. Two things

1) as several people have already said, this wall isn't to keep Canadians out, it's to keep us (US citizens) from leaving.

2) I think I know where this idea is from. I gave myself a concussion and came up with the following logic:

1) Canada is cold
2) I saw on "Game of Thrones" that those dudes made a giant wall out of ice
3) It's cheap to make ice in Canada because of #1
4) Let's make a giant wall of ice on the US-Canada border!

[joanbarnes]

79. Probably to keep US out of CANADA, 'cause no way do they want to come here!

[freshwest]

80. Thought Canadians wanted one. Misread... n/t

[Sancho]

81. But what about Alaska??

President Wall-Ker?

[DustyJoe]

82. Why Canada ?

Are their drug cartel and criminal elements armed with military grade ak47s ruling the 30 mile buffer inside the US-Canada border like there is on the Mexican border ? Makes no sense if not, if Mexico incursions aren't important enough for a wall, neither are Canadas.

[nichomachus]

90. Because

Canada is afraid of the US gun nuts with their semi-automatic arsenals -- for killing squirrels, of course.

They don't want the vigilantes, racists, survivalists, militia members, and all around Second Amendment Jagoffs bringing their idiocy to Canada.

[lefty2000]

83. Good Idea

If this goes on we will need a wall to keep Americans in.

On the other hand, maybe the Canucks will build it for us.

[tabasco]

85. This imbecile is the governor of a state

Un-fucking-believable

[47of74]

95. He has fucked up Wisconsin so bad

Such a great state and it will take decades to fix the damage Wanker has caused.

[appalachiablue]

107. Quite true and sad. Same with other GOP run states FL, TX, our once great

industrial cities and too many places severely damaged in the last 30+ years.

[yurbud]

86. so if he's president, US will suck so much, he'll need a wall to keep us in?

[tclambert]

87. He just wants to protect us from Canadian ice zombies by building a 700 foot tall wall of ice.

I heard a police detective complain when they man the bridges, the tunnel, and the airports looking for criminals they think might flee Michigan for Canada, the fugitives can just get a boat and cross Lake Huron at thousands of places.

[riversedge]

88. Scott Walker is right: Must protect from

bluecheddar1 ?@bluecheddar1 12s13 seconds ago Wisconsin, USA

Scott Walker is right: Must protect from Great White North hosers. Build the #CanadaWall
https://twitter.com/bluecheddar1/status/638151971397062660/photo/1

[christx30]

89. Yes, gotta stop the millions of Canadians

coming across the border to get access to The Best Healthcare System in the world.

[riversedge]

91. Scott Walker Won't Build Schools, Roads, High Speed Rail... But He'll Spend Billions To "Protect" Us

NewWisGov ?@NewWisGov 1m1 minute ago

Scott Walker Won't Build Schools, Roads, High Speed Rail... But He'll Spend Billions To "Protect" Us From Canada. #gopfail #CanadaWall

[Shoonra]

92. The Wall is to Keep Us IN !

The Canadian Wall is not to keep Canadians out but to keep Americans IN !

When Walker kills off ObamaCare and the other safety nets, Canada's free national health care and other social services will be extremely attractive to Americans. So attractive that they'd even learn proper English in order to get along in Canada.

[Jeb Bartlet]

93. What a complete

Dolt he is.

This is what happens when cons don't bother to do any research and just vote for the dimwit with the (R) next to his name. You get a college drop out moron for a Governor who thinks, because Repubs aren't smart enough to do the research any 12 year old can do, that gives him some kind of easy-in for a Presidential nomination.

[47of74]

94. 47of74 says Walker's sanity well worth reviewing.

[riversedge]

99. "I can see Canada from my house"

I keep seeing these great smack -downs on twitter

Ned ?@nedmiller 10h10 hours ago

"I can see Canada from my house"
Says Scott Walker as he envisions building a 4000 mile wall between US & Canada.

#WalkerIsTheNewPalin

[riversedge]

100. Preliminary plans and renderings are coming in now....

bluecheddar1 ?@bluecheddar1 12h12 hours ago Wisconsin, USA

Preliminary plans and renderings are coming in now... #CanadaWall #Walker16 #Canada #ScottWalker

[riversedge]

101. Walker: On Day One of my presidency, Canadian bacon shall be renamed "freedom bacon"

Wisconsin Strong ?@WisconsinStrong 9m9 minutes ago

Scott Walker: On Day One of my presidency, Canadian bacon shall be renamed "freedom bacon" #CanadaWall #wiunion

[Jimbo S]

102. My book just came in from Amazon

http://www.amazon.com/War-Plan-Red-United-Canadas/dp/1616893524/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1441037656&sr=1-1&keywords=war+plan+red&pebp=1441037659474&perid=1S57R6FMRCSRFB2TE39C

"War Plan Red: The United States' Secret Plan to Invade Canada and Canada's Secret Plan to Invade the United States"

I plan on sitting down and reading through it this weekend.

[awoke_in_2003]

103. They don't want to keep Canadians out

(Why would they come here?) they want to keep us in.

[yellowcanine]

109. Exactly my thought. Would be to keep Americans in.

I don't see how a lot of Canadians are going to be looking to get into the U.S. Why, so they have to go to the ER for medical care?

[Ace Rothstein]

110. Seeing this reminded me of that one scene from Billy Madison.

You know which one I'm talking about.