Posted on 10/02/2011 12:44:24 PM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
WASHINGTON -- Rick Perry's presidential campaign said Sunday that his family moved quickly when they found they that the Texas hunting camp they leases was named "Niggerhead," and painted over the word on a rock next to the camp entrance.
The rapid response from the Texas governor's campaign, to a newspaper report Sunday about the camp name and to criticism from his one African-American rival, was an attempt to stem any political fallout for a candidate who has struggled to regain his footing since a weak debate in Florida and a surprise loss in a straw poll there.
The Washington Post reported Sunday that Perry's family leased the Texas land starting in 1983.
The newspaper reported that Perry said his father painted over the word in the early 1980s, and that it was eventually turned over to further ensure the word couldn't be seen. But the newspaper also reported that some other visitors recalled seeing it displayed after the early 1980s.
One of Perry's Republican opponents, , businessman Herman Cain, called the use of the name troubling.
"That is very insensitive. And since Gov. Perry has been going there for years to hunt, I think that it shows a lack of sensitivity for a long time of not taking that word off of that rock and renaming the place," Cain said on ABC's "This Week."
"Yes, it was painted over," Cain said. "But how long ago was it painted over? So I'm still saying that it is a sign of insensitivity."
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at 2:26
...."I know you won't say the word Christiane, so I'll say it for you"..........
this guy is not a great enough leader to lead this country through these times.
Sorry Mr Cain but if you play the race card you lose my support.
I’m loving it. What a maroon.
“Cain scolds Obama, calls Perry “very insensitive””
“Cain said the former name for the camp was “a more vile, negative word than the n-word, and for him to leave there as long as he did before I hear that they finally painted over, it is just plain insensitive to a lot of black people.”
I'm thinking the same thing. We don't need any more of that kind of thing. And in this case he's trying to play it both ways.
Cain played the race card and the damage is done.
To HIS campaign!
Now the MSM is call this hunting lease the Perry family retreat.
We so badly need Palin to get in the race.
Leni
It sounds like Perry is resurging and our leftist MSM is busily digging up whatever dirt it can find—truthful or not.
Something tells me that the 2012 campaign will be the dirtiest ever.
MSM has invested too much in their leftist Manchurian candidate to let the Conservatives take over.
How do we know somebody didn't flip it back? After all, it wasn't his property.
I WANT PROOF!!!
She will. She’s just letting all the others get ‘vetted’ first.
She is the smartest one in the bunch right now. She is just sitting back and watching the rest of these guys implode on each other
Dig it up and carbon date it.
You nailed it! That is what is happening before our eyes and some FReepers are falling for it.
Go look for yourself if you really want to know.
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