The country is ablaze and going down fast & media is busy dragging down the national IQ with this trivial sh*t.
This whole “rock” story is so laughable. The next thing that will be a problem is that the painting and moving of the rock was defacing someone else’s property and he’ll be in trouble for that too.
Nice distraction from 9% unemployment, $15 trillion debt, 2,000 AAM's lost in Libya...
If Rick Perry is racist, then why did he welcome,with open arms, over 100,000 Hurricane Katrina refugees from Louisiana to Texas, most of them African-American.
I am not a Perry backer because of his stand on immigration but why in the world would he need to be defended?
Has this country gone stark raving mad over race?
I am afraid the answer is yes.
lol...whether one is racist is the new religion
the new “church lady” finger pointing with self righteous ingination...we even get it here a bit though less than 10 years ago...
like environmentalism and homophobia and sexism
and by their standards:
I am a racist
I am a homophobe
I am an environmental polluter and malcontent
I am a sexist
and proud
Rick Perry is an idiot, not a racist.
There are three main questions here:
1. Was it insensitive? There are many Rick Perry supporters who argue that it is perfectly okay to have a rock at the entrance of your property with the word “Niggerhead” prominently displayed on it. To me, that is pure ignorance. Perry, while defending himself, says that the rock would be highly “offensive,” which is a term beyond “insensitive,” the term Cain used. Perry supporters are taking the opportunity to bash Cain for “playing the race card,” even though “insensitive” is much weaker and more diplomatic than Perry’s term “offensive.”
I don’t think there is much question that it would be both insensitive and offensive to have “Niggerhead” displayed at the entrance to your ranch.
2. How long was the offensive title displayed on the rock? Perry claims his father painted it over soon after they bought the property. Everyone else says it was displayed for many years after and that they thought it was offensive and wondered how someone in politics could be so stupid as to leave it there.
3. Is Rick Perry a racist? Certainly many Texans of Perry’s father’s generation were racists or at the very least insensitive to racial issues. But calling an individual a racist is a strong accusation and I don’t think any candidate, including Cain, has said this. I haven’t seen anyone on FR call Rick Perry a racist. We really don’t know one way or the other.
It is such a strong accusation that we need to give Perry the benefit of the doubt. But it was stupid and offensive and it should be held against him, if the word was displayed at the entrance of his ranch after they purchased it.
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“Furor”
Give me a break
The fact that Perry and his camp are being defended, even by his critics, that he isn’t racist, is just keeping the story alive. He should have moved on from it by now as well.
Hopefully, Cain has learned a lesson to look a MSM Gift Horse in the mouth.
Hopefully, as well, Conservatives can get back to pointing out Obama’s negatives.
The leftards are the racists and their leader Obama is the head witch hunt doctor. Where was the media on Rev Wright? the racist preacher? or on Algore leaving his maid in the car as he family dined in restaurants? as for the confederate flag...I would not apologize or be ashamed of it. As for the American flag...many blacks have refused to honor it...Cassius Clay aka Mohammad Alli for one preferred the black fist salute. Time for the blacks to stop allowing the race card to be played and enjoy the many benefits they have (plus affirmative action, fed job preference, college admissions, subsidized housing etc) by living in America.
Apparently all the other candidates are racists too for not commenting.