Romney and Michael Steele pile on Perry for N-WordheadGate.

[jefferson_dem]

Romney: Perry hunting camp name 'offensive'
By MAGGIE HABERMAN | 10/3/11 5:36 PM EDT

Mitt Romney, in an interview on Sean Hannity's radio show just now, weighed in on the name the hunting camp in Texas leased years ago by Rick Perry's family was said to be known by, "Niggerhead," calling it "offensive."

“I’ve followed it from afar," Romney said. "I think it’s offensive. I think most people think it’s offensive.”

He declined to answer other questions, saying those were for Team Perry.

But Romney was casting an opinion on an issue that has driven the cable news and the blogosphere today, and one that Team Perry is strongly pushing back on as falsely and inaccurately reported. Romney's comments were very similar to those made by White House spokesman Jay Carney earlier in the day.

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http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1011/65048.html#ixzz1Zl5qJTVE

Michael Steele Calls Perry’s Racist Ranch Name ‘Very Troubling’
By Alex Seitz-Wald on Oct 3, 2011 at 5:45 pm

Texas Gov. Rick Perry (R) has come under fire after the Washington Post reported yesterday that he hosted friends and lawmakers at ranch that featured a rock inscribed with the word “Niggerhead” on it. Perry’s camp has sought to discredit the story, but in an interview with Time Magazine today, former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele, who is African American, said the revelation is “very troubling on some many levels, for so many reasons.” “So, I’m sorry – my attitude is just remove the rock,” Steele added, “Just get rid of the rock.”

Steele appeared on MSNBC this afternoon where he elaborated on his criticism of Perry:

STEELE: We cannot be lackadaisical about these issues. We cannot be insensitive in that regard and say well just paint over it, because it still is a reminder of what’s beneath the paint. And I think again that’s what irks a lot of African Americans and a lot of minorities when it comes to how the Republican Party and sometimes its individual candidates respond to these types of things.

Watch it:

http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/10/03/334652/michael-steele-hits-rick-perry-racist-ranch/

[Jackpine Radical]

1. Fix your headline; Romney piles on Romney?

[jefferson_dem]

2. D'oh.

Thanks. :hi:

[Worship Money]

3. It's also offensive

That Mitt Romney was a 31 year old member of an officially racist organization in the form of the LDS church.

But I forgot. We can't talk about faith, that would be offensive.

[Journeyman]

4. How big is this rock? Something the size of Ayres Rock might be hard to tote away. . .

but then, there's always dynamite to help reduce certain intractable problems.

I too would find a simple paint job inadequate to erase the memory. But then, I'd have bolted at the sight of the rock, figuring it indicative of the neighbors I'd have to put up with if I chose to live on such an ill-named "camp."