Perry moves fast to counter questions about hunting camp's offensive name

[stevedeshazer]

http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/10/02/2435103/perry-moves-fast-to-counter-questions.html

WASHINGTON _ Rick Perry’s presidential campaign said Sunday that his family moved quickly when they found they’d leased a Texas hunting camp informally named “niggerhead,” painting over the offensive 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, reflected an urgent move to stem any political fallout for a candidate who’s 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 morning that Perry’s family leased the Texas land starting in 1983, which already had the racially insulting name on a large rock beside one of the entrances.

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.

[stevedeshazer]

1. This guy is backing up so fast he's running over himself.

Even Herman Cain is able to make him look like an idiot.

Wow.

[EFerrari]

4. With a little help from The Miami Hurled. n/t

[stevedeshazer]

6. No doubt the intention there.

+1

[Cirque du So-What]

11. *COUGH*RUBIO*COUGH*

[librechik]

2. that sign was up on his property when he announced he was running for president

Slick, Rick, you obvious prick

[SpiralHawk]

10. Tricky Rickster (R) is lying about this

thru his cheerleader teeth

[no_hypocrisy]

3. Other side of the same coin: the name of the plantation in "Mame"

(belonging to the family of Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside) was named "Peckerwood", meaning "Whites Only".

[Tarheel_Dem]

5. And this guy used to be a Democrat? Hmmmmm....(nt)

[Major Nikon]

7. Only when they were in the majority

He never was a very good one even then.

[ingac70]

8. Of the Southern Dem/ Dixiercrat mold. n/t

[Glimmer of Hope]

9. I can't believe no one has brought that up yet during any of the debates.