Cain: Perry camp sign 'just plain insensitive'

[liberal N proud]

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain criticized the name of a hunting camp once leased by Gov. Rick Perry's family as "just plain insensitive" in an appearance on Fox News Sunday.

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Perry reportedly began hosting fellow lawmakers, friends and supporters at the secluded ranch early in his career. The offensive phrase has been painted over, but the Post's sources and the Perry campaign differ on when that was done.

The Post reports that the name can still be seen through the paint.

"My reaction is, that's just very insensitive," Cain told Fox. " isn't a more vile, negative word than the N-word, and for him to leave it 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 in this country."

Ray Sullivan, Perry's communication's director, pushed back against the Post report on Sunday.

Sullivan said the governor's father, Ray, painted over the name in the early 1980s. That conflicts with the accounts of seven sources who spoke to the Post on the condition of anonymity. They claim the offensive name was visible during the 1980s and 1990s, when Perry launched his political career, with one source saying the word could be seen as late as 2008.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44747781/ns/politics-decision_2012/

You will have to click on the link to find the name of the sign, I will not post it here.

[Tarheel_Dem]

1. Whoodda ever thunk it? For once, I agree with Herman Cain. (nt)

ps: Excuse me while I bathe. :puke:

[Supersedeas]

4. no broad brush strokes

Naming names and providing examples that everyone can agree on has a tendency to bring rational minds together on a specific, well documented issue.

[Raschel]

2. This from the guy who says Black Americans can't think for themselves. This kook never misses an

opportunity to bring up racial matters, which is funny, because conservatives always accuse the left of whining and complaining.

Our President has done amazingly well handling the task of being the nation's first Black President. He has continually tried to unite this country.

Black Walnut/Pizza Man is just another Palin selling books.

[Monk06]

3. The Repub primaries are cooking up to be like a WWF Wrestlemania Clownfest.

If Romney has the sense to stay out of it he will be the
candidate. The rest of the field are a bunch of mutants.