is watching the other candidate’s reaction to this non-story. Are they eager to try and use race to gain a potential advantage, even though their is no validity to it? Are they willing to smear someone who is innocent so they might gain in the polls? Obviously, it appears that Herman Cain is willing to do this. There is also an article posted on The Hill website that shows that Romney is eager to try his hand at it as well. That tells us a lot about their character.

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/185213-romney-calls-perrys-hunting-camp-name-offensive?page=2#comments

…the destination for a massive reverse migration of blacks from the North.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/census/2011-06-30-black-south-census-migration_n.htm?csp=34news

Why would they want to come down here to this hotbed of hatred and bigotry?

To paraphrase Lynyrd Skynyrd…

I hope Jeff Zeleny will remember
Southern man don’t need him around, anyhow!

At the rate these folks are willing to jump on the hate wagon makes me want to vote for no one.
Which is the liberal plan to make us disenchanted with the whole lot of them and stay home.
I’m a Perry supporter for now, and Cain was my second choice.
Now I don’t have a second choice any more.
I wait for new polling after all this fall out to see if this hurts any of them.
Based on what I have read on various comment post most people are upset with Cain.
Perry needs to come out with something to shut this garbage down.

Nigger Jim Hammock Bridge in Hendry County

Nigger River.

Niggerhead N.C. and plenty of other places with that name that would take me all night to link to.

If Perry is responsible for what someone he never met painted on a friggin’ rock then Obama has to take responsibility for hanging out with some of his buddies.

You, know, that list of demands that that includes forgiving all debt and abolishing credit rating systems.

The circumstances that pretty much led to the collapse of the financial system.

that they don’t talk about the real issues that are effecting all Americans.
Can’t you just see the next debate?
Perry should just come out on stage with arrows sticking out of his back before it even starts.
He should invite every minority he has ever given a gov position to, and he is friends with.
Then when they start to pile on him he can point out his friends.
He should also have his folks hand out packets to audience showing Romney’s flip flops.
When Romney denies something, Perry could tell the audience please turn to page 2 in you packet for the flip flop in question.
Now that would be a debate.

When people go to such lengths to attack or smear a candidate, I’m one of those folks who tend to have the opposite reaction. I start to think, “Hmm, if he’s THAT stupid, THAT unelectable, THAT inept, then why these desperate attacks?” If Governor Perry is really that bad of a candidate, then I’m sure the American people are intelligent enough to sense that and not endorse him for the nomination—without all the rhetoric and the manipulation by the liberal media and his competitors. Having said that, I find it rather base, albeit sadly predictable, that others should scramble to obscure his strong jobs record in Texas by trying to tie him up with having to defend himself constantly. I guess the idea is that if Governor Perry can be made to waste his time and resources by having to repeatedly “put out the flames” regarding social security, the HPV vaccine, in-state tuition rates for children of illegal immigrants, and now this camp name controversy, focus on his impressive jobs record would never get to see the light of day–not enough of it, anyhow. The liberal, drive-by media being what they may be, I’d rather his competitors for the GOP nomination do the honorable thing by trying to convince the voters why they could top Governor Perry’s impressive record, rather than disproportionately magnifying or, in some cases, hiding behind endless, repetitive, “been-there-said-that” digressions from the one issue that really matters most at this critical time: JOB CREATION. All the candidates know in their heart of hearts that they simply can’t top Governor Perry’s steady record of job creation. I don’t mind their trying to get ahead of him by showing us a record even more impressive, but to actively try to get ahead by trying to divert the attention of the American people from this clear winner of an issue is dishonorable and dishonest. That’s putting their candidacy agenda and self-interest ahead of what the American people need most at this time: SOMEONE WHO HAS THE PROVEN RECORD TO GET AMERCANS WORKING AGAIN.

Having been in local politics, which can be as bad or worse than at the Federal level, I know how people can turn on so called friends.

Seems now the “Republican Elites” are piling on Perry after this WaPo story. It does seem though to come after Herman Cain was asked about this, and ended up giving his blessing that it was an “offensive” term and worse that Perry would leave it there for so long if the report is true.

Here are some of the stories now coming out.

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

http://thinkprogress.org/media/2011/10/03/334312/scarborough-rick-perrys-racist-camp-name-is-a-disqualifying-offense/

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

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03/herman-cain-rick-perry-race-card_n_992909.html

Limbaugh was right today in going after this story and showing his disgust at Cain for falling into this trap. Now all of the liberal media sites will be fanning this story for the next couple of weeks to set the impression that Perry is racist and insensitive.

Some here will probably badger me for continuing my rant on this issue. The issue to me isn’t about racism, it’s about how a candidate works the liberal media. Are they going along with the media template in bashing the Republican party, like John McCain did? Or are they working the media to make the media look like fools which has been something Sarah Palin has been doing.

The key to Ronald Reagan’s profound ability to get his message out was his ability to transcend the media and get his message out despite their attempts to do otherwise. It’s why he was so successful and McCain was not.

Herman Cain has good solid reform plans for the country. His only problem is that he is falling for the same trap McCain fell for. I don’t fault Cain for his lack of experience in knowing how to get around it. I fault him for not being truthful and owning up for not doing due diligence on stories out there. This is what brought Bachmann down and is endangering Cain.

Romney on the other hand knows exactly what he’s doing, feeding the flames of the liberal media to egg them on with the slander. To me this is like Brutus, coming up from behind and being the supposed friend to Caesar, yet still stabs him in the back. This shows how low Romney will go to win.

Here in the country side, once people find out that someone is a backstabber, they will drop them like a hot potato. We don’t care what party they are in, if a person doesn’t have the cahonies to face someone and accuse them of something whether it be true or not, we lose all respect and support for them.

This is why I have respect and support Perry. He’s at least willing to stand and take the heat.

will be 100% about race.

The WP story is nothing more than a construct: at one time, this part of America (rural Texas) was quite racist. Rick Perry hails from this part of Texas. Therefore, Rick Perry is racist. QED.

Make no mistake — whoever the Republican nominee is will be called a racist by the media. Simply running against Obama is evidence of racism, as it was for Hillary and McCain. If the nominee is Romney or Huntsman, it will be Mormon racism 100% of the time. If it’s Perry, well, he comes from rural Texas where they once used the n-word geographically, so, nuff said. If it’s Cain, then he gets the Clarence Thomas Uncle Tom handkerchief-head treatment. If it’s Gingrich, he called Obama the food-stamp President, so that makes him a racist. And so on.

It would be good if our guys & gal resolve not to play along. The media played this game in 2008 and won. Let’s not give them another win.

This is an excellent asrticle quoting several black Texas judges and politicians standing up for Governor Perry from the latest racist allegations. Special attention, for those who don’t know, should be paid to the comment of Royce West, a very liberal black state senator, who probably disagrees with 99% of the Governor’s policies and beliefs.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/10/rick-perry-accused-of-running-race-baiting-ads-in-1990/

While liberals love to make up stories about how conservatives are racist, none of the following are considered to be noteworthy, much less highly offensive or even racist:
- Vermont: 95% white population. If any business (well, outside Vermont or Maine I guess) had 95% white employees, they’d be in court and in front of the EEOC accused of systemic racism in hiring.
- Remember Bill Clinton lying about watching black churches burn as a kid? Why didn’t all the establishment black “leaders” express outrage over that one? Instead they anointed him the first black president.
- How about Obama practically melting into the spoken version of ebonics when in front of a black audience? If his people could improve the rhyming on the teleprompter, you’d almost swear it was Jesse Jackson speaking. What could possibly be more condescending than this?

Since this presidential race is apparently again going to about racism and trying to incite division between blacks and whites, how about the coverage be comprehensive? Van Jones is stirring the pot, and as Erick points out, they conveniently leave out any coverage of Obama’s affiliation with the New Black Panthers (When he was first a candidate for president, there was a link to the NBP on his website. When it got wide coverage, it was quickly taken down.)

I’m not sure why there is a drumbeat for Perry to respond to The Rock because his campaign released two statements on it as soon as this story broke. There is no response he can offer that will solve a huge problem he has, which is the simple fact he was born and raised in Texas. There is an automatic switch thrown in the minds of liberals in the media when all things Texas become news. Just as they tried to paint Bush as a racist when they suggested he did nothing during Hurricane Katrina because he ‘wanted black people to die’, race baiting and hatred for anything to do with Texas is always going to be an albatross around Perry’s neck.

I’m getting a little tired of this N word business. Next time someone says the N word was used I want to know which one, Never, nice, no, Nevada. This whole N word thing is an N word, Nuts.

At a private event in Beaumont. He is really a nice guy and pretty smart too. As an Black Conservative and GOP Precinct Chair, I can tell when someone reeks of racism or has bias towards my kind. Governor Perry is a legit person and is not a racist that the media tries to cast him as (Herman Cain, a Kappa Alpha Psi member, utterly fails to come to the defense of a fellow Republican and that is so shameful (see you in Texas, Herman)).

Gov. Perry offers none of that in a relaxed setting such as a private event. Moreover, I tend to judge a candidate based on how his staff acts. Perry’s staff is some of the friendliest, downhome folks I know in our State. The Governor is a good, principled man and a highly capable leader. He doesn’t claim to know everything, but he knows how to put great folks around him (especially minorities in key positions).

Whereas it is sad this stupid rock has garnered so much bad blood, memories, and narrative, one thing is clear: Hardly anyone dares to do research. If you wiki’ed or researched the name, one might find several instances of the name used as a landmark in our country.

As a Black man, the camp name is a reminder of just how far we as Americans have come. There are still visages of life pre-1970s in places like Vidor, TX and other little outlets in Texas. The State as a whole is a helluva lot more diverse given our 33/33/33 split amongst the main ethnicities.

Let’s move on the real issues. My constituents are clamoring for solutions to the economy.

GW Bush painted the rock!

Come on Perry, haven’t you learned anything in the last 3 years, it’s alway’s Bush’s fault.

Rev. Jeremiah Wright is the answer. When the left hints at racism, answer – Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Rush had a tape of Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s comments yesterday, and Perry should borrow it. Reporter brings up painted rock, play tape of Rev. Jeremiah Wright. If the reporter is still around after hearing it, and actually asks another question, then either play the tape again or ask the reporter if he knows who Rev. Jeremiah Wright is. Remind the reporter of the TUCC’s racist audiences reactions to sermons by the racist Rev. Jeremiah Wright, by showing him short video clips…

Why is this an issue in the first place? If it is about the name just look up the definition. If it is about the possibility of racism by the person with a can a spray paint talk about them. If it is about the possibility that the word contaminated the ground that Gov. Perry hunted on then let the EPA quarantine the property. There are more important issues besides a nitwit with a can of paint to deal with.
Remember the last presidential campaign? Whenever Obama promised to not use the race card his propaganda ministers from the left would dutifully bring racism to the forefront. This issue smells very similar.
Not only that this is set to divide people united against Obama and to keep support from growing for voices that are resonating with America.
Besides all of the above I look at the friendships developed over the years. I also look at the actions over the past couple of years. Is Jeremiah Wright racist (I did not use reverend on purpose)? His words have all the smell. The New Black Panthers? Enough said as well. Louis Farakan? He has said it all. The point is who do they have in common?

And that is what I believe is going on behind the scenes. He should get really aggressive and confront any of the leftist media and expose them for the phonies they are–right during an interview if necessary.

People would love it. Then, its time for Erick Erickson and all of the other alternative media options to co-op the debate and interview process. It is stupid to even go into the left’s territory and allow yourself to be degraded by the idiots. New ideas, new strategies, bold confrontation–that is what is needed now. Go, Perry, go.

have taken these false smears by Mitt Cain lying down.

are trying their best to destroy the candidacy of Rick Perry. You can almost beat it’s Romney behind these ridiculous stories. The latest being that Perry is a racist. The truth of the matter is if Perry is still in the race, and polling high, when the race gets to SC, Romney is toast. Romney ABSOLUTELY can’t win the first Southern state with a popular Southern governor in the race. It’s impossible. The only way for Romney, the democrat in republican clothing to get the nomination is for Perry to not be around come primary time in the South. Cain, who I have no use for whatsover because of his ties to Romney, going back to 2008, will be on the ticket with Romney if they are successful in destroying Perry’s candidacy. The liberal media love Mitt Romney. They know he’s a liberal and they feel their liberal can destroy him in the general election. It is my contention that Obama can’t beat a constitutional conservative, and that is why they are teaming with Romney/Cain to try and destroy Perry. After the Sarah Palin demolition by the liberal media and the GOP elites, I never thought I would come close to seeing it repeated. Well I was wrong. The witch-hunt on Perry will turn out to be every bit as bad as the smearing of Sarah Palin. And it make me sick. I wouldn’t vote for Romney if he were running by himself. There’s an old youtube video, from the days when he was running against Ted Kennedy for Kennedy’s senate seat. They are both trying to out-liberal the other, with Romney getting in the last word by telling the audience he was 100% pro-choice and was proud to be for a woman’s right to choose (murder). He nauseates me.

No picture available. Unnamed sources. Is this the new macaca story for the post?

Conservatives and Rick Perry need to hang tough over this latest smear.

sick to death of what the media tries to call a story. They try to MAKE America believe whatever they want. Sounds like Soros is in the woo
d pile.
Perry isn’t bad but I am for Cain,

Think all this foolishness for Chris Christie is being made by the Democrats too, to pull away from Cain. Christie is a good guy but he would get killed by his own words in a race.

Perry why he attended a racist church his entire life. The Mormans only started allowing blacks to join their church in 1978. You can still cound the number of blacks in the Morman Church probably one hand. That means Romney knew the policy and didn’t care. Who’s the racist here? Romney or Perry? When will the other GOP candidates start slamming him on condoning children dying in their mouth’s wombs for years? When will the other GOP candidates ask him why he was all for homosexual unions when he was governor of Mass? We all know the liberal media aint gonna ask him anything about his liberal beliefs. Thats to be expected, but why doesn’t Perry and the rest go after him with a vengence for his liberal ways the majority of his political career. He is never asked tough questions in the debates, by the moderators, and so far by the republicans running against him.

The first time Herman was asked about this…he didn’t qualify the statement…he read the blogs…or his staff did…and he walked it back a little on Hannity.

I AM STICK TO DEATH OF PEOPLE PICKING CANDIDATES FOR ME BECAUSE THEY THINK I AM AN IDIOT. PERRY WILL FIX THIS COUNTRY. If he doesn’t get in…we deserve what we get. BTW…I think that Herman needs a little more experience to be commander in chief…we already have one inexperienced person…we don’t need another…this is too bad a time for the USA and Perry’s performance in Texas solves…ONE BIG FAT PROBLEM…JOBS.

So…Cavuto…chew on this…I am cancelling Fox Business…forget the demand it. You people are hypocrites. I expect crap from the rest of the networks…but now you’re on board with your pro-Romney agenda…or you want to pick Cain. No what…I don’t want either now. If you wanted to hype rating so darn much…why didn’t you ask Perry to comment????????????????????