Posted on 10/03/2011 12:00:27 PM PDT by roses of sharon
Even as Texas Governor Rick Perry downplays the story of a racist epithet painted on a rock outside a property that he co-leased, black Republicans are not giving him the benefit of the doubt. First came GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain, who said yesterday that Perry handled the episode in a “very insensitive” way.
And in an interview with TIME on Monday morning, former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele also scolded Perry. “It’s very troubling on some many levels, for so many reasons,” Steele said. Steele said questions over when and how clearly the rock had been painted over miss the point:
So I’m going to lease lease a property.....Do you paint over the rock? Or do you just remove the damn thing altogether? So, I’m sorry–my attitude is just remove the rock. That is the ultimate statement for me. Just get rid of the rock. Unless the thing is a damn boulder.
Steele stopped short, however, of impugning Perry personally. “I am not ascribing anything to anyone’s motives or decisions,” he said. He added, however, that he agrees with Cain’s criticism: “I think Herman Cain was right. It does lead one to feel that there was a level of insensitivity about how this would be perceived by the larger community. I’m not just talking about black folks, I’m talking about all folks. You would think that even in the 1980s that there would still be some sense of, ‘Do we really want this on our property? Even though we’re leasing it, still, do you really want that there? And just painting over it?”
At that, Steele, who believes the Republican Party needs to make amends with black voters for its “Southern Strategy,” simply sighed with exasperation.
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Perry should just accept an obvious smear against his character? Get real! This was a hunting lease, not his property. I don’t even know that he has even been there since about 2006. The property belongs to someone else, Perry does not make changes there, do any up keep or anything else.
So true, in this day and age, no Republican should do a Sunday commie propaganda show.
Simply amazing how they continue to prostrate themselves before the enemies of this nation.
Your #12 makes zero sense. Care to try again?
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No, I don’t care to try again.
“Hank Williams Jr. Pulled From ‘Monday Night Football’ After Comments Made on Fox News.”
They didn’t like what he said. They won, they shut out a man for his opinion. Sarcasm was my intent, but if that doesn’t suit you— I don’t know what to tell you.
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No, I don’t care to try again.
“Hank Williams Jr. Pulled From ‘Monday Night Football’ After Comments Made on Fox News.”
They didn’t like what he said. They won, they shut out a man for his opinion. Sarcasm was my intent, but if that doesn’t suit you— I don’t know what to tell you.
Right now if you are a real conservative,the only alternatives are Perry or Cain. Which one to vote for should depend on how they are doing against the Rino Herd - Christie and Romney.
I was hoping Christie would jump in. It would have cannibalized Mittens support. Any of Cain, Perry, Bachmann, or Santorum would be fine as far as I am concerned.
Pretty much agree, but was afraid of Christie’s money and influence. For some weird reason a lot of people here tought he was a conservative.
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