[TexasFreeper2009]

I long for the day when I log on FR and see 10 threads about Romney being slammed for ______

A person can dream can’t they?

[TexasCajun]

Cain got played like a cheap violin by the MSM and didn't even realize it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The fact is that state-controlled media plays manufactured "gotcha" with conservative candidates. If Sarah holds off long enough, every single one of them will have been tainted by one or more "gotchas."

And then in steps Sarah, whose manufactured "gotchas" are in the distant past.

State-controlled media will have brought to pass that which they fear most.

[PBRSTREETGANG]

Good to see the Republicans sniping at each other and shooting themselves in the foot rather than forcefully attacking Obama as he destroys this nation.

[Sacajaweau]

I saw Cain chastise the Perry Family. Shame on Cain. And it wasn't what he said...it's how he said it.

And the same thing with Romney...It's not what Cain said...it's how he said it.

I'd give Cain a nickname..."The Trasher".

[icwhatudo]

Its not what Cain said...its that he said it without having all the facts. Now that he has them, he has quickly backed off-proving that the people who were upset with him jumping the gun were correct.

[Roccus]

[Buckeye McFrog]

The N word is not cool in the modern world.

That being said, Gov. Perry did not use it, did not paint it on the rock, and in fact appears to have taken steps to remove it from being visible.

I am still not a Perry supporter but there are some really, really cheap shots being taken at him now. I can understand how Cain would be offended by the N word but he did not know enough about this situation to comment when he did.

[Past Your Eyes]

I am so offended by people being offended.

[miss marmelstein]

Wow. These read as if they were taken directly from Perry supporters down in Texas. Sad.

[bereanway]

This is just insanity. The rock was painted and turned over 30 years ago and people are still screaming. That Cain would attempt to capitalize on this tells me all I need to know about his character.

[piytar]

Yes, these good PATRIOTS who supported Cain were now defending Perry’s complicit endorsement of the use of the N-word by not removing the ugly rock form the camp site.

That's such overblown hyperbole that I almost stopped reading right there. I didn't and found this gem of logic:

But the tweets below are worse and demonstrate conservative voters need to come to grips with the reality that we live in the 21st century where there is no place for the word nigger in the American discourse nor should it be associated with any presidential candidate who actually wants to win in 2012.

Um, this article is political discourse, and the author used the n word. Probably didn't even realize she was contradicting herself in that sentence.

[org.whodat]

The desperation of the perrywinkles has no bounds. Who cares what he says are thinks about illegal hugger, rino Perry.

[Retired Greyhound]

I didn’t have a problem with what Cain said.

He called it “insensitive” to visit a place with that name. It was insensitive.

He never called Perry a racist and didn’t play the race card. He has moved on from the issue.

[bigbob]

Anyone who speaks publicly about race issues is going to end up stepping in it at some time or other. I prefer to ignore race, whether it’s Obamas or Cains, and focus instead on the “content of the man’s character” and the policies and ideas he puts forth.

[NavyCanDo]

How many times do we need to post the Hunter club story? Helping the MSM pour more fuel on a fire that is starting to snuff itself out.

Perry and Cain seem to be putting this behind them, the misunderstanding has been cleared up, and the water is under the bridge. Why can't the rest of us?

[ohioWfan]

Anyone who jumps on this thread bashing Cain for what he said, hasn't got a clue as to what Cain really said.

Pay attention, people.

[dblshot]

there is no place for the word nigger in the American discourse
Well Ms. Wright better stay out of the Rap and Hip Hop section in the music department at Best Buy and away from any community basketball courts. Maybe she should take Lenny Bruce's advice about the word in question.

[dblshot]

there is no place for the word nigger in the American discourse
Well Ms. Wright better stay out of the Rap and Hip Hop section in the music department at Best Buy and away from any community basketball courts. Maybe she should take Lenny Bruce's advice about the word in question.

[nanetteclaret]

I’m glad to know sooner rather than later that Cain is not above playing the race card when it suits him. That he should be so upset about the name of a wildflower and then attribute sinister motives to Gov. Perry for a piece of property he doesn’t even own is very telling.