Perry camp pushes back against report of racial epithet at rental hunting site (NOT owned by Perry)

msnbc ^ | 10/2/2011 | Carrie Dann

[tobyhill]

Gov. Rick Perry's team pushed back Sunday on a Washington Post story charging that a racial epithet was displayed for decades on a hunting property leased by the Texas governor's family.

Perry's team says that the governor's father Ray painted over the name -- a holdover from the area's long cowboy culture -- in the early 1980s. That conflicts with the account of a total of seven sources -- who spoke on the condition of anonymity -- who told the Post that the offensive name of the hunting grounds was written on a flat slab of rock at the entrance to the property and was visible during the 1980s and 1990s when Perry launched his political career. One source said the word could be seen as late as 2008.

In a response to First Read, Perry Communications Director Ray Sullivan disputed the accuracy of those accounts.

"The rock was obscured in 1983 or 1984 and remained so," he said. "Named interviewees in the story corroborate that. The story has no named sources seeing the name on the rock in later 80s and 90s claim and those unnamed sources contradict one another."

[Twinkie]

Herman Cain seems a true Conservative. This story smells like a “hit” piece on both Perry and Cain. Libs are afraid of Cain and Perry both; so no telling what mud will be slung against the wall in hopes something will stick.

I’m not getting on the bandwagon against anybody at this point; I want Obama OUT!

[Reagan Man]

Your juvenile obfuscation won’t cover your smear tactics, malcontent.

Some of us respect states rights, the 10th amendment and federalism. Perry said it was a state by state decision and not something he would support as potus for the entire nation or any state other than Texas.

You’re too afraid to post what state you come from. LOL

[re_nortex]

I had a racist uncle. There are probably people who would sign an affidavit stating I laughed at one of his racist jokes once.

And any of us oldtime boaters has probably used the term. Check out the Small Boats Manual (1945) from the US Navy for Bollard.

[bray]

Love the feigned outrage from the Stone Age Press but Byrd was a hero. When will our candidates figure it our.

Pray for America

[org.whodat]

Did he say that the word was insensitive yes are no, do you think the sign was insensitive, yes are no. If you do not think it is insensitive go have a a sign with the ranch name made and put it up in your front yard.

[DManA]

As a left handed American I am offended that you would post that:

Left-handed propeller:

[muawiyah]

Specious reasoning on your part.

Now, regarding where this ENTRANCE might be located ~ anyone have the longitude and latitude. We can then use GOOGLE EARTH to go take a look?

Did you realize that to get to the site to verify that it actually had a GATE the Post Reporters had to drive by Squaw River Lake!

'tis true.

Shows how sensitive they are ~ NOT. The Posties on top of this one are just racist pigs.

[DManA]

The sign by the standard of 2011 is offensive. How does that reflect badly on Perry who visited the place 30 years ago?

[org.whodat]

ROFLOL, many Mexicans are as racist as you can get.

[org.whodat]

Who are you trying to fool, it is perry and his perrywinkles that have been running for the tall grass on this. And he used the place up through 2007. And the game warden said you could still read the sign 3 years ago. So what is the thirty year BS,

[normy]

Ignore that guy. He is unserious about honest debate. I heard the interview too and Herm was using it to paint a pic of Perry. He was my second guy, and still may be if Perry falters but he is playing the card here.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Perry’s family all were Democrats. Perry didn’t switch parties until 1989. This is just more hokie bull**** from the “outraged” commie ‘RATS and their commie toadies in their state run “media”.

[CapnJack]

Another successful HIT piece from the Dem Propagandist squad using “unnamed sources”.

Now the Repub candidates will attack each other and Zero slips away unscathed and unaccountable concerning the real issues this country faces.

This is going to be a very dismal primary season.

[CapnJack]

...No career in politics for me.

That's right! No career for you! 10 year suspension!

[trumandogz]

Sorry, I did not realize that everyone who supported the 10th Amendment must also support in state tuition for illegal aliens.

And I am deep in the heart of Texas.

[normy]

““I remember the first time I went through that pasture and saw that,” said Ronnie Brooks, a retired game warden who began working in the region in 1981 and who said he guided three or four turkey shoots for Rick Perry when Perry was a state legislator between 1985 and 1990. “. . . It kind of offended me, truthfully.”

Brooks, who said he holds Perry “in the highest esteem,” said that at some point after Perry began bringing lawmakers to the camp, the rock was turned over. Brooks could not recall exactly when. He said he did not know who turned the rock over.<

[DManA]

There’s no 10 year statute of limitation. You can go back as far as you like and pretend it happened yesterday.

[DManA]

I’m not a Perry pusher. This is a bogus charge. This is NOTHING!

[GeronL]

This and the “booing of a gay soldier apology” are bad marks on Cain part.

[JSteff]

So what is the alleged racial epithet?
I have read two threads on this and still no one will say WHAT IT WAS!!!!
Can someone just type it so I can see what it was?

Must be nothing cause no one has the guts to put it in type.