I posted this on another thread; fits here too:
I believe the reason that Cain lit into this rock issue and implied that Perry was therefore potentially racist (guilt by association) because he hunted on a leased property that had the offending rock for some years (even though Perry’s father had painted it over), was to try to get back in the good graces of his fellow black brethren whom he had dished just a couple of days before by saying they were “brainwashed”. What better way to deflect criticism of himself for using that term against his black brothers than to attack a whitey (Perry) for racism.
Not a good look here for Cain. Big mistake, and I don’t even like Perry as a candidate, but this was a below the belt attack on Perry, and Cain shouldn’t have taken the media bait and then used it as a vehicle to deflect the criticism that has been aimed at himself over his “brainwashed” remark against his fellow blacks. Bad form.
I also said this on another thread. Cain said he could get a third of the black vote. Well not without showing his true colors to them. He had to make up for his “brainwashed” remark somehow.