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Rick Perry & 'Niggerhead': Hunting Camp Sign Angers Herman Cain

by NowPublic Staff | October 2, 2011 at 08:03 am

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Herman Cain: 'Niggerhead' Hunting Camp Sign is 'Just Plain Insensitive'

Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry is under fire over a the name of the hunting camp leased by his family. A sign reading "Niggerhead" was visible as late as 2008, according to several who had visited the Texas ranch.

Competing GOP candidate Herman Cain told Fox News' Chris Wallace, "My reaction is that’s just very insensitive. There isn't a more vile negative word than the N word, and for him to leave it there for as long as he did before I hear that they finally painted over it is just plain insensitive towards a lot of black people in this country." (Video below)

A statement from the Rick Perry camp reads in part:

"Perry’s father painted over offensive language on a rock soon after leasing the 1,000-acre parcel in the early 1980s. When Governor Perry was party to the hunting lease from 1997 to 2007, the property was described as northern pasture. He has not been to the property since 2006. In 1991 the Texas Legislature passed a bill to rename old, offensive place names."

However, several have said that the sign was visible as late as 2008.

A local resident of Paint Creek, Texas, who visited the property with Perry recalled seeing the rock and thinking, “This is going to embarrass Rick some day.”

That day is today.

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The 1

at 08:25 on October 2nd, 2011

Are we surprised..lol In general, republicans are notorious for being closet racist..Herman Cain is being naive saying blacks have been brainwashed against the republican party..This should be an awakening for Mr. Cain being a republican..

bigmountain1969 (not verified)

at 19:30 on October 3rd, 2011

I'm a black independent conservative and can say that I blacks ARE brainwashed into drinking the liberal koolaid which has helped destroy the fabric of the black family. There are MANY antiquated terms that my Grandmother used to say like niggertoes (Brazil nuts). Niggerhead is one of those unfortunate terms that was commonly used but DOES not indict someone as racist. I hear more N's said by Jay-Z and other rappers but hear NOTHING from liberals who ABHOR its use. Rick Perry isn't my guy but gimme a break. Just another gotcha moment that he should have known was going to pop up in a Prez run.

bigmountain1969 (not verified)

at 19:33 on October 3rd, 2011

"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 12:01 on October 2nd, 2011

WTF. Rick Perry is supposed to be responsible for something that was written 200 years ago or more, on land leased by his father. Who btw actually painted over the signage soon after taking the lease. The phoney liberal PC hysterical moralism knows no bounds. It now becomes Rick Perry's racial sign. That doesn't exist. LOL. Talk about digging hard to malign someone. See I told you Republicans were racist. LOL. Morons.

The 1

at 15:09 on October 2nd, 2011

Romney is loving it, I'm sure of that..lol

"thirty-aught-six" (not verified)

at 16:32 on October 2nd, 2011

The1 Here's some more for you from a different angle.

www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/os-ice-cream-store-mascot-klan-kkk-20110927,0,188631.story

The powers of discernment grossly lacking in todays society. Stupid triumphs. And the stupid revel in that as a moral achievement.

WarriorSlave

at 17:55 on October 2nd, 2011

Next time post it in English. How's the medication working out?

WarriorSlave

at 17:53 on October 2nd, 2011

Hey Einstein.... we meet again. And you know this how? Please enlighten we lowly peasants as how an icon like you knows this inside info. Or are you just blowing BS as usual, because you hate anything that you classify as "liberal" such as "peaceniks" etc. As usual you just have to lash out with your fascist views. Quite the statement. Oh BTW where is your channel and all the great articles that you have contributed to NowPublic. Oh yes you don't have one, you just criticise others who did not attend the Hitler War college like you. Moron you say?

WarriorSlave

at 18:01 on October 2nd, 2011

Anyone thinking that Republicans and Democrats are two separate and distinct parties needs to take a long hard look at American history, the fake constitution and the role that the "Crown" of the City of London plays in all this fakery. America is still part of the British Commonwealth.