What was perrys ranch called

Will Perry's explanation settle the matter, or will this story haunt his campaign? This will hurt Perry, and it should: Perry has "got some explaining to do," says Steven Thrasher at Gawker. Seven people interviewed by the Post contradict Perry's claim that the family promptly covered up the sign. They say the block-lettered name was visible well into the s, and possibly as recently as This puts Perry in a fix: If he disavows the sign too strongly, "the Tea Party will tar and feather him as a weak-kneed.

The Post 's story is damaging, but unfair: This isn't the first time the Post has ginned up racism charges against a Republican, says Thomas Lifson at The American Thinker. Remember how the paper used "the vague word 'macaca' to demonize George Allen out of the Senate"? In this case, Perry has forcefully called the ranch's "poisonous" handle an "offensive name that has no place in the modern world.

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What follows is a long investigative piece by Stephanie McCrummen on the history of the Perrys' hunting property and its offensive name, which Perry says he and his father quickly changed after they began using the property in the early s. There is no definitive account of when the rock first appeared on the property. In an earlier time, the name on the rock was often given to mountains and creeks and rock outcroppings across the country. But the name of this particular parcel did not change for years after it became associated with Rick Perry, first as a private citizen, then as a state official and finally as Texas governor.

Some locals still call it that. As recently as this summer, the slablike rock — lying flat, the name still faintly visible beneath a coat of white paint — remained by the gated entrance to the camp. And others who recall hunting and vacationing with Perry at this point don't recall him having the offensive word painted over as promptly as he claims.

It kind of offended me, truthfully.