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Red sweaters are also under attack. little racist bird. veronica, is goodell serious where if one person is offended we have to listen? or if one sports writer is offended we have to listen? >> what we should do is name eve team an offensive name and we have to listen to everybody. you can have the inbreds or the miami rafters. >> anymore offensive names? >> i will stop there. >> good. >> buck, i honestly think the team should change its name. >> i am disappointed. >> preferably to the washingto...

this is "cnn saturday morning." its march 3rd, and im david mattingly. tornadoes shred through the midwest and south killing more than 30 people, and there is a new threat of storms today. then in two hours washington state republicans will officially select who they think should go up against barack obama. could ron paul finally win one? bus t we begin with the ferocious killer storms that went through the midwest and southern u.s. at least 32 people are dead. now the frantic sear...

>> the racial slur painted on a rock out front. >> the racial epithet was visible on a rock. >> the racial slur. >> the racially charged name. >> rick perry said his father painted over the word. >> perrys campaign maintains the name was changed. >> several people told "washington post" they could read the word as recently as a few years back. >> the texas governor had a camp called such an offensive name. >> n-word, racial -- epithet, you know that word. its hard to cover this stuff. after the ...

Family maintained a hunting camp. the name of the hunting camp was something i cant say, its not just because im on tv i cant say it. according to the "post" the name was painted across a large rock standing at the gated entrance to the camp. mr. perry said his family painted over the offensive name when they started using the camp in the early 1980s but the "post" spoke to people who remember seeing the name painted on the rock much more recently. the n-word head story about rick perry got atte...

Finally painted over it, its just plain insensitive to a lot of black people in this country. >> governor perrys spokesman responded to cains comments saying in part, mr. cain is wrong about the perrys familys quick action to eliminate the word on the rock, but is right the word written by others long ago is insensitive and offensive. that is why the perrys took quick action to cover and obscure it. perry also drew headlines for controversial remarks he made on military intervention. now weve go...