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Thinks that way? >> bob: but you have to ask why the people who are his friends and supporter saying it was there? >> dana: maybe it was there. >> bob: if it was there and taking people to hunt that deserves criticism. >> greg: what about the timeline? when was the rock painted or turned over? just look at his tenture. he has appointed more minorities in the office of any governor in history. his enemies, adversaries, some are black saying there is not a racist bone in his body. if the point of releasing the story is to say this guy is a racist, it's wrong. >> dana: defended by the white house...

Offensive name was painted on a rock on the property for decades. perry's camp quickly responded saying, quote, perry's father painted over offensive language on a rock soon after leasing the 1,000 acre parcel in the early 1980s. regardless of what was painted on the rock, we've learned the name may have been well known in that area. the "new york times" caught up with perry's old scout master's son who says the hunting camp had always been known by that name. it's just what it was called from day one. i personal liam not offended by the name. and i donenn't like the word. that's just what peo...

All the time for dinner. >> doesn't answer the x. >> let ask you this, snag struck me, rick perry has been governor of texas longer than any person in the history of that state. he has been rumored to be a presidential candidate for some time, why are we just now hearing this? >> a very good question and i think it goes to a lot of questions even in some of the people in the media. >> you're part of the media now. >> exactly right. which is one of the reasons i'm jumping on this. we should have known this before he was running for governor. the real anticipate to that is the fact you don't eve...

Or not you think some things are tolerable and you don't have to be a racist to do things to say that you would tolerate certain things or that you're insensitive to certain things. there are some people, like on bloggers that arguing this morning, well, the n-word and that title is a regional thing. well, you shouldn't be president of the united states if you think in any region of this country you can racially offend people. >> perry's camp has pushed back, they have pointed to his record of high-profile appointments of african-americans. the chief judge down there an african-american. >> ri...

Income, okay? so there was no benefit to me from the cayman entity. as i said, the cayman entity was set up to accommodate nonprofit and pension funds that want to invest through offshore in a certain number -- >> so you helped others avoid paying taxes? >> again, i'm not going to comment -- they didn't devoid, they followed the law. the other big hearing on capitol hill yesterday, rick perry up for energy secretary. a highly-critical article in "the new york times" loomed over perry, the one we told you about yesterday. the paper faced plenty of backlash and drew scrutiny over its sourcing ...