Rep. Westmoreland (R-GA) calls Obama "uppity"; UPDATED w/ audio
By SilentPatriot Wednesday Sep 03, 2008 3:15pm
Not even trying to hide their racism anymore, I see.
Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the racially-tinged term "uppity" to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday.
Westmoreland was discussing vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's speech with reporters outside the House chamber and was asked to compare her with Michelle Obama.
"Just from what little I’ve seen of her and Mr. Obama, Sen. Obama, they're a member of an elitist-class individual that thinks that they're uppity," Westmoreland said.Asked to clarify that he used the word “uppity,” Westmoreland said, “Uppity, yeah.”
From the C&L vault: Westmoreland co-sponsors bill on the Ten Commandments and can’t even name them
UPDATE: Listen to the audio and decide for yourself.
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So is Westmoreland saying that Barack is gay?
how is "uppity" a racist term?
Just think, there are people out there who voted for this LOSER!
Anyone who doesn't like the way things are right now is totally uppity and doesn't love America.
That guy is dumb as rocks.
Well, nice to see a Republican who actually has the balls to use the word instead of dancing around like all the others have been.
Maybe if Mr. Obama wore a nice red jacket and sharp white gloves they'd find him easier to accept in the White House.
Straight out of the McCain camp's talking points memos ...
Gergen: McCain Using Code Words To Attack Obama As "Uppity"
Oh, wow, the grammar in Westmoreland's sentence is tortured. Has the guy been hanging around Dubya too long? ("Is our Congresscritters stupid?")
A racist pig like this honky is downity. How low can the thugs in the republican party go? Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, and Dwight Eisenhower would all be Democrats. None of them would have been racist pigs and reichwing fascists.
burnt @ 2:
Are you kidding?
burnt @ 2:
Just like lynching is a racist term.
Born in the south, raised in the south. I know what "uppity" means. For all those redneck, trailer trash fools with confederate flags hanging across their bar, return to the 21st Century-you lost the damn war.
burnt @ 2:
Your right...so when I tell you to go fuck yourself, i am not being hostile or rude.....so go fuck yourself!
I think the kindest thing I could say about rep westmoreland is the he seems very stupity!
burnt @ 2:
You must be new to humanity. Welcome.
burnt @ 2:
Because it's long been used with another word that is very popular among white racist assholes.
It's a Civil War we are in.
cubiclegrrl @ 7:
Yeah, I can't even tell whom he's referencing. Or what he's talking about at all.
Just from what little I’ve seen of her and Mr. Obama, Sen. Obama, they’re a member of an elitist-class individual that thinks that they’re uppity.
Who's a member? They're a member of an individual? Who thinks who's uppity? What the hell?
Oh man...you just KNOW that behind closed doors the "N" bomb is gettin dropped left and right by this fucker.
kasinca @ 8:
Nixon was a racist, anti-semitic pig.
cubiclegrrl @ 7:
yeah - he's from Georgia. They don't believe in much edumacation.
lmab @ 12:
amen!
burnt @ 2:
Call the next big black man you pass by "uppity". Your ignorance won't be an excuse to save your dumb ass.
What did you you expect from a southern redneck good ol boy. He's part of elitist class called idiot politicians. Yeah, idiot politicians.
Uppity?
Who's running against this clown?
I don't care who's in his district they deserve a better rep than this ass clown.
11. Thou shalt not be uppity if thine skin is dark.
Duncan James @ 9:
He's got to be.
Bet the right wing punk wouldn't say that to Obama's face.
burnt @ 2:
Connotation vs. Denotation.
Though the rest of the "you've got to be kidding" responses are better. :)
Duncan James @ 9:
no?
and I just googled "uppity racist" ... not much there either. hmm. I grew up in a small town, used to hear the term all the time. usually in reference to city folks, and/or rich folks.
Mr. Anon @ 4:
Only if they're minorities. White folks who think like that are traitors, who don't love Murka...
Scy @ 16:
It is a battle for the soul of the country. It is about what america could be and should be. Obama had it just about right.
I am just afraid that the wrong side is going to win.
someguy @ 26:
He's not.
http://justmoreofthesame.com
http://barackobama.com
Rob (Formerly) In Toronto @ 31:
Evil always wins the battle but not the war.
Ohhh! Uppity! Ouch. Where are we? In the playground? Sounds like a childs retort,"Your uppity!", The reply,"Am Not!"
Any bets on which politican (and which side of the isle they're on) gets caught using the "N" word?
Clearly the guy did not mean 'uppity' in racist terms. The dictionary defines 'uppity' as "snobbish, arrogant, or presumptuous".
I'm a democrat, but get a grip guys. This is just stupid.
You've got to remember that these are just simple conservatives. These are people of the red states. The common clay of the new Republican party. You know... morons
Wait. What? So going to Harvard makes you an 'elitist'?
Karen @ 17:
Not to mention that the word "individual" should take the pronoun "who," not "that."
A very common error among the dumbed-down American populace.
Illiterate, indeed. And very, very insulting. The hell with this Westmoreland cracker.
"Ni@@er" is coming for sure next.
Vlad Rudy practically called Obama a "fa@@ot" last night too.
kit wilson @ 11:
Yep I was born and raised in the south too and I heard my racist father and mother use that word in a phrase followed by the "N" word more times than I care to remember.
His nervous system terminates at the basal ganglia.
burnt @ 29:
go read Gone With the Wind and then come back and comment.
GLAD OBAMA DIDN'T ANSWER THE QUESTIONS IN A "high pitched hysterical shrill screech"
The republican party is full of rich people and those that mistake being unrefined as being genuine and a good American. This is anti-intellectualism at its worst. Again, Thomas Frank's book about Kansas is spot on. Here's a brief example of this anti-cultural elitist slant among repubs. I frequent a traditional archery site that is mostly republican, as far as I can tell. A guy was posting about how wolf reintroduction was a bad idea in a certain area, mostly he demonized wolves. I, as a biologist, tried to give him a few counter-arguments. He actually said about me to the forum (I paraphrase from memory) "it may seem that [my screen name there] is being very logical and using a lot of impressive words, but he is just justifying how he feels. It is all just his feelings wrapped in reasoning." How can you win an rational debate with these people when they don't really believe that reason is possible?
Semper FLY @ 38:
Spending years raising a family while paying back your college loans makes you an elitist. Yeah, I'm sure that's what he meant.
And you know I'd agree that he's clearly being racist if that sentence even made sense.
Is english his first language? Because it sounds very much like he remembers which talking point he's supposed to be using but can't quite get the grammar down.
That's how we does thins' down in jeeogia.
Bah now!
burnt @ 29:
You didn't look too hard. This was the first thing that popped up in my google...
You know, 'uppity' - as in a black person wanting to move up in social class or standing out of the ghettos and slums where the racists think they should stay.
Mike @ 36:
Again, connotation vs. denotation.
If he weren't being racist, he had no idea of the historical connotation of the word when applied to African Americans. That's an issue in and of itself. Like the California Assemblywoman who offered to "Jew down" a price, having no idea that the term actually insulted Jewish people.
The denotation is not merely snobbish or presumptuous; it includes "assuming airs beyond one's station." Historically, the term was used in the last century to connote uppity blacks who think they should be allowed to vote / hold office.
Amalink @ 43:
or just say it to the next black guy ya see.
RACIST!!!!! I'm surprised that he's not upset that Obama is half white, the same color as him. Hmmmm?????
Scy @ 16:
Definitely and to many Dems in leadeship see these right wing demonic freaks as the people we can work with and not the enemy.
Unil we realize these freaks are the enemy Dems will continue to lose.
motorfingaz @ 33:
Sorry, I see no evidence of this. It is a nice turn of phrase but it just ain't true.
Truth does not always win out.
The good guys do not always win.
Nice Guys often do finish last.
The "pushback" on this has been weak from Obama's camp. His spokesman said "I see no racial context". I am sorry but that aint gonna cut it. This wasn't even a dogwhistle, it was blatant and unrepentant because he was asked to clarify and he repeated it. If these buttwipes cannot be called out when they are being obviously racist then what is the point of even trying?
This country has had twenty plus years of the republicans projecting its own thoughts and ideas onto the opposing party. I'm tired of it. The only uppity people are the hypocritical republicans and this cracker Rep. Westmoreland.
In westmorelands defense, he can't be as stupid as he appears. No one could be that stupid and live, could they?
I wish to nominate him as eternal poster boy for brain death.
http://uppitynegronetwork.wordpress.com/
Rep. Westmoreland is a frequent contributor.
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"what little i've seen ... of obama"? is he kidding?
do the people in his district understand what a shockingly low-information rep they have?
Gotta disagree with ya, Mike @36. This isn't about political correctness. Hopefully this is Westmoreland's "macaca" moment. Since when is it out of line for a Harvard grad for aspire to the Presidency? Or do you have to be a skull and bones alumni from Yale to qualify?
Remind me again, which party is "elitist"? I keep forgetting... [/snark]
burnt @ 29:
Try googling "uppity" followed by the N-word to complete your understanding.
Hopefully some "uppity" person, or persons, will find out where the good Mr. Westmoreland lives, and pay him and his family a visit in order to clarify exactly what that term means, and how he might apply it more judiciously in the future when granting interviews.
Now that would be a most excellent thing.
burnt @ 29:
We'll YOU certainly aren't uppity. Maybe you should grab a history book some time....and ask someone to read it to you....it might spare you an ass whipping.
From the online etymology dictionary: www.etymonline.com
uppity
1880, from up; originally used by blacks of other blacks felt to be too self-assertive (first recorded use is in "Uncle Remus").
Now go see if you can find usages in the "Song of the South" books.
This is reasonably racist, but Guiliani last night was totally off-the-hook racist, or else he only wants to stop Muslim terrorists and not care about domestic terrorists.
Guiliani :"Why won't democrats talk about Islamic Terrorists?" - um, because their religion doesn't make me hate them anymore? I guess hating people for the sole reason that they're different from me is not something I'm about. Hating terrorism? That, my friends, is something everyone can get behind, no matter the perpetrator's religion.
Mike @ 36:
I dunno.. I don't personally immediately react to 'uppity', since I guess I've lived relatively sheltered from racists. (is that really a bad thing?)
But: It would appear that those more versed in racist lingo and in particular that of the South claim it does have strong racist connotations to them.
It does have a negative and racist connotation. Even if he didn't mean it in a racist way, he should know better.
Things are flying too fast. Where's the Reverend Al? Is this another Macaca Moment? Put it out there fast and have McCain comment.
This shouldn't be dropped but I bet the MSM considers this small stuff and won't cover it.
Proof to retards who don't know that the words uppity and one or more references to black people have been used together as an insult. I googled "uppity negro"
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&rls=GGLR%2CGGLR%3A2006-23%2CGGLR%3Aen...
and got over 61,000 listings. Sure, he might've just meant snobbish in a racially-neutral way, but most mature adults steer clear of this type of speech because they anticipate how could be EASILY misinterpretted.
Amalink @ 43:
hmm... guess you learn something new every day.
I don't want to read that crap book though. Rhett and Scarlett's reputations sound far too boring, from what little I know. before today, I would have even gone so far as to say they seemed "uppity".
lol... really? really?? its a racist term? huh...
see, I would have never figured Obama was "uppity" - the guy shoots hoops, the guy eats greasy food, the guy smokes cigarettes.
now - someone like John Kerry? oh ya, hell ya, we would have called him "uppity" for sure.
I don't doubt that Rep Westmoreland is probably racist, but - wow, I had no idea. well, I guess I'll be sure to remove that word from my vocabulary
In case anyone has forgotten... this is the rock-stupid fucktard who wanted to "protect" the Ten Commandments but couldn't remember what they were when asked by Stephen Colbert.
Come on, Westy, call him the n-word on national television. You know you want to. Don't hold it in. Let the world see you for what you are.
MrBigDog2U @ 63:
That's good. Here's the direct link:
Dale @ 66:
And the reporter gave him a chance to reconsider. He knew exactly what he was saying and exactly what he meant.
If this wasn't with racist intent then I guess that the only way that we will be able to say someone is a racist is if they drop the N-word on national TV.
"That uppity n@%#!!r went and hit me with a shovel. I sure would like it if you would hang him."
Slim Pickens
"Blazing Saddles"
So basically he thinks Obama is not in the class of people he should be in? He thinks he belongs in a lower class? Is he threatened by Obama's intelligence and personality? Does it scare him for a black man to possess more knowledge than he himself possesses? If that should be the situation, whose fault is that?
burnt @ 29:
Indeed, you used to to describe people you believed had a self-image much greater then they actually were. So man X is "uppity"; Who does he think he is? He is just a city councilman, what right does he have to tell me how to run my farm?
Seems you are familiar with the usage just fine.
burnt @ 2:
Go call a black guy uppity and report back.
Aside from the racism (which is pretty obvious), I'm wondering why he was being asked to compare Palin to Michelle Obama? Palin is on the ticket to be VP. Michelle Obama isn't on the ticket, she'd be the first lady. Do you think they'll ask some random Democrat to compare Cindy McCain and Joe Biden?
burnt @ 29:
You're not from around here, are you? How old are you?
burnt @ 2:
Maybe you ask in ignorance so I will tell you. In the old South (and other parts of the country) a black person "knew their place". "Their place" was to serve "their white betters." A black person who spoke well or was educated or strived to better themselves was considered to be behaving "above their place" and was therefore called "uppidy".
In some cases, the word "uppidy" was followed by the word lynch.
Cindy McCain sits around in a $300,000 dollar outfit and Obama is elitist? WOW!
Dear God, this asshole was my Congressman once upon a time. When I moved away from Georgia, the state of my birth where my family has been for a couple of hundred years, I didn't just leave the state, I left the country. Sometimes I don't even think living in the UK is far enough away from people like Westmoreland (who, mark my words, doesn't in his heart believe he's done anything wrong - he's really that fucking stupid, and there are plenty more where he came from).
When I do go back home to visit, I feel my IQ starting to drop once I step foot out of the Atlanta or Athens areas.
Uppity is not exactly the way most of America sees the Obamas, Michelle included. The better terms would have been arrogant, elite, self centered, hateful, big-headed, full of themselves or possibly power hungry. That would have been truthful without being borderline racist. Not too many people would associate the word "uppity" with racism at this time in history since the word has lost that connection many years ago.
Are the Democrats falling asleep again?
I think Rep. Lynn Westmoreland has been hanging around George Allen too much.
A makaka moment, perhaps?
Born, raised, and currently reside in small-town Georgia. I've heard the word "uppity" used many times in my 25 years, and 99% of the time it has been followed by a certain derogatory term.
LibertyLover @ 78:
I just googled it and got over 250,000 references, you must not be able to read.
burnt @ 2:
It's not a racist term.
Taken from the dictionary:
up·pi·ty (p-t)
adj. Informal
Taking liberties or assuming airs beyond one's station; presumptuous
I see nothing to do with race in there.
The "fun" has just begun. While Obama and Biden talk about being "nice" and how they won't be attacking, the rightwingers are gonna pull out all the stops for the next two months. I expect much worse. More smears. More disinformation. It's already painful to watch the inability of our guys to respond effectively. You would have though that by now they would have learned from the Kerry experience. But noooooo....
motorfingaz @ 83:
No, we are just watching the Super Hockey Mom Tax Cutter Ethics Family Values candidate implode.
This guy along with all the self installed elected officials in Georgia, is one of the worst pieces of trash in congress.
He Tom Price, Saxby Chambliss, Johnny Isakson,Jack Kingston,Phil Gingrey are some of the worst pieces of trash to ever have graced our political system.
They are all heavely involved with corporate gangsters and they all need on going investegations into their involment with these corporations while using their political offices, that I am sure would lead to their arrest and convention.
I do hope that when we regain control of this country that people like these cheap bastards are dealt with according.
Redneck, cracker assholes with one set of grandparents otta be careful who they're calling 'uppity.'
Anyone want to donate to his democratic opponent?
Okay so uppity in the south is a racist term.
But in the rest of the world, its not.
I have a theory that a fair portion of the GOP's membership is comprised of men with sissy names who are overcompensating by acting like jerks.
I wonder if Lynn would agree.
Brutal selloff on Wall Street
Dow loses *345* points as mixed retail sales reports, weak job market news and an oil price slide add to fears about a global slowdown.
http://money.cnn.com/2008/09/04/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm
4 MORE YRS 4 MORE YRS 4 MORE YRS!!
http://www.stephencampforcongress.com/
I remember when this Macaca slinging thug was on Colbert and was hyping why the 10 commandments should be in a courthouse and then asked him to give the commandments. I wonder if he's learned them yet.
People who defend their ignorance by looking up the dictionary definition are silly.
If your mother was to walk by holding her female dog and someone yelled, "Hey! Look at that bitch," you would probably assume that person was insulting you mother.
You guys need to lay off burnt (but not Westmoreland). Here's where I first heard the word:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mr._Men#U
Roger Hargreaves = racist?
Rich @ 92:
ckerst @ 80:
Not ONE SINGLE DEMOCRAT on television today has put this info on the air!!!
WTF is wrong with the Democrats? Don't they know this is a fight!!!!
zilam @ 87:
Next you'll be telling us that tarbaby and spearchucker are also not racist terms?
Duncan James @ 75:
um. yes. exactly. I always assumed it was parallel or synonomous with "snooty". some guy with soft hands and pretty shoes has no business micromanaging a farmer or rancher, so that was the dismissive term farmers and ranchers would use to speak ill of whatever city councilman or banker or lawyer was meddling in the work of a farmer or rancher... - race never really, I mean - wasn't even in context.
but this was eastern Oregon. not southeast US. so like I say, guess you learn something new every day.
EYES OF TEXAS @ 82:
I disagree. I grew up in Texas and remember when kids from the other side of town were subjected to forced bussing. I remember and I'm middle-aged. People in the south absolutely know what this means.
Note:
"Elitist" has come tio be a code word for one quality: SMART You know, Obama may actually think he's a little smarter than anyone who thinks things are going great now and Bush's policies are a smashing success. "Ordinary Americans know an elitist when they see and hear one. They tawk funneh. They use big werds. They think thayr so smahrt! See, the more you can appeal to the simple-minded in the world, (and thankfully, they're easily whipped into mob frenzies or group think out of weak-mindedness) the more elections you can win, because smart people are a MINORITY.
I don't care how rude the truth sounds.
The Stock Market shed 344 points today. Guess that Palin speech didn't quite excite the market as much as it did those dumbos on the convention floor.
zilam @ 93:
This just in Georgia is the south.
zilam @ 93:
The great state of Georgia ... is in the south.
Uppity followed By Nig__r has been an expression in this country for a lonnnnnng time.
Uppity is a code word, no doubt.
Anyone notice how much this guy Westmoreland looks like George Allen?
Call Michael Richards!!!
this is the same tactic that works for (R) they don't like you.......they think they are better than you......maybe maybe NOT....
what i have seen also these people are insecure about
intelligent/articulate people so they have to find something to develop in their minds a even palying field.
this is easy to put on obama he is smart i believe
columbia and harvard graduate,harvard law review.
in a full time competitive world they believe he is walking around thinking he is better than everybody.
i don't know the guy......but i have smart friends
they don't waste their time proving how smart they are.
obama has a high Emotional Intelligence...mccain wish he had.
if you don't think obama's time teaching were he had to communicate the constitution and being on the harvard
law review means nothing your wrong.
burnt @ 2:
uppity is a racist term because it is used to describe a black person not staying in his/her place and Obama is now trying to get a "white only" position. that is why uppity is racist when used to describe a black person. does that answer your question?
just questions
motorfingaz @ 53:
Spot on, motorfingaz. There's no reaching across the aisle to people who want to destroy you.
Barry eats arugula and Sarah eats mooseburgers. Yeah, Barry is uppity!
IncredulousGeezer @ 108:
Spitting fucking image!
They could be brothers, easily.
I'll bet they are in the same klan.
zilam @ 93:
Westmoreland is a congressman in Georgia, which is in the south. Given that he supports posting the ten commandments on public property, but cannot list them, it's probably a safe bet that he is only familiar with the meaning of the word uppity as it is used in the south.
Thank God Colbert had the insight to ask him what the ten were. Most journalists wouldn't have. Good on ya Steve.
Westmoreland knows exactly what he's saying and to whom he's saying it. That's how he got where he is. I hope Camp can find some way to use this clip/interview to his advantage.
zilam @ 93:
You don't make the rules, jerk. I live in Chicago and I've been called that many times because I don't act like the typical "brotha".
All I can say is that Westmoreland must be feeling rather envious of the depleted intellect he has in comparison to Obama. You see, bigots--when they feel deficient in comparison to people of color--always lash out as their last stab of superiority. It demonstrates how desperate they are for attention and control.
But alas, it also showed what a bigoted fool this man is to think that he can get away with that kind of garbage in this day and age.
Why, it makes him just as stupid as Gov. Hockey Mom, if you think about it.
Wait, wait, wait. Congressman Westmoreland is dumber than a bag full of hammers. He'd think a 'Yield' sign is uppity because it uses a word he doesn't understand.
Uppity in Westmorelands world = RACIST
Scott @ 104:
I really wish Obama would address the Repbulicans use of this wedge at the debate. I think it's really important. This characterization really needs to be exposed for what it is.
motorfingaz @ 32:
There's no way he's not joking.
General Sherman's march to the sea greatly diminished the Georgian gene pool for all time.
Westmoreland is a racist and a very stupid man. The sad and infuriating thing is that he doesn't realize it, and probably never will.
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Westmoreland is just trying to energizing his base.
Energize is Rovian for gettin' their hate ON. Last night, BushCo2. energized the shit out of that place.
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That's choice. An obscenely rich, Southern, privelaged, white guy calling a black guy "elitest".
What's next, calling conservatives "fiscally responsible" or "compassionate"?
Sheesh.
Next, they'll be calling Obama a white supremacist.
WTF is UPPITY?????????
Left&Left @ 118:
A-men. I'm surprised that people expressed that they don't know anything about this term. I've heard it all my life too.
Just think poor Lynn wants the 10 Commandments on every government property but can't tell you what they are. I can think of 2 and I don't know all 10. "Thou shall not bear false witness", "Love they neighbor as thyself". You Lynn, broke both of these. Go back to Georgia and digs us some peanuts. If he had a brain he'd be considered dangerous.
Racist, lying, cheating, stealing RepubliCON from the great state of Georgia.
zilam @ 87:
You appear to need some social diversity in your life. I'll bet you don't see a lot of things.....the 1950's were great, weren't they?
There they go again, using that word "elitist."
The media elite; Hollywood elite; elite this; elite that.
What about the goddamned wealthy elite who are the Republican base?????
I grew up in the days of Blazing Saddles and Airplane. I'll be 40 in a few days and I know that uppity does refer to race for someone that age in the south. Period. On the other hand, it may not anymore. For someone in the north or west who is less than 30, it may not have the same connotation. The argument isn't if it is racist in general, but if it's racist to a older southern white male. Yes, and he knew it.
Isn’t it amazing, Republicans who for weeks…months… almost a year, have been railing against Obama saying :
“All he can do is give speeches, he has no plan, no details no substance. “
Despite overwhelming evidence that Obama indeed has ;
details, substance, and a plan.
Just look at the staggering precise proposals on Obama’s website’s issues page.
For years…fracking years, Obama has done hundreds of substantial, and probing interviews, with reporters, and world leading experts. Not once has anyone doubted Obama’s brilliant analytical mind, even when they disagree with him. Definitely the man has a plan.
For months, Republicans have been mocking Democrats saying in effect to Obama supporters ; “What a bunch of naïve, knee-jerk, Kool- Aid drinkers you are…all you need is empty rhetoric and your sold.”
athospaco1's diary :: ::
Then…then…along comes little Miss Caribou Barbie…who despite overwhelming evidence that she is a bald-faced liar with zero…zero…thought-out policies (check out her issues page, before the McCain-Bush puppetmasters plucked her from obscurity), she had practically no opinions on record on anything (save Abortion, Book banning, and Cheney-like abuses of power),these same Republicans, who by the way, after years of exposure to Obama, demanded that Obama perform the 12 political labors of Hercules to be even remotely taken seriously) ,now have the AUDACITY, to say with a straight…frracking face…Sarah Palin?...I saw ONE speech…I’m sold”!
And, then despite Sarah Palin’s, crypto treasonous associations, they welcome her as the second coming of Roosevelt.
Then despite their hilariously delusional claims that she is “ready on day one”…they insist, they must hide her for days, lest the media ask Palin questions for which they claim she is so prepared.
Un-fracking-believable.
The Very Bitter Ceci Hussein @ 119:
Don't underestimate Palin just because her ideology is reprehensible. I think she's quite clever about getting what she wants. As a matter of fact, her cunning sliminess makes her a model repugnican!
Very nice of you guys to Photoshop the US flag over the WHITE POWER one in the picture....
O.T., Jack Abramoff sentenced for four years.
ckerst @ 80:
No, that's not quite it. "Elitist" has to do not with just rich people, even VERY rich people. It's all about highly educated or cultured people, especially East Coast or having any college teaching experience. The GOP loves them some really rich non-elitists!
Also, I just think it's strange that Westmoreland thinks that the Obamas think that they're uppity.
That sad excuse for a human being knew exactly what he meant. He is from Georgia for effing sake! And I know because I live in Florida so that makes me an Expert of All Things Georgian since Georgia is next to Florida.
hey Nancy Pelosi, does this guy deserve to be a US Representative? Isn't there an ethics code for the House of Representatives.
Thou Shalt Not Spew Crap From Your Bigoted Piehole
QUOTE ("Eyes of Texas"):
"Uppity is not exactly the way most of America sees the Obamas, Michelle included. The better terms would have been arrogant, elite, self centered, hateful, big-headed, full of themselves or possibly power hungry. That would have been truthful without being borderline racist. Not too many people would associate the word 'uppity' with racism at this time in history since the word has lost that connection many years ago."
Even making this leap of faith that no racism was intended and looking at the comment as if he intended to say "arrogant, elite, self centered, hateful, big-headed, full of themselves or possibly power hungry" as you suggest, WTF?
Both Obama and his wife came from modest beginnings, they pulled themselves up by their bootstraps through their hard work, they then dedicated their lives to helping others in their community, currently they live in just one house (and I'm sure they can tell you that) and their campaign platform is based on assisting the middle class and rolling back the tax breaks for the elite. ...and of the two candidates, Obama is the elitist?
Something tells me that the term "elitist" is actually a code word for something else.
StirFry @ 125:
zilam @ 87:
Well, this begs the question...what does Westmoreland think Obama's "station" should be? It has totally racist connotations in the south. As mentioned by posters above, "uppity" is almost always followed by the "n" word when used by good ol' southern boys like Westmoreland.
and from what I see he couldn't look more "stuppity"... yeah, "stuppity"
When I was five years old we lived on one side of the road and black people lived on the other. It was a fairly busy road so no kids were allowed to cross the street without an adult. When the ice cream truck would come down the street all the black kids would yell, here comes the honkie man, and we would all run into our respective houses to get money to buy ice cream. So to me, the ice cream man was the honkie man. I used that term for several years because I thought that was what you called an ice cream man. Even today when I hear the bell of the ice cream truck, in my head I hear the honkie man.
mcnorman @ 113:
sarah went to tier#3 university
obama went to #1 universities that people compete
big time to get into....university idaho anybody can get in
my point this competition and it's a jealousy for some people....they don't like you... they think that they are
better than you JIM JONES nonsense
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