Rep. Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA) Forgets The Talking Points

[Wrong Element]

He said outright what most conservatives (other than AJ) only hint at:


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.”


I won't even get into what the hell "member of an elitist-class individual" is supposed to mean. I wouldn't want to come across as uppity.



http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/westmoreland-calls-obama-uppity-2008-09-04.html

 

[Problem Child]

Peggy Noonan and Mike Murphy (Republican politicos) got caught dissing Sarah Palin on a hot mic, as well...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/03/peggy-noonan-mike-murphy_n_123647.html

 

[marshalt]

since when is "uppity" racially tinged?

 

[Slowlane]

since when is "uppity" racially tinged?

I was going to ask that. Late as usual.

 

[Colonel Hogan]

He said outright what most conservatives (other than AJ) only hint at:


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.”


I won't even get into what the hell "member of an elitist-class individual" is supposed to mean. I wouldn't want to come across as uppity.



http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/westmoreland-calls-obama-uppity-2008-09-04.html

If Westmoreland used the word "they" in reference to both Obama and Palin, then I'm guessing "uppity" loses all of whatever racial "tinge" it never had in the first place -- assuming anyone is paying the least bit of attention.

What a crock of shit, fer fucks sake!

 

[WolfMann63]

since when is "uppity" racially tinged?

It has to do with what usually follows the word "uppity" (hint, it starts with an 'N').

 

[KingOrfeo]

Obama is elitist!

 

[busybody..]

He said outright what most conservatives (other than AJ) only hint at:


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hey

SCHMUCK


Still believe the KENYAN writes his own soeeches?

Newsweek and the Times MADE UP THE STORY

 

[Slowlane]

It has to do with what usually follows the word "uppity" (hint, it starts with an 'N').

Palin is black? Damn, I missed that completely.

 

[Mansa Musa]

"Uppity", in Georgia, can get you killed. Most of the time, if you're black. But, there have been occasions where "poor white trash" have tried to rise above their "God-given position" in life, and they've received their taste of the lash.

 

[Azwed]

He said outright what most conservatives (other than AJ) only hint at:


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 (as in comparing Sarah Palin with Miichelle Obama not COmparing Barack Obama with Sarah Palin) with Michelle Obama.

"Just from what little I’ve seen of her(referring to Obama's wife Michelle Obama) 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.”


I won't even get into what the hell "member of an elitist-class individual" is supposed to mean. I wouldn't want to come across as uppity.



http://thehill.com/leading-the-news/westmoreland-calls-obama-uppity-2008-09-04.html

If Westmoreland used the word "they" in reference to both Obama and Palin, then I'm guessing "uppity" loses all of whatever racial "tinge" it never had in the first place -- assuming anyone is paying the least bit of attention.

What a crock of shit, fer fucks sake!

Read what he posted a little closer. I will help you out with some BOLD FONT and parentheses.

 

[smartandsexy]

Unfuckingbelievable. I mean I'm not surprised that people are thinking this, but that a member of congress would have the audacity to actually come out and say it, then go on to defend his choice of words as deliberate? Despicable.

But then this is the moron that wanted the 10 Commandments displayed in congress yet didn't actually know what the 10 commandments were, right?

 

[Ishmael]

The use of that word is right up there with 'niggardly' and 'black hole.'

Ishmael

 

[smartandsexy]

The use of that word is right up there with 'niggardly' and 'black hole.'

Ishmael

If a politician from Georgia doesn't recognise the cultural significance of the word 'uppity', he's too ignorant to be in the position he's in.

I'll give you a pass, as you're just an internet blowhard.

 

[Cap’n AMatrixca]

He said outright what most conservatives (other than AJ) only hint at:


...

I won't even get into what the hell "member of an elitist-class individual" is supposed to mean. I wouldn't want to come across as uppity.


...

I'm not going to speak to anything but my experienced, and my main experience, is like most of us, the press, and my time stationed in New Jersey.

There are two Americas. There is the NE, NYC-DC power corridor that supplies us with our national news and as such seems to feel they speak for all of America, including those of us to whom thise ways are completely alien other than our love for our children. We see OH!Bama, as one of us given access to that world and now being elevated to lead it. He acts like Hillary was acting, as if this were his birthright, but he ain't no big thing, he didn't come from that world, so words like uppity and too big for his britches are words that come too easy for us because, like nigger in other communities, they are the words we use in our church basements when we are doing our expected community service, usually organized by an associate pastor or one of the church ladies. It's like being in the PTA, or being the mayor, hell in my wife's home town, EVERYBODY had to take a turn being mayor; cut down on the bitching. These are words and terms Barack has heard in his life because I know the kind of people who raised him. They unfortunately picked his first mentor because of the color of his skin...

 

[Marxist]

Do a search for uppity. It's usually followed by NIGGER.

It's like calling someone who's a suck up Uncle. It's usually followed by TOM.

 

[Ulaven_Demorte]

The use of that word is right up there with 'niggardly' and 'black hole.'

Ishmael

Nothing like being an apologist for someone making an obviously racist comment.

 

[B_Gus_Richards]

There is no spinning this one.

The comment was racist in nature. Buuuuuuuutttttttttttttttttttttt, what do you expect from a Georgia cracker who is just following his Party's direction.

 

[Ishmael]

If a politician from Georgia doesn't recognise the cultural significance of the word 'uppity', he's too ignorant to be in the position he's in.

I'll give you a pass, as you're just an internet blowhard.

Anyone can be offended by any word at anytime. That doesn't make the word offensive. I'm sure that we're all intelligent enough to get to the context of the usage and make our own decisions. I've heard the word 'uppity' used now and again throughout my life and it's use, in the south primarily, is considerably general in context and not racially charged. It is an adjective that is NOT tied to any racial conotations beyond those, who in their thin skinned dementia, try to define it so for the rest of us English speakers and has NO conotation whatsoever without tying it to the noun it modifies.

Ishmael

 

[Cap’n AMatrixca]

I just guess we didn't get a lot of that in KANSAS, so it's still a projection.



It's not fair to try and tell me I'm defending it. For, the truth is, if we want to start hunting racists, the hunters should clean house first and go find the Democrats elected by those white people back east who weren't going to vote for Barack because of his skin color; this is just more selective partisan "gotcha." We don't want to talk about Donovan OH!Bama, oh hell no, he gets to go without examination, but good gawd how we love to hunt Republicans...



I'm sick to death of it, free speech is offensive speech or it ain't free. Jackasses.

 

[unregistered]

 

[Ishmael]

And your use of the word "cracker" is just an indicator of your pious nature right?

I think 'ignorance' is the word you're looking for.

Ishmael

 

[Recidiva]

I don't think "uppity" is anything but a generic insult.

Applied to a racial term, it could be considered "racist" - but "the" can be in a racially tinged sentence too. I object to this on the same basis that I object to the phrase "Weapons Of Mass Destruction Related Activities."

This is manufactured bullshit.

Okay, not intelligent or intelligible phrasing, and stupid, but not racist.

I've heard "uppity" refer to women more than minorities.

 

[Cap’n AMatrixca]

Jane, you uppity slut!

 

[Recidiva]

Jane, you uppity slut!

Seriously.

I'm not saying it's a nice word.

But it ain't racist.