Rep Westmoreland: Obama is uppity.

We've heard this word before during this campaign, uppity. What does it mean? Arrogant,  presumptuously, overwilling. Uppity was the word used to describe rebelling slaves agaisnt their captors.

The McCain campaing has been accused of using code words and images to suggest that Barack Obama "know his place." CNN's David Gergen, who has worked for Regan, Nixon and Bush, said this in response to McCain's celebrity ad attacks on Obama.:

"There has been a very intentional effort to paint him as somebody outside the mainstream, other, 'he's not one of us,'" said Gergen, who has worked with White Houses, both Republican and Democrat, from Nixon to Clinton. "I think the McCain campaign has been scrupulous about not directly saying it, but it's the subtext of this campaign. Everybody knows that. There are certain kinds of signals. As a native of the south, I can tell you, when you see this Charlton Heston ad, 'The One,' that's code for, 'he's uppity, he ought to stay in his place.' Everybody gets that who is from a southern background. We all understand that. When McCain comes out and starts talking about affirmative action, 'I'm against quotas,' we get what that's about."

The Republican quickly dismissed this charge, but today Republican Lynn Westmoreland said what many feel is the message of the Republicans: “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.”

“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.

“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.

Since the McCain camp has been so quick to lash out at Obama supporters and the media, I wonder if they will condemn this racist attack by a fellow Republican.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/03/gergen-mccain-is-using-co_n_116605.html

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