What's the word you're looking for?
-appalling
-disgusting
-racist
-contemptuous

I think I'll go with:
-dickhead
-moron
-pinhead
-total fucking asshole

Yep, that's my congressman, Mr. Ten Commandments of Colbert fame, from the same district that gave us Newt Gingrich. Makes you proud.

He got the talking-points, but forgot "show, don't tell." Shakespeare knew idiots like this:

FLUTE

Most radiant Pyramus, most lily-white of hue,
Of colour like the red rose on triumphant brier,
Most brisky juvenal and eke most lovely Jew,
As true as truest horse that yet would never tire,
I'll meet thee, Pyramus, at Ninny's tomb.

QUINCE

'Ninus' tomb,' man: why, you must not speak that
yet; that you answer to Pyramus: you speak all your
part at once, cues and all Pyramus enter: your cue
is past; it is, 'never tire.'

FLUTE

O,--As true as truest horse, that yet would
never tire.

Re-enter PUCK, and BOTTOM with an ass's head

- A Midsummer Night's Dream, III, i.
.

"they're a member of an elitist-class individual"

At first I thought this was just jumbled up word jazz.

On looking at it more closely, maybe it's Freudian.

Calm down. It's all in good humor. It's not a personal attack. Don't play the race card.

--John McCain.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

Its baiting. The Republicans would like this to an OJ style media circus. Where angry blacks argue with angry whites. Best to ignore it.

I think this may be the pressure point to apply force at:

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Lynn_Westmoreland#Campaign_contributions

Call his sponsors, and tell them how you feel about the racist.

It's "uppity" now; by the eve of election day they'll be screaming "n****r!"

They're desperate. They know they've hitched their wagon to a loser.

Its baiting. The Republicans would like this to an OJ style media circus. Where angry blacks argue with angry whites. Best to ignore it.

Yup. Keep killing them with facts.

Like the Republicans not saying shit about anything that, you know, matters.

I like you, MsJoanne.

And so The Great Culture War of Ought Eight begins...

Folks, this is going to get UGLY.

Ever since McCain blew it by not being able to answer how many houses he owned, the Republicans have been in a downward spiral. This latest gaffe is just another example.

I said that the dynamics of the election would be set by labor day. It's now after labor day, and things look really bad for the Republicans.

I think the phrase you're looking for is "uppity white trash." Looks like McCain has the cracker vote all sewn up.

Breaking:

GOP self-destructing...

Makes you wonder what they will resort to when Barack hits 52%.

I love how Westmoreland managed to link "elitist" and "uppity" and pretty much blow the whole notion that "elitist" was meant to be anything other than a racist code word straight out of the water.

I mean, even Lee Atwater knew you couldn't come right out and say this stuff. You had to say things like "forced busing" and "welfare queens" to keep it under the radar enough for people to support you.

But John McCain was a POW!

Steve, you can drop the Kumbaya playbook.

Offensive, reprehensible, sleazy, also come to mind.

As do, deliberate, planned, targeted, etc.

Look! There is a racist around that corner! And another in that tree! Wait I think I see one BEHIND THAT CAR!!!!

Touchy, touchy.

How about Snobby - is that racist too?

Clarence Thomas is still getting called and uncle Tom as is Condeleza.

Get a grip progressives - I know it has been a bad day.

As do, deliberate, planned, targeted, etc

I don't think it was deliberate. I think that Westmoreland has a "language memo" that was distributed to Republicans explaining what terminology to use (eg, "instead of 'estate tax', say 'death tax'), and it contained talking points that say, "don't say uppity, say 'elitist'," and, unfortunately, Westmoreland let the cat out of the bag and forgot to do the correct substitution.

The words "thinks that they're uppity" make no sense. It's like "uppity" was just bursting to get said whether it fit the sentence or not.

As usual, The Onion was there first .

From this and the Palin pick, it seems to me the GOP are really running scared and figure they have to do whatever they can to shake it up. If they're losing N Dakota, they're looking at a blue landslide.

Good thing Obama's a cool customer and will meet these gross insults with humor and grace.

I wonder if the plan is to continue to have these momentary "lapses," these little "mistakes," throughout the remainder of the election. It will serve to keep the race issue covertly alive as GOPers, with angst, decry these "errors' perhaps in much the same way as they attack the "sexists" who criticize Palin.

You know what? If Barack would just address Ol' Pops as "Massa", they'd probably stop with the uppity shit.

Where the hell is Dave Chappelle when you need him?

They would've gotten around to the racist slurs sooner than this, but cut them some slack -- they had a hurricane to deal with.

"Elite" means different things to Republicans and Democrats. When Republicans use the word, they're really criticizing someone for being too well educated. They're telling people, "He thinks he's smarter than you!" When Democrats talk about an "elite," however, they're talking about a money elite.

Republicans are going to lose and lose big ... and what will follow is 4+ years of smear tactics against the Obamas ... investigations, allegations ... recall what they did to the Clintons ... for god sakes, at one point (still in some circles) Hillary Clinton was accused to killing Vince Foster. How long before these sort of allegations start popping up?

And if a $300K outfit is not uppity, I dont know what is ...

Let me explain the Bill of Rights and why they were insisted upon way back in the day.

Most of the Colonists came from a place called England. England was run by someone called a King at the time. Kings originated from a selection process that involved being big, bad, and smart. If you read the Iliad, you can get some insight into the selection process. Despite some issues associated with inbreeding, the big, bad, and smart traits survived. Those two princes could probably get laid on any given Friday, even without their titles.

Although Kings were big, bad, and smart, they had to establish a strong executive government as there were many more subjects than there were royalty. Given the numbers of subjects and the nature of man, the Kings placed controls on speech to control the population.

America is truly blessed to have been founded by the men that we have as Founding Fathers, who believed in extending greater individual liberties to Americans and limiting the executive. Many of these founders, recognizing the nature of man, worried that if the Bill of Rights were not to be included in writing, that another big, bad, smart leader would come along and take away individual liberties all over again.

There are people today, and I’ll count you among them Steve, that want to place limits on free speech all over again. I do not regard these people to have good situational awareness. What they do not realize is that controversial speech is the thing that protects the masses from exploitation from big, bad, smart people. Rarely are the people who want to limit speech big, bad, and smart. Except for the few that are very, very big, bad, and smart, who would first stomp out the little ones quickly. Read Animal Farm for details.

So Steve, you’ve got your forum in which I have no rights, and as long as you allow this last post to remain, I will go quietly into the night. You can even advocate removing words from the English language. But I recommend against it.

Look! There is a racist around that corner! And another in that tree! Wait I think I see one BEHIND THAT CAR!!!!

Yes, when Westmoreland tried to not renew the Voting Rights Act, he was doing it out of the kindness of his heart for all of those poor election monitors who have to go out every year and make sure we have fair elections. I mean, what kind of lame-ass country thinks that every American citizen should be allowed to vote, anyway?

"Community organizers" is a racist code word for blacks too, they're assuming wealthy white suburban republicans will link that to black nationalistic preaching ala Rev. Wright.

From PoliticalWire:

Vanity Fair estimates that the "rather fancy designer clothes" Cindy McCain wore while taking the stage Tuesday night at the Republican convention cost somewhere between $299,100 and $313,100.

But the Obamas are the uppity ones?

No wonder Republicans dislike community organizers - they're afraid the masses might get tired enough of "let them eat cake" to grab the pitchforks and torches.

Oh well. All I can say about all of this is that it drove me to hit the "Donate" button at Obama's site. The goal is $10 mil between when Palin left the stage and when McCain goes on.

Did B.O.B. just compare Steve to George III?

Clarence Thomas is still getting called and uncle Tom as is Condeleza.

By who? Other than yourself, I mean.

And are you really such a drooling moron that you don't think calling a black man "uppity" is racist?

Founding Fathers, who believed in extending greater individual liberties to Americans and limiting the executive

Yes, they were called liberals.

Sometimes you have to stop and take a look in the mirror BrickOven...it's called projecting.

Besides the racist language, the statement doesn't even make grammatical sense. This person can't even speak an intelligible sentence. Best response is to laugh at them.

This time, Republican insults just ruin their chances. Every day, for one step forward, they go two steps back. Enjoy.

The voting core of the repugnican party is the Low Information Voter. Naturally, one would expect for rethugnicans to appeal to the Low Information Voter by describing Obama as an arrogant elitist.

This poor congressman just forgot to use the code! Or has he decided that the Low Information Voter just doesn't understand that 'arrogant' is the republican & corporate media code word for 'uppity'.

Interpretation of republican & corporate media speak to English:
- Low Information Voter = Stupid White Trash
- Arrogant = Uppity
- Elitist = someone who prefers to make policy and decisions based upon science and knowledge vs the republican mode of religious dogma and belief.

If Obama is ahead in the polls, as the election draws nearer you should expect the rethugs to get clearer and more explicit in their appeal to the LIV. What have the rethugs left, aside from fear and hatred, to sell to voters?

Of course, polls show that the Exxon/Bush/McCain energy plan has majority support among the amerikan public! But, it takes a hell of a lot of marketing effort & $$$ to sell 'drill, drill, drill' as an energy policy.

Vanity Fair estimates that the "rather fancy designer clothes" Cindy McCain wore cost somewhere between $299,100 and $313,100.

Since that is worth more than the median price of an American home, can we say they own 8 houses?

Seriously, expect to see incidents like this pretty regularly between now and November. And expect to see the corporate-controlled media, if they mention them at all, dismiss each occurrence as an "isolated incident". That's the term they use every time a bunch of white cops beat up or shoot an unarmed black man.

Yo Billy Jack! There's free speech then there's blogs. Just like movie ratings exclude various ages, bloggers must filter for mental cases, such as you.

"smear the first major-party African-American presidential nominee as "uppity" is ... what's the word I'm looking for here ... unacceptable."

Just imagine: President Obama called the white Congressman from Georgia uppity, Ohhh, the humanity; calling a Congressman uppity, the nerve.

The good news is that Westmoreland is sooo gone, he didn't even pretend to use a dog whistle: Everyone was supposed to hear this whistle.

Don't ever accuse Repugs of racism. It is non-existant in their sick alternative reality of a mindset.

Vanity Fair estimates that the "rather fancy designer clothes" Cindy McCain wore cost somewhere between $299,100 and $313,100.

Did they happen to mention the diamond pin? Couldn't read what it spelled out but it was quite dazzling.

Maybe "McCain 2008" in diamonds?

Yeah, that speaks to my heart right there.

Vanity Fair estimates that the "rather fancy designer clothes" Cindy McCain wore cost somewhere between $299,100 and $313,100.

I can just imagine what she was thinking while she was holding the baby, "Oh God, please don't throw up!"

Hey, marcopolo, you fucking idiot -

McCain's executive experience = ZERO

By the way - Cheney and Rummy had scads of experience, and look how bad they fucked everything up.

McCain's chance of winning=ZERO. There. Fixed it for you. Invoice to follow.

Lynn!! Lynn!! where I come from that's a bird's name!

Cue Eddie Murphy as Reggie Hammond in the redneck bar in 48 Hours. "There's a new sheriff in town . . . "

I can imagine Rep. Westmoreland stomping her foot in private..."Oh, that Negro!"

This was mentioned in the last thread, so I'll repeat my comment from there:

You have to remember, about the 'uppity' quote, that it comes from Lynn Westmoreland, who might only be a second-bracket competitor in the 'craziest Congressperson competition' but has 'retired the cup' in the 'stupid competition.' (They don't even award a bronze or a silver, because no one is worthy to stand on the platform with him.)

This is the same guy who, on Colbert, announced that the Ten Commandments should be posted in all public buildings, but when he was asked to name them, he could name only three.

It's disgusting, sure, but Westmoreland is an embarrassment to Republicans, to Georgians, and even to garden variety idiots.

Westmoreland is running against Stephen Camp.

http://www.stephencampforcongress.com/

Don't get mad, donate...

How about inflammatory?

Lynn Westmoreland is male, btw. (Another group he embarrasses.)

When Obama wins, expect more than a few Republicans to use the complete phrase.

I quote Lee Atwater:

You start out in 1954 by saying, 'Nigger, nigger, nigger.' By 1968 you can't say 'nigger' - that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites.

And subconsciously maybe that is part of it. I'm not saying that. But I'm saying that if it is getting that abstract, and that coded, that we are doing away with the racial problem one way or the other. You follow me - because obviously sitting around saying, 'We want to cut this,' is much more abstract than even the busing thing, and a hell of a lot more abstract than 'Nigger, nigger.

The modern Republican philosophy in a nutshell.

This is the numbnut that Colbert interviewed in one of his more memorable Better Know a District segments. The guy oozes knuckle dragging.

But he didn't call them "uppity." Read it carefully.
He just said that they think that they're uppity.
I didn't think that the Obamas had such a conflicted self-image, but you never know.

He could probably figure by now that Obama more than "thinks" he's uppity. LOL!

And if a $300K outfit is not uppity, I dont know what is ...

Uppity is someone of a lower caste acting above their station.

(And "they're a member of an elitist-class individual that thinks that they're uppity" contains almost as many clear syntactic and probable semantic errors as it does words, but I suppose the speaker would think that using the English language, rather than abusing it, would be an "uppity", "elitist-class" thing to do.)

I know Zeitgeist and CB have long argued about who is the dimmest "star" in the Congressional firmament: Michelle Bachman or Steve King?

My money has always been on Lynn Westmoreland. Stephen Colbert's "Better Know A District" segment with him was priceless.

Southern Strategy:

You start out in 1954 by saying, "Nigger, nigger, nigger." By 1968 you can't say "nigger"—that hurts you. Backfires. So you say stuff like forced busing, states' rights and all that stuff. You're getting so abstract now [that] you're talking about cutting taxes, and all these things you're talking about are totally economic things and a byproduct of them is [that] blacks get hurt worse than whites.

9iu11iani also mentioned that Democrats were scared to use the ter. Then went to say that they should say the word Islamic Terrorists to call them what they are - terrorists (Democrats did mention terrorists, just not the specific "Islamic Terrorists"). 9iu11iani went ahead and said out louder to the thunderous applause as if it were some kind of check-mate talking point, also he looked like he was having a cathartic moment saying "Islamic Terrorists" the second time. It was kind of, for lack of a better word, whack.

It's become painfully clear that the GOP have become pretty brazen as of late, that they can say whatever they want however they please because somehow they're the party that puts country first and therefore can piss all over it? This makes zero sense. They're the party of stereotypes and generalities, not big ideas.

Will the MSM take this up like they report on the "sexism" against Sarah Palin? They likely won't unless we push them by making enough buzz on alt-media that they have to report the reporting.

oic, the Obamas aren't uppity, they just think they're uppity. Whatever that means.

But this is the reporter's fault, whoever he/she is. The next follow-up question needs to be, explicitly, "Are you aware of the racist content of the word 'uppity', particularly when used by a white Southerner to describe an African-American?"

Reporters shouldn't depend on inference. They should drive the facts home.

I guess they've decided a more civil tone is a loser, so they're going with divisive to try and eke out a 50.0001% win.

It shows they have no respect for America and that they are completely incapable of governing all of America. They just want to have the power -- same as George W. Bush.

More of the same b.s. as Bush gives us.

So, Palin's rants last night had me stewing, slowly, on back burner, for 24hrs. The "uppity" thingie pushed the pot right to the front and Obama profited, even though -- after FISA -- I promised myself I wouldn't donate to him, ever again.

You figure that it was Obama who, somehow, managed to steer Palin into McCain's field of vision?

Lynn Westmoreland exemplifies the Southern Republican virtue of Racismo.

Actually, the word you're looking for is "brazen."

Westmoreland knew exactly what he was saying, who it was meant to resonate with and who it was meant to provoke. Dixiecrat Republicans are experts at race baiting, and at baiting liberals to remind whites who take sides racially whose side the Republicans are on.

I expect nothing less from a dumbed-down, uneducated man who doesn’t even have a bachelor’s degree. Westmoreland, along with Karen Handel and Casey Cagle, (all Georgia Republicans who are rumored to run for governor), doesn't even have a bachelor's degree. All three of them are either high school dropouts or stopped their education at high school. So I’m not shocked that he used this euphemism for nigger. How else could he respond to the Democratic nominee? He knows it's easier to appeal to the lowest part of people with fear than it is to discuss the issues.

"'uppidy' [sic] means presumptuous or putting on airs of superiority...."

You might look up the word 'connotation', while you're at the dictionary.

I had no idea the word uppity had racial undertones. The things you learn during an election year... like how much you make, how many homes you own, whether you old or young actually mean more than your desire to do the right thing.

We have two very good canidates running, with very different ideologies and what do we talk about... everything but their plans and vision.

If we (and the media) are serious about doing what is best for America, lets listen to Obama, lets listen to McCain. Look at their vision, their ideas, their plans and then make a decision.

Pretty much to be expected isn't it? Some dumb yokel gets elected to be head of his state's gubmint and then while trying to insult Obama, can't even get it right. I only noticed one post here pointing out that he said the Obamas think they are uppity.Huh? Somebody get that guy a flashlight and tell him to get back in the tent, set down in the circle and wait for his turn.

I cannot believe that anyone raised in the southern US would misconstrue Westmoreland's use of the term "uppity." When I was a white child raised in the South, uppity referred to a black man driving a new car, a black family that owned a well maintained home, any African American who aspired to be anything other than a laborer. In fact, it was a term used for any African American trying to better his/her self.

Wish I lived in Georgia so I could vote against this man.