Bush Insider Agrees: Obama 'Uppity'

This racism is killing me inside! Yessir, the Republicans have done it again. They've gone and called Barack Obama, the well-educated, distinguished Senator running for President of the United States, "uppity."

Speaking with Politico, an anonymous (of course!) Bush insider used the tainted term while going over his keys for a McCain victory in November:

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Sep 22, 2008 · posted by Cord Jefferson · Link · 10 Responses

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Comments (10)

No. 1 · Megs

Uppity, please. Ha!

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 10:45 am

No. 2 · *M*

I for one, is a proud 'Uppity Negro' I have high standards and refuse to take crap from anyone and step down to their standards.

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 10:50 am

No. 3 · Jamaal

@ M
Uppity doesn't mean high standards. It means arrogance beyond one's station. Everyone should have high standards, what these republicans are saying is "how dare this black man presume to know what's best for descent white folk". As the election draws closer we should expect many more of these racist jabs to come from republicans and 527 groups.

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 11:07 am

No. 4 · Ike (post Ike)

Aren't "all" politicians "uppity"?

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 2:01 pm

No. 5 · *M*

@Jamaal. I know, I changed the definition to a positive.

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 2:40 pm

No. 6 · JackJohnson

The NY Times had a good editorial on this: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09.....amp;emc=th

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 3:12 pm

No. 7 · RhymesWithSilver

Having grown up reading the book pictured, THAT is what I think of when I think of "uppity"- a very unreasonably particular person, the kind of person who might wear a monocle. I only recently learned that this was another word I might be pissing people off with.

R.I.P.- "uppity", "articulate", "niggardly", etc…

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 6:00 pm

No. 8 · Jason

I wish "articulate" wasn't considered condescending. Most people ARE rather inarticulate, it should be a legitimate compliment.

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 7:32 pm

No. 9 · Eric T

This is getting rather annoying. I'm curious as to what an uppity white person would look like. Is there even such a thing?

First person to call me uppity gets knocked in the face.

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 10:05 pm

No. 10 · Jason

For the record, I have heard white people called "uppity" before, though I didn't fully understand what it was supposed to imply.

Posted: Sep 22, 2008 at 11:25 pm