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Date Posted: 05:41:51 09/06/08 Sat
Author: Terry
Subject: Republican Congressman calls the Obamas "Uppity"

The Colbert Report called this man a "stupid cracker" and did an interview that reinforced that observation. Best part was the Congressman stating the 10 commandments should be displayed in judicial buildings and then being unable to name all 10 commandments. Idiot.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g8eMUng8c9fRJPvGHYOeolqH-uzwD930N50G0

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are calling on a Republican congressman from Georgia to apologize for referring to Barack and Michelle Obama as "uppity," but the lawmaker stood by his comments and said he meant no offense.

Speaking to reporters Thursday, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland of Grantville, Ga., described the Obamas as members of an "elitist-class ... that thinks that they're uppity," according to The Hill, a Capitol Hill newspaper.

Asked to clarify whether he intended to use the word, he said, "Yeah, uppity."

In a statement Friday, Westmoreland — a white man who was born in 1950 and raised in the segregated South — said he didn't know that "uppity" was commonly used as a derogatory term for blacks seeking equal treatment. Instead, he referred to the dictionary definition of the word as describing someone who is haughty, snobbish or has inflated self-esteem.

"He stands by that characterization and thinks it accurately describes the Democratic nominee," said Brian Robinson, Westmoreland's spokesman. "He was unaware that the word had racial overtones and he had absolutely no intention of using a word that can be considered offensive."

The Obama campaign had no immediate response. But the head of the Georgia Democratic Party called on Westmoreland to apologize, saying his comments were "more of the same, tired old politics that are dividing this country."

"The fact is, political attacks like this don't lower gas prices one cent, they don't give one more American access to affordable health care, and they don't get one more Georgian a job that pays the mortgage," Jane Kidd said. "Lynn Westmoreland should be ashamed of himself."

Westmoreland is one of the most conservative members of Congress. He has drawn criticism from civil rights advocates on a number of issues, including last year when he led opposition to renewing the 1965 Voting Rights Act. He also was one of two House members last year who opposed giving the Justice Department more money to crack unsolved civil rights killings.

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[> How does someone this ignorant.... -- scooter, 08:50:42 09/06/08 Sat [1]

get elected?


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[> Lordy, I saw that on Colbert - idiot is too nice a word! -- Jeannine, 08:55:15 09/06/08 Sat [1]

Moron comes to mind.

The Ten Commandments are one thing - if you can't even name them, don't preach them ---- but UPPITY? His lack of judgement alone makes him unworthy to serve.

I did like the part where he said there was another guy in Congress who was "do-nothinger" than him.

Also, when you are that stupid --- Why oh why do you sit down for an interview with Steven Colbert???? Sheesh.


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[> [> Because he really is stupid -- Terry, 09:14:14 09/06/08 Sat [1]

A smart bigot "do-nothinger" would have avoided Stephen Colbert.


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[> [> LOL - that MUST be an oxymoron -- Jeannine, 13:47:58 09/06/08 Sat [1]

a "smart bigot"! If not, it should be.


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[> he didn't know -- jayjay, 23:36:10 09/09/08 Tue [1]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26631689/

he just thought it meant *house niggah*

didn't know it was racist.

article link is for that KKK old man that was acquitted today at appeal. i gotta do more research on how the hell he got out. didn't like the food? didn't like his black angry young men on death row inmates? did he see Jesus, or is New Orleans politics still crooked?


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