Another Georgia Republican cries uppity
September 10, 2008 at 11:04 am by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsRep. Lynn Westmoreland isn’t the only Georgia Republican dropping the u-bomb.
During a radio interview in Macon last week, Republican congressional candidate Rick Goddard called a black MSNBC reporter “uppity” for daring to ask Newt Gingrich a non-softball question about Gov. Sarah Palin.
Like Westmoreland, Goddard denies he meant “uppity” in the “who does this black guy think he is?” sense.
Like I wrote about Westmoreland — it’s a flimsy explanation that doesn’t sound plausible because white people only seem to refer to black people as uppity.
Calling an intelligent, accomplished black person “uppity” bugs me, but honestly, I’m just as irritated this morning by the alleged non-racist point Goddard insists he was making.
Goddard says Allen was being “arrogant” and “presumptuous” by suggesting to Gingrich that Palin’s resume is not that of a typical VP-running mate. Allen was trying and (and, incidentally, failing) to get Gingrich off his party’s talking points.
Apparently, it’s arrogant, presumptuous and uppity for a reporter to challenge a politician’s spin.
(H/T: AJC Political Insider)
September 10th, 2008 at 2:30 pm
I guess it’s just coincidence that these white politicians are only calling black people ‘uppity.’ Goddard’s the ex-general running against conservative Democrat Jim Marshall.