The U-bomb

[Dick Whitman]

GOP party leader Rush Limbaugh calls Michelle Obama "uppity."

To me, you still don't go there. Not now. Not ever.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/21/sharpton-calls-limbaughs-remarks-about-first-lady-a-distraction/

Also, can someone explain the use of, "Mooch-elle"?

I don't get it.

 

[YankeeFan]

I love that they go to Al Sharpton for a comment.

Is he still the spokesperson for African-Americans? With his history of inflammatory remarks, is he really who you want to go to?

 

[Dick Whitman]

I love that they go to Al Sharpton for a comment.

Is he still the spokesperson for African-Americans? With his history of inflammatory remarks, is he really who you want to go to?

You have said on here that you like Rush Limbaugh a great deal.

Don't you think calling a black woman "uppity" - the First Lady, no less - is crossing a line, even for him?

 

[bydesign77]

I don't get it, ****...

 

[YankeeFan]

I love that they go to Al Sharpton for a comment.

Is he still the spokesperson for African-Americans? With his history of inflammatory remarks, is he really who you want to go to?

You have said on here that you like Rush Limbaugh a great deal.

Don't you think calling a black woman "uppity" - the First Lady, no less - is crossing a line, even for him?

Would I say it? No.

Though, I'm pretty sure Rush has previously, so this isn't really news.

I imagine I could listen to any one of a number of radio talk shows on any given day, and come up with some story like this.

What's funny is that you didn't link to Media Matters, or some left wing blog (though, I imagine they were the original "source"), but to the New York Times.

Is this their new direction? And Al Sharpton? Really? Un-ironically?

Oh, look, here's the Media Matters report on the subject: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201111220023

 

[YankeeFan]

So, here's the opposite story of the day:

Jimmy Fallon's house band the Roots didn't have a warm welcome for Republican presidential contender Michele Bachmann when she appeared on the NBC show early Tuesday.

As Bachmann strode on to the stage at Fallon's "Late Night," the show's band played a snippet of a 1985 Fishbone song called "Lyin' Ass B----."

The song begins with a distinctive "la la la la la la la la la" refrain -- the only words audible before Bachmann, smiling and waving to the audience, sat down.

The song itself, about a relationship gone wrong, isn't political. Among its cleanest lyrics: "She always says she needs you, but you know she really don't care."

Roots' bandleader Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson said later Tuesday that the song was a "tongue-in-cheek and spur of the moment decision.

"The show was not aware of it and I feel bad if her feelings were hurt," Thompson said. "That was not my intention."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/22/the-roots-michele-bachmann_n_1107731.html

Can you imagine the reaction if something similar had happened to Michelle Obama or Nancy Pelosi?

I'll look forward to the Times article on this controversy.

 

[bydesign77]

What's the big deal with uppity? Seriously?

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Asks the white Southerner.

 

[Iron_chet]

What's the big deal with uppity? Seriously?

really?

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=uppity

 

[Starman]

Just waiting for Uncle Herman to finish the sentence and set them all free.

 

[KJIM]

Asks the white Southerner.

I had no clue.

 

[TigerVols]

A racist Republican leader? I'm shocked.

 

[BrianGriffin]

I've never heard "uppity" used in any non-racial context and specifically in the context of black people trying to be more than they are "supposed" to be.

Is "uppity" ever uttered in any other context?

 

[HejiraHenry]

You know, I was going to try to make a point here, but it's beside the point. Wasted here.

 

[NoOneLikesUs]

If he didn't get slammed for using the "Barack the Magic Negro" song a few years ago, nothing will come of this.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

I can explain it.

Rush is a bigoted misogynist in search of ratings. He is too much of a coward to embrace his true self, so he hides behind his own label of radio entertainer rather than tell the truth. This appeals to his loyal dittoheads who would sooner admit they themselves are racist than have a black person move in next door.

 

[YankeeFan]

If he didn't get slammed for using the "Barack the Magic Negro" song a few years ago, nothing will come of this.

Do you realize the term was coined by an LA Times columnist?

He didn't write the song either, but it was making fun of the black people like the LA Times columnist and Sharpton who didn't find Obama "authentic enough".

Did you know any of that?

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

I can explain it.

Rush is a bigoted misogynist in search of ratings. He is too much of a coward to embrace his true self, so he hides behind his own label of radio entertainer rather than tell the truth. This appeals to his loyal dittoheads who would sooner admit they themselves are racist than have a black person move in next door.

And nothing pisses off a racist more than being called a racist.

 

[DanOregon]

As I recall - uppity was a term applied to Southern black people who acted like they were just as good as Southern white people who wanted them to "know their place."

Really not a surprise coming from a guy raised in the rural areas of Missouri in the 60s who thinks it's wrong for a black First Lady to act just like a white First Lady.
It's funny Limbaugh never had a problem with Nancy Reagan telling kids to say no to drugs, or Barbara Bush trying to get Americans to crack a book now and then.
Eat healthy?! Exercise?! Damn elitist. You can have my corn dog when you pry it from my cold dead fingers.

 

[waterytart]

Would I say it? No.

Though, I'm pretty sure Rush has previously, so this isn't really news.

I imagine I could listen to any one of a number of radio talk shows on any given day, and come up with some story like this.

Sorry it's so difficult for you to choke out "He shouldn't have said this. Not because it's politically dicey but because race-baiting is wrong."