Georgia GOP Congressional Candidate Calls Black MSNBC Reporter "Uppity"

Via Think Progress is news of this outrageous throwback to the Jim Crow-era. Speaking on a Macon, Georgia radio morning show, Republican congressional candidate Rick Goddard criticized an MSNBC reporter's heated exchange with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Goddard called the black reporter Ron Allen "uppity."

I’ll tell you one thing, I think we’re going to have a very, very strong, capable president in John McCain. Last night, Newt Gingrich disarmed a very uppity newscaster who tried to question him on the capabilities and leadership of Governor Palin. There’s simply no comparison between a governor and a community organizer.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution has audio here.

There must have been a local memo. On the same day last week, another prominent Georgia Republican, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, used the same loaded racist term in reference to Sen. Barack Obama and wife Michelle.

Goddard—a retired United States Air Force general—is correct on one point. There certainly is "no" comparison between a governor and a "community organizer" but Barack Obama is not a "community organizer." Obama is a sitting United States senator and the Democratic Party's presidential nominee. Oh, but what are a few salients facts when you're trying to belittle someone and send a racist dog whistle.

Racism is alive and well. Aided and abetted by the Republican Party.

An Uppity Second Look at the Word [AJC]

Comments

[Bernie]

These white folks done lost their minds!

[Dex123ter]

Last week, Larry Elder (of "Moral Court" and "Showdown with Larry Elder") was on CNN, speaking with Soledad O'Brien. He stated that racism is no longer alive. When I heard him say that, I was like, "What the hell?" Soledad had that same look, too.

Too the point -- this story is crazy.

GO OBAMA!

[Nathan James]

The Large Hadron Collider experiment last night has split us off into a strange parallel universe where too many people are out of touch with reality, Elder and Goddard among them.

I just hope we're in the universe where Obama wins the election...

[chris-leo]

in a way i'm sorta kinda glad this happened. ron allen was having ENTIRELY too much fun on that republican convention floor. i kept thinking, "he's a journalist??" ...asking conventioneers where the afterparty was, etc... he was downright giddy.

if anything good comes of this, let it serve as a reality check for ron allen and for the viewers.