Eventually the Media Pundits and GOP Operatives Will Slip Up and use THE Word

[WeDidIt]

You know the word. The one that is implicit in every statement about presumptuousness and arrogance.

You just know some day one of them will slip up and let the word past their lips.

It's what they all want to do. They are all trying to be nice about it, but there is a word in the back of every one of these white men's minds.

They are all saying "Barack Obama is Presumptuous" while thinking the "U" word instead.

Hopefully, it'll be McCain himself who screws the pooch.

Live, on national television.

During one of the debates.

[Brigid]

1. Yes, it could happen.

And if it does, it will be at the most inopportune time, like during one of the debates.

[ellacott]

2. Jonathan Capeheart came right out and said that word

He said he knows that's what most of the people in the media wants to use. He said they should just be honest with themselves.

[ErinBerin84]

3. Was he actually calling out the media, or

saying that the media should have guts and "speak the truth" that he's "uppity"? Capeheart is kind of GOP-ish sometimes, so I never really know what to expect from him.

[ellacott]

9. He is kinda GOP-ish

He was saying that they are hiding behind "presumptuous" and "arrogant".

He said it's something that blacks have to deal with whenever they do well. He said they don't say the same things about whites.

He was defending Obama this time. He also didn't let Joe Scarborough talk over him.

[ErinBerin84]

10. good for him.

[ellacott]

13. He also straightend out Joe when he was trying to Michelle into it

Joe was saying when you combine Michelle's words about being proud with Obama's attitude it shows that the hype has gone to their heads.

Jonathan told him that Michelle shouldn't be in this conversation because her comments don't compare and were taken out of context.

[debbierlus]

4. Okay, I am a moron, but what the hell is the U word

Seriously...

[WeDidIt]

8. Oh, you know the word

"uppity"

[margotb822]

5. Oh, I hope McCain really loses it during the debates

It will be awesome.

:popcorn: I will be watching...intently.

[NYC_SKP]

6. It'll be nice to see some color in John's face, my friends.

Watching death-grey turn into grey-orange and then crimson?

Priceless.

[mrreowwr_kittty]

7. A DUer once called Obama uppity. In earnest. I swear to gawd.

I alerted the shit out of it and gave the person a piece of my mind, along with several others. They were unapologetic about it. Amazingly, the person wasn't t.s'd on the spot.

[WeDidIt]

11. Because it's a form of acceptable racism

There is acceptable and unacceptable racism.

I remember a time when the "N" word was still acceptable racism.

The "U" word is unacceptbale in this context and blatantly racist, but amongst common society, most do not recognize it for teh blatant racism it depicts, nor the consequences using that word in such a context had historically. In fact, that word lead to more lynchings than the "N" word ever did.

[LowerManhattanite]

15. The same crypto-racists who bandied that about...

...now toss about arrogant and presumptuous in their slick-ass way of gaming the system around here these days.

Thankfully, one-by-one, they expose themselves and are dealt with summarily. :)

[mrreowwr_kittty]

16. Absolutely.

I don't know how Obama is off-camera but I would never use the words "presumptuous" or "arrogant" to describe his demeanor. I'd use them about George W. Bush, for sure. Or John McCain. But not Obama.

This is nothing but projection and racism.

[predfan]

12. Can't you smell Rove all over the McCain campaign ?

he needs to be doing his "fair and balanced" crap in an ankle bracelet

[WeDidIt]

14. I smell Rove from a distance

If Rove was actually running the show, it'd be effective. They are ineptly attempting to use Obama's strength (highly popular, hip, cool, etc. etc. etc.) against him, which is Rovian on its face. That they put out an ad with so much positive imagery for Obama says it all. Rove had little to do with their current strategy other than seed planting. The implementation is obviously being run by inept idiots.

[ellacott]

17. Rove tried to put it out there but he messed it up

Rove said the Obama reminded him of the country club person who stood in the corner and talked about people.

That was pretty lame but it could be a precursor of what we're seeing today.

[blondeatlast]

18. Pat Buchanan might break but the others have all gotten a lesson from Luntz as well as

a special edition Luntzian thesaurus and thus will be able to avoid it.

But one of these days, Buchanan's voice is going to go a half-octave higher, his eyes will bulge out just a bit more, a vessel will burst and he'll say it--or maybe even worse.

I love to watch him as his voice goes higher, you know one of these days he's just going to lose it completely.

[TheDonkey]

19. Lou Dobbs already made the the "near slip" a few months ago

when going on an anti-Obama rant.

[depakid]

20. Preumptuous and arrogance aren't necessarily racist code words

They would have been applied to some of the campaign's activities, regardless of his color.

Of course, that doesn't mean someone won't slip up or have Jesse Jackson moment....