“Uppity”: The Explanation

The race gets further into the Twilight Zone:

According to his spokesman, U.S. Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, a Southerner born and bred, had no idea on earth that the word “uppity” had racial connotations when he used it to describe Barack and Michelle Obama.  — No idea at all. 

Could have knocked him over with a feather when someone told him.

Ah, the sad truth about so many in the GOP today: bigots wrapped in self-evident lies.