When the McCain campaign started the narrative that Barack Obama was too “presumptuous” and thought too highly of themselves, a lot of us heard that as a pretty clear dog whistle. Apparently, some Republicans decided that was a bit too subtle and decided to go straight to calling the Obamas uppity.
From The Hill:
Georgia Republican Rep. Lynn Westmoreland used the racially-tinged term “uppity” to describe Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama Thursday.
Westmoreland was discussing vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s speech with reporters outside the House chamber and was asked to compare her …

Gov. Sarah Palin gave her first big speech last night, her introduction to the national political world.  I don’t think that anyone really knew what to expect.  She cleared the first big hurdle of making it through the speech with decent delivery.  I think a lot of people were expecting it to be an awful speech, or for her to flub all of her lines, but I thought she’d do fine.  Sarah Palin may not have a lot of government experience, and certainly no national experience, but she has a …

Pam Spaulding caught this picture of Sarah Palin displayed on the CNN.com frontpage. I realize that Sarah Palin is probably waving with an extended arm but part of being a public speaker in a media rich environment is to pay attention to details. And refraining from making anything that could look like a Nazi salute in a still image would be a good detail to pay attention to.

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The Republicans have largely closed ranks around Sarah Palin, defending her from outside forces that are either trying to scandalize her personal life or who smell blood in the water politically. But it was safe to say that private opinion differed from public statements since there’s no reason for the Republicans to gather round Palin (other than the conservative Christians, who are all about her anti-abortion policies). Palin has no accomplishments under her belt and her inclusion really took the wind out of a lot of talking points the McCain …