Kind of funny

But also perhaps Republicans might want to look a little closer at Lynn Westmoreland's "uppity" comment to understand why their outreach to black voters has failed , most starkly when they hosted a reception for black participants only to have no black delegates.

If Westmoreland was from somewhere other than the south, he might be forgiven for thinking that he could use the word "uppity" without it being a racial slur. But he is from Georgia. He knows what that word means.

As Ubub noted in an email, perhaps this is preferable to the coded racism that we often see from the Republicans. Better to be openly racist, perhaps.

I didn't watch Palin's speech. I am sorry, but I can't watch the Republicans right now. Perhaps sometime in the future, I can stomach it. But several have noted one thing that was not there was much attention to truth. Palin continues to lie about her opposition to the "Bridge to nowhere" even though she ran her gubernatorial campaign in support of that Bridge. Finally, even the AP calls her on that, among other lies.

As many have noted, Palin seems to have incorporated the Bush approach to truth--which is keep telling your lies without shame in the hope that your base will believe them. Just keep lying. Palin seems to have learned that lesson well.

In addition, as Bruce, at Mainstream Baptist notes, community organizers are deeply offended at how dismissive Palin was toward community organizers.

All of this just reinforces what I argued the other night. This is the Rove playbook--run a divisive campaign aimed at getting your base active and screw the rest of the country. Bush has served (and badly at that) only half the country and has had very little concern for those of us who voted against him. That was made most literally true when his Hud Secretary turned down grants to someone after finding out the person voted for Kerry, and learning that Monica Goodling filtered interviewees based on their love and adoration for the President.

If Obama does nothing else, I would like him to show that the President is the President of all of us. Palin has learned the opposite lesson, and McCain has demonstrated that same disdain for those of us who question him. That isn't leadership.