GOP House Candidate Calls Black NBC Reporter ‘Uppity’

Republican candidate for Congress Rick Goddard made a racially-tinged remark last week to describe NBC News reporter Ron Allen during an interview on a Georgia radio show.

“Last night, Newt Gingrich disarmed a very uppity newscaster who tried to question him on the capabilities and leadership of Governor Palin,” Goddard said on a local radio show last week, referring to an interview between former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R) and Allen after Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R) speech at the Republican National Convention.

Goddard’s calling Allen “uppity,” comes on the heels of another Georgia Republican, Rep. Lynn Westmoreland, controversially using the same word to refer to Barack Obama last week.

“A member of the media dropped all pretense of objectivity during an interview with Newt Gingrich to arrogantly launch an attack on Gov. Sarah Palin