"Remember, young folks, there's a price to be paid for appearing uppity.
It might even cost you the presidency."
Colbert I. King, The Washington Post (4/19/08)

If you grew up in Kansas, Indonesia and Hawaii...you might be uppity.

If you and your wife snagged sheepskin from Harvard Law School...you might be uppity.

If you win every county in a statewide election...you might be uppity.

If you're black man running for president...you might be uppity.

If you dare oppose the "inevitable" candidate...you might be uppity.

If you can play the race card without playing the race card...you might be uppity.

If you're a natural politician who draws crowds of thousands every time you speak...you might be uppity.

If you strike a Jay-Z pose now and again...you might be uppity.

If you presume to know more about the conduct of war than a hawkish prisoner-of-war...you might be uppity.

If you can discuss ideas without getting bogged down in ideology...you might be uppity.

If you travel around the country wearing the guise of the anointed...you might be uppity.

If you try to stay on the high (some would say high-handed) road...you might be uppity.

If you sometimes accidentally tell the truth...you might be uppity.

If you pose a threat to the established order of slash-and-burn politics...you might be uppity.

And there's nothing wrong with that.

Jon Worley was wondering when someone would state the obvious and whip out "the u word."