Al Sharpton's brilliant smackdown of Limbaugh and NASCAR's treatment of Michelle Obama:

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He called Limbaugh out as a racist, but then didn't give him any more energy. And he didn't attack or belittle the NASCAR fans who have bought into Limbaugh's racism - he simply reminded them how much more their interests align with the "uppity" ones than with Limbaugh and his ilk. Nicely done, Rev.

Uppity-ism. That`s why some in the NASCAR crowd booed the first lady and Mrs. Biden, according to Rush. Well, first of all, many cheered. But second of all, uppity-ism clearly refers to people that don't stay in their place. It was always used as a term for blacks. Is it racist? Yes, unequivocally. It's a racist use of term. It {means} that people should stay in their place. I guess Mrs. Obama didn't stay in her place when she went to Princeton, and she didn't stay in her place when she became a lawyer, and she didn`t stay in her place when she went on to become a senator's wife and now she's the first lady. And don't dare fly as the first lady. You don't know your place.

Because, Rush, places have changed in America. But we're not going to get distracted by you, Rush.

We're not going to let us get off of focus here because the problem is that you have as little respect for those NASCAR people as you do the first lady, because you don't advocate an extension of the payroll tax for them. You don't want them to have the same rights that the one percent have. You don't want them to have health care coverage.

So don't try to divide them from those that want to have one level playing field in America by playing the race card. We won't bite the bait. Not now. We have a country to save. We'll take care of you later, Rush. And I really do understand your problem, because when you're playing gutter politics and you lay in the gutter politics, anyone on the high road looks uppity to you, Rush. It's really the vantage point of how you look at things. Happy Thanksgiving, Rush.