Nader: Obama trying to “Talk White,” Appeal to “White Guilt”

My My another flip flop for Mr. O…. I’m sure he has another “that’s not what I said” in there somewhere.

Why is Ralph Nader still talking as if people are actually listening to him? Shouldn’t someone tell him that he comes off as a bitter old man? Someone should give Jimmy Carter that same talk. It’s over gentlemen. Your time is past.

BREAKING NEWS
Obama’s “Certificate of Live Birth” is a forgery. It’s a fake!!
What is Barry trying to hide?
Oh I am so proud that we live in a country where people can sift through Obama’s BS and find the truth that the certificate is a FAKE and he is UNELECTABLE!

See why this fool doesn’t get any where? Stupidity at its best!!!!

Nader is a jerk with an ego the size of an elephant but the brains of an eel. He should stick to what he knows – consumer affairs.

Nader who? Who cares

He’ll get 98% of the black vote .. being that blacks are only 12% of the population and you know damn well they aren’t all voting – what else can he do but depend on “white guilt”? Nothing – zero .. zilch! He’s toast!

Ralph Nader: gotta love him.

And NutCat – that’s hilarious!

Barack Obama is a PATRIOTIC AMERICAN. He has one HAND over his HEART at all times. He occasionally switches when one arm gets tired, which is almost never because he is STRONG.

truth,
Nader bringing up WHO in this presidential cycle is going to help the plight of the poor and working class, is outrageous?
obama has not, non has mccain.

Nader is a leap year opportunist that only shows up during presidential elections.

and jgaw
the idea or statement that the guy who left Harvard Law at the top of his class and President of the Harvard Law review …to walk the streets of neighborhoods whose communities were out of work…in some really bad areas…instead of taking the Washington job or the high pay job…
that this guy isn’t going to help the poor…is… funny …and dumb.

USVet…funny we haven’t seen this in national coverage,don’t you think? HMmmm, maybe cause it is a farse just like Sinclair….Daaaaa

Hoosier….birth cert are public record, anyone can get them….Nothing to hide..

Well good for Nader. It is time we all asked OBAMA some HARD question and HOPE to get real answers. Sick of his CHANGE already! He is a flip flopper who has no hope of changing anything.
It is time the media picks up on Nader and his questions, we want answers, we want some clarity.
WHO THE HECK IS OBAMA??
I NEVER STARE AT A BLANK SCREEN WHEN I CAN GET CABLE!!

the idea or statement that the guy who left Harvard Law at the top of his class and President of the Harvard Law review …
Posted by: dl | Jun 25, 2008 9:00:13 AM
————Give it up already, he was at Harvard for one year!
He was at 3 other schools before that!
It is time for the changes in specifics that he is going to make for poor people in our America! How and how much it will cost?
He says squat about EVERYTHING!

Actually his comments are true. That is why this Hillary Clinton supporter will not be voting for Obama.

so once again to answer your question military mom. mccain
with a dem congress mccain will be kept in check,
mccain scares me.
obama the unknown scares me more.

as i can see, the people who are dissing this article, can only attack nader the messenger, but they cannot say that what he is saying is untrue.
this type of attitude is what has us in the mess we are in right now,and with these two as the presidential cand.
write all of your comments attacking nader, and stay silent on what he has said.

sam, you are correct, but can you feel the hurt that will be in our community, our people have got to stick with this guy now, to do other wise and have to admit that black people were in fact BAMBOOZLED AND HOODWINKED by this obama, would be to painful. at least that is how i feel.
‘THE GREAT BLACK HOPE HAS TURNED IN TO THE GREAT BLACK HYPING DOPE-who has fool a lot.
and when he loses you know who will be blamed?——–hill and bill

The voters should demand Obama’s stance on reparations before the election. Just as they should demand the release of his real birth cerificate.

the voters should have demanded obama’ stance on a lot of things before the primaries were over.
i don’t think we should now hang the reason for not voting for obama on his stance on repartations.
How would that look? the world is watching, and i don’t think we would want it to get out that (of all of the other reasons not to) the one think that sunk obama was his stance on reparations.
all i am saying is there were and are a lot more reasons not to vote for obama,

“Obama is trying to talk white!”
I hope people realize Obama is white he was RAISED by his white family. I guess this would sound just as stupid as saying Hillary is trying to talk white!

Ralph Nader will never be elected President. His approach has been rejected by the American people time and time again. So any advice he has to offer to any candidate of any race is basically meaningless.
If he knows so much – how come he can’t get elected, and is partly responsible for getting George Bush elected?
For all those who want to weigh Senator Obama down with your own personal racial and religious hangups – forget about it! It’s not happening!
Senator Obama is the best qualified person of any race and/or gender running for President in either party. Period.
Obama/Biden ’08/’12

Ralph Nader is trying to act relevant.

Duchess,
What about McCain’s flips? Tax cuts, abortion, off-shore drilling, etc, etc, etc…how do you defend those flips?
Or is it only an outrage that Obama does it?

I’m not worried about these ‘socially important’ issues, such as Obama being an ‘authentic’ black or whatever. That shouldn’t play any role in the election, not any more than a candidate’s religion.
You can tell a lot about a man by observing his friends. If we apply this logic to Sen. Obama, I’m afraid we’re looking at a dangerous situation. It seems he’s been a bad judge of character for the past 20 years or so. That’s an important issue, enough of this ‘white guilt’ and ‘authentic black’ talk. It’s not important.

THAT does it… Nader is off the radar now. He is a ZERO.

to the point of naders remarks, the best thing obama can do to show he wants to do something about the plight of the inner city blacks and poor, is
reparations. and i think he will do it, once he is in office.
the black people understand this, and many whites also, because it is the right thing to do and it is overdue.

Hey, Nader – opinions are like a certain body orifice; everybody’s got one. Cut down whoever you like, it’s only sour grapes because you know you don’t stand a snowball’s chance – wait, snowballs are white, aren’t they? I guess they shouldn’t be considered a *fair* projectile to be throwing, right?

when you have a five time presidential candidate as Nader who gets little media coverage, he’ll say things like this to get coverage……So, he got coverage for a day…..and it’s over again.
Now, we’ll just sit tight to see what’s next from him to get in the news…..

Regarding Polls…
Michael Dukakis was up 14 points at around the same time when he was going against the elder Bush.
When American start to connect the dots of both candidates….only then can they really see the image…..the images now of Obama are glittered but no substance at all.
Google—> Public Law 110-181, Obama ad
Even Obama himself is sprinkling the glitter on himself….

Gosh, can this guy be a bit more blunt? Nader is funny!

charles, i feel you,
but if obama had been “all that” he would have been able to transcend all of the obstacles you mention, and he should have been the one who would have been able with his speech to talk to convience the people of the right thing to do. harold washington was able to do this.
obama with his own words said he was not ready to be president, and he wanted to get some more experience, he should have stuck with that, but no the far left got to him, to be a spoiler to sen. clinton.
how would you feel if you eventually find out, that obama’ candidacy really had nothing to do with you, it was all to stop sen. clinton? and her ideology.
and what she believed in and would have done, was in your best interest?

hey nader stop with the racisim its people like you is why racisim still exsist put a sock in it go back to the hole you came out of

So, let’s see. Ralph Nader starts up his campaign by accusing Senator Obama of acting white? When his … this talking point dies down, he’ll move on and accuse Senator McCain of acting black. Me thinks Nader is acting a bit Corvairish; he’s prone to nothing but a roll over or two.

goDem – “I don’t understand why Nadder is playing the Republican game!”
One word: Jealousy

I’m white and I have nothing to feel guilty about and he won’t get my vote – Obama can fail very well on his agenda alone. His socialist/communist agenda will never win him the presidency. We need less government; not more – I don’t need him sticking his noise into my business.

Lol. Now thats great…….I think someone is upset they’ll NEVER be President…..He’s basically mad because Obama is trying to win, and knows that falling into stereotypes, whether they’re true or not is not in his best interests…..Oh and by the way, how does someone “talk white”…..Is he serious?? Thats it, someone put a hit out on him….Lol…

I’m also a American that happens to be black, and I don’t care if he is concerned about the black plight. I don’t care what he plans to do about for blacks. I’m more concerned about America as a whole. My country comes before my race. And I think Obama is the right choice for this country. For those (probably the same person) who continue to say what he’ll do for blacks are ignorant. Our country needs a leader that is going to put us back on the course of greatness, and I think he intends to put us back on that course.

“Anybody who is still saying they don’t know enough about Obama at this point says a lot more about you than it does about him. Don’t be lazy, do some research to discover the truth (and not just to verify what you already believe).”
I would love to do that research.
Unfortunately, Barack Obama is a third year freshman senator with a scant voting record in the senate.
In addition, Obama destroyed and/or failed to archive any of his papers from his time as an Illinois State senator. This is suspicious on its face. Just about everyone else with presidential aspirations saves everything—even personal correspondence—for the historical record.
What I do know is troubling. Two examples:
When Obama was first running for the Illinois State Senate he filled out, then amended, a candidate positions questionnaire asserting that he support the outright ban on the manufacture and sale of handguns and that he opposed the death penalty.
The Politico first reported Obama’s 1996 responses to the survey in a December 11, 2007 article entitled “Liberal views could haunt Obama.”
In response, Obama claimed that the questionnaire was filled out by an over-zealous staffer, and that Obama NEVER EVEN SAW the survey, let alone filled it out.
The full truth did not emerge until The Politico obtained an amended copy of the questionnaire that bore Obama’s OWN HANDWRITTEN CHANGES, and then reported the truth:
That Obama was actually interviewed about the issues on the questionnaire by the liberal Chicago nonprofit group that issued it.
Politico also found that Obama — the day after sitting for the interview — filed an amended version of the questionnaire, which appears to contain Obama’s own handwritten notes added to one answer.” (Source, Vogel, “Obama had greater role on liberal survey”, Politico, March 31, 2008, p. 2.)
In response to a questionnaire from the Midwest Democracy Network, Obama stated in November, 2007:
“If I am the Democratic nominee, I will aggressively pursue an agreement with the Republican nominee to preserve a publicly financed general election.”
(Source, Smith, “Obama out of system, but not out of character”, Politico, June 19, 2008; also see Erbe, “Obama’s Public Finance Flip-flop”, US News, April 11, 2008.)
John McCain immediately accepted Obama’s challenge and agreed to opt for public financing.
Nevertheless, as we all now know, last week Obama confirmed that he has opted out of public financing for his campaign.
And no, I do not believe that Obama is a Muslim, that his birth certificate is a fake, or any of the other crackpot anti-Obama posts on this site.
There are more than enough LEGITIMATE reasons to doubt Obama’s truthfulness about his political positions that are supported by cedible news sources.

Is Ralph Nader try to act Black, he should go back into his “Rat Hole”.
Ralph Nader want John McCain to win, what a rat.
Ralph Nader has no credibility or standing, you only hear from him during a Presidential election?
Ralph Nader should find a real job…

roxanne wrote:
Who are all of these idiots talking about reparations
********
That is today’s NEOCON talking point. Yestardays word was “ARROGANCE”.
Whatever Rush and Karl Rove said the day before shows up on here. They are like little parrots that can only mimic the voice to their Masters.
Zero original ideas.
Yawn!

Nader has just taken racism to a whole new level. He should be ashamed of himself. This country is trying its best to get past racism and bigotry and people like Nader set us back 100 years. Is he “acting intelligent”? His act is not so good then. He should keep his comments to himself and stay out of a good man’s way, Obama, that is.

As a female caucasian woman with African American relatives please allow me to cut through the bS I read on this site — and throughout this campaign — about Sen. Obama’s race.
The man is both black and white. I find it historically retro that he is called black all the time while most don’t even give a nod to his white heritage. Particularly since he was raised by white grandparents and his white mother. in a white-oriented culture. It is so like some Americans to cling to the old, old, old concept that anyone with one drop of black blood is totally black. He is obviously bi-racial, hardly exotic today. ****For those who want to talk facts,**** they are listed clearly on his website. We don’t really need to dirty our country by talking trash about the man. Or showing other nations how we disrespect those with darker skin. That must make us really popular around the world.
As for Mr.Nader, I once asked him if he was considering running for president and he said in the 80s.that he was not. In fact, he’s been running and running ever since. I once visited his office; he is treated like G-D. So much for humility. I am deeply disappointed that Nader, who once did such good investigative work — via his lowly paid “Naders Raiders” is sinking to such lows. Poor envious man.
A female military veteran for a better America. JMB

Say what you will, but Nader brings some valid points. Boil Obama’s person and campaign down. Personally, he’s a mixed-race individual, cast as a black man. His racial complexion would match some 80-90% of Americans. Yet, he doesn’t transcend race – he panders to race. There’s a big difference.
Watch his speeches and note. When he’s speaking to African-American groups, he takes on the persona of a guy from round the way. His language infused with slang and inflection. For white folks, it’s a stiff, staccato throughout the speech. And when it’s a televised speech or large mixed rally, he’s lecturing America.
This isn’t merely an attempt to ‘connect’ – it’s pandering through and through. When you’re listening from your spot in the audience ask yourself if he’s from your world. He isn’t from any of the above worlds. He trumpets his cross-cultural life as a standard. But the truth is that he’s struggled with his own personal identity. Now, he’s turning years of internal reflection and struggle into material for pandering to Americans. If he was fluent in Spanish, I fully believe he’d be trying a similar spin on Hispanics.
Transcending race and culture doesn’t come from a good script, acting, and a teleprompter. To invoke MLK, it’s about the content of character. Obama hasn’t arrived at the national stage because of the content of his character. He originally arrived at Kerry’s request at the 2004 convention – and he’s spun that up into a roadshow beyond comparison.

This “I don’t know this guy” can only go so far. Who knows what either one would do as president since neither has ever been president? I do feel confident though that if McCain gets in office, by summer of ’10: (1) we’ll be at war with Iran, a result of which will be that (2) gas will be approaching $10/gal.

Geeezzz…. I remember when I liked this guy… shameful.

You are so right Matt……Obama is unelectable not b/c he is black but he is a fake. He has been shoved down our throats as if he is the second coming of christ!
He lacks judgement, experience and SEPECIFICS! He copy’s all of Hillary’s solutions, never had any of his own. He stumbles and stammers and flubs every question asked of him. HE IS UNELECTABLE! He reminds me of BUSH, a made up jerk that can not give an honest answer b/c he does not HAVE ONE!

Whatever respect I had for Nader just flew out the window. Once I lose respect for a person, Thats it!
Adios, Nader!

Rev. Wright called Obama, a typical politician. Ralph just restated the facts.

well i hope others will join me in lala land, because on reparations for blacks it is the right thing to do.
and jason, if you are african american,
you are a fool in denial,
there can be no put american back on the right track to greatness, without address the plight of poor blacks,
just as i told roxanne, somewhere back down the line, your people were set back economically because of this system we have lived in.
reparations for blacks now will not harm whites,
the bulk of this country was built on slave labor.
ATL which black people love-was built on slave labor in the form of the us prison system.
please people wake up. yes obama can be the president for all people, but once again, does it have to be at further suffering of black people, as a whole.
where ever jason and roxanne and any other black person who says obama should not address reparations. where ever you are economically right now, it is possible things being right, you would have been a bit better off.
whites still make more than blacks doing the same jobs.
reparations will not level the playing field for all,it will help, and as i say for obama to be the first black president. this could be the jewel in the crown of his presidency, because it is long overdue and it is the right thing to do.
must go now. will return this evening

In every election circle, Nader seeks an opportunity to flaunt his mega-ego and to collect money from gullible Americans with whom he pretends he is waging a class war. And all along, he cherishes and enjoys his millionaire life. One wonders whether the IRS is interested in proper accounting of his campaign finances and collections. Nadir sounds and acts hysterical, as usual. And more noticeably, he sounds as if he is the most honest man on planet earth—and the one who is always right on and about everything. If we dare to follow the Nadir conflict-generating model of social discourse, there will be no society at all. As well, instead of diverse views and intelligent choices, we will be faced with a monololith. There will not be conflict of ideas, but a communist model of governance. Our society is much more vibrant because we are all allowed to think for ourselves (not ordered to think in one way and no other). The constitution protects it. Democracy thrives because of its many noble compromises, within a multiplicity of solitudes within a nation. Ralph Nader might have been more relevant years ago when he was simply a consumer advocate. Now he will be remembered as an irrational, delusional spoiler of elections–the one who made the election of George Bush over Gore possible! He rejoices about it without thinking of the damage he is doing—like a cannibal god rejoicing about the ruins of his own temple. –Dr. Sam

Ralph Nader is being paid by the Republicans. Ralph Nader won’t be the spoiler this time around!!!!!
Old John McCain won’t win in November.

why don’t you people talk about if what nader is saying is true or not, rather than talking about nader.
does he have a point in what he is saying?

Well, I find it ironic that Obama was bashed for his affiliation with a church that preached ¨black power,¨ and now he is getting bashed for not being black enough…enough with the hypocrisy.

I suppose Nader would prefer Obama begin to deliver his speeches from an apartment stoop in the form of a rap while Nader beatboxes for him?
Slate fact: Obama has the constitution tatooed upside down on his stomach, so he can read it while he does situps!

so nader thinks obama “acts white”. What does he think of the picture of mccain standing in the middle of a crowd of black church ladies, trying to win their vote? what do you call that? trying to act black, perhaps? the point here is that people of all races should to come together and treat each other humanly. there is no crime in people of different races coming together without an evil underlying agenda.

Obama’s latest comercial running here in Michigan sure looks like a “white” politician running. Nader is right. You don’t hear Obama saying anything about Countrywide, nothing about the sweetheart deal he got from Resco. In fact he said he would debate McCain anywhere, yet he has more preconditions for a debate with McCain than he would have for North Korea, “Imanutjob” or any other dictator in the world. Gosh we got an empty suit who is a post turtle running for POTUS. At least Hillary has some background to go on.

Oracle, Please take a course in American presidential history. Andrew Jackson’s wife Rachel became the subject of much debate. Smears about her honor became a major issue in his 1828 election campaign.
In 1806, in response to an insult about Rachel’s character, Andrew Jackson dueled with Charles Dickinson, who wounded him before being shot and killed by the future President.
Candidate’s wives have been the subject of scrutiny and insults for ages. Michelle Obama is not the first so stop whining about how she has had to endure what no other has.

It figures this would be Jake Tapper; tryng to elevate the words of a nobody to stir up partisan and even racial battle lines. Apparently this is now the purpose of the fourth estate?

jgaw – Does he have a point? Answer:
NO. Obama is a well educated lawyer and versed in constitutional law. Our constitution is something the current administration has failed (See current court decisions)and whose policies Senator McCain appears to want to continue.

This is the way Nader has always talked. He does not talk like a politician, which is why he’s never been elected. He just says whatever he thinks is true, which usually IS true. But that is not the way to get elected, get popular, nor get anything done in politics. It makes me think of the person in the audience who asked John Edwards “Are you a politician, or are you an American?”. Ralph Nader is actually an American, not a politician, which is why he doesn’t get anywhere. Sure I think you can be both, which Obama and McCain are. They know how to say things in a way that don’t scare the bejeezus out of half the people. Peeling the layers off the onion and figuring out if a politician is a real American under all the election talk is the real trick.

What does acting white mean? Isn’t his mother white shouldn’t he act atleast 50% white(whatever that means. wasn’t he raised by white people. And what makes ralph nadar the expert about how anyone should act.

so obama is biracial presidential candidate. this is something new.
i am just wondering if instead of a biracial person, what if an openly gay white person or perhaps a transgender person was running for president. what would nader have to say about it? had clinton won instead of obama, nader might be somewhere in a corner sucking his thumb. i can only imagine this is about race.

Nader is an idiot who tries to act Jewish!
Now isnt that the same as saying Obama is trying to act white?

aaaaaaaannnddd we’re talking about black and white again. The racism of non-racists behaving racistly and not realizing it or in denial that they’re being racists is just rampant this year. Nader you’ve just joined that very club. By saying “acting”. Well how do whites act? Aren’t we all just people? Why are you even making such a distinction? Don’t excuse it like some little inconvenient fart, “acting white” is a deeply racist statement. And you’re gonna get called out on it. Period.

Obama wants reparations for black people, not going to happen. I wouldn’t vote for Obama, if he was the last politician on earth…

Nader, get a clue. Obama is bigger than “the ghetto.” His platform is NOT specific to a black agenda, but to the major concerns of AMERICANS.

I think Nader has a point. I strongly believe that if Obama does advocate for poor blacks plights some whites may feel he is being too pro black. recently I read an article in the times that said Obama was blowing off Muslim Americans. Imagine Obama advocating for Muslims rights. I am sorry but I have no confidence in the American people when it comes to understanding where Obama is coming from. Obama will continue to have difficult with issues such as these because of his race. It is sad because instead of focusing on the real issues and how to fix the various problems we are facing we focus on feeble things such as a persons race. Americans really need open up their eyes and focus on the things that matter. Health care, Education, Economy, Jobs, etc etc. Will the candidate I am supporting be able to accomplish the issues he is advocating for. Wake up people and prevent the same cycle of lies and broken promises that has been happening for far too long.
DM
Open up your minds people

Samantha, are you looking at our postings. Andrew jackson became an issue in 1828 and yet he was killed in 1806.

Why am I all of a sudden hearing this talk of Obama granting reparations to blacks? I get his campaign e-mails all the time and this has never once been mentioned. Is this one of those rumors being floated by those who are doing everything in their power to keep him from getting elected?

@jeff in tampa
Why does Obama have so many criminal, nutty friends?

Dave R. McCain’s wife is a criminal who did illegal drugs.

When america can start handling the truth of what is going on in the poor areas of our country then maybe we can start addressing them honestly. It is not Obama it is this country as a whole.
Grow up!

nader is stupid. obama is not appealing to ‘white guilt’. the things he was entitled to from ‘whites’, is the love and protection he got from his family, who happen to be white. so what’s wrong with that.i’m sure he was not raised to believe that someone owed him anything because he is biracial.

Scotti, that is not a platform. He does not give one soulution. Tpypical Obama supporter, they here the word change and they get excited. If he was really for change he would not have surrounded himself with the old boys of washington. The only change he believes in is changing his mind. “I could no sooner disown my church than my own white grandmother” I CHANGED–I am leaving the church.

Obama is very smart politician. He knows how to use the people for his avantages. He uses back, white, religious people, he uses everyone and everything to get elected. He is a crook just like Mc Cain. If you want to vote for Obama, good for you. If you want to vote for Mc Cain, good for you too. But bashing someone else opinion, you should be ashamed of yourself.

Dave R. – Well, I think we all have some nutty “friends,” especially someone like Obama who knows thousands of people. But the only convicted criminal in the bunch I know of is Rezko, and we can argue endlessly about whether Obama knew anything about that or how “friendly” they were.

please Americans relax u need a leader and obama is the man for the job.

plainspoken2 – Please give an example of this “race switching” that you accuse Obama of doing. I can’t imagine what that would even mean.

obama did not leave the church, he left that particular church. his former pastor saw a hole in the spotlight and squeezed right on in. he saw a boat going his way and hopped aboard. just because it is a church does not mean it is doing the right thing. don’t get me wrong, most church’s do what they are suppose to. and i wouldn’t mind going to them. but i know first handed that some church’s keep up a lot of unneccessary commotion. if i was in obama’s shoes, i would have left THAT church, too.

Are you forgetting that Mr. Obama’s mother is just as white as Nadar is? He is half white and has every right to act white if he so pleases… just like he can act African-American if he wants. The main thing is he is the best person for the job.

Ralph Nader is a cancer on the American political system.

This election is a joke. Just like the movie “Idiocracy” this country is getting dumber by the year.
Obama = empty suit, race baiter, slick politician (same ol’ story just a new flavor of Kool aid)

Actually, Nader for once has a point. He has ran all through the primary as an African American appealing to and benefitting greatly from the black voters in this country who have never bothered to vote before he came along. Now, he has to try and sway the white working class vote in order to win the GE, so what is his latest ad? He’s now a little white boy from Kansas raised by a single white mother and white grandparents. What happened to living in Nigeria with his mother and her second black husband til he was twelve and then going to live in Hawaii with his grandparents? It is pandering. I don’t want to see ads like this from a candidate. I want a political ad to tell me what the candidate plans to do and how he is going to spend my tax money, period.

Are you forgetting that Mr. Obama’s mother is just as white as Nadar is? He is half white and has every right to act white if he so pleases… just like he can act African-American if he wants. The main thing is he is the best person for the job.

BTW, Obama is half white! Why does everyone call him African American?

msmama,
and why is that so?
a wrong being righted at anytime is right.
there is a better doc. case for it to happen now than ever before. for a long time corp. and states kept locked away the injustices done to blacks over the years, these records are and have surfaced, and the case is strong.
so why would it be wrong?

I actually read this article many times and Mr. nader has some credibility in his comments. I noticed in Obama’s speeches, he does address the white issues, not the poor. Maybe we are too quick to dismiss Mr. Nader’s conclusion.

charles, i feel you,
but if obama had been “all that” he would have been able to transcend all of the obstacles you mention, and he should have been the one who would have been able with his speech to talk to convience the people of the right thing to do. harold washington was able to do this.
obama with his own words said he was not ready to be president, and he wanted to get some more experience, he should have stuck with that, but no the far left got to him, to be a spoiler to sen. clinton.
how would you feel if you eventually find out, that obama’ candidacy really had nothing to do with you, it was all to stop sen. clinton? and her ideology.
and what she believed in and would have done, was in your best interest?
jgaw,
lets be honest, no one but GOD transcends all. Obama isn’t trying to be GOD, if you think he is thats a problem you have and you are not listening. To me Obama is the man at the right time for this country. This country for years has been divided, at work, play, politics, schools, banks, communities, healthcare, etc. look around where you are now. It is time and the time is now that we unite. Hillary Clinton fought a great fight, but she lost. but she should continue the fight in another capacity. she and Obama pretty much share some of the same ideas, on war, healthcare, imigration, etc. just becaues this is not her time for to be president, should take the fight out of her. I find it interesting that you would suggest that the US Gov (Liberals) would proactively support Obama(a black man)just to rid us of the Clintons. It was the clintons that underestimated Obama and his campaign. What I would encourage everyone is to take a look at your lives, and decide what you want for the present and the future for your children and this world. No one has gotton a raw deal out of this, it is what it is. What also is great about this is that people are really, truely finding somethings about them selves and their views. Race is and always will be a issue in this world, not just politics, if Obama wins, racisism will not be over, but we do and must deal with it, openly and fair. Ask you self, what are your qualifications to run for Presidents, is it age(how old) is it experience(how much and what kind)
is it passion, is it love for your country and the fellow man, is it desire,is it greed, is it power, can this person move the country in positive direction, is this person a uniter or divider, can this person demand respect for us globally, can this person govern from the bottom up and from the top down. I think Barak Ohama can be a great President, but only you can decide

Of course he acts white, he is as white as he is black………..he is a dark skinned white person, get over it.

Obama is very good at saying what the white voter wants to hear. The black voter will follow Obama to his loss in November. “You can fool some of the people, all of the time”. Maybe, Ralph has a point.

when you say that Senator Obama is the best candidate for America what makes him that? I have not seen anything that makes him the best candidate—it can not be his record, his caring for the people, his method of handling a primary, his flip flops on just about everything now even the troops out of Iraq deadline, his inability to unite the party—he needs the Clintons, so what is it? Let’s forget about the race issues, I really don’t care what skin color he is, I just don’t see the potential to run a nation in Senator Obama. What makes him presidential material, his speeches ??????

Obama is just like an any politician. He knows how to use the people for his avantages. He uses back, white, religious people, he uses everyone and everything to get elected. And people talk about change. LOL – such a joke.

msmama- No not with those I grew up with so it is okay for him to generalize? So it would be okay afor a person to say “typical black person” when someone is on welfare or arrested? Try to justify it as much as you want. Obama will divide this country more than it already is. People keeping making harmless statements into more than the are when they are said by white people, BUT when a non-white person says something it is okay.

Sometimes I wonder if Nader is not funded by corporate fatcats and other GOP big money types. His line of BS is similar to the disinformation campaigns they launched to block anti-smoking efforts and traction to combat global warming. Nader is always out there telling us that there’s no difference between Dems and Repubs. on the environment, social justice, corporate welfare etc. That’s just a big steaming pile of BS which only helps the fatcats he claims to be fighting. Follow the money.

Asked if he thinks Obama is trying to “talk white,” Nader said, “of course….The number one thing that a black American politician aspiring to the presidency should be is to candidly describe the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law, and is going to be liberated by the law,” Nader said. “Haven’t heard a thing.”
this is why nader is stupid. you see he said a black american politian.would this not also be the job of a white american politician? case closed.

It’s as if there’s only one person running in this election. 90% of the news articles seem to be about Obama, and they ALWAYS bring the Republican attack worms out.

Let’s step away from the race issue. Senator Obama is neither he is half of each just because he was raised in an all white household does not qualify him as white, today it is called biracial or multiracial which is what he will qualify as because of his father who was African/Arab. Does it really matter what we should be concentrating on is whether he can run this nation not his heritage.

Ralph Nader has the backbone to “tell it like it is”. GO RALPH !!!

I really do not think much of all this race talk I hear in conversations. I think if a person is qualified to lead this country he should be able to lead it no matter what color he is. So much hate in the world and not enough love in the air. People would not say bad things to other people about race if they truely Had THE LORD JESUS IN there life. People put a C average man in office to be president and didn’t no one say anything about that. I have read up on Obama and he is a very intelligent young man. I feel if he is the pres. I feel he will do a better job at running it than what I have seen in these last 8 Years. I love people for the goodness thats in them and not for all that bad stuff people say because they are angry that a blackman has made it this far. I love white, black, asian, it does not matter if they treat people with respect and diginity.THE TRUTH.

“Hillary had more votes, than Obama.” No, she did not. It was just another Clinton lie.

msmama- “typical” obama supporter, always needs to divert to something else. Keep dividing people you are good at it and keep you head in the sand, you are good at it. keep the belief that obama is the best person for the job alive you are good at it. I just hope your narrow one sided mind doesn’t keep you from seeing the bigger picture and not just the one that is being crafted for you by the racist obama.

david, ny. what was it? did i hit a nerve with that nader quote that i posted? that’s the thing about getting it in print. it always come back to bite somebody in the butt. here’s a band aid.

Obama was raised in a multi-ethnic white community for his formative years. After he went to college, he got in touch with the black community, and appears to have ‘rejected’ his own whiteness. Why else, would he never show his living grandmother, and show multiple photos of his 4 kenya grandmothers in the news media. On mothers’s day, he didn’t even mention a thanks to his grandmother. He seems still in the process of ‘finding himself’, which might be the reason for his focus on his own internal issues, his ongoing inconsistency, and his being naive in his solutions and approaches. The DNC has been working full-time on an ‘extreme makeover’ for him and his wife to make their candidate look better to a broader audience.

WHY IS HE NOT ATTACKING JOHN MCCAIN, I DON’T HEAR JOHN McCAIN TALKING ABOUT the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law, and is going to be liberated by the law.
JOHN McCAIN IS DOING EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE, HE IS PLANNING TO GIVE THE LARGEST TAX CUTS TO THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE 94% OF THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS ARE NOT GETTING A TAX CUT.
IT IS OBAMA WHO IS GOING TO GIVE THE TAX CUTS TO 94% OF AMERICAN POPULATION, WHICH ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR THE TAX CUTS. IT IS THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE POOR WHO ARE SUFFERING THE MOST, AND THEY NEED TO TAX CUT BARACK OBAMA WANTS TO GIVE THEM, AND GUESS WHAT, THOSE 94% OF THE MIDDLE CLASS POPULATION IS OF EVERY COLOR.

msmama- Actually NO. I don’t care what nadar says or does. You seem to support obama and cannot answer any of the comments posted. I feel sad for you, you seem so lost seeing you can’t focus on the issues and no answers–oh sorry I thought I was responding to OBAMA.

Talk about guilt by association propaganda. You’ve got nothing on Obaman compared to what we’ve got on Bush and McCain. Wasn’t there a muslim in the whitehouse smoking a cigar with president Bush on the balcony the night the Pentagon was burning? Didn’t McCain have at least 9 lobbyists in his campaign as recently as a few weeks ago? Didn’t McCain’s man just say a terrorist attack on our nation would be good for McCain?

I don’t know about Nader’s comments pertaining to race but he is accurate in that Obama is nothing more then a rank and file, “old politics” politician who’s a corporate candidate like the all the others. No one who has done their homework on the candidates should have been surprised at all on any of the flip-flopping Obama has done.

Hillary, McCain or Nader, in that order. Right On Ralph, your on the short list.

Last post–as far as taxes, Senator Obama plans to increase the capital gains tax for folks making 200K and over–when you really think about that today it will affect the middle class people not all but a good portion, so to say that his tax increase will help the middle class, not sure about that. Research exactly what is being offered on both sides before you make that decision in November, don’t believe just words, candidates will say anything to get your votes, we are in this state of devastation because we thought there would be change and what we have is barely pocket change.

Renee We whites ARE bitter after 8 years of Bush. What’s your point?

jackson5. ‘what will obama do for me’? probably nothing. but guess what? i expect about the same from all the others. but it is my right to choose who i want for president without permission from you or anyone else. that’s what makes america great. don’t you agree?

Obama, once the truth came out about your close association with Rev. Wright, Fr. Pfleger, Resko, Farrakhan, Ayres and Dohrn, your percentage of votes in the primary dropped dramatically. This just a preview of the election.

@ Scotti,
Sitting here checking the blogs on my lunch break, you are pro-Obama. You talk a lot, without fact, “typical” follower. You are doing more to hurt Obama, than help.

david,ny. you are an idiot if i ever heard of one. ‘blacks put their own people on slave ships. you are one laughable son of a gun. you should have paid more attention to your lessons. but it’s not to late. there’s still hope, ralph nader, jr.

frank- its refreshing to read how some one can make fiction look so real. just because you hold an office doesn’t mean you can run a country. He can’t even run the committee he heads because he is running for president (as stated by him) so how will he beable to run a country and attend to war and other issues??????????????

If elected, will Obama pardon Resko?

Obama should be impeached. Obama is the chairman of a sub-committee on foreign relations and he has “NEVER” called a meeting or took one action regarding this committee. What is so very sad, Obama is lacking foreign relations knowledge and experience. This is “change” you can believe in…

Nader lost all credibility with me. He showed that he is totally IGNORANT!!!
Obama isn’t half African-American, He’s half African and Half White American.
Obama is a educated man, he graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University.
What’s “talking White”? He talks like an educated intelligent man!!!
I once supported Nader, NEVER AGAIN!!!

I understand how this presidential race has made alot white Americans get really unconfortable. This is the first time the whole country has been put to a real race test. To where all those some of my best friends are black comments really pan out. Blacks have no choice but to deal with white America. Thats what we call “mainstream” But the journey into black America is taken only by choice, until now. Well I geuss we”ll see where this takes us. Whether America is ready for the journey or not, were already on the road.

Nader, hung up on race. He’s obvioulsy not “above the fray”.

Obama, nonthing to offer, why are you in the race? Ralph is the man.

Ralph Nader is about 3 weeks older than I am, and I am 74; our generation has had our chance, and now all we can do is hand the problems we have in part made and certainly have not solved to the younger generations, who will be the ones who will have to face the enormous and daunting challenges ahead. Also – I am White, my husband is Black, we live in a ‘Third World’ country, my children and grandchildren are of various colours and ancestries, but we regard each other as human beings – that is what Obama does – Nader apparently still sees people as primarily defined by race/ethnicity – may be he, like McCain, should admit, as I do, that our generation has had its time – this is a new and different day!

The irony, now I do not support Nader, but I notice people taking what he said out of context.
There are sterotypes in this world and one of them is how we talk or to perceive to talk. Now Obama does this great thing of dividing the country in his speeches, does a Racist speech that says nothing, does an energy speech that has the drones wanting to pay more for gas.
He does not speak white, he speaks as a Washington Insider Politician!!
Obama is going to bring on another great Depression!!

Obama should be impeached. Obama is the chairman of a sub-committee on foreign relations and he has “NEVER” called a meeting or took one action regarding this committee. What is so very sad, Obama is lacking foreign relations knowledge and experience. This is “change” you can believe in…
Anne – this brings up the question, is he capable of handling this position, as a sub-committee chairman? This looks bad on his resume for President. Maybe the DNC should take another look at Hillary…

Obama words aren’t empty. If these were empty words, you would not see so many people flocking to hear them. Let’s get real. The world isn’t full of idiots. It is so sad we can’t get beyond race. TRUTH BE TOLD: If Obama’s skin was lighter, if he was married to a white woman with kids that looked white, and all else was the same – he would win the November election in a landslide. The history of this nation and the hatred pushed from generation to generation by die-hard bigots – will take this country to hell. Obama can’t put this country in a depression. If a depression occurs, you can thank George Bush and his Republican cronies.

From an angry black woman, Nader is right on point with this statements.

obama already has the black vote in the bag. now he has to convice the rest of us that he is up to the task.
unfortunately what nader is alluding to is a reality in american politics where you pander to the constituents that you need to win. once you win then its business as usual. the elite assume their roles in the castle…and the rest of us ‘the extras’ are left to fend for ourseves as we stand at the pump asking ourselves do i buy gas, or groceries? yes we can ‘walk to work’ yes we can ‘eat all those bumper stickers’. and the band plays on…

Charles,
I honestly believe that your post is the best that I have ever seen on this blog. Until now, whites have had a choice of delving into “black america”. Blacks have NEVER had the luxury of choosing to deal with “white” society.That’s just the way it is. This whole election will truly show what America is made of, and I don’t mean if they choose Obama or not. I have learned so much about this society since this process started, and I am angry and a little hurt with all of the racism that this country claims to be a thing of the past. ON ALL SIDES !!!
Racism, sexism and all the “isms” are not only alive but doing VERY WELL in this country of ours.
Sad….but there is always tomorrow.

spock —- let me give you a clue — it is John McCain’s tax policy of giving the biggest tax breaks to the richest in this country, that will send us straight into a depression, because the MIDDLE CLASS, AND POOR, who make up 94% of the population, (the people in this country who are suffering the most, the ones who are losing their jobs, and homes, and can’t afford to buy gas, and food), will not be able to afford any of this without a tax cut, AND A large portion of those MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR who DID NOT GET A TAX CUT will be applying for food stamps, and welfare, just to get by, and survive.
IT IS JOHN McCAIN’S TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH, WHO WILL BRING DISASTER TO OUR ECONOMY, AND BRING US RIGHT INTO A DISASTER, STRAIGHT INTO A DEPRESSION.

alice — Obama has alot of experience, he worked in government for 13 years. Obama worked in the Illinois Senate for 8 years, and worked in the US Senate for 5 years.
He knows BOTH how the government works at the state level, as well aso how the government works at the Federal level. And because of working in both Senate, Obama actually has a better understanding, of how the things done in Washington actually affects the citizens at the State level, because he has seen it himself, having worked at both levels of government.
OBAMA HAS THE RIGHT EXPERIENCE!!
John McCain does NOT have this important experience, he has been ONLY in Washington, he has NEVER worked at the state level, so he does NOT know, and has NOT seen how decisions made in Washington actually affect the lives of the citizens at the the state level.

Has Nader forgotten that Obama is biracial, with a white mother? Why would he automatically assume that Obama would necessarily trumpet the same issues as Jesse Jackson because their skin shades might be similar? Nader is just proving again what an irrelevent a$$ he has become, especially after ‘changing his mind’ and contravening his own vow to never get into politics. He’s a gadfly and has never been a serious candidate for anything.

Who ever made up the term “trying to talk white/black” or “acting white/black”??? I think that alone is racist, and after all these years of liberation you would think a knowledgable person with a college degree would never think like that let alone say anything like that out loud. Nadar please give me a break.

nader is an irrelevant, opportunistic fossil who tries to get his “15 minutes of fame” whenever possible. Now he’s revealed himself to also be racist.

Nader, who only appeals to the crackpot fringe, is complaining because Obama ISN’T trying to appeal to the Black minority. Someone should point out to Nader that the president is president to ALL groups in America. Not president to just a select few.

jgaw ….you aren’t the same person I talked to in the grocery line are you?
If you are not, than I heard almost the same thing from another in a store. They went on about how Obama has said nothing about helping the poor and they expected more talk from him about this.
There are a lot of people saying he has not been on the national scene long enough to know him. Everyone is screaming about the middle class but, what about the people that fall way below them, does anyone care?
We keep pushing people down the economic ladder until they cease to exist, this is what Nader is referring to. The candidates seem beneath reaching out to the desperately poor in our society, you think they care about what is going on around the world? They have enough of job just trying to stay alive.
The liberal left aristocratic democrats and corporate greed republicans just can’t seem to stop raping the the lower class enough of their dignity.

Frank, you wrote: “…it is John McCain’s tax policy of giving the biggest tax breaks to the richest in this country, that will send us straight into a depression, because the MIDDLE CLASS, AND POOR, who make up 94% of the population, (the people in this country who are suffering the most, the ones who are losing their jobs, and homes, and can’t afford to buy gas, and food), will not be able to afford any of this without a tax cut, AND A large portion of those MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR who DID NOT GET A TAX CUT will be applying for food stamps, and welfare, just to get by, and survive.”
TOTALLY WRONG! First of all it is the wealthy and small businesses who create jobs. Secondly, the 2001 Bush tax cuts LOWERED the bottom two federal income tax brackets: The 15% bracket lowered to 10%; the 28% bracket lowered to 15%. Now then, the top 25% of the nations wage earners account for 86% of the total income tax revenue; and the top 50% of the nations wage earners account for 97% of the total income tax revenue.
Sen. Obama and the Democrats want the 2001 and 2003 Bush tax cuts to expire. THAT will raise the bottom two federal income tax brackets back up to 15% and 28%. THAT WILL BE A HUGE TAX HIKE!
Sen. Obama says he will cut taxes for the lower and middle class. The question is will he cut their taxes AFTER the Bush tax cuts expire? And then will his tax cuts end up a net tax cut or a net tax increase? If Sen. Obama’s net tax cut doesn’t lower the bottom two income tax brackets below the current 10% and 15% then it WILL BE a net tax hike!

Mariann Pepitone: “That was checked out on the internet.” That is the funniest thing I have heard in a long time. And now this infallible “internet” you speak of has proof that Obama was actually born in Kenya? Even if that were true, the legal case against qualification for office would be tenuous; and more importantly, WHO CARES?

go ralph!!!!!!!

To paraphrase Maureen Dowd: “So what if Obama has brains, what’s wrong with that?! So what if Obama is successful, what’s wrong with that?! So what if Obama has education and intellectual sophistication, what’s wrong with that?!” You people, like Nadar, are idots to imply that a person is “trying to be white” just because such person has these qualities. That’s what’s wrong with America today, no one likes it when another person gets ahead and does something better for himself while, at the same time, trying to do something better for his/her Country. GET OVER IT ALREADY!

Ralph sure tells it like it is doesn’t he?

For all the people still confused about this, Obama is black. It doesn’t matter if his mother is white, he self-identifies as a black or African American man.
Why do people refuse to stop reclassifying him as “mulatto” instead of “black”?
Being black is more than just having two black parents. And I swear, the next person to say, “but Obama was raised by white people! He can’t be black!!!” needs to get off the internet and read a book. If Obama isn’t black because he wasn’t raised by two black parents, then all the black kids raised by white parents, and any black kid who has a white step-parent is no longer black. I mean, what exactly is being raised “black” and being raised “white” anyway?
Sound kind of stupid, right? Right.
Oh, and what Nader said was pretty ridiculous. He needs to just step away from the microphone and take a good hard look in the mirror.
Geeze.

M Julius If Obama is fully Black and not half White. Can I say I am White and want to be Black so therefore I am Black. I did not think that this was so easy.

I did not think that this was so easy.
Posted by: s4bo | Jun 25, 2008 3:40:23 PM
*****
Oooohhh! I wanna be black too!! I probably am, LOL!

PS: Tiger Woods isn’t biracial. Please do some research, even if you have to use wikipedia.

PS: Tiger Woods isn’t biracial. Please do some research, even if you have to use wikipedia.
Posted by: M. Julius | Jun 25, 2008 3:50:11 PM
*******
What??? LOL!! Bi-racial refers to anyone born of mixed race parents. I think he qualifies:
Earl Woods was African American, Chinese and Native American.
Kultida Woods is from Thailand, half Thai and half Chinese.
You don’t get more mixed than that, baby!

Nader’s got a point.
Also, the FISA bill is kind of like Hillary’s Iraq war vote. Both are (partially) voting for it to appear tougher. Interesting to see that Obama’s got no spine after all.

WHY IS HE NOT ATTACKING JOHN MCCAIN, I DON’T HEAR JOHN McCAIN TALKING ABOUT the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law, and is going to be liberated by the law.
JOHN McCAIN IS DOING EXACTLY THE OPPOSITE, HE IS PLANNING TO GIVE THE LARGEST TAX CUTS TO THE RICHEST PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY.
THE 94% OF THE POOR AND MIDDLE CLASS ARE NOT GETTING A TAX CUT.
IT IS OBAMA WHO IS GOING TO GIVE THE TAX CUTS TO 94% OF AMERICAN POPULATION, WHICH ARE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE UP THE MIDDLE CLASS AND POOR THE TAX CUTS. IT IS THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE POOR WHO ARE SUFFERING THE MOST, AND THEY NEED TO TAX CUT BARACK OBAMA WANTS TO GIVE THEM, AND GUESS WHAT, THOSE 94% OF THE MIDDLE CLASS POPULATION IS OF EVERY COLOR.

EVERY political conversation EVERYWHERE is about Obama.
Who is he running against again?
Oh well, it doesn’t matter. WHOEVER it is, is going down in a ball of flames.
HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Nadar needs to shut up. I have no intention of voting for Obama, because I don’t like his policies – but having said that. How exactly does one “talk white”? And why is that an issue if one is 1/2 “white”? He’s not “talking white”, he’s talking as a college educated American who has a liberal view. Period. End of story.

Hum, Ralph Nader has a point here. Obviously, B. Obama will say/not say whatever it takes to get elected. He’s no different from any of them out there, is he.

I am diffenitly voting for Nader/Gonzalas. I am tired of voting for the lesser of two evils.

Several years ago I used to think Ralph Nader had some good points and even gave serious consideration to voting for him, but after listening to these latest comments I have lost all respect.

To say “act white” implies that whites are different from blacks and that white must be something desirable to want to be. That just simply sounds racist to me. What is the definition of racism if that isn’t it?

This man need a rest home.

NADER IS A RACIST!!! HE IS ATTACKING OBAMA SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE OF OBAMA’S SKIN COLOR!!!
HOW THE HELL IS NADER GOING TO SAY THAT OBAMA IS TRYING TO TALK WHITE, AND PLAY ON WHITE GUILT, WHEN OBAMA’S CAMPAIGN POLICIES, AND HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN POLICIES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.

I think Nader is right on, but could have said it in a better way.
Simply put, while Obama was being touted as the 1st black candidate by the media while Clinton was hailed as the 1st female candidate, we haven’t heard from Obama speaking directly to the Black community. It does indeed come across as avoiding the discussion of issues which are very relavent to the Black community.
Furthermore, while there are still a lot of people in the US which may not feel comfortable with electing a Black President, Nader continues, “Basically he’s coming on as someone who is not going to threaten the white power structure, whether it’s corporate or whether it’s simply oligarchic.”
A cutting commentary to a questionable circumstance.

Not only is Nader employing racist themes (demanding that non-whites identify primarily with their ethnicity is very much that) but apparently wants Obama to have as little chance of being elected as Nader does. Obama’s ability to make things better — huge. Nader’s ability to make things better — significant, but all in the past.
Here is a very simple fact: If Obama isn’t elected President, McCain will be. Period. Like it or not, that’s the way things are. Obama has many flaws, but McCain is far worse on every single issue.

@js
if obama could be given a truth shot, and asked what is the one thing you regret in your campaign,
he would probally answer,
“the sad fact that i convienced some african americans that bill clinton was a racist.”
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That’s some nice racist patronizing there. Many people reached the conclusion that Clinton was playing the race card (NOT that he is racist), all on their own.

“we haven’t heard from Obama speaking directly to the Black community” Yeah, we have actually. Remember? Most recently on Father’s Day. And every time he does that’s the point where Republicans haul out the race card and say “he’ll only be a president for black people”. Clearly also African Americans do NOT agree with Nader. Or hadn’t Nader noticed.

“Everybody has the same opportunities”
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What an incredibly ignorant and dishonest statement. And, in context, racist.

“WHY IS HE NOT ATTACKING JOHN MCCAIN, I DON’T HEAR JOHN McCAIN TALKING ABOUT the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law, and is going to be liberated by the law.”
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Indeed, why isn’t Nader complaining that McCain is “talking white”? Because a) Nader is insensitive to his own racism and b) because he is doing the Republican’s bidding, just as he did in 2004 and 2000. Funny that we ONLY hear from Ralph during election season, and we primarily hear him attacking the “lesser evil”, giving the greater evil a free pass. Well, not so funny when he TOOK REPUBLICAN MONEY to fund his campaigns.

Can the hardworking, educated, middle and upper class African-Americans get a little love from these type people? If we’re college educated, we’re trying to be white. If we speak correctly, we’re talking white. If we live in nice areas, were uppity. If we overcome extenuating circumstances, pay our own way through honorable educational institutions such as Princeton and Harvard, were affirmative action students with no merit. No love at all? What does people like him want? Will he be okay if we all decided to live poorly, depending on the government, with zero representation? I’m sure it would make for good race related statistical comparisons. Good Grief! Given our country’s history though, most of us expected this, so we’re moving on anyway! Catch you on the flip side.

How can any of you call anybody a racist, when Obama is coming out of a 20 year intimate relationship with a racist church? Forget it. Stop playing victims, stop playing naive. Obama is the sham,, and the fraud.

nader like mccain is just to old to be of any importance.

I liked the way Ralph Nader spoke. No rhetoric, just plain to-the-point talk.
I hope to hear more from him.

I think it is sad that Ralph Nader still has a platform to spew his distortion of the truth and ruin America, again. Get out of the way you Republican funded hack. It is so obvious that you are an arm of the RNC and a paid spoiler in a race that is to important to lose again. 2000= Bush
2004= Bush
And now in 2008 this weak man who does the bidding for the Republican party is trying to do it again. Come on, America, how many times will you fall for the same cheap trick?
Nader is a Racist, Nader is a stooge for the RNC and he is working against everything he supports with his attacks on Obama.
OH Ralph, why do you only say bad thing’s about Obama and not John McCain? Is it because he is paying you good money to disrupt another Presidential election?

people are upset with obama because of what he as accomplished through hard study and hard work..that bothers them, because it proves their fathers a liar.

im a 100% black man but Nader is right why doesnt Obama talk about the plight of the black community in specfics I’ll tell you why because he has to bankroll this campaign strictly off the backs of us hard working people I can’t afford to keep sending money to a campaign that has the potential of buying an election I would rather give in good faith and really try and get the money out the system because corporate people have found a new outlet to funnel their in with regular donations and can keep giving. We would not be talking about this if it was Hillary. Democrats we put the weaker candidate up because he can raise more money!!!!! Neo-liberals have hijacked the party

Nader isn’t helpful. He already got Bush put into the White House. I don’t respect him that much anymore. Some of the things he says are true, but why does he go after Democrats, seeing that Republicans are the ones who commit more of the atrocities that he and his party decry. There are times when what he says is just plain unhelpful.

And Ralph Nader is relevant how? Go away, Ralphie, your bitchin and moaning is getting really, really old.

Nader’s work in automobile
safety has not convinced
people he can do good work
in politics.
He’s unsafe in any elective
office.

Nader is calling it correctly. Obama is a genious. He knows that by him playing the race card will allow him to guilt the American public to vote for him. More peolpe will vote for Obama just because he is black than those who will not. I hope more will vote based on his positions than his race.

Nader needs to get a life…. he is old news and really can not be taken seriously. Some other poster suggested he go to a rest home. I wholeheartedly agree! He will do anything to get some time in the news. Bitterness is such an ugly trait in a man.

I was never of fan of Ralph Nader. In this case, he’s 100% correct about Obama. He’s a stooge of corporate interests. All this pretty talk of “new politics” is just cover for corrupt, Chicago-style politics as usual.

The implication of “talking white” is that all black people are the same and share the same politics. Nader is trying to appeal to blacks– by trying to “talk black.” You have to give him credit though for having found a way into the media, because they are intent on ignoring third party candidates. I don’t think it really matters, most people this year know the stakes are too high NOT to vote for Obama.

Democrats and Republicans have let us down. Wake up America! Ralph speaks for all people of ALL RACES. Look at the issues with an open mind. Stop bashing the man who has done so much for US! Politics is dirty and politicians have shown time and time again their policies leave the average American in the dust.
What is our breaking point?
GO RALPH NADER!