Obama Responds to Nader’s Comment That He’s Trying to “Talk White”: “It Is What It Is”

Nader, go home, back to consumer protection where you’re needed and belong.

Nadar is right at one thing — Obama is pandering white votes at the cost of other minority groups. His treatment of Muslim community is just one of the examples.
Obama did nothing for this country, even nothing for his black community except for his own political benefits. His street organizer experience was only for building his own political career.

It is what it is. Enough said.

The lesson to learn from these posts is that there is absolutely not one single reason to vote FOR McCain. So far ALL I have seen from the Republicans is dirty tricks designed to slander Obama, usually while disguised as a Democrat. There hasn’t been one positive reason why McCain should be president. Just fantasies and lies attacking Obama.
It’s a sad reflection of the current state of the Republican party and its entirely lacking candidate.

“…are issues that the traveling press can tell you I’ve devoted multiple speeches, town hall meetings to…”
Wow, he talked about these things. How impressive. Imagine if this guy were elected to a position where he could actually shape and enact laws…

Nader before Obama! A real no-brainer.

Philosophus, try to keep up. Nader is an Independant. If you look him up “on the issues” he is a hard-left liberal on just about every issue.
At least know what you are talking about and don’t “cry wolf” when you hear LIBERALS that are also disgusted with Obama’s problems.

It’s pretty bad when even Nader looks normal compared to Obama.

Ralph Nader’s comments are so racist. I am a white voter who supports Barack Obama because of his stands on the issues I care about. I believe Barack Obama is a man of principle. I believe when push comes to shove, Barack Obama will stand for what is right rather than for what is politically expedient. I believe that Barack Obama will bring his intelligence and the many lessons he has learned through his education and many years in government to bear on the many problems this nation faces.
I used to believe Ralph Nader was a man of principle. He was really a hero. Somebody who did what was right and spoke truth to power. In the last elections however he has revealed that he is willing to lie in order to promote his candidacy. This latest salvo though is a new low. Using race baiting to get headlines is just pathetic. I used to admire Ralph Nader, now I just feel sorry for an old man who has clearly lost his bearings.

fletcher…
listen, im a white voter as well. you ACTUALLY dont think there is any truth to what alph nader said?! i mean, do you think he’s saying it to simply just get attention?! for what?! his election chances?! he knows he is never going to become the president. there is alot of truth to what he said. it’s sad that so many people dont actually think that race plays a big role in this election. you can sit there and say i dosnt, but the sad fact is that it does. it shouldnt, but it does. and obama is, and has played the race card through the whole election thus far. now, to me personaly, i could care less what color our president is. and i really think a huge majority of actual voters feel the same way. but for some reason, race is made an issue. and obama PLAYS IT JUST AS MUCH AS ANYONE ELSE. its just that he has a little advantage in that he can play it on the “defensive”.

Nader is right. Obama avoids such issues. He walks a safe road. He doesn’t address predatory loans and other issues that are unique to the poor.

Can someone just tell this guy nader to go away!1 He is just trying to get some attention to his failed causes because he never did manage to get the attention he craves. He is a joke and people like this should be barred because he is is just diverting attention from the serious issues. he has never done anything in terms of consumer protection and now that he wants his ego, he’s crawling out of the outhouse woodwork. Go away you egomaniac!!

I haven’t heard anyone mention that McLame isn’t speaking out against payday loans, predatory lending etc, is this because only black politicians should be judged on these issues.

Ralph Nader’s NUMBER ONE funding source, according to Funding Watch, IS A GROUP OF REPUBLICAN 527′s. Several investigative reports – most quashed by the right wing – have revealed that IN EVERY YEAR THAT HE HAS RUN he has been FUNDED BY NEOCONS. HENCE, PLEASE SEND THIS WARNING TO EVERYONE THAT YOU KNOW AND DISCOUNT ANYTHING THAT NADER SAYS, AS HE IS BEING ENTIRELY FUNDED BY FAR RIGHT WING 527 GROUPS!!!

nader stopped making any sense years ago—-think he is senile like mcbush

Nadar’s views are idiotic. I am black, and I understand Obama more clearly than all of the stereotyped personalities he refers to. Nadar can’t accept that some of us do actually graduate University, and shape our lives and thinking through the personal disciplines, training and hard work that we have had to embed into our characters to succeed. Nadar’s views are bigoted.

put him back in a ford pinto

While in the Illinois Senate, Obama was instrumental in passing payday loan and predatory lending practice reform. Obama talks about continuing such reform all the time on the campaign trail. Either Nader isn’t paying attention, or he’s been smoking too much grass, or both. As far as the “talking white” comments … they’re disgusting and degrading. What, would he like it better if Obama talked like a thug from south central LA? It’s like he thinks that Obama’s command of the English language and ability to talk to, relate to, and advocate for people from all walks of life is a bad thing. As President, Obama will represent all people, not just blacks. If Obama acted like Nader seems to want him to, he’d have no business being in office. Nader is nothing more than an attention whore.

CNN reported a poll today that Ralph Nader would take 4% of Obama’s vote and Bob Barr (the Libertarian) would take 3% of McCain’s vote.
So, if both of these potential spoilers run, the net effect should be near zero.

So, what credibility does Ralph Nader have anyway? He talks down on John McCain too, its just he gets more publicity bashing Obama.
Amazingly, Ralph Nader is stealing votes from John McCain, according to the polls. It would be better for all of us if Nader would keep his comments to himself.

I think it’s really sad that some of us, who actually have pretty decent incomes are having to choose between gas and other necessities. We have REAL issues in this country. If we pay attention most of the rest of the world view us negatively and we are considered as arrogant and close-minded to other’s cultures. It’s a shame that race issues are so prevalent in this campaign. What is happening here is sad, because all of those countries that hate us are probably cheering this behavior on. Have we not learned our lessons of divide and conquer. If we can’t even come together to resolve the economy, international policies and promoting unity IN THIS COUNTRY, then we will fall just as Russia, Rome and other elitist nations have. We need to stop the bickering and realize that we have some very real problems. I don’t know about the rest of you, but what does “talking white” have to do with the price of milk!!

Mr. Obama always showing class!
Now that is real leadership quality I can admire!
YES WE CAN!!!

In response to Nader’s comment, Obama said “First of all, what’s clear is that Ralph Nader hasn’t been paying attention to my speeches…”. What Nader wants is where is the action, where is the beef. Obama keeps pointing to his speeches and a broken Washington system. But no actions, not even the campaign financing issue.

It would be refreshing if Obama could rebuttle an attack on his substance with a actual policy or plan. Instead, we always get the accusations of his opponents’ faults, racial bias, etc. Weak.

“First of all, what’s clear is that Ralph Nader hasn’t been paying attention to my speeches,” Sen. Barack Obama, D-Illinois,
There we go again. That’s all Obama is about and that’s why a lot of people will never take him seriously. Speeches are not the same as action. Obama has made a lot of speeches and promises. We all know what happens when its really time to take action. He votes present or changes his mind. I saw a pattern of speeches and now an ever more emerging pattern of broken promises in his wake.

The Candidate of Speech!

Thank God for Nader.
He speaks for 70 percent of the voters in the upcoming election.
Obama has played the race card since the beginning of the campaign.
Obama has played the race card against Clinton.
If anyone is a racist it’s Obama.
President Clinton and Senator Clinton have fought for civil rights their entire life.
President Clinton has his office in Harlem. He chose to be in Harlem to understand African Americans and help them with civil rights.
President Clinton could have had his office on 5th Avenue overlooking Central Park.
President Clinton has gotten such a raw deal from the media and Senator Obama. I would never support Obama.
The nerve of Obama not to apologize to both Clintons for his pastor’s remarks is a disgrace.

This primary was the worst coverage ever by all media outlets. It was unfair to the Clinton family. Now the Democrats have a weak and inexperienced nominee because of the sexist views of Senator Clinton and the poor biased reporting favoring Senator Obama.
I won’t miss reading another treatise by a man or woman, of the left or right, who says that sexism has had not even a teeny-weeny bit of influence on the course of the Democratic campaign. To hint that sexism might possibly have had a minimal role is to play that risible “gender card.”
Most of all, I will not miss the silence.
I will not miss the deafening, depressing silence of Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean or other leading Democrats, who to my knowledge (with the exception of Sen. Barbara Mikulski of Maryland) haven’t publicly uttered a word of outrage at the unrelenting, sex-based hate that has been hurled at a former first lady and two-term senator from New York.
Among those holding their tongues are hundreds of Democrats for whom Clinton has campaigned and raised millions of dollars. Don Imus endured more public ire from the political class when he insulted the Rutgers University women’s basketball team.
Would the silence prevail if Obama’s likeness were put on a tap-dancing doll that was sold at airports? Would the media figures who dole out precious face time to these politicians be such pals if they’d compared Obama with a character in a blaxploitation film? And how would crude references to Obama’s sex organs play?
There are many reasons Clinton is lost the nomination contest, some having to do with her strategic mistakes, others with the groundswell for “change.” But for all Clinton’s political blemishes, the darker stain that has been exposed is the hatred of women that is accepted as a part of our culture.
This has been a disgrace for Democrats and to date the DNC had minimal remarks about the issue. They should be outraged.
I am saddened and angry. My entire community will not be voting for Obama this November.

Are people forgeting that’s Obamas as White as he is Black? His mothers family has been in the US from british ancestry since before the Revolution(with an irish exception in the early 19th century). You can’t get much more White than that.
Did you know that he was raised by his White grandparends from the age of 10, while his mom was in Indonesia, and that THEY are the ones that support him through college?
I’m not trying to downplay his Black Heritage, I’m sure he’s proud of both sides, and I’m sure that due to his experiences and dark skin, he has a very strong black backgroundand growing up with White grandparents
Maybe he’s coming off as “white” because he is BOTH. Maybe that’s a an AWESOME thing for this country.
I think it is…

Black or white, Obama has in the past couple of weeks demonstrated that he has no clue about presidential politics or the way washington runs. I really don’t think that Obama is ready to become a president. I think that if you Americans that are voting for him should think about giving him a vice presidential role instead of president. From my point of view and from President Bush’s point of view, this guy doesn’t have a clue.

So let’s review. If Obama doesn’t play the role of black power extremist, then he’s hiding his race to appeal to whites. But if he does mention his 50% black heritage, he’s playing the race card for sympathy. Idiots like Nader are going to get him either way. He’ll always be too black or not black enough.
And let’s look at Mr. Nader for a moment. He accuses Obama of trying to hide his blackness so as not to scare white voters. But what about Nader’s Arab ancestry? He’s 100% Lebanese, but how often do you hear him making speeches about Arab empowerment? Never? So how can he get away with blaming Obama for not making some sort of angry black-power speech?
The reality is that Nader is more than his Arab ancestry, and shouldn’t be obliged to speak constantly about it. And Obama is more than his 50% black ancestry, and shouldn’t be required to speak constantly about it. So get off his back, Ralph.
Oh yeah, Ralph — here’s another thing. Maybe before you seek the presidency, you should try to work your way up through the political system. You know how Obama was a State Senator, then a Senator in Washington, and is now running for the Presidency? Maybe, just maybe, instead of jumping straight to this country’s highest office, you should consider serving the American people at a lower level. In Congress, perhaps. Or maybe as a Governor. Prove to us that you can hold a political office and do a good job at it. Heck, have you ever even sat on a town council? A school board?
Maybe I’ll pull a Nader. I’m not a priest, but maybe I’ll claim the right to become the next Pope. I’m not a scientist, but perhaps I’ll try to convince people that I deserve the Nobel Prize in Physics. I’ve never competed in any any sports, but I think I’ll demand to be on the Olympic Swim Team. I’ve never held political office, but why don’t I just go and run for president.
Oh, wait a minute… people would be crazy to catapult me to the top of a field in which I have no experience.

go ralph nadar go go go!!!!!!