Comments on: Ralph Nader: Obama Not Black Enough

By: DL

DL — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 06:51:56 +0000

I'll bet Hillary and Al Gore could help the poor man out with how to talk black ebonics. If that isn't acceptable, there is always that white priest that is a friend of Obama. I hear that even Al Sharpton wants to take ebonics lessons from him.

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:32:40 +0000

1. My hat is off to you Mr. Nader
It is about time somebody comes out and tells it like it is, Obama is just another politician a corporate puppet that was created by Obama TV and the Chicago political machine, When will people of the United States wake up, Obama is for total governmental control he wants the people of the United States to give up your god given rights and hand us back privileges, which can be taken away at any time.
So for all of you sheeple out there keep following this Manchurian Candidate there will be change you will wake up in socialist country
Drew

By: Derrick

Derrick — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:40:30 +0000

Elsewhere, Ed Morrissey notes the irony of Nader trying to tell a black man how to talk black and that the focus on Obama’s race continues to come from those on the Left and Eric Kleefeld reminds us that this is, after all, Ralph Nader we’re talking about.

I find that interesting in that the right including many on Ed's website find the proxy argument of pointing out what an Angry, Black Woman Michelle is as more of an appealing argument. I will admit that after what we've seen in the primary, you can't leave out people on the Left (I'm looking at you NoQuarter) from racial criticism but this election has just started and the racial stuff has only begun to fly by our friends from across the aisle.

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 19:04:32 +0000

I'm fairly certain that Obama has done all of these things, actually.

If you say so. Personally I don't find that the words "Obama" and "detailed platform" to fit together without some sort of negative modifier in between.

By: Dantheman

Dantheman — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:32:55 +0000

Ralph's not even right on the substance of his complaints. But why should that matter to a person who professed himself unable to tell the difference between Bush and Gore's policy stands? I remain convinced that one day we will find evidence that Karl Rove had a very large role in Nader's 2000 campaign.

By: charles austin

charles austin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:24:27 +0000

Ralph Nader helps to illustrate that race is a social construction. Maybe the postmodernists are right about something.

By: Alex Knapp

Alex Knapp — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:32:33 +0000

“Of course. I mean, first of all, 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,”

I'm fairly certain that Obama has done all of these things, actually. This is a guy who worked for over a decade to organize communities of the urban poor to improve their neighborhoods, after all...

By: Tlaloc

Tlaloc — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:18:40 +0000

It’s not at all clear why black candidates have a particular obligation to talk about “black issues.”

Well it is a fact that Obama has had a huge amount of support from black voters, substantially more than a generic democrat would get (which is already considerable). Presumably that obligates him to them somewhat.