Nader: Obama is trying to "Talk White" appeal to "White Guilt"

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:02 AM EDT

Article Source: The Boston Globe

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Ralph Nader -- the consumer advocate running as an independent for president and a bane to Democrats -- is pressing the case that presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama is another corporate candidate who won't really change Washington.

All well and good, but his remarks this week that throw race into the critique are getting notice.

Nader told the Rocky Mountain News, in an interview published today, that Obama is trying to "talk white" and to appeal to "white guilt."

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Killfile

And if you had any doubt that Ralph Nader was an egotistical asshat that should more or less clear things up for you. Sounds like someone just can't stand the idea of a Democratic candidate that progressives can get behind.

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#1 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:17 AM EDT

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James G. Sloan

A white man telling a black man how to be black? When a white man ran on a platform on white rights he did not go far. Nader was never really relevant. If Viagra was invented when he went after the corvair, we might have known who he was.

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#2 - Thu Jun 26, 2008 5:28 PM EDT

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Nader: Obama 'talking white'	CNN	Wed Jun 25	0
Obama rejects Nader claim on white talk	Associated Press	Wed Jun 25	13
Ralph Nader critical of Obama for trying to 'talk white'	Rocky Mountain News	Wed Jun 25	122
Obama, Don't Mess With Nader	Dolores M. Bernal	Thu Jun 26	61
McCains Misguided Strategy?	The New York Times	Thu Jun 26	2

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