All Black Politicians are the Same
Published June 25th, 2008At least, according to Ralph Nader. Why people have ever listened to this guy, I have no freaking clue. They should stop encouraging him. Why anyone would vote for him is beyond me. Nader said:
“I haven’t heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos. Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead. What’s keeping him from doing that? Is it because he wants to talk white? He doesn’t want to appear like Jesse Jackson? We’ll see all that play out in the next few months and if he gets elected afterwards.”
“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,” he said. “Haven’t heard a thing.”
So in other words, Nader is saying that every and all black candidates should have the exact same political outlook and strategy. By that logic, Nader and McCain should be on the exact same political page, since all old white guys aspiring to the presidency should have the same priorities. Nader is exhibiting some pretty screwed up racism here - he’s saying Obama isn’t black enough. Typically, racists would begrudge Obama for being too black. I’ve written about this before, and once again Obama is caught in the middle of an absolutely ridiculous argument.
Nader expects Obama to act a certain way, just because he’s black. In fact, not only does he expect it - he practically demands it. Nader can’t conceive of a black man running for president to act in any way outside his expectation. Since Obama breaks Nader’s “black man for president” mold - he must be a phony. And that should be offensive to just about anyone - Nader has pigeonholes that everyone needs to fit in, and if they don’t - they’re being phony.
Hopefully, by now, the liberals that voted for Nader are realizing that the man is a complete loon and has no business upon the national stage.
The only reason to have ever voted for Nader was when he was officially Green, so the party could get the 5 percent of the popular vote that would earn them matching funds.
He’s irrelevant now.
ugh! maybe he has become senile!
j.j.