Perennial presidential candidate loser Ralph Nader told the Rocky Mountain News that Barack Obama "talks white" when it comes to the issues and ignoring the plight of African Americans.



A guy who can't rustle up enough supporters to meet in a cell phone booth offered this advice:

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 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?"

Nader is trapped in an era, circa the 1970s, when he was relevant and folks used the term "ghettos."

Obama responded saying: "Ralph Nader's trying to get attention. He's become a perennial political candidate. It's a shame, because if you look at his legacy in terms of consumer protections, it's an extraordinary one."

Why would anyone, let alone Obama, listen to a man who won 0.3 percent of the vote in 2004, and has a snowball's chance of garnering a fraction of that in November.

Nader labels Obama the "black presidential candidate." At the same time, he presumes to define our issues. Nader, like 3 in 10 white Americans NOT voting for Obama, has this fear that Obama would do too much to help blacks if elected. Now Nader's trying to corner Obama for not fulfilling that ignorant prophecy.

It's enough to make you wanna ralph.