Comments on: Ralph Nader Ends Campaign in Disgrace, Calling Obama an Uncle Tom

By: The Internet. Yes, everyone saw you do that. « Olivia1022's Blog

The Internet. Yes, everyone saw you do that. « Olivia1022's Blog — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:26:07 +0000

[...] Caucus. Ralph Nader (Independent and Green Party) ended his campaign with his infamous Uncle Tom quote about President [...]

By: Betty

Betty — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:14:09 +0000

I don’t think what he’s saying is so inflammatory. Obama does have a choice…make real change, be the Uncle Sam for the people of this country, or be an Uncle Tom to corporate power just like the last bunch of presidents have been.

By: Ron Chusid

Ron Chusid — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 17:25:32 +0000

Nader screwed up big time here, but the real problem is that Nader’s political career has been a steady stream of screw ups. Comes a time to get over it? This was posted at the time of his dumb comment.

Nobody is saying that Nader stole the 2000 election or that he doesn’t have the right to run against Democrats, but those of us who oppose him also have the right to speak out against candidates such as Nader who we oppose, and to point out their screw ups when they occur.

Nader’s strategy has often come down to attacking liberal Democrats in the hopes he can peal away a handful of votes for himself. The real question is not whether people preferred his polices over Gore’s but whether they preferred Bush’s over Gore’s.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:55:11 +0000

Ralph Nader did not ’steal’ the 2000 election.
1) Gore won the election. Ralph Nader wasn’t on SCOTUS and didn’t take part in the recount.
2) Ralph Nader is not a Democrat, and has no allegiance to them. He was a candidate. People chose to vote for him because they preferred his policies over Gore’s.
3) He screwed up bigtime with that comment. Loads of people have screwed up bigtime. But there comes a time to get over it.

By: Al Qaeda Didn’t Get Republican Memo That Obama Is A Muslim and Terrorist - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:26:09 +0000

[...] prefers the foreign policy of George Bush and John McCain, as John Cole noted in linking back to this previous post, al Qaeda is adopting the racial attitudes of Ralph [...]

By: Al Qaeda Didn’t Get Republican Memo That Obama Is A Muslim and Terrorist - Liberal Values - Defending Liberty and Enlightened Thought

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:26:09 +0000

[...] prefers the foreign policy of George Bush and John McCain, as John Cole noted in linking back to this previous post, al Qaeda is adopting the racial attitudes of Ralph [...]

By: r€nato

r€nato — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:58:08 +0000

I hope those of you out there who voted Nader in 2000 – ESPECIALLY if you voted in Florida – are too embarrassed and ashamed by your choice to ever admit to having done so, for the rest of your life.

It’s been theorized that Nader’s presidential campaigns were nothing more than petty revenge attempts against the Democratic party.

This sad appearance by Nader only confirms this theory. He seldom if ever directs his ire at the true corporate villains, the GOP.

Did Nader not notice the phenomenal amount of money Obama raised from individual donors? If there’s EVER been a major-party candidate less beholden to corporate America for his finances, it’s Obama.

By: Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » New Al Qaeda Tape

Balloon Juice » Blog Archive » New Al Qaeda Tape — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 15:37:53 +0000

[...] wonder. We don’t really know who these folks are, just what we see on videotapes. I propose we shoot Ralph Nader and see if these tapes [...]

By: Angela Flynn

Angela Flynn — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 18:45:23 +0000

I find the comment to be completely racist and unacceptable. Nader would not have referred to a white person as an Uncle Tom.

By: notes from the interblags: some points of interest as the winter draws near | A Collage of Citations

Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:26:49 +0000

[...] I’ve been wanting to write about this for a while now, but Ralph Nader’s use of “uncle tom” a while back is interesting, because it sparked a debate between a friend and me about his word [...]

By: E W P

E W P — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:52:10 +0000

Nader has been a has-been for years, and his weakening position seems to drive him to run vanity campaigns every 4 years -giving him a chance to spout his self-serving , pointless dribble. Instead of foolish presidential runs, he
could have spent that time in his various projects, doing some actual good. On his Obama comments, he was a mean-spirited, old-fashioned 60.s liberal politician– GO AWAY-MR. NADER. You helped G, W. Bush into national power-THAT’S ENOUGH. No reasonable person in today’s world takes anything you say seriously.

By: notes from the interblags: post election etc. | A Collage of Citations

notes from the interblags: post election etc. | A Collage of Citations — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:49:06 +0000

[...] Liberal Values Blog: Ralph Nader’s poor choice of words. And Faux News even calls him on [...]

By: D. F. Robinson

D. F. Robinson — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 06:33:51 +0000

My father, a proud African American explained to me in 1963 when I was just 8 years old the value of the research done by Ralph Nader on the Chevy Corvair and rear mounted engines. My father was a draftsman for the Dept. of Highways and Traffic and read a book a week. He inspired me to do the same, to pay attention to information and seek the truth. He reaspected Ralph Nader and used Consumer Reports like a bible. When Ralph Nader began to attack Barak Obama earlier in the year I was particularly hurt by the words. I respected Nader all of these years based on his merit, like my father did, on his achievements not his race. It seems that (if you have them) the internal demons surface no matter what you accomplishments are. I had reason to respect him as a kid…I loved the corvair…it was the dream car I wanted to have….truth from Nader’s investigation changed my mind not rumors. Now Nader joins, Jesse Jackson, Bob Johnson of BET , Rush Limbaugh and others that attack our new president Barak Obama. It is sad when self loathing, lonliness and jealousy take the place of balanced thought. Since they have no obvious reason for disliking Obama we have to look for the Inner demon in them that causes the behavior. R. Nader is old and mad. Barak is young and assured. R. Limbaugh is Obese and misspeaks, Obama is trim, athletic and a scholar. J. Jackson Old sytle Negro, lives in the past, Barak, Leads with his mind and heart, remembers and respect the past but not condemned to repeat it. B. Johnson accomplished NOT confident, jealous ,Barak Obama accomplished, confident, learned, connceted, attractive and acieved the gargantuan task of impressing and embracing white collaborators and voters without kissing their kneecaps.

Let’s have a little respect for our President Elect and send these old sad ones to the AARP help site for projects they can do to keep busy at home.

D.F. Robinson
SF Bay Area

By: Ron Chusid

Ron Chusid — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 05:48:31 +0000

There have been numerous links to this post from liberal blogs which shared my disgust for Nader’s comment. Then there were a few apologists for Nader.

TonyG, it is rather lame to accuse me of lacking respect for the truth when I posted the video of Nader’s full statement. It is even lamer when you summarize it in a dishonest manner, leaving out important facts such as that Nader was given the opportunity to retract the use of “Uncle Tom” and declined to do so.

It is also rather weak to claim that just because it comes from Fox that criticism is not warranted. Nader’s comments are inexcusable regardless of who covered them. Even Fox can be correct in their criticism when Nader makes a repulsive statement of this nature. If you want a blog which takes a knee jerk position that anything said by someone on the left is correct, and anything said by anyone on the right (including Fox) is wrong, you can move along. That’s not what I do here.

Scott, if Nader wanted to criticize Obama over specific issues such as his vote on the immunity bill that would be fine. However he did not do so. Instead he went with the Uncle Tom attack. Whatever he might have done in the past does not excuse this so, no, I have no respect for Ralph Nader.

By: scott

scott — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:22:54 +0000

and for those of you who need to a history lesson, Ralph Nader has fought for the poor, and the disenfranchised citizens of this country tirelessly for almost half a century now. The man never gives up fighting our corporate lacky government for those silenced and forgotten. So have a little fucking respect.