Nader: "Will Obama be Uncle Sam or Uncle Tom"?

[Knightskye]

http://digg.com/politics/Ralph_Nader_Asks_Obama_Uncle_Sam_Or_Uncle_Tom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibsP6XN2dIo

Apparently, FOX News got very upset about what Nader said.

I'm sure it'll get more coverage tomorrow.

Did Nader phrase it like that just to get attention?

And what kind of "uncle" will Obama be as president? Please watch the video before voting in the poll.

Here's the quote:
"To put it very simply, he is our first African-American president - or he will be. And we wish him well. But his choice, basically, is whether he's going to be Uncle Sam for the people of this country, or Uncle Tom for the giant corporations."

 

[jlaker]

Nadar!

 

[ClayTrainor]

who is uncle tom? Why is this so controversial?

 

[Sir VotesALot]

He'll be neither since he's mulatto.

 

[jcarcinogen]

who is uncle tom? Why is this so controversial?

It's a term for a slaves called other slaves that turned his back on his own people to get better conditions for himself. Modern day meaning is considered a black guy who sells out to the white man or the establishment or being a 'token' black guy for an organization that is seen as anti-black etc. But I'm sure you were being facetious unless you aren't american.

But anyway I see his point and agree whole-heatedly but he should have toned it down when the reporter found it offensive.

What's the poll for?

 

[ClayTrainor]

Obama is for the drug war, is he not?


This was not a racist comment... can someone please explain to me how this is racist?

 

[jcarcinogen]

Obama is for the drug war, is he not?


This was not a racist comment... can someone please explain to me how this is racist?

Only you mentioned the word "racist".

 

[Pete]

I voted Uncle Tom. I'm expecting the racial composition of his Cabinet to be about the same as a Long Island country club.

 

[ClayTrainor]

Only you mentioned the word "racist".

well what is the implication?

Why is fox so upset about him saying this?

sorry for all the questions, no i am not an American

 

[Isaac Bickerstaff]

Neither.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ieouAkYYI

 

[torchbearer]

well what is the implication?

Why is fox so upset about him saying this?

sorry for all the questions, no i am not an American

We are entering an age of totalitarian government in the USA. Now even thoughts and words will be considered crimes.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncle_Tom's_Cabin

Uncle Tom is a character in this book. But there was a real Uncle Tom in Louisiana.
Famous legend in the Chopin area.

 

[Knightskye]

Nadar!

who is uncle tom? Why is this so controversial?

Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
Uncle Tom
 
–noun Disparaging and Offensive.
a black man considered by other blacks to be subservient to or to curry favor with whites.

Neither.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ieouAkYYI

Removed due to blah blah blah Paramount...

 

[Aratus]

i'm north of the mason-dixon line, and i think i know what ralph nader meant by what he just said, and although i and the ACLU admire his pithy freedom of speech, i'm sorta glad i can boast that i voted for cynthia mckinney insted of he, although yes... i did toy with the idea of a vote for either bob barr or chuck baldwin and then the thought got nullified by my total indecision!

 

[Aratus]

http://digg.com/politics/Ralph_Nader_Asks_Obama_Uncle_Sam_Or_Uncle_Tom

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XkoB4r9FSzY

Apparently, FOX News got very upset about what Nader said.

I'm sure it'll get more coverage tomorrow.

Did Nader phrase it like that just to get attention?

And what kind of "uncle" will Obama be as president? Please watch the video before voting in the poll.

Here's the quote:
"To put it very simply, he is our first African-American president - or he will be. And we wish him well. But his choice, basically, is whether he's going to be Uncle Sam for the people of this country, or Uncle Tom for the giant corporations."

oh my! oh my! oh my! oh my! ---- "corporate" as an adjective to good ol' ralph nader is a swear word!

 

[Aratus]

~~is the above poll mutiple choise?
sometimes multiple choises are FUN!
tis the option of ALL of the ABOVE!!!

 

[Knightskye]

~~is the above poll mutiple choise?
sometimes multiple choises are FUN!
tis the option of ALL of the ABOVE!!!

 

[Aratus]

and to think that Ralph Nader may have READ the entirety of "UNCLE TOM's CABIN" from cover to cover!!!

 

[socialize_me]

LMAO @ Shepherd Smith:

"YOU SAID UNCLE TOM! "

Get over it. God I miss George Carlin...wished he was interviewed instead to tell Shep to fuck off and get over it ya pussy

 

[CUnknown]

I completely agree with Nader on this.

 

[wizardwatson]

Even though I get the Uncle Tom reference, as it applies to the corporate interests Obama serves, who no doubt, are predominantly white. I prefer to just think of Obama as a two-faced, lying, fascist, boot-licking, fuck-head. A piece of elitist, new world order, eugenicist, shit-stick if you will.

But I get it, Nader wanted to make a quip about Uncle Sam vs. Uncle Tom. ha ha and stuff.