It's been far too long, I'm sure you'll agree, since we were treated to one of Ralph Nader's helpful contributions to the American electoral process, and so it's delightful to be able to report his observation -- made at a press conference in Austin at the weekend -- that progressives who vote for Obama in November are trapped in "political slavery". (In June, you might recall, Nader accused Obama of pandering to "white guilt", "talking white", and essentially not being as authentically black as, um, Ralph Nader.) Raw Story's account of the press conference underlines the extraordinary self-absorption of Nader's political mission these days: asked by a member of the public to address the common objection that a vote for Nader is a vote for McCain, he refuses, gets all huffy -- "Madam, do you think I'm a second-class citizen?" -- and calls her a "political bigot".
Next time, perhaps "thank you for actually turning up to a Ralph Nader press conference" would be a more appropriate way to begin?
