Leave it to Ralph Nader to do a Tea Party like slur of President Obama the few times a reporter comes calling. During the presidential campaign a peeved and unnerved Nader didn't stop at criticizing Obama for what he considered a bought and paid for Beltway insider. He asked rhetorically "Is it because he wants to talk white?" Nader got singed for playing the race card (along with a lot of applause from some who should have known better). Now Nader's back and he topped that by calling Obama "a con man" in an interview with The Hill.
He couldn't stop at that slur and had to add "I have no use for him." There are a couple of reasons Nader's still around and still gets an occasional nod in the press. The obvious one is that he can always be depended to take a swipe at Obama when there's a touchy issue at the head of the nation's political table that puts Obama on the spot. The tax cut deal Obama brokered with the GOP that sent liberal Democrats and progressives into orbit was the wedge to squeeze Nader into the press to rap Obama.
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