Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy had been engaging in some “heavy petting” during this Congressional Trip, until this moment. During their joint press conference, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour asks Sarkozy if he feels awkward praising black Obama when, only a few years ago, he was calling black French rioters “scum,” the worst word in the world. MORE »

Ralph Nader decided to open his trap about Barack Obama on Monday in an interview with the Rocky Mountain News, AND: “There’s only one thing different about Barack Obama when it comes to being a Democratic presidential candidate. He’s half African-American. Whether that will make any difference, I don’t know. 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?” Indeed, why can’t Wonder Bread Obama over here find himself a damn niche already? [Rocky Mountain News]

Oh… oh my God. OH MY GOD. This psychology test appears to have been on an MSNBC special called “A Conversation About Race,” conducted by “psychologists” Kenneth and Mamie Clark. In case this vignette wasn’t fucked enough, they have to play the cheap sci-fi ambient theme. Well, thank you Barack: you ask for a National Conversation in 2008? This is what you get. [YouTube]

On Sunday’s edition of Hannity and Colmes, Alan Colmes and some guests, including “former homicide detective” Rod Wheeler, discussed a minor controversy surrounding Arizona police reports that prematurely label suspects as “Hispanic.” Wheeler can look beyond all this cutesy bullshit, however, and shows Colmes what his “liberal” mind can’t understand: This wasn’t some squint, it was a taco taco Mexican! But he’s black so I guess he can say it. [via ThinkProgress]