That was one heckuva Obama-lovefest at the BET awards last night, with “Diddy” chanting “Obama or Die!” and Alicia Keyes yelling “Obama, y’all!”. Why the overwhelming support for the Illinois Senator? Allow Sean Combs, scholar, to explain:

“If we all register and vote, we will have the first black president in the history of America”

So he wants fellow award guests to vote for Obama because of his skin color. I guess this somehow fits into the whole “not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” thing. Or have people forgotten about that man from Georgia?

Anyway, here’s another occurence of Obama’s race being brought up:

Nader — who launched his 5th presidential campaign in February — says the only thing different about Obama from previous Democratic presidential candidates is his race. “I haven’t heard him have a strong crackdown on economic exploitation in the ghettos,” Nader says. “Payday loans, predatory lending, asbestos, lead. What’s keeping him from doing that? Is it because he wants to talk white? He doesn’t want to appear like Jesse Jackson? We’ll see all that play out in the next few months and if he gets elected afterwards.”

Asked if he thinks Obama is trying to “talk white,” Nader said, “of course….The number one thing that a black American politician aspiring to the presidency should be is to candidly describe the plight of the poor, especially in the inner cities and the rural areas, and have a very detailed platform about how the poor is going to be defended by the law, is going to be protected by the law, and is going to be liberated by the law,” Nader said. “Haven’t heard a thing.”

Funny. Obama warned me about Republicans bringing up his race, but so far I’ve only seen far-leftists and his supporters mentioning it. Huh.