Ralph Nader: Obama Has Been ‘Mealy-Mouthed’ On Gulf Disaster

Add Ralph Nader to the list of critics who think President Obama‘s handling of the Gulf spill left a great deal to be desired. In an interview with Mark Green for the upcoming radio show he is hosting with Arianna Huffington and Mary Matalin (a surefire headline combo), Nader told Greene that he thought Obama had been “mealy-mouthed” in his language on the oil spill and could take a lesson or two from former President Lyndon Johnson (who, to the best of my knowledge, is a new addition to the historical pantheon Obama and the Gulf disaster has inspired). From the interview:

There’s no analogy [for the spill] that’s worthwhile. It’s not even a metaphor. Katrina was man-made. The disaster in the Gulf with BP was corporate-made…you can’t call it an ‘environmental 9/11’ as Obama did and have these mealy-mouthed well-composed rhetoric float over the airwaves out of the Oval Office.

Nader also argues that Obama is unable to pass environmental legislation through Congress because he “doesn’t know how to deal with LBJ, he doesn’t have the fervor.” Meanwhile, Nader isn’t ruling out another presidential run. You can listen to the audio here.

[h/t RCP]

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