When every single analysis in the media, conservative and liberal, most of the posters on this board (liberal, independent, or conservative), and at least in the real world, every single person I've spoken to about it, I wonder if I'm the one being partisan. Maybe I am partisan, but I don't try to stretch the intention of a line in a speech to show that the Republican leadership had some great respect for what community organizers do. From what I've seen, it was clearly made in the intention I originally posted to practically everyone who saw the speech, except to a few people on this board. And you think I'm partisan?
slightofjeff, they belittled Obama by belittling community organizing. And why shouldn't they mention community organizing? McCain's military experience has little to do with elected office, but it made him what it is today, and it informs his worldview, in addition to being a part of his life story. Obama's experience community organizing has little to do with elected office, but it made him what it is today, informs his worldview and is a part of his life story. You're setting a bit of a double standard? Why, then, do the Republicans mention McCain's war experience so often?
Beyond the qualifications set forth by the Constitution, determining who is actually qualified to fulfill the duties of our nation's highest office is purely subjective. It's time that both parties stop questioning the qualifications of their opposition and focus on informing us voters how they plan to fix the tremendous mess that Georgie, Dick, and friends have left for them.
it should, she was referring to his time in the south of Chicago, and it he was a community organizer for christian church groups...
...so what does that say about Sarah Palin to spin his Christian work into a negative?
There's not much they could say. If the Obama camp can widely disseminate what it means to be a community organizer, and how it informs Obama's approach and worldview, the Republicans would have a huge amount of egg on their faces.
Which is why I say again they should make an ad about it and make one immediately.
thanks wiki:
(at the age of 24) After four years in New York City, Obama moved to Chicago to work as a community organizer for three years from June 1985 to May 1988 as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in Greater Roseland (Roseland, West Pullman, and Riverdale) on Chicago's far South Side. During his three years as the DCP's director, its staff grew from 1 to 13 and its annual budget grew from $70,000 to $400,000, with accomplishments including helping set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization in Altgeld Gardens.
what a waste of time ... he should have been anchoring sports on local tv.
point, set, match
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i personally believe that she was not making fun of community organizers but was saying how it is similar to being a mayor. peopel were making fum of her being a mayor of a small town but not the same for Obama.
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slightofjeff, they belittled Obama by belittling community organizing. And why shouldn't they mention community organizing? McCain's military experience has little to do with elected office, but it made him what it is today, and it informs his worldview, in addition to being a part of his life story. Obama's experience community organizing has little to do with elected office, but it made him what it is today, informs his worldview and is a part of his life story. You're setting a bit of a double standard? Why, then, do the Republicans mention McCain's war experience so often?
it should, she was referring to his time in the south of Chicago, and it he was a community organizer for christian church groups...
...so what does that say about Sarah Palin to spin his Christian work into a negative?
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There's not much they could say. If the Obama camp can widely disseminate what it means to be a community organizer, and how it informs Obama's approach and worldview, the Republicans would have a huge amount of egg on their faces.
Which is why I say again they should make an ad about it and make one immediately.
point, set, match
Governor Palin's exact words were, "I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities."
"...except you have actual responsibilities..."
Really? You don't see that as making fun of community organizers?
Plus, you have to add the tone of her voice; for my money, it was dripping with sarcasm.
I too try to be non-partisan, but it's tough for me not to see Guiliani and Palin as being anything but snarky and unbecoming.
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