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In defense of community organizers, redux
Political Animal —
IN DEFENSE OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZERS, REDUX.... Following up on earlier item , a CBS News reporter asked Barack Obama today, at a press briefing in central Pennsylvania, "Community organizer -- what was your reaction to that but also how is that relevant experience to the presidency?" I found the response fairly compelling. "This is very curious," Obama said. "So this is work I did [20] years ago. They haven't talked about the fact that I was a civil rights lawyer; they haven't talked about the fact that I taught constitutional law; they haven't talked about my work in the state legislature or in the United States Senate. They're talking about the ...
obama, the constitutional law professor
skippy the bush kangaroo —
asks pallin the petulant and the rethugs..."just who are you fighting for?" in a nutshell: "this is very curious. they havent talked about the fact that i was a civil rights lawyer, or taught constitutional law, my work in the state legislature, or us senate, they focused on this 3 years where i worked as a community organizer, right out of college. as if i'm make the leap from 2-3 years out of college to the presidency. i would argue that doing work in the community, try and create jobs, bring people together, rejuvenate the communities that have ...
Obama Defends Community Organizing: "Who Are They Fighting For?" (VIDEO)
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Barack Obama responded Thursday to Sarah Palin's dismissal of community organizing. Asked at a town hall what makes it relevant experience, he said:
"I would argue that doing work in the community, to try to create jobs, to bring people together, to rejuvenate communities that have fallen on hard times, to set up job training programs in areas that have been hard hit when the steel plants closed, that that's relevant only in understanding where I'm coming from, who I believe in, who I'm fighting for and why I'm in this race.
And the question I have for them is, why would that kind of work be ridiculous? Who are they fighting for? ...
Obama Defends Community Organizing: "Who Are They Fighting For?" (VIDEO)
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
Barack Obama responded Thursday to Sarah Palin's dismissal of community organizing. Asked at a town hall what makes it relevant experience, he said:
"I would argue that doing work in the community, to try to create jobs, to bring people together, to rejuvenate communities that have fallen on hard times, to set up job training programs in areas that have been hard hit when the steel plants closed, that that's relevant only in understanding where I'm coming from, who I believe in, who I'm fighting for and why I'm in this race.
And the question I have for them is, why would that kind of work be ridiculous? Who are they fighting for? ...
Do They Really Want To Go There?
Open Left - Front Page —
Governor: Pontius Pilate Community Organizer: Jesus Christ
Governor: George Wallace Community Organizer: Martin Luther ...
