thinkprogress.org— Last night during her speech to the Republican National Convention, Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) sought to play up her experience as mayor of a small town in Alaska by mocking community organizing:
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Obama has a starving brother in Kenya who lives in a 6x9 hut.Obama hasn't offered him a coat, cloak, or the $20 it would take to double this brother's annual income.
Well my point is that it isn't a term that has been commonly applied as a title. There have been plenty of people in history who have organized various movements. But they didn't call themselves a Community Organizers. Obama had a period where he didn't do to much of anything and also some things that he seems unwilling to disclose. So he put them all under this odd title.
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities.How do you not get that she is insulting all community organizers with this quote?
This cold attitude you have, Barackalypse, is what causes individuals to lose connection with each other, to lack understanding, and to eventually take guns into shopping malls and murder innocent people. Your mother probably didn't love you very much. Do you want to talk about it? Really, I'm willing to talk.
ldkronosSep 5, 2008
Please please PLEASE don't make us listen to her voice anymore. It's even more annoying than HILLARY'S CONSTANT YELLING.
Closed AccountSep 6, 2008
Obama has a starving brother in Kenya who lives in a 6x9 hut.Obama hasn't offered him a coat, cloak, or the $20 it would take to double this brother's annual income.
dealcrackerSep 6, 2008
Well my point is that it isn't a term that has been commonly applied as a title. There have been plenty of people in history who have organized various movements. But they didn't call themselves a Community Organizers. Obama had a period where he didn't do to much of anything and also some things that he seems unwilling to disclose. So he put them all under this odd title.
Closed AccountSep 9, 2008
@ niczarMyrrh is a sort of incense.And you are a sort of racist.
greenfelineSep 14, 2008
I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a “community organizer,” except that you have actual responsibilities.How do you not get that she is insulting all community organizers with this quote?
greenfelineSep 14, 2008
This cold attitude you have, Barackalypse, is what causes individuals to lose connection with each other, to lack understanding, and to eventually take guns into shopping malls and murder innocent people. Your mother probably didn't love you very much. Do you want to talk about it? Really, I'm willing to talk.