Actually he wasn’t anything of the sort, but I guess McCain felt the need to piss away a talking point.
Barack Obama and John McCain attempted to set their differences aside Thursday night, if only for a moment, as they encouraged Americans to volunteer in their community and military at a forum on national service.
Few sparks flew at the Columbia University event, hosted by ServiceNation. The candidates — who were interviewed separately — were encouraged to keep campaign politics to a minimum, out of respect for victims of the Sept. 11 attacks.
In that spirit, McCain at one point softened the language used by his running mate last week at the Republican National Convention, where she mocked Obama’s early days as a community organizer.
“Governor Palin was responding to the criticism of her inexperience, her job as a mayor in a small town,” McCain explained. “Of course I respect community organizers. Of course I respect people who’ve served their communities, and Senator Obama’s record there is outstanding.”
Actually he wasn’t a very good community organizer at all, seeing as I don’t see where he accomplished anything in that role. Still, the community organizer bit is getting old and should be shelved. Now can me move on to discussing his abysmal record in the Senate?
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September 12, 2008 at 8:36 am
No, Obama didn’t achieve much as a community organizer. That doesn’t mean his record was outstanding. Community organizers don’t actually have any responsibility to achieve anything, just to organize people into a cohesive group to ask for something or try to do something. The community organizer does not have to the authority to enforce any action nor the responsibility for his community’s inaction.
September 12, 2008 at 8:37 am
Not like a Mayor who has authority and commensurate responsibility.
*zing*