Community organizer is a vague title which covers a lot of things. It is a title that even I used to have. I can assure anybody who wonders, though, that there is nothing inherently evil in organizing people or communities and nobody gets rich doing it.
Even in the religiously conservative Christianity Today, Stan Guthrie says, “Whether community organizing is the best way to help the poor is one thing, but to dismiss out of hand the work of someone willing at least to try to help is another entirely.”
But The Woman Who Does Not Love Her Children attacks Obama because he used to be a community organizer, contrasting that with being a small town mayor. It is kind of like attacking garlic because it doesn’t taste a lot like horseradish. They both have their place. Both Obama and TWDNLHC went on to other things. They both probably had ambitions to do so when they took those positions, but that’s politics, isn’t it? So, where’s the story?
Cf: earlier post, Ambition, the Hidden Trait [1/8/08]
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Being a governor is not always a good thing either. Huey Long, Pa Ferguson, Elliot Spitzer, George Bush, and Ray Blanton had that title too. So did Ponteus Pilate.
Well, there have been good governors too, although our last one may have been Floyd B. Olson, although some have have not been bad. Most seem to have been honorable men even if their goals and perspectives are wrong. Of course, the present one has nothing commendable to be said for him.
Pontius Pilate is probably a cheap shot, though.
And there may be some imperfect community organizers, but there was no reason for TWDNLHC's comment, except for a political cheap ahot.
RS
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