Obama Responds To Palin's Derision Of Community Organizers

Sarah Palin proved she was a disgrace many times over two days ago. One particular theme that stuck out was the attack on Obama being a community organizer and community organizers in general. People were appalled (unless you had huge partisan blinders on in the Xcel Center) that people who try to make a difference in their neighborhood would be bashed in that manner. Well Obama wasn't about to take that one lying down. First he raised $10 million for his campaign based on her overall hate and vitriol, then he made a statement that made all organizers proud and showed his supporters that he is ready to fight against the GOP machine of fear and manipulation.

From DailyKos:

q. How is community organizing relevant for the presidency?

Obama:
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 im 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, rejuvenate the communities that have fallen on hard times, bring people together, setup job training programs in areas that have been hard hit where the steel plants have closed. That's relevant only in understanding where im coming from, who i believe in, who im fighting for and why im in this race.

The question I have for them is
Why would that kind of work be ridiculous?
WHO ARE THEY FIGHTING FOR? (emphasis mine)
What are they advocating for?

Do they think that the lives of those folks struggling each and every day, that working with to try and improve their lives is somehow not relevant to the presidency.

I think that is part of the problem, that they are out of touch and dont get it because they havent spent much time working on behalf of those folks.

Palin and her brand new sycophants play right into what Obama has been saying about them. The GOP is out of touch and do not understand the problems that so many Americans have to deal with, especially after eight years of George Bush. Barack Obama is willing to fight for those that are struggling under the economic conditions we are facing. McCain thinks that the fundamentals of our economy are strong, but it just shows how clueless he is. Community organizers have been fighting aginst Bush's policies since the turn of the century and for many, many years before that as well. If they want to attack Americans that work to make a difference in their community, then by all means, go for it. Meanwhile, those organizers will be doing all that they can to elect Barack Obama.