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Do They Really Want To Go There?

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Governor: Pontius Pilate Community Organizer: Jesus Christ Governor: George Wallace Community Organizer: Martin Luther King Governor: Sarah Palin Community Organizer: Barack Obama Too Late. They Already Did. Obama's made a decent start in replying to them: I would argue that doing work in the community, to try to create jobs, to bring people together, to rejeuvenate communities that have fallen on hard times, to set up job training programs in areas that have been hard-hit when the steel plants close, 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.

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Sarah Palin News
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Sarah Palin News by Jon Henke | September 6, 2008 at 3:46 PM in Sarah Palin A Saturday Sarah Palin roundup Daily Kos wants to hang Sarah Palin's church around her neck. I'm not sure they've thought that through very well. Does Open Left really want to compare Obama to Jesus? Media Matters attacks "McCain's false claim that Obama was community organizer when Palin was in office". But then they acknowledge that "Palin joined the Wasilla city council ... in 1992, the year Obama served as director of Chicago's Project Vote! -- the local chapter of a national voter registration organization." Which would seem to make McCain's claim quite accurate. LA Progressive is implausibly accusing Gov. Palin of uttering a number of very racist comments. Their "source", of course, is uncheckably anonymous. I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate that the only person in this story that made these racist comments is author Charley James, who is perfectly willing to use racism to advance his political goals. This appears to be a pattern. The Leftosphere has also decided that, while there's absolutely no confirmation beyond a partisan blogger who just remembered it in time to write a book this year, Cliff Schecter's allegation of McCain calling his wife a [word I won't use] is good enough for them. Amusingly/depressingly, Charley James also accuses Gov. Palin of being vocally racist against Eskimos. Um...Sarah Palin's husband, Todd Palin, is "of Eskimo ancestry." Charles Martin has a full list of Sarah Palin rumors, along with the facts, rebuttals and relevant information. Good News: Sarah Palin makes the Left crazy. Bad News: We're not finding the answers to much more important questions about Sarah Palin. UPDATE Chris has also posted a tremendous roundup of accusations and facts here at The Next Right.
The GOP’s Mistake In Attacking Community Organizing
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89 days ago in Blog Reader Survey » Oliver Willis · No authority yet

The backlash keeps building and building. Because its an activity that leans left, the mainstream media is totally unaware of how pissed off people are. But then, who are involved in community organizing are pretty good at… organizing. Beware. People do remember that Sen. Clinton became a major rallying point for the right, allowing them to unite in opposition, right? Okay.
The GOP’s Mistake In Attacking Community Organizing
http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/06/the-gops-mistake-in-a...
89 days ago in Oliver Willis: Like Kryptonite To Stupid · Authority: 628

The backlash keeps building and building. Because its an activity that leans left, the mainstream media is totally unaware of how pissed off people are. But then, who are involved in community organizing are pretty good at… organizing. Beware. People do remember that Sen. Clinton became a major rallying point for the right, allowing them to unite in opposition, right? Okay.
The GOP’s Mistake In Attacking Community Organizing
http://www.oliverwillis.com/2008/09/06/the-gops-mistake-in-a...
89 days ago in Oliver Willis · No authority yet

The backlash keeps building and building. Because its an activity that leans left, the mainstream media is totally unaware of how pissed off people are. But then, who are involved in community organizing are pretty good at… organizing. Beware. People do remember that Sen. Clinton became a major rallying point for the right, allowing them to unite in opposition, right? Okay.