Obama responds to GOP's community organizer criticism: It really shows they are "out of touch"

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http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/09/obama_strikes_b.html

Barack Obama forcefully defended his work as a community organizer against criticism from Republicans, particularly vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.

He told reporters in York, Pa., that Republicans are not talking about his work as a civil rights lawyer, law school lecturer, or lawmaker.

"They're talking about the three years I did right out of college, as if I'm making the leap two or three years out of college to the presidency," he said.

His time as community organizer is "only relevant" in that it shows his interest in struggling working families. The Republican criticism shows they are "out of touch," he said.

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1. K&R. To Republicans, "community organizer" may sound too much like "union organizer".

BTW, the contenporary organization that most embodies the spirit of archetypal community organizer Saul Alinsky has a website at http://www.industrialareasfoundation.org/iafabout/about.htm .

Did you know that Hillary Clinton wrote her Wellesley College senior thesis on Saul Alinsky?