"He worked as a.... comm-u-inty org-a-nizer"

Bravo. Thank you RNC, for letting all of us Americans know how much you care about people who choose to serve the needs of those who have it worst above serving themselves. Maybe by the end of this election I will finally understand what this abstract concept of "country" is, why it is so important to Republicans, and why We The People (if we are not Republican-voting People) just, don't really matter. It will prove the undoing of McCain's propped up, desperate campaign. Remember people- a majority of G.O.P. voters did not even want this man as their candidate; he now simply represents the alternative to (gasp!) the well-spoken "black" guy.




As if Rudy Guilliani and Sarah Palin's RNC speeches were not disturbing enough, I got a viral ultra-conservative email deriding Senator Obama's work as a community organizer on Chicago's South Side forwarded to me from my Uncle (awesome guy- a tad extreme in his political beliefs) who seems blind to anything that is not pro-Republican or anti-Liberal. Ah, if only the world were so black and white. The following is an excerpt:

What deserves ridicule is the notion that Obama’s brief stint as a South Side rabble-rouser for tax-subsidized, partisan nonprofits qualifies as executive experience you can believe in.

What deserves derision is “community organizing” that relies on a community of homeless people and ex-cons to organize for the purpose of registering dead people to vote, shaking down corporations, and using the race card as a bludgeon.

As I’ve reported previously, Obama’s community organizing days involved training grievance-mongers from the far-left ACORN (Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). The ACORN mob is infamous for its bully tactics (which they dub “direct actions”); Obama supporters have recounted his role in organizing an ambush on a government planning meeting about a landfill project opposed by Chicago’s minority lobbies.

While usually calm, collective, and tolerant to opposing views, this was far too over the top not to call out on its ridiculousness. So, I responded in kind:

"Ya, I bet Barack Obama specifically chose to move to a shitty area of Chicago with little but his clothes and a car (and forgo a far more secure and lucrative career in NYC) so that he could build up the notorious and ever dangerous "ACORN" group for such devious (dubious) purposes outlined [above]. And exactly how does being a "rabble-rouser for tax-subsidized, partisan nonprofits" equate to the kind of evil this woman is trying to convey? The secret is out! Most non-profit groups are more in line with Democratic politics which tend to favor government social programs. That's not a shocker to anyone. Their have been some very important "rabble rousers" in American history. Believe it or not, sometimes people have to challenge the status quo. (said the people who brought us the 8 hour workday)

But, that has been "His" scheme all along. We are all just being duped by the grand celebrity puppet master. He's a closet-Muslim, and so we Christians should be (not tolerant!) scared out of our boots. His wife is a Black Panther. They both plan to eat all of our first-born children and paint the White House black with a mosaic of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro on the roof. Blah, blah, blah. I don't want to hear any more of this bullshit. How can anyone claim to be a champion of the people yet mock the selfless concept of volunteerism and community involvement? I find it incredibly disturbing that Rudy G. and Mrs. Palin would say such insulting words and find a perfectly receptive audience. I literally had to turn off my television set. That's not the Gospel I was taught. That's not the America I know. I was trying to hear about the G.O.P.'s outlook on America's future. I guess I was expecting a bit much from a political convention. Maybe they who would throw stones around their glass bubble should imagine walking a mile or two in someone else's shoes... someone outside of their cul-de-sac. It's gotten beyond pathetic- tell me something about John McCain."

John McCain and George W. Bush, on the day that Katrina made landfall. Boy, they sure look very concerned about those folks down in New Orleans, don't they?

I reiterate that question to whoever crafts these kind of sociopathic messages in the McCain camp: tell me something about John McCain.