Governors and Community Organizers

Perhaps the lowest ebb at the GOP convention this year was Rudy Guiliani's condescending remarks comparing Sarah Palin's experience with that of Barack Obama. The former New York governor could not have been or elected nor could he have maintained control without community organizers, but perhaps his ego has forgotten that. Guiliani snidely remarked that Palin was a governor of a state while Obama was merely a "community organizer." He paused and waited for the audience to chime in with laughter and applause. He continued to ramrod his absurd comparison until he made certain that it would become a campaign touchstone. But most thinking people are not going to fall for such tactics. One has only to consider the source: a Democrat in GOP clothing who somehow deluded himself into thinking the conservative base would nominate and elect a pro-choice, anti-gun, gay favoring liberal. Of the three stooges at the convention, Guiliani outranks even Fred Thompson and Joe Lieberman.

Barack Obama's community organizing is typical of millions of Americans who care about their fellow citizens whether they are growing victory gardens that bring different social classes together, registering people to vote, teaching reading to illiterates or immigrants, or working for a closer community. After all, think of some of the great community organizers of the past--Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and Jesus Christ. They didn't just govern. They made a difference.