Whats good for the goose is also good for the gander. Back in 2008, Republicans mocked Obama's ' community organizer ' work experience before entering Law school.
September 4th 2008
ST. PAUL — The biggest punch line so far at this Republican convention in St. Paul: “community organizer.”
Why did these two words suddenly become the zinger of the night at the convention?
The credit or blame for launching the “community organizer” mock-fest goes to former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani who told the convention Wednesday night, “You have a resume from a gifted man with an Ivy League education. He worked as a — communityorganizer.”
He paused and then said, “What?” as if to express befuddlement at that job title.
Giuliani had eloquent body language — a dismissive half-shrug — as he said the words, “community organizer.”
Immediately the delegates on the convention floor burst into laughter and guffaws.
GOP vice presidential candidate Gov. Sarah Palin also poked fun at Obama’s work as a community organizer, contrasting it with her own work as a mayor.
Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., said delegates reacted with laugher to the phrase “probably because a lot of folks don’t have much of an idea of what a ‘community organizer’ just might be.”
And in any event, Kyl said, Republicans don’t see “how it might prepare you to be president of the United States.”
'Whatever that exactly means'
Kyl added, “All life experiences shape your judgment and your ability to respond to crisis. So I don’t denigrate his law experience. He was primarily a lawyer while he was, quote, ‘organizing the community’ — whatever that exactly means.”
Kyl was partly wrong: Obama worked in Chicago as an organizer before he went to law school. He also did some organizing after he returned to Chicago after getting a law degree from Harvard.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26547877/ns/politics-decision_08/t/community-organizer-becomes-punch-line/
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