September 5 at 9:50AM
Barack Obama Tries to Explain Away His Disgusting Past as a Civil Servant
Here's b-ball dad Barack Obama attempting to justify his appalling three years he spent after college as a community organizer…
Nice try, Obama. But if you were really serious about leading our country, maybe you should have considered doing something a little more important after college.
Like reporting on dog racing.
Now that's something that touches every person's life.
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Well Duh! Showbiz experience is an obvious requirement for the Presidency. Otherwise how do you explain the Regan years?
This is why the most qualified candidate is…Stephen Colbert!
Isn't being a Community Organizer much like volunteering for an UNPAID position in a needy community?
Was this a full-time job for 3 years? Unpaid?
Hmmmmmmm …….
What were your duties as a Community Organizer?
What did you ACCOMPLISH as a community Organizer after three years?
How was your community better off when you left? (What permanent changes did you institute?)
When did you work as a civil rights lawyer? For how long? Who did you work for? Where? Did you get paid or was this a volunteer position?
When did you teach Constitutional Law? For who? How long?
How many years of Columbia undergraduate college did you attend? How many credits did you take before you left?
Jessica, you have some great questions. I wonder if we will ever get the answers. You'd think the Community Organization he worked for would step forward and defend him.
I can't take credit for this statement, but it needs to be shared: "Jesus was a community organizer. Pontius Pilate was a governor."
Jessica (and Kay),
These "questions" are easily answered in something called a "book" or perhaps from the "internet". You act like Obama is hiding something when in fact you simply didn't do any research…
A few answers:
He was paid (not very much) during his community organizing years. Many people are paid as community organizers, but Obama gave up a Wall Street career to work for something like $12,000 a year. He was definately putting the needs of others before his own personal gain. He talks about this in "Dreams of my Father" (written well before he ever ran for office, so he had no need to make anything up…before you think it…)
He also talks in that book at length about the difficulties of organizing in underpriviledged communities and one of the reasons he decided to go to law school was because he was frustrated and wanted to try and fix some of the problems he identified from the law perspective. But he did accomplish something.
From Wikipedia (not always reliable, I know):
"During his three years as the DCP's director, its staff grew from 1 to 13 and its annual budget grew from $70,000 to $400,000, with accomplishments including helping set up a job training program, a college preparatory tutoring program, and a tenants' rights organization in Altgeld Gardens."
Having worked in the inner city, this is quite an accomplishment. It is tough, tough work. A lot of internal and external forces are aligned against you.
He originally enrolled in Occidental College in LA, but transferred to Columbia for (I think) his remaining 2 years. He didn't "leave." He GRADUATED from Columbia. You act like he audited a Western Civ class or something.
He taught at the U. of Chicago Law school from 1992-2004. A well respected univerisity.
On being a civil rights attorney:
"In 1993 Obama joined Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, a 12-attorney law firm specializing in civil rights litigation and neighborhood economic development, where he was an associate for three years from 1993 to 1996, then of counsel from 1996 to 2004."
I hope this helps. I am sorry that I have been so sarcastic. But I can't believe you would ask these questions as if they were being hidden and then "wonder if we will even get the answers," when all you needed to do was punch in some search terms on the internet or pick up a book that was on the NY Times best seller list. 5 minutes of your time…
I thought Obama went into the community where steel plants had been shut down. Did he open up a steel plant or any other business to employ those displaced employees? He seems to be promising now that all those people who have lost their jobs will be a-okay under his leadership. My question – can he point to doing anything to create jobs for people?