Puzzled? AMERICA is NOT...he has NO EXECUTIVE experience! NOTICE he COULD not even answer the question! He is just an speech person, no direction when it comes to REALLY having to do anything!

I can't wait for him to be chewed up in the debates, we saw how he parroted Hillary and could not even come close to her! I can't wait..! IF he agrees, he loves to back out of people being able to go toe to toe with him! I noticed too his crowds are shrinking! More people watched McCain than Obama and that gives me a great relief that AMERICA wants MORE than "just words"!

Republicans are such HYPOCRITES when they talk about "service" but then totally laugh at community organizers.

Important community organizers throughout the ages:

Martin Luther King
Susan B. Anthony
Ghandi
Jesus Christ

Perhaps the reason they joked about Obamas community organizer stint is because immediately after the announcement of Palin, Obama's camp derided her by downplaying her as just a mayor from a small town in Alaska. Now Roland Martin and the "incredulous crowd" fein disgust at this slight to community organizers. It was not a slight but a direct counter attack to the Obama camp's critical and sarcastic statement about her experience.

Yep, Christ was a community organizer, and Ponches Pilot was a Governor.

Obama puzzeled by community organizer attacks shows what a shallow person he is. He mocked Pallin as a small town mayor and she just replied to his attack. He lost that one.

Sarah Palin and Mc Cain ? Thanks but no thanks

Let's talk about Palin's experience. First, when Tim Kaine was being considered for VP, Karl Rove was on television talking about how he was only the Mayor of a city of 200,000 and how that was not the right experience to have in the White House. Now that Palin has been picked, being the Mayor of a city of 9,000 is great experience to have in the White House.

Palin was picked because she has a vagina and is pro-life. As the Mayor of a little village she left the town millions of dollars in dept because she wanted to build a sports center that has yet to be built. As the Governor of the biggest welfare state in the union she was for all that pork before she was against it. Throughout her tenure in office she has also been vindictive -- see Troopergate.

Bottom line, if she were so qualified why is it that she refuses to be interviewed as both Obama and Biden are being interviewed right now?

Simple, she isn't qualified to talk to the press because she doesn't know the answers to those questions.

None of the New Englanders I've spoken with (I live in CT) dismiss Palin as "trash," as Brooks suggested. Palin's "small town" act is disturbing, not because it makes her seem "trashy," but because it is an extension of the current Republican charade of "populism" -- a charade acted out by a wealthy elite. Her feminism is out-dated: a 1980s Superwoman feminism of pit-bull beauty-queen work-a-holics (feminism in this century works to give women recovery time after childbirth, offers job-share employment, etc). Her "small town" values don't represent the average small town family (as most small town folk actually respect people who do service to help the urban poor), and her "maverick" act doesn't admit she is now a scripted performer for the party that has been controlling our country for 8 years. Trashy? No. Hypocritical? Yes.

Community Organizing is an area that gives voice to those that has no representation in our society and brings their issues to the politicians. Why is McCain against that when he goes to New Orleans after the fact and pretends to care.

George claimed Plain and Gulliani were being racists. What?

Even the rest of world are astonished how come McCain has made such a choice!

A lot of discussion about American election 2008.

pretjene, the little pitbull hockeymom from Alaska doesn't have any executive experience either, she's just holding down the position.
McCain doesn't have executive experience, but you call yourself belittling a man that has a political science degree and a law degree, trying to compare the two is apples and oranges. Try comparing McCain to Obama, not comparing Obama to Caribou Barbie.

Obama has the education level, she doesn't.
He has proven his worth in the Legislative branch, she hasn't proven anything in the Executive position.

When the little lady was mayor, she had to hire an administrator to assist her, otherwise, the public was ready to put out a recall. In other words, she had no clue what she was doing. All she's doing now is abusing her power in office. The proof is in the investigation.

HEY I USE TO WORK AT BURGER KING. DOES THAT QUALIFY ME TO RUN THE COUNTRY?

In case you didn't know, I speak for Keith. Thanks!

Apparently it does Jake.

We don't need intelligent people to run this country. You can lead the country if you're religious and anti-abortion. That's all that matters.
We no longer worry about foreign policy and national security.

I don't even care what Obama says anymore. Nothing about him is honorable or authentic. Everything about him is marketed, and I don't buy it.

Important community organizers throughout the ages:

Martin Luther King
Susan B. Anthony
Ghandi
Jesus Christ

Mark, these are not community organizer. These are leaders, people who changed people's lives. Let's hear from the people who's lives that Barack Obama changed. Line them up or may that how he organized them!

Get ready for "Ferraro" Community Organizers !!!

The "Play Victim Card" that Obama pulled on Geraldine Ferraro will return to bite Obama/Biden this Fall.

Ferraro remains angry at the “sexist treatment” of Mrs Clinton by the media. “In New Hampshire, someone put up a sign saying ‘Iron My Shirt’. Nobody spoke out. Imagine if Hillary’s supporters had said [to Obama] "SHINE MY SHOES". Everybody would quite rightly have been jumping on it. Women in politics should not be treated better than men, just FAIRLY.”

A host of "Ferraro Bridgade" will be pulling the lever this Fall. I do not want to speculate how they will be voting...but IT IS GOING TO BE a BLOC to be RECKONED with, now that PALIN on McCain ticket !!!

Complex issues around the world, complex issues involving this country need intelligent leaders, not someone who took 6 yrs and 6 different schools to get a 4 yr degree in journalism with a minor in sportscasting.

The RNC stole Obama's words. Obama was the first to say we need change. That's what Republicans do -- they are thiefs. They stole our Social Security surplus, the price of gas has tripled since the Republicans took over, the coutry is in a recession, there are fewer jobs. DO NOT BELIEVE ANYTHING THEY SAY. THEY WILL PROMISE EVERYTHING AND STEAL EVERYTHING FOR THEMSELVES.

To say that government needs change is saying they are not happy with their own party's leadership. Do you really believe that McCain is going to change the Republican party agenda of stealing and lieing -- Of course not. Palin scares me to death. Is this a woman. She sounds more like a man. She wants to take all of the rights women have won and throw all of that away. She is definitly not what we have been looking for. She sounds like a real hard ass and manipulator.

Palin is Katherin Harris all over again. And where is Katherine Harris now?

Complex issues need intelligent leaders, not pitbull hockeymoms.

They refuse to allow interviews, so no one can find out her views on all issues.
If she can't handle the press, how do you expect her to handle country issues.

Be afraid, be VERY afraid.

The more he try to SPIN it, the more his polls numbers are falling ...

Even before the full effect of RNC Convention Bounce is kicking in, the average of all polls (CNN, CBS, Gallup, Ramussen, Hotline) is showing Obama leading by a wafer thin margin of 1.8%. McCain is now 44.6% snapping away at Obama 46.4%

I know a lot of Obama supporters are going to say they do not believe in polls....they are afterall .... JUST POLLS !!!

Its the economy, stupid.

Oh, you want to talk about stealing words? Obama is FAMOUS for it!

"Just words?" -Deval Patrick

"Yes we can" or as the world first heard it (in Spanish) "Si se puede" -United Farm Workers

And during his debates with Hillary, he did the old, "Yeah...what she said..."

lol right Bobby. Intelligent answer.

McCain/Palin can deliver (lines) lies with the best of the republicans, that doesn't help the economy in this country.

If you think unemployment is high now, put the republicans back in office and watch them destroy this country.

The Dems are not afraid to face the press... because they know they will get softball questions, without having to answer any of the real questions of the day... case in point, George S. not asking the obvious follow-up question regarding how Obama intended to pay for the trillions of dollars of new programs he is proposing. Obama has never led anything, absolutely not a single day of executive experience... and even as a member of the Senate, was only there for 100+ days before he began campaigning for president full time. No significant legislation (even as a member of the Ill State Senate)... He's made a career out of...having a career. He's managed to accomplish nothing of significance, and write two books about it.

McCain/Palin are not criticizing Obama's community organizing work! They are just communicating in a jesting way that her leadership experience as a small-town mayor is more than equivalent to Obama's as a community organizer. If you objectively take the two sets of job requirements and compare them side-by-side, which of them requires executive activity and final the-buck-stops-here responsibility? And what did Sarah give up to be mayor in her community that would have been more lucrative?

HYPOCRISY!

ELITIST RETHUGS!

NO POLICY,NO REAL AGENDA!

COUNTRY WRECKERS!

Beauty queen,and Pow Card.

This Rethugs,claimed she got an executive experience,they claimed that she is the reform,when in the other hand she got lots of baggage in her tiny town Wasilla,she build a hockey sports arena,but they have no sewerage and other important public utilities that benefited her town,she buried the town with $ 27 million debt.by the way this hockey arena was under question also because of the public imminent domain.her state senate GOP confessed to the CNN interview,that she will not going to seek any re-election because,she cannot stand Palin and the other staff that working for her,therefore she cannot work in the WH,
because,she don't know how to resolved conflicts,with other people.she cannot resolve any foreign policy problems,when the crisis strikes.

we cannot invite the devil in our dinner table.

none of these canidates have any executive experience.....all of these people depend on politics for their livihood......the government is their host......the people pay their checks....there is no adventuresome spirit.......no independent thinking......no heros.....no courage.........

By the way i am a community organizer too,so mocking my noble work was not pleasing in the eye of the Rethugs.

If you watch the Daily Show,there was a clipped,that the Conservatives hang out at the basement of the convention building,wherein the strippers entertained them and they got a private function room,for the VIPS.

I have no problem with the strippers,but i can't stand the hypocrisy of the Rethugs,when it comes to the morality issues.preaching and poking on other people's privacy,is completely ridiculous.

Another thing,if the women is a rape victim,don't abort your child,it's not pleasing for Palin and GOPS,they are the only people,who can dictate your fate.

Why Americans are Puzzled that Obama is Puzzled

http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/_wsj-acorn_squash.htm

GEG.

Unfortunately, Most Alaskans wouldn't agree with you and your trashing of Palin. After all, Palin is THEIR GOVERNOR!!

OK, so executive experence is the only relevant experence? Look at George W Bush. Much more executive experence (4 years as Govener, not 1 1/2) than Sarah Palin and much better educated. How did that work out for us?

Please notice that OBAMA NEVER SAID EXACTLY WHAT HE DID AS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER AND WHAT ORGANIZATION HE WAS WORKNG FOR? THIS REVALATION MAY BE PART OF AN OCTOBER SURPRISE AS APARENTLY, ALSO, A LOT OF INFO JUST HIT THIS WEEK (NEWSMAX) ABOUT OMAMA'S HARVARD EXPENSES BEING PAID FOR BY DR. KHALID AL-MANSOUR WHO HAD TIES TO THE BLACK PANTHERS, OTHER HATE WHITE AMERICA GROUPS AND THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY. OBAMA TIES TO HATE AMERICA GO BACK WAY EARLIER THAN REV WRIGHT!!

Dave.

How did Bush work out for me? Cut my income taxes way back and kept our butts safe over here with no thanks to the defeatist dems. Sure GLAD these bunch of losers weren't around during WW11 and Cold War with USSR!!! Retired teacher, now auto parts driver.

He's so silly :)

I can't believe he has supporters.

As I read these boards I realize the ignorance that flows through this country. It is disgusting some of the racist and nasty comments being posted here. Obama has given out more information on himself than John McCain has. All I got from the Republican Convention was that John McCain was a POW. All I got from the Republican Convention was drill, drill, drill and that national security is the only security we should have. Never mind job security, home security, healthcare security. These are the things that matter more then anything. I can't believe that people want to trash Obama this way. It is disgusting and sadly I think he is going to lose because people are to afraid to trust the black guy. I see the fear tactics that the Repubs have forcing down our throats maybe be working. You people are pathetic and when this country continues to fall apart nobody who didn't vote for true change better complain. All John McCain sees is war, war, war and that is all we will see if he is elected.

Obama asserted in a Colorado Springs speech that the U.S. needs a “civilian national security force” that would be as powerful, strong and well-funded as the half-trillion dollar Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force. In the July 2 speech in Colorado Springs, Obama insisted the U.S. “cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set.”He continued, “We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”"Big Brother had nothing on the Obamas,” said IBD. “They plan to herd American youth into government-funded re-education camps where they’ll be brainwashed into thinking America is a racist, oppressive place in need of ’social change.

Obama asserted in a Colorado Springs speech that the U.S. needs a “civilian national security force” that would be as powerful, strong and well-funded as the half-trillion dollar Army, Marines, Navy and Air Force. In the July 2 speech in Colorado Springs, Obama insisted the U.S. “cannot continue to rely on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives we’ve set.”He continued, “We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded.”"Big Brother had nothing on the Obamas,” said IBD. “They plan to herd American youth into government-funded re-education camps where they’ll be brainwashed into thinking America is a racist, oppressive place in need of ’social change.

Of course Republicans ridicule community organizers, they are the antithesis of bottom up political involvement. They are top down cronyism crowd with closed door "energy" meetings which gave the whole country's surplus to attacking Iraq for oil, they are the folks who thought Katrina worked out pretty well for the people of New Orleans,(hateful sow Barbara Bush Sr.) Lobbyists rule their world and BIG PHARMA is the church they kneel to.
They win elections ratcheting up hatred against gays/lesbians in 13 states to re-elect Dumbya. They are the Party of HATE, and the examples of Palin's and Giulliani's speeches they are planning to escalate the HATE at any costs, f*ck Americans, f*ck America this is about WINNING for McCain, who has so bastardized his maverick status to being Fred Barne's and James Dobson's lap dog it nausiates me.

McCain here's a tip you better win, cuz you ratchet up the anger and hatred in this country to the level some would overlook the NIGHTMARE of Cheney's 8 year reign...you don't know what the hell you'll UNLEASH, and you certainly won't be able to control either the first assault, or the numerous BACKLASHES.

from a Catholic website:
Palin Continues to Smear Catholic Action

Catholics across the country continue to be outraged by Republican politician Sarah Palin who repeated her smear against Catholic Action by mocking Barack Obama’s service as director of a community group sponsored by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (an arm of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops) and led by eight Catholic parishes on the South Side of Chicago.

Starting at age 23, Obama ran a faith-based charity called the Developing Communities Project.

It was made up of eight Catholic parishes when he got there and had one staff member. He was its director, meaning he was in charge. He made decisions about it, including staffing, budgets, etc. And when he left in 1988 to go to law school, he had grown its budget from $70,000 to $400,000, its staff from 1 to 13 people. More important, he created a job training program for this community and a college prep tutoring program.

Now for the attacks on this Catholic sponsored social action initiative.

At the Republican Party National Convention, Palin and ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani mocked the work Barack Obama did for this group of churches that were concerned about their parishioners, many of whom had been laid off when the steel mills closed on the south side of Chicago. As for Barack Obama’s service as a community organizer, Giuliani even sneered “I don't even know what that is.” Palin, who was baptized but not raised Catholic and sought “re-baptism” in a Protestant Church can be forgiven for knowing little of the Catholic Church’s admirable witness for the poor and socially marginalized. But even a lapsed Catholic like Giuliani should know of the Catholic Church’s concern for the poor and oppressed.

Joe Klein’s take on this: This is what Palin and Giuliani were mocking. They were making fun of a young man's decision "to serve a cause greater than himself," in the words of John McCain. They were, therefore, mocking one of their candidate's favorite messages. Obama served the poor for three years, then went to law school. To describe this service--the first thing he did out of college, the sort of service every college-educated American should perform, in some form or other--as anything other than noble is cheap and tawdry and cynical in the extreme.

America magazine, the national Jesuit weekly, shared in the shock at this repeated attack on Catholic Action.

A Midwestern Catholic leader wrote: In an stunning insult to 76.9 million Americans, another politician continues the republican bias towards Catholics. Sarah Palin's acceptance speech scoffed at work that her opponent had done in the 1980s for the Catholic Campaign for Human Development. She belittled Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama's experience as a community organizer in Catholic parishes on the South Side of Chicago, work he undertook instead of pursuing a lucrative career on Wall Street. The US Conference of Catholic Bishops has operated the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, its domestic anti-poverty and social justice program, since 1969. In 1986, the Bishops issued Economic Justice for All: Pastoral Letter on Catholic Social Teaching and the US Economy, which said, "Human dignity can be realized and protected only in community." Senator Obama worked in several Catholic parishes, supported by the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, helping to address severe joblessness and housing needs in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods of Chicago.

The comments about Obama's community service are being presented out of context, just like Pres. Clinton's comment about it being a "fantasy" was repeatedly aired out of context and was an absolute non-issue.

The comments regarding Obama's community service are in response to the comments denigrating the qualities of a "small town mayor" regarding Palin. Obviously, Obama looses this one and shouldn't have started it to begin with. Someone running a town clearly has more experience as an executive than someone who goes around "helping" in whatever way this family or that. It's not to say that community service isn't important, it is. But it does qualify as experience towards an executive position, IE someone running a community (town, state, country).

Don't start what you can't finish.

Obama's associates and values are weak at best.
He's embarrassing compared to the Clintons, McCain an Palin.

So far we know he went to a church that is anti American, befriended Reverend Wright as his mentor and socialized with the Criminal Rezko and the terrorist William Ayers.

Run from Obama...

The whole fight this year comes to experience and who is capable of bringing this country back up. Clearly and undeniably there is no doubt that Obama lacks the experience. It's plain and simple. Yeah he can give one heck of a speech that makes ya think about things, but he lacks the experience of leadership. Being President is more than just giving a speech and hearing thousands clap. He should do something in congress before thinking he can actually do something as the Executive Officer of this country.

The whole fight this year comes to experience and who is capable of bringing this country back up. Clearly and undeniably there is no doubt that Obama lacks the experience. It's plain and simple. Yeah he can give one heck of a speech that makes ya think about things, but he lacks the experience of leadership. Being President is more than just giving a speech and hearing thousands clap. He should do something in congress before thinking he can actually do something as the Executive Officer of this country.

Are the Dem's this stupid? Palin responded to attacks on her experience by comparing it to Obama's experience. She never said community organizers are worthless. Politicians suck. Dems and Reps both.

Please DO NOT compare Obama and Jesus..