Obama Sees Nothing Funny About Community Organizer

Sen. Barack Obama said he was "puzzled" when Gov. Sarah Palin scoffed at his early career as a community organizer, which he said was just the kind of "country first" action that the Republicans should endorse.

Presidential hopeful chats with George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview."It's curious to me that they would mock that, when I, at least, think that that's exactly what young people should be doing," the Democratic presidential nominee said in an exclusive interview on "This Week."

Palin got a big laugh at the Republican National Convention last week when she said that her former job as a small town mayor was sort like a community organizer, "only with responsibilities." GOP keynote speaker Rudy Giuliani even laughed when he said the words "community organizer."

Obama told ABC News' George Stephanopoulos on "This Week" that he moved to Chicago when he was 24 and was a community organizer for the next three years.

Obama said he "worked with churches, who were dealing with steel plants that had closed in their neighborhoods, to set up job training programs for the unemployed and after-school programs for youth, and to try to deal with asbestos in homes with poor people -- community service work -- which John McCain has been talking about, putting country first and extolling the virtues of national service.

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[ricardofuego]

Now we know better. What's the difference between Obama and McCain?

[shmouts]

Obama, I'm still waiting for my tax cut, motherfucker

[dc507]

the wealthy or rich people, when middle class is doing well so is the higher class.

[jessebpittman]

Who could it possibly help?

[dc507]

if the middle class is wealthy, most rich and poor people are, its not always a bad thing to raise taxes, it helps people out.

[4dog]

McCain is a Stain....

[jessebpittman]

McCain wants to lowers taxes for everyone. Obama is a dildo.

[iamitchey]

If you raise taxes on the wealthy. Doesn't this just get passed on to the consumer in the long run? Isn't the whole idea of solving Americas problems by raising taxes is just one more feel good attempt, to avoid addressing the real problems?