NOVATOWNHALL

The governor of NY has stepped into the presidential political fray and claims that criticizing or deriding Obama’s much vaunted (by Democrats) experience as a community organizer in south Chicago.  Governor Paterson words as reported by WCBS TV in NY as follows:

“I think the Republican Party is too smart to call Barack Obama ‘black’ in a sense that it would be a negative. But you can take something about his life, which I noticed they did at the Republican Convention – a ‘community organizer.’ They kept saying it, they kept laughing,” he said.

Paterson referred to McCain’s running mate Sarah Palin who compared her work experience to Obama’s.

“So I suppose a small town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except with real responsibilities,” she said at the convention.

Paterson sees the repeated use of the words “community organizer” as Republican code for “black”.

“I think where there are overtones is when there are uses of language that are designed to inhibit other people’s progress with a subtle reference to their race,” he said.

So, conservatives are reaching real hard when we ask why he spent time with Bill Ayers? The role of community organzer in South Chicago revolved around getting more government funding for services that people typically do themselves.  Asking if Obama has the experience to be president of the US is a legitimate question.  Since Obama’s very own campaign harped on his experience as an organizer, why can’t McCain bring it up?