@CoastalRat,
I found this logical article in the Wall Street Journal:
September 10, 2008, 11:52 am
Dem to Palin: Jesus Was a Community Organizer
Amy Chozick reports from Lebanon, Va., on the presidential race.
Democrats are asking Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin: What would Jesus do?
The Alaska governor, a Christian, has come under fire for criticizing community organizers, but according to labor leader Cecil Roberts, Jesus was a community organizer.
“I used to be a community organizer and I’m in good company,” Roberts said as he introduced Barack Obama at a town hall event here Tuesday night. “Martin Luther King was a community organizer. Listen, Sarah, Moses was a community organizer and yes, Jesus was a community organizer.”
The comments come in response to comments Palin made during her acceptance speech at the Republican national convention last week.
“A small town mayor is kind of like a community organizer only you have actual responsibilities,” Palin said. The line drew big laughs and applause from the GOP crowd.
Her remark set off a small storm within the non-profit circle with several prominent community groups releasing statements defending the work they do.
Religion permeates this part of Southern Virginia where many people are evangelical Christians like Palin. The crowd of 2,400 packed into a high school gymnasium stood and bowed their heads for a lengthy prayer prior to the event.