Yes, it’s true, on tonight’s Hannity and Colmes, Sarah Palin will reportedly state that Barack Obama’s experience as a community organizer, which did straight out of college, is equitable to her experience as a small town mayor.
Sarah Palin:
I certainly didn’t mean to hurt his feelings. Didn’t mean to offend any community organizers either.
I do have respect for those who have chosen public service. What I was doing certainly, should be obvious, was direct a comment to him as he had taken a shot at small mayors across the nation.
Small mayors, mayors of small towns, quote unquote. They’re on the front lines, they’re held accountable every single day that they’re in office, with real responsibilities that do demand that accountability and invite accountability.
Now, her compliment, equating community organizing and being a small town mayor is indirect, but her lie is easily identified. Barack Obama has never insulted her experience; he referred to her personal story as "compelling," and stated that small town mayor's jobs are "where the rubber meets the road."* But that isn’t going to stop the McCain/Palin "Lie Your Way to the Whitehouse" Campaign 08 from claiming that he said it, much like his lack of sexist remarks about her compelled them to make up the "lipstick on a pig" kerfuffle, and Barack’s lack of interest in sharing a small stage with John McCain forced John run a dishonorable campaign.
But, we must give her full credit for complimenting Barack, and community organizers everywhere, by saying that his 3 years as a community organizer (when he was 24-27 years old) are equitable to her 6 years as mayor of a town of (when she was age 32-38) 4-9,000 people. And I’m sure that the olive branch she’s held out to community organizers around the nation will not go unpunished unnoticed.
So thanks Sarah, you are an unmitigated nightmare for the GOP ticket, even when taking softballs from a sycophantic mouth-breathing neanderthal like Sean Hannity!
*h/t to Shelbyville Manhattan (great guy and one hell of a cocktail) for this note. Sorry, I don't embed video in my diaries, messes with my connection.