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To question Obama's lack of extensive political officeholdership and readiness to be Prez is surely fair game. And the Democrats were themeselves harshly critical in blunt language in Denver, but of GOP policies. There was never any personal vitriol or rancor. With that in mind, let me just say that snickering at helping poor people pay their electric bills is genius! Bravo Rudy! It figures that Guiliani would find working with the poor comical and worthy of a laugh.
What the hell was that? "Community Organizer?" What does that even mean? It's one thing to say his resume doesn't qualify him to be President, but it's another to look down on and demean his work with the indigent in Chicago, especially when he probably turned down an extremely lucrative career in corporate law in order to do so. There seemed to be something ugly and personal about the way they were attacking Obama, and I think it will backfire. There was an element of mean-spiritedness that I don't think came across well.
