Here we go again.  You would think they would get tired of it, but no, once more, the Obama supporters have dropped the race card, this time on Sarah Palin.¹

Governor Implies Palin’s Repeated Use Of ‘Community Organizer’ Is Another Way Of Saying ‘Black’

 On Monday, Gov. David Paterson angered some state lawmakers by comparing them to vampires, calling them a bunch of “blood suckers.” On Tuesday, he raised eyebrows again, and tempers, by accusing the John McCain campaign of veiled racism.

At the Crain’s Business Forum this morning, Paterson drew attention to a phrase used numerous times by speakers at the Republican National Convention to describe Barack Obama’s leadership experience: community organizer.

“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.

What a crock.  They did it because Obama has used that repeatedly as a core part of his otherwise meager list of qualifications.   They are allowed to compare and contrast if they want to.

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.

But the McCain/Palin campaign quickly fired back in a statement, saying: “It is disappointing that Governor Paterson would launch accusations of racism. … Governor Palin’s remarks about Barack Obama’s work as a community organizer was in response to the Obama campaign’s belittling of her executive experience.”

The statement goes on to point out Sarah Palin’s own experience of civic involvement and says Paterson’s comments are “a sure sign of a flailing campaign that is bordering on desperation”.

The article closes with this bit:

…what disturbed him was what seemed like derisive laughter on the part of the Republicans at Obama’s choice of helping his community rather than getting rich on Wall Street.

Except that isn’t quite what happened², but why start relying on the facts now.

And somehow Obama seems to have ended up rich anyway.  Hmm…

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1. ”So I suppose a small town mayor is sort of like a community organizer, except with real responsibilities,” [back]
2. http://leaningstraightup.com/2008/09/09/obama-against-community-organizers-before-he-was-for-them/ [back]