According to Wikipedia:
community organizers generally assume that social change necessarily involves conflict and social struggle in order to generate collective power for the powerless.
So you'd think the PRESIDENT of the United States could use his bully pulpit, and its power of persuasion to help tackle state and local government financial problems. After all, if nothing is done, we face a possible collapse of our nation (more on that in a another post..)
But no, if you travel over to BarackObama.com, our President's web site, you will find our President cheering on the masses. He criticizes the Governor:
Republican Governor Walker Scott Walker has proposed a radical plan to take away the collective bargaining rights of public workers. Those who teach and those who plow the snow-filled Wisconsin streets would no longer be able to organize for better working conditions and rights in the workplace.
Since Tuesday, the streets of Madison and the halls of the Capitol building have been filled with thousands of ordinary folks who are sending the strongest message possible to their state legislators—their rights are not up for negotiation.
Organizing for America–Wisconsin, who has been among the most vocal advocates for state employees’ rights, is tweeting live from the rallies and pulling together the voices, videos, and photos of this movement.
Since when have we seen a sitting President back teachers illegally "striking". Where is the leadership, the help in dealing with crushing fiscal problems? Where is the leadership in addressing runaway public pension costs?
Perhaps what we see is what we can expect from a President who received hundreds of millions of dollars from these "public servants". Past SEIU President Andy Stern said in 2009:
We spent a fortune to elect Barack Obama -- $60.7 million to be exact -- and we're proud of it.
If Obama wants to be a community organizer, he should resign and carry on the fight. If he wants to be President, he should act like one.
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