From;
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070826/3obama_2.htm
David Kindler, a colleague at the time, said the lanky newcomer with the funny name understood that a community organizer is a combination of educator, confessor-priest, social activist, motivational expert, mediator, and campaign leader.
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Who does this sound like? Sharpton? Jackson? Wright?
From;
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/070826/3obama_2.htm
Perhaps his most confrontational effort was to pressure city authorities to remove asbestos from the apartments in 1986. When the on-site manager didn’t take action, Obama nudged the residents into confronting city housing officials in two angry public meetings downtown. These generated “a victory of sorts,” Obama said later, as workers soon began sealing the asbestos in the buildings. But the project gradually ran out of steam and money. In fact, some tenants still have asbestos in their homes, according to current resident Linda Randle, 53, who worked with Obama in the ‘86 anti-asbestos campaign.
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Still? July 2008, 22 years later: Obama didn’t finish what he started.