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Columbia University president Lee Bollinger confirmed that presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama will appear together at the university for a forum sponsored by ServiceNation. The Columbia Spectator describes ServiceNation as a "non-partisan coalition devoted to increasing the commitment of citizens to public service to 100 million people by 2010."
The forum will be on September 11 evening (it is not a debate), and the candidates agreed not to campaign that day out of respect for 9/11 victims and their families. Obama said, "Making that call to service will be a central cause of my presidency, because we need the active citizenship of the American people to meet the challenges of the 21st century." McCain said, "The Summit will be an important remembrance of those that made the ultimate sacrifice serving their country and others as we focus on how to inspire others to serve causes greater than their own self-interest through national and community service."
McCain and Obama's forum will be broadcast on CNN. The two-day event (9/11 and 9/12) will also feature Governor David Paterson, Mayor Bloomberg, Senator Hillary Clinton and Governor Arnold Schwarzengger. And the summit's co-chairs include Caroline Kennedy and Alma Powell. You can submit a question for the candidates--one possible question for McCain, "Why slam community organizers?" (Some are, justifiably, very insulted.)
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Unfortunately, many reach a point in life where all their energies and time goes into keeping their own head above water in this uncertain future
I guess Ahmadinejad is busy.
Obama's standing in for him. McCain didn't slam community organizers; just the notion that being one imparts some executive experience. Both these guys should be applauded for pushing this topic.
how to inspire others to serve causes greater than their own self-interest through national and community service."
Call me jaded, but I don't think a few kids joining the Peace Corps can balance out the actions of the government's military-industrial complex and other corporate misbehavior.
Is there a way I can get a ticket to this?
"Mrs. Palin needs to be reminded that Jesus Christ was a community organizer and Pontius Pilate was a governor."
Jesus also, give to Caesar what is Caesar's. Jesus stuck to spreading his religion and did not run for political office, in fact he deferred to Pilate's judgment of the law as governor.
Doesn't it look like Obama is about to unload a nice juicy wad of spit into McCain's ugly puss?.
For a $5 million donation to the building fund, they're promising a deep, sensuous french kiss.
Wow. An almost unbiased article. Made it all the way to the third paragraph before the obligatory slam at McCain.
Look this should be obvious: nothing is wrong with being a community organizer, nothing is wrong with being a baseball coach, being a great swimmer or being a sharp dresser or any of ten thousand nice things you can say about a person.
The point is it is not a qualification to be president, the most powerful and responsible position in the world. Obama has so few real accomplishments to point to that people bring up his community organizer experience and its just sad.
The same people think that spending a few years growing up in a foreign country counts as foreign policy experience. Utterly without clue.