Bolivia RPCV Rebecca Langle writes: Palin insulted Peace Corps Volunteers



"Her speech was more about attacking Obama's character than about actual problem solving. As a young 22-year-old, I served as a trained, grass-roots community developer. She paraded herself around in a swimsuit. I can only hope that the ripple effect of her remark will have far reaching, negative effects with every person serving others than themselves. Superficially, she may have a pretty face and make the Republican boys in Congress giggle, but her interior pipeline runs oily thick with a sour, narrow and ignorant flow of what community workers really do, or for that matter, what a vice president does."

Bolivia RPCV Rebecca Langle writes: Palin insulted Peace Corps Volunteers

Letters: Palin insulted Peace Corps volunteers

SEPTEMBER 10, 2008

Caption: Sarah Palin in Kuwait. Photo: asecondhandconjecture Flickr Creative Commons

I am a 66-year-old former Peace Corps volunteer who was profoundly offended by Sarah Palin's remark that community organizers were inferior to her.

In fact, I believe she may have alienated every Peace Corps volunteer still living, retired, returned or active, not to mention all the other organizations who help communities here and abroad.

Her speech was more about attacking Obama's character than about actual problem solving. As a young 22-year-old, I served as a trained, grass-roots community developer. She paraded herself around in a swimsuit.

I can only hope that the ripple effect of her remark will have far reaching, negative effects with every person serving others than themselves. Superficially, she may have a pretty face and make the Republican boys in Congress giggle, but her interior pipeline runs oily thick with a sour, narrow and ignorant flow of what community workers really do, or for that matter, what a vice president does.

She's a heartbeat away from being president. Is this what we want?

Rebecca Langley

Bolivia VII - 1964-66

Mansfield

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