A slam on Community Organizers

The fact that many people are using Gov. Palin's comment about Sen. Obama being a Community Organizer as backlash attack on her is ridiculous. The only reason why it was even brougth up in her speech is because since the day she was nominated for the Vice Presidency the Obama campaign has been belittling her role as a former Mayor of a small town. (Comments on that below) In no way was Gov. Palin detracting from the important work of community organizers, however you have to be blind to see that there are BIG differences between being the Mayor of a town and being a community organizer.
The biggest distinction comes in one (a Mayor) being elected by a constituency to hold public office, while a community organizer is part of a group of non-elected people coming together to solve a social issue. Both can, and are, very important to the growth and development of their own respected towns or communities, but in comparing the two only one is an actual public office held by an elected official for executive purposes. And to me that is the point that is actually being made by the GOP. One should not besmirch the work of any individual or group trying to better their own area or the people that make up the surrounding community, but when talking about qualifications for holding the highest executive office in our country executive experience is important even if it's at the smallest level. Of course though we know that GOV. Palin's experience as an executive does not stop on the smallest level but continued on to the highest level of her state, the governors office of Alaska.
So please, let us not deal with such minutiae when it comes to political bloviation (thank you Mr. O'Reilly for that word). Instead let us wade through all the pandering and empty promises and elect people not on their orated words, but on the basis of their merits.