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Originally Posted by wowitsdark  What the PTA thing says to me is that she's involved and has always been involved. And the more involved she was, the more she saw that needed to be changed, and a little at a time she worked her way up. She didn't start out with a *job* in politics. She started out simply as someone who wanted to contribute to the wellbeing of a school system, and that whet her whistle for solving issues that had greater implications.
And being a Illinois State Senator is something I should've mentioned. I'm sorry I omitted it. But as been pointed out, it's not an 'in charge' job. He's been a collaborator, not a commander. The buck has never really stopped with him, as far as I can see. |
You have a point. Being a State Senator is nothing like being in charge (or the "commander") of a PTA bake sale
BTW Obama didn't start out with a job in politics either. He started out as someone who wanted to better the community....for 3 years he was the director of the Developing Communities Project, a church-based community organization seeking to improve living conditions in poor neighborhoods (not quite as glamorous as organizing book fair fundraisers
). He wanted to do more and knew that could only happen with changes to laws/policies so went on to law school, became a civil rights lawyer, taught constitutional law and you know the rest of the story.
Please no offense to PTA volunteers I’m grateful for all the hard work you do helping our schools and children!