I knew the GOP convention speakers would come out swinging, but I never I imagined they would take it to the gutter politics level that we saw in St. Paul last week. In Denver, every speaker -to a man or woman- gave Sen. John McCain the respect he deserved as a former military man, and as a sitting U.S. Senator.  Most of them even had an applause line  thrown in for good measure. But last week, I watched Rudy Giuliani and Sarah Palin take the Republican Party to shameful new lows -even for them.  And it was all around Senator Barack Obama's history as a community organizer. Forget for a moment the disrespectful nature for which they treated Sen. Obama.  That's to be expected, and as a matter of fact he said he's been called "far worse" on the basketball court.  What was shameful was the disregard that so-called "America's  Mayor" and Alaska's governer have for men and women who call themselves community orgainzers.  Here's how Giuliani got it kicked off: On the other hand, you have a resume from a gifted man with an Ivy League education. He worked as a community organizer. What? He worked — I said — I said, OK, ...