Friday, January 27, 2012

Saul alinsky

  • Republicans in general, and Newt Gingrich in specific, pepper their rhetoric with mentions of Saul Alinsky.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • On the night of his triumph in the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich declared that "The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky.
  • (The Moderate Voice)
  • Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has been talking about Saul Alinsky a lot lately. Youd almost think hes obsessed with the man. But all this Alinsky name-dropping has a lot of Americans scratching their noggins and Googling his name.
  • (The Stir)
  • Barack Obama weathered the guilt-by-association storm in 2008, withstanding criticism of his ties to Bill Ayers and Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
  • (ABC News)
  • Newt Gingrich calls Barack Obama a Saul Alinsky radical and sneering at the presidents tenure as a community organizer. If youre curious who Alinsky was, Richard Adams at The Guardian has an informative short post up on his blog.
  • (TheStranger.com)
  • Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals, was one of the 20th Century's most iconic provocateurs. "Alinskyite" has become a banal epithet on the Right. Many conservative politicians routinely link Barack Obama with Alinsky.
  • (Forbes)
  • In 2008, the American electorate engaged in a little fantasy. Encouraged and abetted by the mainstream media, many voters clicked their heels three times and whispered, "There's no one like Barack Obama." They were right.
  • (Hotair.com)

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