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| Trump uses Alinsky tactics against Clinton |
| 2016-10-04 |
| h/t Instapundit One of the oldest and truest sayings in community organizing is: "The action is in the reaction." Yes, it was the founder of citizen organizing in the United States and perennial far-right piñata, Saul Alinsky, who said it. Alinsky wasn’t advising a billionaire real estate developer who wants huge tax cuts for the wealthy. He was trying to equip the truly powerless -- workers in dangerous stockyards, tenants in dreadful tenements -- with a useful tool. ...In the current presidential campaign, one person intuitively understands Alinksy’s insight. Donald Trump showed again in the first debate that he’s intent on initiating action after action. His wild charges and outrageous statements have no content, no weight, no meaning. Their sole purpose is to provoke a reaction -- from Hillary Clinton, from the media, from the frustrated supporters of his opponent. Trump is not just a demagogue, a Hitler, a friend of Israel and Putin (which is worse nowadays?), he's cultural appropriator! |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #5 One would be hard pressed to name one community, a single one, which has truely benefited from the ministrations of a 'community organizer'. |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2016-10-04 19:39 |
| #4 Well said John qc |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2016-10-04 16:45 |
| #3 Alinsky wasn’t advising a billionaire real estate developer who wants huge tax cuts for the wealthy. He was trying to equip the truly powerless -- workers in dangerous stockyards, tenants in dreadful tenements -- with a useful tool Alinsky is made to look like a candidate for sainthood. No so much the truth however. During the Depression he was an organizer for a labor unions such as the CIO. This was a time when mobsters were entrenched in the labor unions (not so much different today except instead of calling them mobsters they are called left politicians). He also hung around with Frank Niti, the Enforcer of Capone-era fame--supposedly Alinsky really was privy to where the bodies were buried. He like our Community Organizer in Chief was a community organizer although one would be hard-pressed to find any community that was better as the result of their efforts. Hillary was an admirer of Alinsky who dedicated his book to the devil, the first community organizer. Hillary does not like the memory of their saint be sullied by Republicans who use their tactics against them. They will yell foul. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2016-10-04 10:16 |
| #2 And he clearly does not understand Hillary is the Saul student. Not trump. More slander from he left. |
| Posted by: 49 pan 2016-10-04 09:46 |
| #1 Trump showed again in the first debate that he’s intent on initiating action after action. His wild charges and outrageous statements have no content, no weight, no meaning. I don't think the author was watching the same debate I was watching. |
| Posted by: Raj 2016-10-04 09:43 |