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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
C'mon Bucco. Saul Alinsky died when Barack Obama was eleven years old! At the time, young "Barry" was living with his grandmother in Hawai'i. What "association" could he possibly have had with Saul Alinsky?
If you're referring to Obama's embrace of the effective tactics developed by Alinsky in his Rules For Radicals published in the 1930's (a quarter of a century before Obama was even born), President Obama is guilty. He used those tactics quite effectively in organizing the poor, mostly black residents in Chicago when he was a community organizer.
But again, I suggest you re-read Rules For Radicals. It's pretty clear that almost all political candidates from both parties at almost every level embrace Alinsky's tactics. It's like the campaign manager for one of the presidential candidates replied when asked why they used so much negative campaigning..."Because it works", he answered. So many people seem to have adopted the tactics in Rules For Radicals because it's pretty obvious that they work. President Obama is far from alone in that sense -- among politicians from all political parties and idealologies.
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Election is over, but I never meant that he knew and hung out with Alinsky....when I posted last night I was simply trying (unsuccessfully) to recap the campaign from my perspective.
I know that Alinsky was not an associate....Ayers was....Rev Wright and others were...Alinsky and the communist Frank Davis were simply folks who had a great impact on President Obama's life (his words in one of his autobiographies...they differ from each other)
And if you finally do more research, you will find that Alinsky taught agitation, class warfare and the like. I dont care about any one book...if you read President Obama's autobiography and stories from those who knew him in his Chicago days, he almost worshiped Alinsky.
Now, my point was and the election is over but just to clarify since you brought this stuff back up.....his idols are folks like Alinsky and Davis....he associates with Ayers and Wright and that type all of his adult life.....he is only in his mid 40's so what other major impact on his actions could there be ?