Good morning! Mr. Snark here for a morning history lesson. Unless you’ve been in a cave for a year you have noticed that Barack Obama and the left in general have played the race card at every turn.
Examples?
And last but not least,
But should anybody be shocked?
After all it is well known that most of the leaders in the DNC, and especially Obama, were schooled on the book “Rules for Radicals? by Saul Alinsky.
What are the highlights of some of these rules?
- “Wherever possible go outside the experience of the enemy. Here you want to cause confusion, fear and retreat.”
- “Make the enemy live up to his/her own book of rules. You can kill them with this. They can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.”
- “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also, it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage.”
- “The threat is generally more terrifying than the thing itself.”
- “In a fight almost anything goes. It almost reaches the point where you stop to apologize if a chance blow lands above the belt.”
- “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it and polarize it.” (Think Gingrich, Lott and the success of name-calling used by the likes of Bill Clinton, Paul Begala, James Carville, Maxine Waters and others against conservatives and Republicans. Think of how Clinton “enemies” like Paula Jones or Linda Tripp were treated.)
- “One of the criteria for picking the target is the target’s vulnerability … the other important point in the choosing of a target is that it must be a personification, not something general and abstract.” (Trent Lott comes to mind. Meanwhile, a former Klansman by the name of Sen. Robert Byrd got away with saying “nigger” on Fox News at least three times, and he still maintains his Senate seat and power.)
- “The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength.” For instance, Democrats imply conservatives are racists or that Republicans want to kill senior citizens by limiting the growth of the Medicare system, they imply Republicans want to deny kids lunch money without offering real proof. These red-herring tactics work.
After Obama gave his speech at the DNC Convention this year even the late Alinsky’s son had to give it up for Obama. Quoting Alinsky Jr.:
…Saul Alinsky praised Barack Obama for stirring up the masses at the Democratic National Convention “Saul Alinsky style,” saying, “Obama learned his lesson well.”
Saul Alinsky was certainly a popular community organizer. In what city you may ask?
Why Chicago of course!
