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Thursday, September 6, 2012

Saul Alinsky Lives...In Charlotte, NC

LD Jackson over at Political Realities has posted a great article today asking: "How Did We Survive Before Barack Obama?" LD summarizes the point of his post as follows:
In short, the Democrats have absolutely lost their grip on reality. They are making all kinds of outrageous claims against the Republicans.
That got me thinking. I posted the following comment:
I hate to be trite, but the Democrat strategy is straight out of the Saul Alinsky playbook: demonize and ridicule your "enemy," advocate simple-minded policies within the "experience" of the party base, always "push a negative hard and deep," execute an "anything goes" strategy while pressing the enemy to live up to his own "book of rules," and "cause confusion, fear and retreat."

An example? How's this? The Democratic Party platform calls for an "All-of-the-Above Energy Policy." Anyone with half-a-brain knows Obama has tried to kill coal production, has squelched the Keystone pipeline, prevented oil exploration on shore and has made drilling off shore almost impossible. The fine print in the platform specifies the party will pursue an all-of-the-above "clean" energy policy.

No matter. The goal is simply to confuse the issue in the voter's mind. And remember, the Democrat appeal is to those with less than half-a-brain.

As for the Democrats' "outright lies?" It is important to remember that lying is a vice only in our rule book. In the Saul Alinsky rule book lying is a virtue. This is why creatures like Debbie Wasserman Schultz are able to lie continuously and shamelessly. Her less than half-a-brain rationalizes her actions as those of a good soldier. She's convinced the ends justify the means.
By resorting to Alinsky tactics the Democrats are playing with fire. It's easy to light an emotional fire by demonizing, ridiculing and confusing. But fires are more easily set than put out.

LD Jackson asks: How did we survive before Barack Obama? I'm asking: How will our society survive the coming presidential election in the face of such manufactured hate and fear?


You want proof that the Democrats are playing with matches? Here is a sampling of headlines coming out of the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte over the past few days courtesy of the Drudge Report:

Obama Lies While Accusing Romney Campaign of Lying...

Top Dem. Compares Paul Ryan to Nazi Goebbels...

Dem chair apologizes for calling Scott Brown 'girl'...

DEM SEN: Eastwood 'old angry white man'...

Another Delegate Compares GOP To Hitler...

DNC LIES ON CIVIL RIGHTS 'BIG, BOLD, PROMINENT'...

RACIAL CAMPAIGN BUTTONS RAISE EYEBROWS...

SC Dem Chair Compares Nikki Haley To Hitler's Mistress...

Florida DNC Boss: Christians Want Jews Slaughtered...

And these headlines, courtesy of Weazel Zippers:

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-CAIR): GOP “Basically A Bigoted Party”…

Death Threat From DNC Delegate: “Mitt Romney… I Would Like To Kill Him!”..

Sandra Fluke At DNC: Paul Ryan “Would Allow Women To Die In Emergency Rooms”…

Former Dem Gov. Ted Strickland: GOP Criticism Of Obama Gutting Welfare Reform “Not So Subtle Racism”…

Democratic Women’s Caucus: Republicans “Want To Relegate Women To The Back Of The Bus”…

Harry Reid Fear Mongers At DNC: “We Must Stop The Tea Party Before The Senate Falls Into The Hands Of Extremists And Ideologues”…

7 comments:

LD Jackson said...

Thanks for the link, Sherman. It is more than a little troubling that the Democratic Party and the Obama campaign are so ready and willing to use whatever tactics are necessary to defeat their opponent. The truth doesn't matter to them, only the end result. God help us all if they succeed.

Sherman Broder said...

I have a feeling we'll need God's help before this is all over.

Jim at Conservatives on Fire said...

As usual, your argument is very well framed, Sherman. I commented on larry's post that I agreed that it was Alinsky tactics that are being used. I added that I thought they were using those taxtics to achieve the goals of Cloward-Piven; thatis, to overload the government's safety bets until they collapse causing the chaos the Marxist say they must have before they can begin building their socialist utopia. That's my opinion, anyway.


BTW, I liked that "Words Matter" video. Sadly, it is thirteen minutes long and it is hard to get people to pay attention for more than two or three minutes at a time. I am going to send it to a few people I think could benefit from watching it.

Sherman Broder said...

Thanks, Jim. I saw your comment and agree with it. Cause a crisis and take advantage of it. I really don't think the Dems can persuade in an honest debate. They need chaos.

Kathy said...

Jeremiah Wright talked about the conversation he had with Barack Obama when Obama tried to bribe him not to speak any more before the November 2008 elections:


“Barack said, ‘I’m sorry you don’t see it the way I do. Do you know what your problem is?’ And I said, ‘No, what’s my problem?’ And he said, ‘You have to tell the truth.’ I said, ‘That’s a good problem to have. That’s a good problem for all preachers to have. That’s why I could never be a politician.’

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/the_bribe_to_silence_wright_io9jneobl3fUF0cb7LpcNM#ixzz25sJK6Jw2



Obama sees lying as part of life. There's nothing wrong with it!

Sherman Broder said...

Great comment. I had forgotten about that quote. It just goes to show Obama is transparent, really, during the times he's off teleprompter or at moments he thinks the mike isn't on or when he's speaking to a closed audience -- even when he was younger in his writing. It's why I'd like to see his college papers. He'd have a lot of 'splainin' to do.

LD Jackson said...

I remember hearing that on the radio. It seems Reverend Wright was less than enamored with his former congregant. I can't help but wonder how many more incidents there are like this, that we don't know about. Smoke, fire, etc.