Change for better, or worse? Nov 1, 2008
It takes great courage. I agree wholeheartedly, and so do many others. (Brownwood Bulletin, TX)
ABCNEWS: Obama's New Attack on Those Who Don't Want Higher Taxes: 'Selfishness'... Nov 1, 2008
But is it too late to stop this man who says he wants to "Fundamentally Transform" America using the ideals of his mentors: the socialism of Saul Alinsky, the self-loathing of William Ayres, the racism of Jeremiah Wright, the antisemitism and hatred of Israel by Rashid Khalidi. This is a REAL THREAT -- WAKE UP -- SNAP OUT OF THE GLAMOUR bewitching you. (The Drudge Report)
Obama's New Tax Welfare Nov 1, 2008
Do you think that after all those years of swimming in a sea of left wing extremism with Bill Ayers and Jeremiah Wright and ACORN and the Saul Alinsky folks, that when he finally gets to the White House he is going to give up on his Big Government neo-socialism. Or is he going to start imposing huge tax increases on more and more people. (Townhall.com)
Election '08: Voting Radically How Mortgage Crisis Happened: Good Intentions Paved Dire Path Nov 1, 2008
Employing the intimidation tactics of radical activist Saul Alinsky that Obama had learned and was teaching, activists crowded bank lobbies, blocked drive-up teller lanes and demonstrated at the homes of bankers to browbeat them into risky lending in poor and minority communities. Those who resisted were accused of racism. (Investors Business Daily)
Who Would MLK Support? Oct 31, 2008
Richard Olivastro : Who Would MLK Support. Columns, funnies in your inbox. (Townhall.com)
No laughing matter Oct 30, 2008
There is: Obama himself has written, in his memoirs, that his most influential political heroes include the likes of Frank Marshall Davis, a communist, and Saul Alinsky, the Marxist-anarchist who birthed the Chicago community organization that Obama attached himself to in launching his own political career. The Obama camp is known for attacking and shutting out questioners it doesn't like. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Is Obama Secretly Sensible? Don't Count On It Oct 30, 2008
Or will it be the Obama who sought out the company of radicals, black racists, faculty-lounge Marxists and studied the methods of Saul Alinsky. Many hope that it is the sensible centrist who will emerge -- even though it has been his style and cautiously evasive comments, rather than his substance, that have sounded so reasonable and calm. (Townhall.com)
Letters for Wednesday, October 29, 2008 Oct 30, 2008
I urge you to read Rules for Power by Saul Alinsky, the father of community organization, on the Web at. lt gives valuable insight into Barack Obama, his campaign message and his methods. (Missoulian, MT)
A reply to Faith Blum Oct 30, 2008
Faith: Jerome Corsi s, The Obama Nation says Saul Alinsky gave definition to the code word change ... Saul Alinsky a labor organizer during the 1930s, organized Chicago meat packing workers. (La Crosse Tribune, WI)
Radical Loon When Obama Was Only 47 Oct 30, 2008
They seem to have all agreed, "OK, none of us will get into this business with Jeremiah Wright, 'Tony' Rezko, Saul Alinsky, Bill Ayers and everyone's impression of an angry Michelle Obama on 'The Jerry Springer Show.'". During one of the Democratic primary debates, Hillary Clinton was hissed for mentioning Syrian national Rezko, and during another, ABC moderator George Stephanopoulos nearly lost his career for asking Obama one question about William Ayers. (Human Events Online)
'Sassy' Elisabeth Hasselbeck believes in Maverick Sarah Palin Oct 29, 2008
Those of us who have careered in the military know the definition is "those who advocate the violent overthrow of the government of the United States of America", such as Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn, Reverend Wright, Saul Alinsky, "Frank", Osama Bin Laden, Rashid Khalidi,and Ahmedinijad to name those we know about, what about his father in Kenya and the ulterior motives of people like Louis Farrakhan. The attempts by the left to assassinate the character of any person that stands between them... (Entertainment Weekly)
CNN rejected Obama ad; FOXNEWS not asked... Oct 29, 2008
His every move is straight out of "Rules for Radicals" by Saul Alinsky. Get your friends and family to the polls. (The Drudge Report)
Election '08: Defining Problems With Socialism For The Post-Cold War Generation Oct 28, 2008
McCain has to educate them about what socialists believe and how they want to rebuild "the world as it should be," as Obama quotes his socialist hero, Saul Alinsky. In this final week of the campaign, McCain should draw contrasts between socialism and capitalism and free enterprise. (Investors Business Daily)
LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 2008 Oct 21, 2008
Kellman is an old Saul Alinsky mentoree. These guy's are all borderline socialists, if not outright communists. (North County Times)
On Your Mind: Comments from the community Oct 20, 2008
It s no secret Obama is an avid admirer and student of Saul Alinsky, a radical socialist Chicago community organizer, who had a disdain for the capitalistic system and advocated a bloodless revolution by the poor. Alinsky wrote Rules for Radicals. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Democrats seek new wing for White House Oct 19, 2008
" We understand why people want change. We want change. The Bush administration mishandled the war and managed to outspend every administration in history. But the kind of change that the socialist wing of the Democratic Party will bring is both fundamental and frightening to those of us who believe in constitutional principles of limited government and individual liberty. SOME READERS haven't appreciated our editorial criticisms of Barack Obama over the past year. Nor do we enjoy being critical... (The Augusta Chronicle)
Uneasy about Barack Obama Oct 19, 2008
This is a Saul Alinsky moment. (See Wikipedia, Saul Alinsky, Rules for Radicals). (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
Exaggerating connections Oct 13, 2008
To sum it up, John states, what we know is: 1) Obama worked for the Joyce Foundation that issued research grants that the N.R.A. might not condone, 2) at the Woods Funds of Chicago board meetings, Obama was seated next to Bill Ayers, 3) Obama was an advisor to ACORN, which is an international organization whose members consist of people with low to moderate incomes who take on issues relevant to their communities, and lastly, 4) Obama knows Saul Alinsky, who wrote a book in 1971 that Mr.... (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
RAGE: Burning McCain campaign sign lands men in hot water... Oct 13, 2008
Sounds like you got your talking points straight from Obama's hero Saul Alinsky and his good friends at ACORN.. I have to give you credit,though. (The Drudge Report)
LETTERS: NCT, Oct. 12, 2008 Oct 13, 2008
They evade mentioning his influences, Frank Marshall Davis, who professed "wiping out white supremacy" or Saul Alinsky, who wrote "Rules for Radicals," whose lessons will reveal Obama's true definition of "change." They avoid questions about his association with the Weather Underground terrorists Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn, who urged Americans to "kill your parents.". They dodge his connection with racist and anti-America pastors who preach Black Liberation Theology, Jeremiah Wright and... (North County Times)
Down and dirty: Negativity, half-truths escalate in candidates' ads Oct 13, 2008
" (Stanley Kurtz, "Obama's Challenge," National Review Online, www.nationalreview.com, 9/23/08) "Ayers And Obama Guided CAC Money To Community Organizers, Like ACORN (The Association Of Community Organizations For Reform Now) And The Developing Communities Project (Part Of The Gamaliel Foundation Network), Groups Self-Consciously Working In The Radical Tradition Of Saul Alinsky ... " (Stanley Kurtz, "Obama's Challenge," National Review Online, www.nationalreview.com, 9/23/08) "Ayers And Obama... (The Palm Beach Post)
What Barney Frank Doesn't Grasp: Lending Mandates Hurt The Poor Oct 10, 2008
It's the place where the original community organizer, Saul Alinsky, plied his trade. There, in 2003, I was taken on a tour of a street where the leading edge of what turned out to be our foreclosure crisis was just emerging. (Investors Business Daily)
U.S. grip on Afghanistan slipping Oct 7, 2008
Who are the people that Barack Obama chose to look up to and associate himself with over his career William Ayers, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, Saul Alinsky, Tony Rezko, ACORN and others like them. These are far more embarrassing associations than Obama would have us believe. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
A Dear John (McCain) Letter Oct 7, 2008
His mentors and influences include Oddball radical psychopaths like Saul Alinsky, who taught "in your face" tactics to community agitators, that Obama employs to this day, and Frank Marshall Davis, a documented communist, pedophile and pornographer who shaped his views while growing up. This is far from a complete list - I didn't even get to Ayers, Acorn, and Annenberg. (Townhall.com)
I say no to Obama Oct 7, 2008
B. wrote on Oct 5, 2008 3:44 PM:" Keep in mind NOBAMA still refuses to acknowledge his political coruption with the likes of William Ayers, Tony Rezco, Frank Marshall Davis & Saul Alinsky. Levin, Hannity, Rush, & even Ray Appelton only tell the facts. What is it with Democrats, are they so stupid to see this? They`re as much in denial as NOBAMA is. Plain to see they support terrorism...Barack Hussien Obama and his wife are racists, he disowns his white side which is 50%. ". whitey wrote on Oct... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)
Who should we hire in these dangerous times? Oct 6, 2008
Had read, studied, and been hired by Saul Alinsky disciples. (See http://www. (Brownwood Bulletin, TX)
Obama: Lucifer Is My Homeboy Oct 6, 2008
David Freddoso's magnificent new book, describes the forefather to "community organizers" like Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton -- the famed Saul Alinsky. Alinsky is sort of the George Washington of "community organizers." If there were an America-hater's Mount Rushmore, Saul Alinsky would be on it. (Human Events Online)
Election '08: Welcome To Camp Obama Oct 4, 2008
Underneath a "Welcome to Camp Obama" banner, a trainer at Obama headquarters in Chicago is seen speaking next to a wipe board with the words "Saul Alinsky" scrawled across it. Alinsky is the late Chicago socialist and street agitator who is considered the father of community organizing. (Investors Business Daily)
Your views: It's debate season Oct 3, 2008
Affiliation with and radical training by disciples of Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals. Obama has been implementing such radical teachings throughout his career. (Florida Today)
McCain to attend debate despite lack of bailout deal Oct 3, 2008
and you will suddenly realize that you must go to the polls and vote for Obama" - Barack Obama Lebanon, New Hampshire.January 7, 2008.Is anyone else seeing a light...I sure haven't seen anything. Maybe Obama has "supernatural" powers? or maybe it's just voters, as well as the liberal media, are so ignorant and self absorbed, they fail to research a candidate and base their votes on his empty speeches. Have they forgotten his 20 year relationship with Rev. Wright? We don't want a Black Supremist... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
On Your Mind Oct 3, 2008
All a person has to do is request Barack Obama and William Ayers; Barack Obama and Jeremiah Wright; Barack Obama and Michael Pflegher; Barack Obama and George Soros; Barack Obama and Tony Rezko; Barack Obama and Saul Alinsky; etc. Google will then provide a variety of sources for people to check information about Barack Obama. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Move over Katie Couric Oct 3, 2008
Mark North wrote on Oct 1, 2008 8:14 AM:" Hello Alaska,Welcome to liberal politics, Saul Alinsky style. Just remember, these snot-nosed leftist adolescents are quite talented. It takes quite a bit of practice to sit in your parents basement, typing with one hand. ". Jimbo from Boston wrote on Oct 1, 2008 8:11 AM:" If B.O. can't stand up to Fox News for 18 months, how is he going to stand up to Putin? ". (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
NBC Jealous? Runs Story on Palin Avoiding Press Sep 25, 2008
Ayers and Obama guided CAC money to community organizers, like ACORN (the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now) and the Developing Communities Project (Part of the Gamaliel Foundation network), groups self-consciously working in the radical tradition of Saul Alinsky. Walter Annenberg's personal politics don't change that one iota. (MediaResearch.org)
Election '08: Chicago Commune Sep 24, 2008
Who better to carry that banner than Chicago's Obama, a man experienced as a "community organizer," immersed in class hatred by Saul Alinsky (author of "Rules for Radicals") and dedicated to establishing a nanny socialist system in which, according to his wife, Michelle, "Barack Obama will require you to work" and "never allow you to go back to your lives as usual uninvolved, uninformed.". If he's elected, America will become Obama's world and the rest of us will have to live in it, subject to... (Investors Business Daily)
McCain Back to 'Comprehensive Immigration Reform'; Has the 'Palin' surge ended? Sep 23, 2008
Back to community organizing, Investors Business Daily has an excellent editorial out entitledexplaining exactly how much influence the radical communist community organizer Saul Alinsky has had on Obama. Alinsky dedicated his community organizing premier, Rules for Radicals to mankind s first radical, Lucifer. (Human Events Online)
From Little ACORNs Grow Big Scandals Sep 21, 2008
org, they enlisted civil rights workers and trained them in a program at Syracuse University patterned after the Saul Alinsky school of activist tactics in Chicago. Today, ACORN is the largest community organization of low- and moderate-income people in America, with over 400,000 member families organized into more than 1,200 neighborhood chapters in 110 cities across the country. (Newsmax)
Saul Alinsky: the Puppet Master Sep 19, 2008
Furthermore, has the MSM once mentioned the influential role that the late Saul Alinsky played in the lives of leading Democrats, and how he helped turned the party so far to the left that if men like Harry Truman and John Kennedy came back to life, they would assume the Soviet Union had won the Cold War. Saul Alinsky, who died in 1972, at the age of 63, was a Chicago Marxist ... But it wasnt just young Ms. Rodham who had a connection to the late, unlamented Saul Alinsky. (Townhall.com)
Obama Releases His "In-Your-Face" Hounds Sep 19, 2008
In words and actions that would have made his mentor Saul Alinsky proud, Barack Obama is rubbing raw the sores of discontent -- and summoning his unhinged flock to do the same. All hail the community-agitator-in-chief. (Townhall.com)
Obama Invokes Rush Limbaugh in New Spanish-Language Ad... Sep 18, 2008
Commie Saul Alinsky would be proud. At least Ayers admits he doesnt regret what he did. (The Drudge Report)
Limbaugh Lashes Back: Obama 'Stoking Racism'... Sep 18, 2008
obama is a disgrace and his pastor reverend wright is a disgrace and his influence in politics saul alinsky is a disgrace. please vote for mccain so we do not live in a communist society. (The Drudge Report)
Marlin: Obama, Community Organizer, ACORN Sep 18, 2008
These anti-poverty warriors subscribed to radical Saul Alinsky s principles that one must organize to rub raw the sores of discontent and that conflict is the basis of community organization. In this spirit, a 1969 draft of the Office of Economic Opportunity s Trainer s Manual for Community Action Agency Heads actually encouraged threat power as an appropriate tool for community organizers. (Newsmax)
TALK WARS: WGN-AM radio once again target of Obama campaign... Sep 17, 2008
Saul Alinsky and all of the marxist lefties are beaming with pride. Posted by: Gunther. (The Drudge Report)
Election '08: Community Organizer In Chief Sep 17, 2008
In fact, he was hired by a radical Alinskyite group, and Saul Alinsky's own son has outed him ... That open-stadium rally in Denver, with it's packed crowd and perfectly timed chanting of key phrases, "had all the elements of the perfectly organized event, Saul Alinsky-style," opined the letter-writer ... "When executed meticulously and thoughtfully, it is a powerful strategy for initiating change and making it really happen. Obama learned his lesson well. "I am proud to see that my father's... (Investors Business Daily)
Obama profile: Ability to evolve and adapt Sep 15, 2008
" It was either become tough or crumble, recalled Mike Kruglik, who as an organizer with the Gamaliel Foundation - one of the local groups helping Kellman's church alliance in the 1980s - trained Obama in the techniques of the late, legendary community organizer Saul Alinsky. "I think Obama already had his basic beliefs and values when he got here, and all he needed was to absorb what we had to show him," said Kruglik. "And let me tell you, he absorbed the principles of organizing more... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nothing but 'smooth talk' Sep 14, 2008
MattB wrote on Sep 12, 2008 10:42 AM:" But Barrack Hussein Mohaned Obama was a Community Organizer. Ever wonder who founded this concept of community organizers in Chicago? The seditious role of the community organizer was developed by an extreme left intellectual called Saul Alinsky. He was a radical Chicago activist who, by the time he died in 1972, had had a profound influence on the highest levels of the Democratic party. Alinsky was a 'transformational Marxist' in the mould of Antonio... (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Other Voices: Defending community organizing Sep 14, 2008
Hillary Clinton wrote her college thesis on Saul Alinsky and the organizations for which Barack Obama worked in Chicago were descended from the ones Alinsky started, but the tradition of community organizing runs much deeper in our history. The United States was founded as a democracy, on the ideal that all people are created equal and our government should be of, by and for the people. (Appeal Democrat, CA)
Associated Press pushing its agenda Sep 13, 2008
AP is also seeking her grades, but refuses to go back to the college days of fellow Democrat Hillary Clinton, who wrote her college thesis praising communist Saul Alinsky, and who served as a legal intern in the office of the attorney for the Communist Party USA. The same liberal AP has refused to question fellow Democrat Barack Obama about his college-age ties with communists Bill Ayers and Frank Marshall Davis. Protecting a comrade. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Why Do They Hate Sarah Palin So? Sep 10, 2008
Location: NC Reply # 2 Date: Sep 10, 2008 - 8:33 AM EST Saul Alinsky Retired Geek. Your reference to Alinsky is great. (Townhall.com)
What Obama Did As A Community Organizer Sep 9, 2008
Community organizing is most identified with the left-wing Chicago activist Saul Alinsky (1909-72), who pretty much defined the profession. In his classic book, Rules for Radicals, Alinsky wrote that a successful organizer should be an abrasive agent to rub raw the resentments of the people of the community; to fan latent hostilities of many of the people to the point of overt expressions. (CBS News)
Media ferocity toward Palin reveals double standard Sep 9, 2008
Obama was a Saul Alinsky social worker who rustled up food stamps. Palin kills her own food. (San Francisco Chronicle)
FROM THE ARCHIVE: Palin: Library censorship inquiries 'Rhetorical' Sep 9, 2008
Kyle wrote on Sep 8, 2008 11:41 PM:" I would also like to know how on Earth folks can criticize her on "lacking experience" when she has more experience than the Democratic candidate for President. Also, what about his history? His associates with radical socialists such as Saul Alinsky, Frank Marshall Davis, terrorist William Ayers, Reverand Wright, also his getting earmarks for Tony Resko the convicted slum-lord, etc...this Palin "Book Banning" thing just sounds like a whole lot of nothing but... (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
ORGANIZER IN CHIEF Sep 8, 2008
The roots of community organizing stretch back to the 1930s and the efforts of organizer Saul Alinsky, founder of the Industrial Areas Foundation and author of "Rules for Radicals," to organize people in low-income areas into a political force to combat the political machine that ran Chicago. Alinsky won many admirers on the Left, but it took President Lyndon Johnson's War On Poverty to supercharge community organizing by directing billions of federal dollars to neighborhood groups with the... (New York Post -- Opinions)
Barack Obama, For Real Sep 6, 2008
When he went to San Francisco and talked about bitter voters in Pennsylvania clinging to their guns and religion, he was paraphrasing one his great radical influences, Saul Alinsky, who wrote in Rules for Radicals almost exactly the same thing about the middle classes. He wrote that they are very confused about life. (Townhall.com)
Hey, SarahOrganize This! Sep 6, 2008
Organizers have their place, but not even the greatest ones, Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr., much less Saul Alinsky, should have been (or even thought they should have been) holders of public office. Part of what public officials do is bind up the wounds that organizers (who serve causes great and squalid) necessarily create. (Slate)
LETTERS: NCT, Sept. 2, 2008 Sep 3, 2008
" The key: practice, practice, practice...because the simple declarative true sentences are in their very early stage. McCain and Palin need you to be ready with that repsponse. Class dismissed. question for what could be more hateful wrote on Sep 2, 2008 8:32 AM:Can you please cite any statements that Barack Obama has made that are critical of Ms Palin? Thanks in advance. And don't forget, at least half of the things that you say liberals hate about Sarah are true of Hillary, heterosexual,... (North County Times)
Jabs 'right-wing nutcase' who recorded him... Sep 1, 2008
Here's a letter written by the son of Saul Alinsky, the rotten socialist who trained others in "community organizing" aka how to shove socialism down the throats of the unsuspecting by lying about it, a point which Obama boasts about in his slim resume. "Barack Obama's training in Chicago by the great community organizers is showing its effectiveness. It is an amazingly powerful format, and the method of my late father always works to get the message out and get the supporters on board. When... (The Drudge Report)
Son sees father's handiwork in convention Aug 31, 2008
The Democratic National Convention had all the elements of the perfectly organized event, Saul Alinsky style ... It is a fine tribute to Saul Alinsky as we approach his 100th birthday. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)
Press Bias: Media Blackout On A Far-Left Past Aug 29, 2008
There's no mention of the radical training he received from groups founded by the late socialist agitator Saul Alinsky, or how Obama later taught Alinsky's tactics as a college professor. CNN glossed over his late Kenyan father's own radical politics by leaving it up to him to describe his "reputation.". (Investors Business Daily)
Obama Watch: Convention Edition Aug 28, 2008
As HUMAN EVENTS Obama Watch noted two weeks ago, Barack Obama was a follower of Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals ... Here s an excerpt from Chapter 2 of Saul Alinsky s book, Rules for Radicals ... Some other choice quotes from Saul Alinsky include. (Human Events Online)
Obama general counsel calls for prosecution... Aug 27, 2008
Ben Smith's Blog: Obama camp: Prosecute Simmons - Politico. " Bauer made the case that Simmons' group fulfilling its a real nonprofit charter because it hasn't spent any money on anything other than attacking Obama. The American Issues Project released a statement responding to the letter. "Having failed in its attempts to get our legal, factual and fully-supported ad off the air, Barack Obama's campaign now wants to put our donors in prison for exercising their right to free speech," said Ed... (The Drudge Report)
What Obama Has Yet To Learn About Slavery, Race And U.S. Exceptionalism Aug 23, 2008
As we learn more about candidate Obama, many are troubled by Obama's attraction toward William Ayers, member of the terrorist Weather Underground organization, the God-damning-America Rev. Jeremiah Wright and Saul Alinsky, founder of the socialist Industrial Areas Foundation, all of whom share utter contempt for the principles and practices of the United States. From his statements and affiliations, it's hard not to assume that Obama thinks America is racist and immoral, just like its most... (Investors Business Daily)
Kaine and Obama meet tonight... Aug 21, 2008
" And the Obama people who screamed about that book...THEY HAVE HEARD OF KITTY KELLY? THIS IS NOT A KITTY KELLY TYPE BOOK. Am I shocked? YOU BET. By Rev. Wright? No. He is a Jimmy Swaggert type..making money...a lot of hot air. Not doing much to snuff out a cult of victimazation but not the Devil either. Rev. James Cone and Dr. Cornel West...I don't know. They travel down some dark roads. Rezko? Politicans and crooks go together like eggs and bacon. None of them good for you. Big shock... (The Drudge Report)
Doctoring the facts against Obama Aug 20, 2008
Corsi notes that Obama was once a community organizer in Chicago, and not just any community organizer, he maintains, but one trained in the tradition of Saul Alinsky, the self-proclaimed radical organizer who died in 1972. For Alinsky, Corsi asserts, the word change "invoked radical socialism" and was "nothing more than a code word for the typical income redistribution those on the left have sought since the days of Karl Marx.". (Boston Globe)
Obama: Running on the Cult of Personality Aug 19, 2008
Obama sought out relationships with the socialist-radical Saul Alinsky, the unapologetic bomb-thrower Bill Ayers and his Weather Underground associate Bernardine Dohrn, the Communist poet Frank Marshall Davis, leftwing Muslim-supporting politicians in Kenya, the corrupt political fixer Tony Rezko, and the black-liberation-theology Rev. Jeremiah Wright who preaches hate America and accuses the United States of creating the AIDS virus to kill blacks. Corsi's book quotes Obama's own words as he... (Human Events Online)
LETTERS: NCT, August 15, 2008 Aug 16, 2008
The past, he says, is the past, and then yammers about Obama's connection to Saul Alinsky. Too funny. (North County Times)