Barack Obama's long-term association with racist Reverend Wright has been widely publicized, and to a lessor extent the terrorist Bill Ayers. But the foundation of much of Obama's early work as a community organizer, and it appears parts of his world view were influenced by Saul Alinsky. Senator Obama was trained by Chicago's Industrial Areas Foundation, founded by the radical communist organizer Alinsky in 1940, by Alinsky disciples. Michelle Obama actually used phrases from Alinsky's last book, Rules for Radicals in her speech at the democratic national convention. There is even a picture on Obama's campaign web site teaching at the University of Chicago with "Power Analysis" and "Relationships Based on Self-Interest" written on the board, key terms used in the Alinsky method.
Alinsky was a strong proponent of the end justifying the means. He was a bare knuckle brawler that inspired generations of far-left activists. The GOP has never been good at these types of win at all cost practices on the ground. Alinsky believed in ignoring ethics and morals to achieve his desired outcome. In Rules for Radicals Alinsky wrote, "Ethical standards must be elastic to stretch with the times…all values are relative in a world of political relativity." He even went so far as to praise the "first radical…who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer." ACORN is an organization based on the Alinsky method.
It is predictable that the states where ACORN is being caught perpetrating voter fraud this election cycle are the key swing states (Ohio, Florida, etc.). In Ohio yesterday, a judge ruled against a GOP lawsuit that asked that people not be able to register to vote and vote and the same day. No chance of fraud there! In the 2004 election, a change of 3-4 votes per precinct in Ohio would have made John Kerry president.
As a community organizer, Obama had close ties to the Chicago ACORN chapter and trained a number of their leaders and activists. Recently Obama's campaign paid $800,000 to ACORN for "field work". In Obama's original 1996 state senate campaign (launched with an event at Bill Ayers house) ACORN members were used as volunteer shock troops.
According to the New York Times, Obama's memberships on the Woods Fund and Joyce Foundation boards, "allowed him to help direct tens of millions of dollars in grants" to various liberal organizations, including Chicago ACORN.
I think Bill O'Reilly had a valuable insight when he commented to Obama in his interview of him that Obama seems very comfortable with very far-left people and organizations. How many average middle Americans would feel comfortable sitting down and even having a conversation with Bill Ayers, Bernardine Dohrn, Saul Alinksy, Alice Palmer, Reverend Wright, Father Phlegar or Louis Farrakhan? It is a rouges gallery of American terrorists, communists, leftist radicals, racists, and anti-Semites.
How can you reconcile these associations and history against someone who has pledged to the "post-partisan"? In Obama's associations, voting record, and work history there is not a single indication that he will govern from the center. If you know of any, let me know. If his track record is a guide, he will be the most radically leftist president in our history, but I'm sure in a thoughtful way.
Fairness is the most overused and disingenuous word in the liberal lexicon. Massive tax increases under the guise of "fairness". No free trade agreements under the guise of "fair trade". $340B in annual spending increases to "recast" the safety net woven by FDR and LBJ. Wealth redistribution on an unprecedented scale. It doesn't sound like a post-partisan agenda to me. Obama's "fairness" sounds a lot like socialism.
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