[I have no handy quote that BO actually taught Alinsky methodology at the moment, but he used it and reportedly referred to Alinsky.]
Bill Ayers (Hussein’s best friend) and Truthout.org: Helping Obama, Hillary, Bernie Look Moderate
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3381929/posts
Bill Ayers. Remember him?: Unrepentant terrorist, SDS riotmaker, pal and political mentor of young Barack Obama, and putative author/ghostwriter of Obama’s famous 1995 memoir, Dreams of My Father... [snip]