Saul Alinsky made me do it!
...Isolate it, personalize it, ridicule it....
I happened to remember this phrase while watching President Ford's funeral. It's almost like Saturday Night Live was invented for this purpose....
bump!
It's ALWAYS someone else's fault/responsibility!! One scapegoat is as good as another; i.e., the Saul Alinsky goat or the "Vast Right Wing Conspiracy" goat, etc.