Posted on 09/21/2007 7:20:40 AM PDT by SJackson
Hillary’s Deal With the Devil
Hillary was finishing up a day as Senator for New York when the Devil suddenly appeared in her office and made her an offer...
“I am here to offer you a deal,” the Devil said. “I will give you unlimited wealth, even more power, and a media that will pander to your every whim. In return, all I ask for is your soul, the souls of every member of your family, and the souls of all your constituents.”
Hillary pondered for a moment and then asked, “Unlimited wealth and power?”
“Absolutely unlimited,” the Devil asserted.
“A pandering media?” she asked.
“They’ll fall over themselves to support you, no matter what you say or do,” the Devil assured.
“And you want my soul, my family’s souls, and the souls of my constituents?” she asked.
“Yes. All of them,” the Devil answered.
Hillary was deep in thought for a moment, then finally spoke:
“So...what’s the catch?”
Alinsky = Machiavelli
Wow! This is the best encapsulation of Alinsky’s methods I have ever read and the author clearly nails the Democrats and Hillary especially on their use of Alinsky’s methods. I saw firsthand in the 80s how Alinsky’s methods were used to hijack the levers of power in the Episcopal Church. His methods continue to be used in the Church and we see the result; a former great Church now stripped of her authority, truth, majesty and power.
There is much for conservatives to learn from this article.
This, in a nutshell, is what drives me so flippin crazy about the Republicans and Bush's 'turn the other cheek' practice in dealing with the Democrats. One of the things I'm looking for in a candidate (besides the elusive 'conservative' values) is someone who will stand up to the Dems/Libs/Lefties and fight back ...... to heck with the bi-partisan cr*p - no compromise and no surrender.
No insult intended........is Bush a republican? Just a question. It’s like sometimes I listen to Bush and the ‘08 Republican candidates and they sound ever more like conservative Democrats than the Republicans I grew up with, i.e. Goldwater.
I’m not willing to quietly go along with the program. Any ideas on how to fight back?
BTTT
None taken. I do think Bush is a 'Republican', whatever that means on any given day or issue, and therein lies the problem - neither Bush nor Republicans are consistently conservative in their thinking or actions so what the heck are they? RINOs seems to be a popular label. I don't think there is a reliable 'definition' of what a Republican or a Democrat is any more and as you say, the characteristics of both parties have morphed over the years. We might as well have Repubocrats and Demolicans.
Fight fire with fire. Find and exploit issues that divide their base. Quit playing defense; make them defend themselves. Identify their key issues and co-opt them. Discredit their sacred cows; etc. etc. etc. What you don’t do, however, is embrace their ‘ends justifies the means’ unethical mentality. You can fight, and win while being true to your ethics and spirituality. Actually, Buckhead’s takedown of Dan Rather is a great example of how to fight, with truth on your side.
Getting good at recognizing the various manifestations of these tactics is the first step. The folks here are the among best in uncovering these methods.
IMHO, one of the best things one can do is to call them on their moral relativism -- which in my mind is the bulwark of their strategy.
Show them the silliness and the juvenile nature of moral relativism then their rationals for doing what they do falls apart.
In a nutshell, they need to know there is such a thing is moral and factual truth that is not "fungible" and that they need to learn to deal with it and GROW UP!
Much of this rhetoric sounds as if it might come straight from the Quran. No wonder the Dummos and the jihadists are so synchronized.
Pinged for reference.
Somewhere on this thread some asked what we can do. What we can do is to throw the method back in the faces of the Left with humor, good cheer, and consistent undermining of the Leftist message. Rush Limbaugh parodies are a good starting point. Freeping any event by the Left is another good way of demonstrating counterpoint. I’d go further than this, though. I would begin by setting up alternative institutions of education, communication, and media that highlight and celebrate conservative thought. I would mock the Left mercilessly. Any dumb or outrageous comment, statment, pronouncement, or policy from the Left would be immediately derided in public with a friendly, smiling face. YouTube the Left with video after video of Leftist insanity.
For my part, I’m an English teacher. The books and films shown in my class are used to promote pride of culture, joy of living, and what the article calls “empowerment.” (Alinsky-style politics don’t work well with people who feel empowered, according to the article.) Outside work, I mock Leftist thinking whenever I can. I’m e-mailing this article to everyone on my list. I taught my son to the words to Limbaugh’s parody of “Ball of Fire,” which my son then sang to his classmates and teachers at the elementary school, to great peals of laughter. I make my colleagues aware of Alinsky and Gramsci and the Frankfurt School and the obvious and cynical use of manipulation of people for political purposes, and I remain upbeat and positive.
The Left’s legacy of the past century is the death of tens of millions of people, destruction of cultures, and cruel impoverishment of the human spirit. I’ll be damned if that’s what I’m going to leave my son and my students as their inheritance.
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