Posted on 01/24/2008 5:36:06 AM PST by vietvet67
Obama was up; now he's down. Even though Obama seems to be harnessing the South Carolina black vote that will give him that state's delegates, he has been feeling the brunt of the Clintons' mastery of the tactic of polarization, taught decades ago to Hillary by Saul Alinsky.
Obama is being forced into the position of being the black candidate. Successfully polarizing Obama, who has attempted to run as the anti-polarity uniter, a man in the middle, has not been a lazy-day walk in the park for the Clintons, and surely would not have been attempted if Obama hadn't trounced them in Iowa. Alinsky's 13th rule for radicals
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.
Saul Alinsky taught his eager disciples that the establishment despised conflict. He blamed this perverse malady upon the dual forces of organized religion ( those turn-the-other-cheek folks) and the Madison Avenue advertising culture, which he said "emphasizes getting along with people and avoiding friction." Alinsky deemed avoidance of conflict as not only disgusting, but contrary to the betterment of a "free and open society."
The polarization of American politics that has occurred since the Clintons first forayed onto the national scene has been notable. Stirring the pot of constant agitation has been the Clintons' signature political accomplishment.
Alinsky knew that in order to force a transfer of power through the use of constantly agitated serial conflicts, there had to be a personal enemy to rally the troops round. Hillary's ill-conceived "vast right wing conspiracy" wasn't nearly personal enough, which is why it significantly failed to keep America on the Clintons' side.
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An excellent article. The Clintons are vicious and unprincipled and will do anything to win. The MSM helps the Clintons in their despicable tactics. Obama was meant to be a minor player in queen Hillary’s coronation but now he has become a threat to the Clintons and must be destroyed. Don’t forget what the Clintons did to Ron Brown.
Bill ClinTOON is also deflecting attention from Hillary’s flaws with his publicity-seeking lies and tirades, false accusations of voter fraud, and race-baiting.
By attacking Obama's authenticity as a new icon for African-Americans, the Clintons understand full well, I believe, that the black community will rally to Obama, thereby demonstrating to the broader electorate that it's been about race after all.
BINGO
They say “Alinsky”, he says “Lewinsky”.
Modern times have seen none more successfully calculating. Her ads are all about “change” and when she’d done the only “change” will be those coins we find between the sofa cushions to feed our families after taxes.
Excellent analysis of the strategy!
There is a risk, however, that the Clintons will alienate blacks enough to lose some of their support in the general election. They would still capture most of it because blacks are not going to vote GOP, but if blacks aren’t energized in large numbers to come out and vote, it may cost the Clintons a couple of swing states.
A state like PA, where the blacks in Phila. and Pitts. turn the tide, might actually come into play.
The Clintons must actually think they are in danger of losing the nomination, or else they wouldn’t go to such extremes, IMO.
OUTSTANDING article by Kyle-Ann Shiver! Thanks for posting.
John (don’t mess with my hair) Edwards, the ‘rat candidate with the least amount of skeletons in his closest, could really shake things up by telling Hillary’s tag team partner Bill to STFU.
Get a backbone John. Nothing to lose at this point.
Projection is when you accuse your opponent of doing exactly what you are doing......which the Clintons are EXPERT at!! When they accuse someone of something you can bet your life they are doing that same thing!
It appears to me Obama Osama isn’t showing too much smarts. The Clintons are awash in dirt and crime. There are millions of things Obama can throw at them. Why is he holding back?
Great article. But in someway, I don’t think the Clintons are THAT smart. Obama is just dumber. Humans are unpredictable. This article takes the view that humans are predictable.
Just my opinion. Please feel free to dispute it. I need to hear other opinions on this.
When they accuse someone of something you can bet your life they are doing that same thing!
Exactly.
Obama is NOT using his student of Saul Alinsky skills to brand the Clintons for what they are —> common trailer trash criminals.
What’s a “Tri-Term Presidency”?
If it’s “Three terms”, FDR already did that.
Tri-Term in name only...Hillary is only the surrogate, just like Lurleen Wallace.
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