[Wil H]

The McCain camp is accusing Obama of cheering on this discord on Wall Street, cheering on the financial mess, trying to actually make it worse, trying to make people feel more upset -- of course, what's hard to understand about that?

That's the first tactic of an Alinsky Community Organizer.

Stir up the community let them know how bad things are and how much they have been victimized by "the man".

[ETL]

That's the first tactic of an Alinsky Community Organizer. Stir up the community let them know how bad things are and how much they have been victimized by "the man".

From Rules for Radicals, Alinsky outlines his strategy in organizing, writing:

"There's another reason for working inside the system. Dostoevsky said that taking a new step is what people fear most. Any revolutionary change must be preceded by a passive, affirmative, non-challenging attitude toward change among the mass of our people. They must feel so frustrated, so defeated, so lost, so futureless in the prevailing system that they are willing to let go of the past and change the future. This acceptance is the reformation essential to any revolution."[2]

[2] Saul Alinsky, The Latter Rain
http://latter-rain.com/ltrain/alinski.htm

[Canedawg]

The McCain camp is accusing Obama of cheering on this discord on Wall Street, cheering on the financial mess, trying to actually make it worse, trying to make people feel more upset — of course, what’s hard to understand about that?
That’s the first tactic of an Alinsky Community Organizer.

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Reminds me of the day the Palys were cheering when the WTC collapsed.