Obama Failed to Master Alinsky's Rule #12

American Thinker ^ | 8-12-09 | Kyle-Anne Shiver

[Bobalu]

[fso301]

That was a home run.

[JrsyJack]

Ouch...that's gonna leave a mark. Seriously, the most honest, concise and on-point analysis of Obama I have read. The Democrat Messiah has indeed been revealed as their Anti-Christ and will lead them to political Armageddon.

[Deo volente]

Maybe the guy’s not as smart as everyone was led to believe.

It could be that simple.

[dannyboy72a]

Nice job.

[Daniel II]

If you’re not a man of the people, at least be a man’s man.

Obama fails at both.

[El Cid]

Good article.
Good analysis.
And here we are - with a con-man in the White House without a plan. All he does is agitate, smear, and divide...

[Always A Marine]

This, dear readers, is the fundamental difference between an empty-suited celebrity and a nuts-and-bolts executive: flim-flam artistry vs. substance and real results.

Bingo! Brilliant article by Kyle-Anne Shiver...

[Frantzie]

American Thinker and Canadian Free Press are almost always right on the mark. This was excellent.

[Frantzie]

This is why we need to keep the pressure on.

DeathCare needs to be his Waterloo, Stalingrad and Carthage.

[Deo volente]

And here we are - with a con-man in the White House without a plan. All he does is agitate, smear, and divide...

...and take names.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

GREAT article.

[aruanan]

to the out-of-control healthcare system

Uh huh. The best health care in the world, doing more for more people with better results than anything at any other time in history. What's out of control is state governments dropping mandates on insurance companies requiring them cover many, many things, and, thus, increasing the cost of health care. The problem isn't the insurance companies but the state and federal governments that screw them over.

[Auntie Mame]

Bravo!

[Fichori]

He is the magicians apprentice.

He knows just enough magic to get himself in over his head. (pun intended)

He is Micky Mouse, without someone to part the waters and calm the storms for him.

Waters and storms created by, I might add, non other than himself.

[2ndDivisionVet]

When I start waxing nostalgic for Presidents Bill Clinton, Jimmy Carter, Lyndon Johnson or Richard Nixon, you know we’re in deep kimchi: At least they were grownups with executive and/or real legislative leadership experience before they became chief magistrate and commander-in-chief of the armed forces!! I’m more qualified than this guy!!

[smoothsailing]

The best health care in the world...

I agree with your post. Tort reform and allowing insurance carriers to compete nationwide are two things government should be focusing on. Maybe there is another thing or two, but basically beyond that government should butt out.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Agitate, smear, and divide.........

yep, I think Obama has changed the tone in Washington. Who knew he had those changes in mind. The polarization out there is very bad. So much for working together, reaching across the aisle, and acknowleding that Republicans have good ideas worth listening to. Instead, it’s now “sit down, shut the blank up, and get out of the way” while he cleans up the mess.

Yep, sounds like a great improvement in the tone in Washington.

[Just mythoughts]

Alinsky's 12th Rule of Tactics: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. You cannot risk being trapped by the enemy in his sudden agreement with your demand and saying, ‘You're right - we don't know what to do about this issue. Now you tell us.'

His constructive alternative is "I won"!