9 Fulfillments Of Paul Harvey's 'If I Were The Devil: How To Destroy America"

Prophecy Newswatch ^ | 10/7/2017 | James Zumwalt

[Maudeen]

The late Paul Harvey was a conservative talk-radio pioneer. He intrigued listeners by beginning a story, stopping to take a commercial break and returning with his trademark line, now for "the rest of the story." Usually, the rest of that story held a surprise ending. His niche was not necessarily to preach as much as it was to educate through storytelling, often sharing the "mysteries of history" to make a point.

When Harvey did don his commentary hat, it usually was to voice concerns about America's deterioration. One of his best-known broadcasts was a 1964 soliloquy on the decline of American moralism aptly titled "If I Were the Devil: How to Destroy America."

[boycott]

In other words, he would be a democrat. Or maybe I should just include all the swamp creatures including the GOPe.

[ripley]

Wow!

The wisdom of the ages with few who would listen.

IMHO

[stars & stripes forever]

PAUL HARVEY’S ‘If I Were The Devil: How To Destroy America”
illustrated with the answer: HOW TO SAVE AMERICA...

Carman-Revival In The Land
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGKbhYmBVKs

[poconopundit]

First couple paragraphs summarized for me what Paul Harvey feared what the devil would do to destroy America:

1. Poison key institutions... "the devil would seek to manipulate those institutions that had made America great – the churches, the schools, the media, etc."
   
   
2. Steer youth from faith and discipline .... "He would prey upon the minds of the young, steering them away from faith and discipline and toward a do-as-you-please mindset – nurtured by alcohol and drugs and fanned by a mesmerizing media interested only in higher ratings.
   
   
3. Divide Americans... "The ultimate goal of Harvey's devil was to divide Americans, causing them to turn upon themselves."

Nicely done, Paul Harvey. Good Day!

[joma89]

Turning the tide requires constant acts to reverse it, no matter how small that act is.

All politics are local and culture is created in each and every act.

JoMa

[V K Lee]

Thanks for posting. Paul Harvey attempted to sound the alarm over 30 years ago. His radio voice is sorely missed.

He ‘knew’ Alinsky before America was transformed by Alinsky and the vicious Rules for Radicals. aka: BO’B

[MarineBrat]

Paul Harvey was the KING of the paraprosdokian!

A paraprosdokian is a figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence, phrase, or larger discourse is surprising or unexpected in a way that causes the reader or listener to reframe or reinterpret the first part. It is frequently used for humorous or dramatic effect, sometimes producing an anticlimax. For this reason, it is extremely popular among comedians and satirists.

[dragnet2]

Attack their language, attack their history, attack their heroes, attack their religion, attack their monuments, attack their skin color, attack their holidays, attack their flag and attack their founders.

Just a wild guess, but I’d say America is fully under attack.

[RedMonqey]

I miss Paul Harvey

[Albion Wilde]

bump

[Albion Wilde]

Paul Harvey attempted to sound the alarm over 30 years ago.

It was 53 years ago, making it even more prescient. People still aren't getting it.

[V K Lee]

Thirty years or 53. We’ve had his “the rest of the story” book for over 30+ years and judgement based on that known fact. A very wise man, Paul Harvey.

[Albion Wilde]

Pardon me for a too-brief reply. Your 30+ comment was of course factually correct. I was reflecting on the date in the article, 1964, just admiring how very far-seeing he was, but not meaning to offend you, dear V K!

[V K Lee]

No offense taken. When reaching a certain age, one tends to remember the ‘little things’ when attempting to remember when an event occurred. It is remarkable Harvey’s foresight was right on target. Just as it is remarkable it was remembered his book made it into our hands: both how and when.