[Beckwith]

Goebbels would be proud . . .

I'm not sure of this, but it sounds more like the source of this stuff is Saul Alinsky.

Saul Alinsky is generally considered the father of community organizing. A criminologist by training, Alinsky in the 1930s organized the Back of the Yards neighborhood in Chicago (made famous by Upton Sinclair's The Jungle). He went on to found the Industrial Areas Foundation while organizing the Woodlawn neighborhood, which trained organizers and assisted in the founding of community organizations around the country. In Rules for Radicals (his final work, published one year before his death), he addressed the 1960s generation of radicals, outlining his views on organizing for mass power.

Author of Reveille for Radicals, Alinsky encouraged controversy and conflict, often to the dismay of middle-class activists who otherwise would sponsor his activism. Alinsky is often credited with laying the foundation for confrontational political tactics that dominated the 1960s.

Alinsky was a ferocious critic of mainstream liberalism. A champion of radical propaganda tactics and propaganda techniques, Alinsky encouraged deception in organizational strategy.

While attending Wellesley College, a young Hillary Clinton was a major admirer of Alinsky. She wrote her undergraduate thesis on his work and ideas.

It seems to me that the tactics of the democrats changed dramatically when the Clinton co-presidents took office. Hillary was always credited with being the brains and the strategist and that goes right back to Alinsky.

Just a thought.

[AZ_Cowboy]

I was unaware of Mr. Alinsky, although you've definitely hit on something with that comparison. I used Goebbels because he was closely affiliated with the Nazis, who were famous for using deception and intimidation to silence competing ideas. In essence, he was the architect of many of the Nazi media tactics. First and foremost was the belief that the public would believe almost anything if it were repeated frequently enough.

No doubt better comparisons than Goebbels exist. I'll keep that one in mind and check it out a bit.