Posted by
Gerald R Evans on Thursday, August 27, 2009 12:56:11 AM
I just finished reading an excerpt from a public relations publication that goes into detail about Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals. I got me to thinking: maybe conservatives should start using these same rules to combat Liberal Radicals...
RULE 1: "Power is not only what you have, but
what the enemy thinks you have." Power is derived from 2 main sources -
money and people. "Have-Nots" must build power from flesh and blood.
(These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government
and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and
usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)
So, what are conservatives to do with Rule 1: First of all we need to let everyone know that our power lies not withing government, but within those governed. Obama and the Democrats are offering "economic arguments" (free this, free that, free everything for just giving up your power as constituents.) Conservatives must dirve home two messages: that power comes not from government but from the people and that the united states is, in fact, not a democracy, but a representative republic. What this means is that we must push the message that no one can truly vote themselves lagress from the treasury because our form of government has filters to prevent this and to keep our nation strong ("A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can
only exist until the voters discover that they can vote themselves
largesse from the public treasury." Alexander Tytler, unverified)
RULE 2: "Never go outside the expertise of your
people." It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds
to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why
radicals don't address the "real" issues. This is why. They avoid
things with which they have no knowledge.)
RULE 3: "Whenever possible, go outside the
expertise of the enemy." Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety
and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many
organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant
arguments that they are then forced to address.)
Barack and his team have this down to a science, which is why we keep hearing the same happy-happy-joy-joy palittudes from the Teleprompter-in-Chief. It is time we stick to our guns and force them to recognize that thier big-goverment plans are full of waste and will lead to the downfall of our nation through bankruptcy caused by both entitlements and loans from other nations.
RULE 4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book
of rules." If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000
letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey
all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity's
very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch
it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip
away at the damage.)
Make Barack and company try to out "rule" us. The more they they to follow these rules the more we follow these same rules. They are already doing so, so lets make them work harder at, spend more on it, and eventually we will with draw suddenly from this "rule" combat and leave them standing alone on the field of combat for all the nation to see. "They started, we finished it. Your'e welcome America."
RULE 5: "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon."
There is no defense. It's irrational. It's infuriating. It also works
as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty
crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)
What do they really know about you and your healthcare? What do they really know about you and your family's needs? What do they really know about anything? I don't think the teleprompter had the answers to these questions, guy.
And skip straight to rule tweleve:
RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize
it, and polarize it." Cut off the support network and isolate the
target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt
faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct,
personalized criticism and ridicule works.)
Let's make Barack, Pelosi, Reid and others suffer for their sins agains our nation. They are our targets. No mud slinging necessary, they enjoy the muck so much to sleep in it, we just need to expose them for that they really are. Swine. Like the pigs in "Animal Farm" these individuals only care about one thing: POWER. They will do anything to obtain it, slander anyone to retain it, and destroy our nation to maintain it!
Let's use thier rules against them for once!
All text in blue from http://www.geocities.com/WallStreet/8925/alinsky.htm .