Alinsky #5: Ridicule with side of schmear

I don't know about a body-count, but if you wanna talk about ruined lives here and in the Middle East.......the tally is still being counted.

And that's all on Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and George W Bush.

All of it.

President Obama's a sanitation worker in this regard.

He's cleaning up the fucking mess.

:clap2:

Yes! Campaign on that! That's terrific!!

Q. "How do you intend to lower unemployment in the face of the failed stimulus?"

A. Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh!! Reagannnnnn!!! Buuuuush's Dad!! Reagan's GRanma!!

The 0bamabots are hysterical....lol


0bama: Cleaning up the mess - we just need more time, dammit! Would you like a bailout while you're waiting, perhaps?
 
I don't know about a body-count, but if you wanna talk about ruined lives here and in the Middle East.......the tally is still being counted.

And that's all on Ronald Reagan, George HW Bush and George W Bush.

All of it.

President Obama's a sanitation worker in this regard.

He's cleaning up the fucking mess.

:clap2:

Yes! Campaign on that! That's terrific!!

Q. "How do you intend to lower unemployment in the face of the failed stimulus?"

A. Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooosh!! Reagannnnnn!!! Buuuuush's Dad!! Reagan's GRanma!!

Works out fine.

Along with..thanks to the stupidity Ronald Reagan and George HW Bush..who were so fucking blind they didn't see how brutal the terrorist they were supporting against the Russians in Afghanistan..that the "blowback" came back and did some real fucking damage to this country.

And thanks to President Obama..sanitation work..the fucker that planned the attack..is now good and dead at the bottom of the ocean.

In other words..vote Obama. While it may not be great...it's not as lousy as George W. Bush..who LET OSAMA GO.
 
World Trade Center took 10 years to build..a couple of hours to knock down.

And they still ain't up yet.

Takes time after a disaster..to rebuild.
 
Record???? on all of those issues? Great... prove it.

But let's just for the moment say you're right...

Socialist
Communist
Muslim
Kenyan
Death Panels

Yeah.... you guys are pure as the driven snow...

in short... go fuck yourself.

You forgot some.

Manchild
boyking
Colonial Mau Mau
Elitist
Obama bucks
Watermelon White House
Fascist
Witch Doctor

to name a few.

But then they say, "But you called Bush names". Then I say: Monkey see monkey do?

Yes, all good answers, but the question remains, "What is your plan to lower unemployment?"

Joe Biden says there is no plan, the jobs are never coming back.

Swear to god that's what he said? Just kidding. We know what he said. That's why we have Google:

Vice President Joe Biden gave a stark assessment of the economy today, telling an audience of supporters, "there's no possibility to restore 8 million jobs lost in the Great Recession."
"We inherited a godawful mess," he said, adding there was "no way to regenerate $3 trillion that was lost. Not misplaced, lost."

Biden: We Can't Recover All the Jobs Lost - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

He said we couldn't "restore" them, not that they are "never" coming back. Quite a difference, wouldn't you say?

So why isn't the White House focused on Jobs?

Look at this:

"This ideological agenda cloaked in a budget document isn't even good fiscal policy....As a matter of creating jobs and bolstering the economy, this rider would have the opposite effect: not only will health centers be forced to close but many uninsured women and their families also may go without care, become more ill, and be kept away from their jobs," the senators wrote.

20 senators support Biden’s efforts on Planned Parenthood – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

Ryan's plan is in fact based on replacing the current single payer system with a voucher. Even Paul Ryan himself has refused to admit that his plan is a plan to replace Medicare with a voucher worth less than half of what the current system is worth to those who are eligible.

The Richmonder: Cain supports Ryan's plan to end Medicare, admits it's a voucher plan

There is not a state in the union where Republicans aren't trying to slash education.

Worse, Republicans fight the president on everything. They even vote against jobs bills just to screw with him.

Remember when Republicans ran on "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs"? Boy, did they fool America -->again. First Iraq, then jobs. What's next? I guess we'll see during the next election.
 
5. "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It is almost impossible to counteract ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage." -- Rules for Obamaroids, Saul Alinksy

The Left will do ANYTHING to distract from Obama and the Dems record, which is:

Record Debt (failed leadership according to Obama)
Record Deficits
Record Unemployment
Record Poverty
Record Homelessness
Record Food Stamp
USA Losing AAA Credit Rating.

So like an ink squirt a blast of ink to try to distract, they resort to ridicule.

Don't even bother debating them!!

When you see it just call it what it is, an Alinskty #5 with a side of Character Schmear and move onward.

We are on the offensive, do not get bogged down in silly arguments with stupid people on non-issues of no substance! This is a POTUS that said ATM's kicked his economy's ass!!

Known as the “father of modern American radicalism,” Saul D. Alinsky (1909-1972) developed strategies and tactics that take the enormous, unfocused emotional energy of grassroots groups and transform it into effective anti-government and anti-corporate activism. Activist organizations teach his ideas widely taught today as a set of model behaviors, and they use these principles to create an emotional commitment to victory – no matter what.

Grassroots pressure on large organizations is reality, and there is every indication that it will grow. Because the conflicts manifest in high-profile public debate and often-panicked decision-making, studying Alinsky’s rules will help organizations develop counteractive strategies that can level the playing field.

Governments and corporations have inherent weaknesses. And, time and again, they repeat mistakes that other large organizations have made, even repeating their OWN mistakes. Alinsky’s out-of-print book – “Rules for Radicals” - illustrates why opposition groups take on large organizations with utter glee, and why these governments and corporations fail to win.

Large organizations have learned to stonewall and not empower activists. In other words, they try to ignore radical activists and are never as committed to victory as their opposition is committed to defeating them.

Result? They are unprepared for the hailstorm of brutal tactics that severely damage their reputation and send them running with their tails between their legs.

Some of these rules are ruthless, but they work. Here are the rules to be aware of:

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.)

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.)

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.)

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.)

RULE 6: “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. (Radical activists, in this sense, are no different that any other human being. We all avoid “un-fun” activities, and but we revel at and enjoy the ones that work and bring results.)

RULE 7: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news. (Even radical activists get bored. So to keep them excited and involved, organizers are constantly coming up with new tactics.)

RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)

RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists’ minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)

RULE 10: “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. (Unions used this tactic. Peaceful [albeit loud] demonstrations during the heyday of unions in the early to mid-20th Century incurred management’s wrath, often in the form of violence that eventually brought public sympathy to their side.)

RULE 11: “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)

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.)

Uh-huh....we have seen it in action for a long time ( Francis Fox Piven, et al )and only with this corrupt administration have we paid attention.***Aqua

Free speech is a wonderful thing.

What law did Alinsky break?

And why is his radical vision worse then Bachmann's vision of a Christian Theocracy in America?
 
You forgot some.

Manchild
boyking
Colonial Mau Mau
Elitist
Obama bucks
Watermelon White House
Fascist
Witch Doctor

to name a few.

But then they say, "But you called Bush names". Then I say: Monkey see monkey do?

Yes, all good answers, but the question remains, "What is your plan to lower unemployment?"

Joe Biden says there is no plan, the jobs are never coming back.

Swear to god that's what he said? Just kidding. We know what he said. That's why we have Google:

Vice President Joe Biden gave a stark assessment of the economy today, telling an audience of supporters, "there's no possibility to restore 8 million jobs lost in the Great Recession."
"We inherited a godawful mess," he said, adding there was "no way to regenerate $3 trillion that was lost. Not misplaced, lost."

Biden: We Can't Recover All the Jobs Lost - Political Hotsheet - CBS News

He said we couldn't "restore" them, not that they are "never" coming back. Quite a difference, wouldn't you say?

So why isn't the White House focused on Jobs?

Look at this:

"This ideological agenda cloaked in a budget document isn't even good fiscal policy....As a matter of creating jobs and bolstering the economy, this rider would have the opposite effect: not only will health centers be forced to close but many uninsured women and their families also may go without care, become more ill, and be kept away from their jobs," the senators wrote.

20 senators support Biden’s efforts on Planned Parenthood – CNN Political Ticker - CNN.com Blogs

Ryan's plan is in fact based on replacing the current single payer system with a voucher. Even Paul Ryan himself has refused to admit that his plan is a plan to replace Medicare with a voucher worth less than half of what the current system is worth to those who are eligible.

The Richmonder: Cain supports Ryan's plan to end Medicare, admits it's a voucher plan

There is not a state in the union where Republicans aren't trying to slash education.

Worse, Republicans fight the president on everything. They even vote against jobs bills just to screw with him.

Remember when Republicans ran on "Jobs, Jobs, Jobs"? Boy, did they fool America -->again. First Iraq, then jobs. What's next? I guess we'll see during the next election.

"there's no possibility to restore 8 million jobs lost in the Great Recession" Joe Biden

What don't you understand about the above sentence, Deany?
 

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