In keeping with the 1980s theme, he also likened Barack Obama to Jimmy Carter, and referred to the president as a “Saul Alinsky radical.” Then Mr. Gingrich outlined a truly radical agenda. If elected president, Mr. Gingrich promised a 12.5 percent
Saul Alinsky could never have seen this coming. As an example of the power and prevalence that these Web sites have in our lives, the anti-SOPA blackouts are a bit unsettling. SOPA might be a particularly noxious piece of legislation, but the future
But what about Saul Alinsky? As a young community organizer, Obama was taught by activists who were influenced by Alinsky, the Chicago activist who argued in his book “Rules for Radicals” that confrontation is the ideal way to bring about change.
Quoting Don Baer, a former senior Clinton White House adviser, columnist Maureen Dowd boiled the race down to “Saul Alinsky versus Gordon Gekko.” Let us see, a real radical menace to the American way of life versus a fictional caricature.
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