In what may be the ultimate irony, a story in the CSMonitor points out that Saul Alinsky and his tactics have been adopted by the Tea Party and Newt Gingrich
http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2012/0128/Who-is-Saul-Alinsky-and-why-is-Newt-Gingrich-so-obsessed-with-him
Quote:FreedomWorks, the tea party group headed by former Republican House leader Dick Armey, gives copies of “Rules for Radicals” to its leaders. “His tactics when it comes to grass-roots organizing are incredibly effective,” FreedomWorks spokesman Adam Brandon told The Wall Street Journal. Tea partyers aggressively confronting lawmakers at town hall meetings is straight from Alinsky’s playbook.
Is it a good thing that Conservatives have railed against electing a follower of Alinsky? Or is the cognitive dissonence drowning out nothing?
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