Mark Levin discusses Alinksy's Rules for Radicals

The Mark Levin Audio Rewind ^ | February 23, 2015 | Mark Levin

[Art in Idaho]

This is Obama's BIBLE. He uses it every day in one way or another.

Quick and dirty list:

RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.”

RULE 2: “Never go outside the expertise of your people.”

RULE 3: “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.”

RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.”

RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.”

RULE 6: “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.”

RULE 7: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.”

RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.”

RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.”

RULE 10: “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.”

RULE 11: “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.”

RULE 12: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”

Of these, Rules 4, 5, 8, and 12 have been used to greatest effect by the Left. In their war against the Constitution and traditional America, they have assailed, in turn, most of the great foundations of our society.

Much has been made in recent political history of Saul Alinsky and his Rules for Radicals. Barack Obama taught a class on using Alinsky principles to keep the nation in chaos. After all, it’s easier to get radical policies enacted during a crisis.

[TigersEye]

RULE 11: “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.”

The Progressives almost always fail at RULE 11.

[yawningotter]

It is almost impossible to use #4 against the left because their own book of rules is so ever-changing that you can never pin them down.

[Zeneta]

Bookmarked

[Ray76]

They’re trying to use #12 on Giuliani.

[Zeneta]

* 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.)

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This may be the best and only weapon WE have to counter them.

[Forgotten Amendments]

He was in great form for the first couple of hours tonight.

Which means he’ll spend the rest of the week shrieking about “Islamonazis”, illegal immigrants, and Obama. Over & over. A cheap imitation of Savage. I think he’s on a tight leash.

I was sorry to hear of his new contract. If he’d do a local show or a cable show, he could be great all the time.

[rlmorel]

Up until a couple of years ago, I had been trying to figure out a way to obtain a copy of “Rules for Radicals” because it is the bible followed by Obama and his associates. I had been trying to get it without paying for it, and the copies at the library were backordered for months. To my surprise, one finally came in after about a six month delay.

When I was about a third of the way through “Rules for Radicals”, I concluded that reading it tells volumes about the people who profess to following it as a bible, especially the ones pushing the legislation we have seen in the last two years.

The book explains a lot. And none of it is good.

I was going to dictate the entire thing and make an audiobook out of it to give to my close associates, who, like me, don’t want a single red cent to go to anyone associated with writing, printing or distributing that hideous work. Unfortunately (or fortunately) I couldn’t stomach hearing myself read it in a way that would make it easier on the ears to listen to (To put the inflection in the right places means you have to read it as if you believe it, and I gave up after one chapter.)

It is probably one of the most amoral, twisted works I have ever read. Given that Alinsky wrote a dedication to Lucifer, I shouldn’t be surprised. The dedication was taken out of later editions so as not to offend the clergy he was attempting to recruit, but the version I read had it. Apparently, it was a copy from the 1980's, and they figured it was safe to put it back in.

From what I can see, reading that book enables one to understand what makes Obama (and his devoted followers) tick.

The very FIRST paragraph exposes very clearly what they are all about:
"What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. 'The Prince' was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. 'Rules for Radicals' is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away."

It is unrestricted class warfare, pure and simple. And it is the bible of Obama and his like-minded followers.

As for the tribute to Lucifer: “Lest we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is to know where mythology leaves off and history begins — or which is which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own kingdom — Lucifer, I had trouble believing it until I got a copy of the book that actually had the dedication, so I took a picture:

[tumblindice]

Agree completely.
Barry is a vain, preening, narcissistic personality; in other words, a vulnerable & risible character. [SEE: Rudy Giuliani stroking his fur backwards.]
Most of us have some trepidations with invective in general (snotty liberals) but as #5 states, the best way to deflate human hot-air balloons (like the Obamanites) is by simply sticking pins in them.
And FReepers can be very good at that, with continued patience from the Mods.

[beethovenfan]

Your rules don’t help you now, Alinsky, you’re dead. Other rules now come into play.

[LucyT]

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Mark Levin discusses Alinksy's Rules for Radicals

[Zeneta]

I’m not sure if the (comments in parenthesis are yours).

#5. Ridicule, has nothing to do with fear.

It’s all about pride and frustration and being seen as desperate to defend oneself.

If you are on the defensive you are not in control and are seen as weak and any attempts you make to counter the argument can easily be “ridiculed” again.

[StoneWall Brigade]

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[CyberAnt]

BTTT

[Art in Idaho]

They’re trying to use #12 (RULE 12: “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.”) on Giuliani.

Oh, that they are, big time. So is the GOPe. Rudy should keep firing away, as we all should. Education is the key!

[Zeneta]

Can you imagine if someone like Walker, Cruz or even Jeb Bush said that “0bama is a tool that is under the control of Valerie Jarret?”

They would successfully dismiss this as crazy talk and would never address it.

More ridicule.

But if they suggested that the 0bama administration was more inclined to advance the power of the government over the rights of the individual, then we may being to gain the upper hand.

[azishot]

Several years ago I printed a copy and carry it in my wallet. It has started some very interesting conversations.

[Art in Idaho]

Ridicule - "This may be the best and only weapon WE have to counter them."

We have the truth. . but hard core leftists don't care about that. . "the end justifies the means" crowd.

[Art in Idaho]

Thanks for the feedback and the screen shot. Have to admit I've never read the actual book, partly for the reasons you mentioned. Chilling to see the pic re Lucifer. Yes, class warfare and communist manifesto 101 it sounds like.

"Rules for Radicals' is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away."

Man, Obama used to teach a course on Alinsky. Chilling again. His God (besides Marx) and his Bible. . hard to believe he's POTUS. . It almost a head scratcher and at times I think, "How the hell did this happen in America?" I know, I know. . .

[rlmorel]

That is precisely what hit me the hardest. A man who openly admitted to admiring a piece of human refuse in Alinsky, was elected President.

Still stunning.