Pan_Yan,
I loved your erudite and appropriate use of Saul Alinsky’s quote. That’s why I looked up and countered with one my own.
But, my friend, you are giving this 60s types too much credit. And, if you are looking for former radicals, please check out the roots of the Neo-conservative movement.
I fully agree that there is a considerable amount of incompetence involved. After all, several of William Ayers best friends blew themselves up in a New York townhouse. They were not very effective revolutionaries. But they have a definate goal, and have done an extremely good job of entrenching themselves and aquiring sources of ready money, including lots of tax dollars and what used to be Republican money. Take the Annenburg Foundation and the Heinz Family Foundation for example.
Their control over education is almost complete. There have even been rumblings of trying to ban homeschooling in some states. Once they have complete control over education then socialism is only a generation away. They are in this for the long haul. They know they may not achieve their marxist dream in this country in their lifetime, but without a serious concerted effort on our side they will achieve it.
I’ve got a good link for you that relates to all of this (hat tip to word_warrior_bob for the original thread). It is an interview with a former KGB operative from their propoganda department. He talks alot about the useful idiots in the U.S. that advance the communist agenda. He has lots of interesting views about how these useful idiots will be the first killed when communists take over. Of couse, the interview is from 1984, but it is fascinating stuff.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2094322/posts?page=71#71