Posted on 09/23/2015 1:49:16 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows
I actually liked the guy after Reagan politely mopped the floor with him in that final 1984 debate re: the presidential age. Not enough to vote for him, of course, but enough to invite him to a backyard barbecue.
FWIW, I met him some years later when he was ambassador to Japan and I was representing a Japan importer. We had a brief but congenial exchange over light refreshments provided by the embassy.
If we employed the Alinsky techniques we would be running this country.
No one. For the first time since 1972 I will be staying home on election day.
That is employing them in a virtuous way.
Where the leftists use ridicule, we use humor.
The works of Alinsky were drawn entirely from Machiavelli.
The Italian was a master at making vice look like virtue.
If you have ever wondered why the Obama-ites "look" upstanding but are underneath sloshing cauldrons of waste material you can thank the Italian and his vicious ways.
The trick is to reverse it and do the same kind of things, but virtuously.
You have to fight on several fronts. Throwing Alinsky back at them at least neutralizes that front, and it’s a front where Conservatives have taken a severe beating.
Turmp for President. Lets get America back on track.
Please see post at #24.
He makes some invalid ones too. When he says Trump doesn’t provide alternatives to his attacks, he clearly hasn’t been listening. He came out with detailed position paper on immigration. He has pointed out repeatedly, how he will use the threat of tariffs, or tariffs to reach balanced trade deals with our partners. He’s got a position paper on protecting our second amendment. He’s promised one in the near future on rebuilding our military.
Trump isn’t just attacking, he’s providing solutions. Most of his competition don’t even recognize the problem.
Read Trump's books. You'll see who he is. Unlike the current occupant of the White House and most Dems, Trump loves this country. He loves himself for sure but he loves this country.
M4L attila
My enemies aren’t often as bad as I make them out to be. I dislike Alinsky mostly because he discounts rational discussion, making it essentially impossible. He polarizes people based on emotional manipulation and anger, lots of anger. I can see a lot of this in Trump.
Um....
Affable, kind hearted humanitarians don’t dedicate things to satan.
That being said, I’m glad DT is using Rules For Radicals against the enemies of America.
For years I’ve been saying someone on our side should do that.
Well, someone is finally doing it.
Instead of rejoicing some of us vilify him for it.
The radicals in both parties fight dirty.
The corruption therein goes all the way to the bone.
I hope the rest of the good guys(if there are any left)learn from this.
Good for you, I love your common sense of politics that allowed Obama two terms of office..........
“Trump will build the entire wall in less than a year.”
And, it will be a quality wall. Top quality. Nothing but the best materials and craftsmanship. Did I mention the gold-plated razor wire?
I voted in the last election. I got the bright idea to stay home from the geniuses who stayed home because the candidates weren’t “conservative” enough. I think Trump is full of crap and if he is the nominee I will be staying home.
“He polarizes people based on emotional manipulation and anger, lots of anger. I can see a lot of this in Trump”
Me too. He’s as pizzed as the rest of us are only he’s doing something about it. He’s running for President.
Why repeat yourself and force me to do the same?
Good for you, I love your common sense of politics that allowed Obama two terms of office
I think I'm going to follow in your footsteps LOTTIE, If my guy "...." isn't the nominee, I'm going to stay home. My best buddy has the same philosophy, if his guy "..." isn't the nominee, he's going to stay home too.
Just talked to my neighbor and he says that if his guy "..." isn't the nominee, he's going to stay home........
I think we have this election totally in favor of the Democrat, don't you think LOTTIE?
Your political logic is infallible...........LOL!
Trump will soon self implode. It’s all froth and bubble that he’s trying appealing to what he thinks is a shipload of fools. He has not once told us how he plans to identify, locate, detain, and ship 11-15 million illegals out of the country to some 20 different nations in what would be a torrent of federal injunctions? Better luck colonizing the moon. You can’t fool all the people all the time. This is all about Trump. The sooner this façade is seen for what it is, the better.
I am going with Ted Cruz: substance, honesty,, integrity, and courage to take on the Congressional leadership.
Trump should go back to the The Apprentice.
BTTT
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