Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich has referred to Barack Obama as a “Saul Alinsky radical” whose values run counter to those of America’s founders. Who was Saul Alinsky? What was his message? What influence did it have on Obama?
Though Alinsky is rightfully understood to have been a leftist, his legacy is more methodological than ideological. He identified a set of very specific rules that ordinary citizens could follow, and tactics that ordinary citizens could employ, as a means of gaining public power. His motto was, “The most effective means are whatever will achieve the desired results.”◼ See also: CLOWARD-PIVEN STRATEGY (CPS)
◼ See also: ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW (ACORN)
◼ Obama helped fund 'Alinsky Academy' - Teaches tactics of direct action, confrontation and intimidation - Aaron Klein/WND
"The Woods Fund, a nonprofit on which Obama served as paid director from 1999 to December 2002, provided startup funding and later capital to the Midwest Academy.... Obama sat on the Woods Fund board alongside William Ayers, founder of the Weather Underground domestic terrorist organization.... 'Midwest describes itself as 'one of the nation's oldest and best-known schools for community organizations, citizen organizations and individuals committed to progressive social change.'... Midwest teaches Alinsky tactics of community organizing."
