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Saul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right

But to close followers of the topsy-turvy GOP presidential primary, the late Saul Alinsky is suddenly becoming a household word. This is due, in large measure, to the mantra-like repetition of the name by Newt Gingrich, who invokes it every day on the Michael Kazin and Russell Arben Fox have critiqued Newt Gingrich's claim that [...]

Saul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right

By Melinda Henneberger Newt Gingrich is only the latest in a long line of conservatives who have accused President Obama of being a “Saul Alinsky radical.” And Alinsky, who died when the president was 11, would delight in all the free PR. When he claimed victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Newt Gingrich declared that, [...]

Saul Alinsky: Who is he and why is Newt Gingrich talking about him?

When Newt Gingrich speaks these days, it's almost certain you'll hear him mention three names: Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, and Saul Alinsky. If you're wondering who Saul Alinsky is, you're not alone. He's not running for office. In fact, he's dead, On the night of his triumph in the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich declared [...]

Gingrich's shady Alinsky campaign

George Romney — a liberal Republican — met the radical organizer Saul Alinsky to discuss the grievances of the urban black poor. Now Romney's son is fighting for the Republican nomination, and his main rival, Newt Gingrich, has made Barack Obama's I suspect Saul Alinsky would nod with grudging admiration at the way GOP presidential [...]

Gingrich's shady Alinsky campaign

I suspect Saul Alinsky would nod with grudging admiration at the way GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich repeatedly injects his name into speeches and interviews. "The centerpiece of this campaign is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Mitt Romney's father, liberal Republican George Romney, met with and endorsed infamous progressive activist Saul Alinsky; meanwhile, in [...]

Saul Alinsky Rides Again as Gingrich Makes Him 2012 Bogeyman

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday that Newt Gingrich was acting like leftist community organizer Saul Alinsky for his criticisms of Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. “What the hell are you doing, Newt? I expect this from Saul Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals, was one of the 20th Century's [...]

Newt Gingrich is no Saul Alinsky

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Thursday that Newt Gingrich was acting like leftist community organizer Saul Alinsky for his criticisms of Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital. “What the hell are you doing, Newt? I expect this from Saul I think it means that OBysmal has Saul Alinsky tattooed across his knuckles. [...]

Saul Alinsky lives on in GOP rhetoric

Newt Gingrich is continuing to attack President Obama by tying him to Saul Alinsky, the person who is considered by many to be the father of modern-day community organizing (and who died forty years ago). Gingrich's SAUL ALINSKY, AN INFLUENCE ON OBAMA? Carney gets a question about whether 60s radical/community organizer Saul Alinsky was an [...]

Who is Saul Alinsky? A Gingrich line explained

Saul Alinsky could never have seen this coming. As an example of the power and prevalence that these Web sites have in our lives, the anti-SOPA blackouts are a bit unsettling. SOPA might be a particularly noxious piece of legislation, but the future But what about Saul Alinsky? As a young community organizer, Obama was [...]

Gingrich South Carolina Victory Speech

Dear President Obama: You're No Saul Alinsky – Page 1 – Ralph Benko: Saul Alinsky, author of Rules for Radicals, was one of. Newt Gingrich is continuing to attack President Obama by tying him to Saul Alinsky, the person who is considered by many to be the father of modern-day community organizing (and who died [...]