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August 4, 2009

Democrats Begin Their Alinsky-in-August Offensive

Topics: Political News and commentaries

The Congressional August recess has begun, and as Kyle-Anne Shiver writes - the healthcare-takeover plotters in the Democrat war room have charted their Alinsky-in-August offensive (for the uninformed, she's referring to Obama's radical Marxist mentor - Saul Alinsky). And following Alinsky's Rule #13 (Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it), they're out to target the insurance companies and make them out to be "reprobate wretches of the most vile, greedy, Simon-Legree sort imaginable":

[...] We are sure to be treated to ads, which feature purely hair-raising "robber-baron-rips-off-Harry&Louise" tales of insurance company bad guys.

The Democrats' war strategy is simple and, of course, it's pure Alinsky. Target the insurance companies and make them out to be reprobate wretches of the most vile, greedy, Simon-Legree sort imaginable. We are sure to be treated to ads, which feature purely hair-raising "robber-baron-rips-off-Harry&Louise" tales of insurance company bad guys.

And, how on earth, did Democrats decide upon whom to paint the Alinsky bull's-eye? Oh puh-lease. Public polling, of course. That's how the Democrats decide everything, don't you know.

When 83% of Americans are quite happy with the healthcare they have, then convincing them to let go of it for the obviously-fools-gold "public option" is an up-hill battle, as the Dems have finally figured out. So, they will employ their usual politics-by-fear, and fill the airwaves with individual stories about evil insurers denying coverage (which are certain to be vastly exaggerated), and they will plant the fear that the very same thing could happen to every Harry & Louise Q Citizen without the MediCoup solution.

Now, when Barack Obama promised a "transparent presidency," was he referring to how easily a fourth grader could see through his party's continuing use of these tacky Alinsky tactics?

Also true to Alinsky form, Pelosi artfully waxed all week on the opposition, portraying herself as the purely do-gooding representative of the little people, and portraying anyone who opposes her as the enemy of same little people. Setting up the battle lines, Pelosi told the NYT what the so-called enemies of the little people will do in August:
"This is going to be carpet bombing," she said. "Carpet bombing, slash and burn, shock and awe - anything you want to say to describe what the insurance companies will do to hold on to their special advantage, which exploits the patients and holds the American consumer at the mercy of the insurance company."
Friday's late-breaking news that Henry Waxman had strong-armed the Blue Dogs in his committee into rubber-stamping the "public option" tells any sentient observer that the Democrat generals will paint any -- and every -- opposition to their blatant power grab as a purely demonic enemy of the people. Before Pelosi and company are done at the end of August, any Democrat who dares to voice even the faintest concern over this new DC power-grab will be rhetorically nailed to the nearest tree as a public-hating scoundrel.

And how can the Democrats fail?

After all, folks, the stars are aligned with them and their new power grab.

Barack, the magic insurance salesman, told them so.

Read it all.

And how are Pelosi/Reid Democrats doing in their Alinsky-ite offensive to convince Americans that loss of their freedom to choose their doctors, have their healthcare rationed, while increasing the already huge-and-growing deficit is somehow good for them? If this Rep Bishop (D-NY) town hall meeting, this tea party protest in Ohio (images - thousands protesting), this Rep. Steve Kagan (D-WI) town hall meeting in Wisconsin (video), and this Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Tx) meeting in Austin, Texas on Obamacare are representative, they're not going as planned.