GOP Thinks Community Organizing Is Totalitarian

On a recent Hannity and Colmes talk show, Republican pollster Frank Luntz likened Saul Alinsky, the man who created the precepts of community organizing, to “people from Germany in the 1930’s and 1940’s.”

The reason for the slur was an attempt to attack Hillary Clinton by proxy, because her senior thesis at Wellesley College was a largely positive review of Alinsky’s work and philosophy.

The ostensible liberal on the show (Mr. Colmes) attempted to defend Hillary, but he did so by pointing out that in her thesis she disagreed with Alinsky on many points and that she questioned the wisdom of confrontation as a key to community organizing strategy.

So, to re-cap: Republicans think we’re fascists and wimpy liberals think we’re misguided hotheads.

I’d love to read Hillary’s whole thesis. She was true to her beliefs, she advocated for those less fortunate, rather than work as an organizer, giving the training and support that enables people to advocate for themselves.

Just wait until the the GOP spin team puts two and two together and realize that
Barack Obama actually worked as an Alinsky-style organizer, he didn’t just write about it in college.