At least it’s out in the open. We know exactly what the President thinks of the Tea Party protests.
Here’s what he said in a St Louis speech yesterday:
“You see folks waving tea bags around. Let me just remind them I am happy to have a serious conversation about how we are going to cut our health care cuts over the long term, how we are gong to stabilize social security. Let’s not play games.”
The president isn’t actually against playing games. He just wants us to play the games he’s approved. Some of his favorites are:
- Ring Around the Rosy Red Socialist.
- Hide and Go Seek A Government Bailout.
- One-on-one Obama Basketball (in which Obama says, “It’s my ball and if you don’t play by my rules I’m taking the ball and going home.”)
- One Square (it used to be called Four Square until Obama taxed away three quarters of the squares).
- Government Monopoly (You get $200 every time you pass “Go,” but the government immediately takes $100 of it back. All criminals get a “Get Out of Jail Free Card.” Illegal aliens get to live rent free on Park Place and Board Walk. The railroads receive huge government subsidies. And the utilities charge an additional Cap-and-Trade tax.)
- Marco Polo (In Obama’s version, the taxpayer yells “Marco” and Obama squeezes him until he yells again)
Yes, the election of Barack Obama has truly been a game changer.
Source: BluegrassPundit.com
” Don’t be. They only talk to Libs.
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He’s not interested in a serious conversation about what these tea parties are really about. He’s only interested in a one-sided, teleprompter-assisted, screened audience, preplanned question speech where he toots his own horn – just like the so-called “press conference.” The man can’t be THAT dumb, can he? I mean, he’s just pretending not to know what the tea party movement is about…right? Surely one of his geniuses he’s surrounded himself with has explained it to him – that it’s not about health care or social security, but the bailouts, the overblown budget, the tax hikes, his war on small businesses, and his other destructive policies (like cap and trade) that will hit already struggling families – the middle class – hard.
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Ridicule. Straight from Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals
. Rule #5.
RULE 1: “Power is not only what you have, but what the enemy thinks you have.” Power is derived from 2 main sources – money and people. “Have-Nots” must build power from flesh and blood. (These are two things of which there is a plentiful supply. Government and corporations always have a difficult time appealing to people, and usually do so almost exclusively with economic arguments.)
RULE 2: “Never go outside the expertise of your people.” It results in confusion, fear and retreat. Feeling secure adds to the backbone of anyone. (Organizations under attack wonder why radicals don’t address the “real” issues. This is why. They avoid things with which they have no knowledge.)
RULE 3: “Whenever possible, go outside the expertise of the enemy.” Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty. (This happens all the time. Watch how many organizations under attack are blind-sided by seemingly irrelevant arguments that they are then forced to address.)
RULE 4: “Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules.” If the rule is that every letter gets a reply, send 30,000 letters. You can kill them with this because no one can possibly obey all of their own rules. (This is a serious rule. The besieged entity’s very credibility and reputation is at stake, because if activists catch it lying or not living up to its commitments, they can continue to chip away at the damage.)
RULE 5: “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.” There is no defense. It’s irrational. It’s infuriating. It also works as a key pressure point to force the enemy into concessions. (Pretty crude, rude and mean, huh? They want to create anger and fear.)
RULE 6: “A good tactic is one your people enjoy.” They’ll keep doing it without urging and come back to do more. They’re doing their thing, and will even suggest better ones. (Radical activists, in this sense, are no different that any other human being. We all avoid “un-fun” activities, and but we revel at and enjoy the ones that work and bring results.)
RULE 7: “A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag.” Don’t become old news. (Even radical activists get bored. So to keep them excited and involved, organizers are constantly coming up with new tactics.)
RULE 8: “Keep the pressure on. Never let up.” Keep trying new things to keep the opposition off balance. As the opposition masters one approach, hit them from the flank with something new. (Attack, attack, attack from all sides, never giving the reeling organization a chance to rest, regroup, recover and re-strategize.)
RULE 9: “The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.” Imagination and ego can dream up many more consequences than any activist. (Perception is reality. Large organizations always prepare a worst-case scenario, something that may be furthest from the activists’ minds. The upshot is that the organization will expend enormous time and energy, creating in its own collective mind the direst of conclusions. The possibilities can easily poison the mind and result in demoralization.)
RULE 10: “If you push a negative hard enough, it will push through and become a positive.” Violence from the other side can win the public to your side because the public sympathizes with the underdog. (Unions used this tactic. Peaceful [albeit loud] demonstrations during the heyday of unions in the early to mid-20th Century incurred management’s wrath, often in the form of violence that eventually brought public sympathy to their side.)
RULE 11: “The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.” Never let the enemy score points because you’re caught without a solution to the problem. (Old saw: If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the problem. Activist organizations have an agenda, and their strategy is to hold a place at the table, to be given a forum to wield their power. So, they have to have a compromise solution.)
RULE 12: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions. (This is cruel, but very effective. Direct, personalized criticism and ridicule works.)