5hVnz Book of the Month...

Rules for Radicals...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_Radicals

"Saul Alinsky was a brilliant man. Evil, but brilliant. Unfortunately, whether we like it or not, everyone on the Left from the President on down is playing by his rules in the political arena"

…First rule of power tactics: Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

…The second rule is: Never go outside the experience of your people.

…The third rule is: Wherever possible go outside the experience of the enemy. Here you want to cause confusion, fear, and retreat.

…The fourth rule is: Make the enemy live up to their own book of rules.

…The fourth rule carries within it the fifth rule: Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon.

…The sixth rule is: A good tactic is one that your people enjoy.

…The seventh rule is: A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag

…The eighth rule: Keep the pressure on.

…The ninth rule: The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself.

…The tenth rule: The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition.

…The eleventh rule is: If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counter side.

…The twelfth rule: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative.

…The thirteenth rule: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.

"Obama was influenced by the writings and philosophies of Saul Alinsky"