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FourScore

(9,704 posts)
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 12:23 AM Jan 2012

Maher: ‘Who the f–k is Saul Alinsky?’

Maher: ‘Who the f–k is Saul Alinsky?’
By Andrew Jones
Saturday, January 28, 2012 10:56 EST



At the end of his “New Rules” segment Friday evening, Bill Maher was desperate to find out who exactly was the “radical activist” Republicans love to compare to President Barack Obama.

The Real Time host requested that Republicans answer two questions when lumping civil rights advocate Saul Alinsky to the current executive chief.

“Why would you invite my outrage by suggesting such a specious link between our president and Saul Alinsky?” he asked. “And two, who the fuck is Saul Alinsky?”

Eager to find out truly who Alinsky was, Maher summed up why the likes of Newt Gingrich loved to make the comparison.

“I wikipedia’ed the guy,” he said. “Instantly, I discovered the problem: he liked black people. Way back in the 30s, he started organizing the civil rights movement. And as a historian like Newt Gingrich would tell you, the civil rights movement turned out to be a huge burden on white people...”

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/01/28/maher-asks-who-the-f-k-is-saul-alinsky/
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Maher: ‘Who the f–k is Saul Alinsky?’ (Original Post) FourScore Jan 2012 OP
There is one good reason for Bill Maher to invite Republicans on this show. tabatha Jan 2012 #1
This is funny to me because it exactly mirrors my experience. drm604 Jan 2012 #2
I did the same thing, reached the same conclusion Scootaloo Jan 2012 #3
Add me to the crew--thank heavens for Wiki! nt MADem Jan 2012 #9
Sarah Palin, an authority on Alinsky, called ScottLand Jan 2012 #4
Great as usual - Aren't the Republicans being controlled by someone from the grave? Namely Reagan underpants Jan 2012 #5
No, they have a Fantasy Reagan too. Just like Supply-Side Jesus... JHB Jan 2012 #12
I like the part at the end where he compares right-wing hatred of what Obama might be thinking.... Scuba Jan 2012 #6
Young People are receiving their news from Maher, Stewert, and Colbert kemah Jan 2012 #7
That is why they try to suppress the College Vote! Can't have the serfs becoming uppity! sce56 Jan 2012 #8
"The Grab A Corona And Call In Sick Act"....!!!!! That whole segment was A++! nt MADem Jan 2012 #10
Newt Gingrich MikeyRickles Jan 2012 #11
That was a good rant sonias Jan 2012 #13
That YouTube image looks like a girl putting her tongue to a taint.... NYC_SKP Jan 2012 #14
Watched the show and that really was a part of "New Rules..." Rhiannon12866 Jan 2012 #16
Thanks! NYC_SKP Jan 2012 #17
I agree and really didn't get the point of it Rhiannon12866 Jan 2012 #19
It's a photo of Miley Ray Cyrus that's all over the internet. My son saw it somewhere before I did patrice Jan 2012 #21
Thanks! Rhiannon12866 Jan 2012 #24
"This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by HOME BOX OFFICE, INC.." tawadi Jan 2012 #15
I wish I could watch it. New7up Jan 2012 #18
Saul Alinsky Inspires conservatives, not Obama. GETPLANING Jan 2012 #20
BTW, Alinsky was also the subject of Hillary Clinton's Master's thesis. This was a topic in some patrice Jan 2012 #22
link died, but Maher's show is available as free podcasts on iTunes. alp227 Jan 2012 #23
Another link SaintPete Jan 2012 #25

tabatha

(18,795 posts)
1. There is one good reason for Bill Maher to invite Republicans on this show.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 12:57 AM
Jan 2012

So he can tell them to their faces how shitty they are - especially in New Rules, where he is the only one speaking.

drm604

(16,230 posts)
2. This is funny to me because it exactly mirrors my experience.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 01:07 AM
Jan 2012

I kept thinking "who the fuck is Saul Alinsky". I went to Wikipedia and the description wasn't anything like the radical communist they seem to be implying.

 

Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
3. I did the same thing, reached the same conclusion
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 05:08 AM
Jan 2012

I came away with the realization that conservatives are, generally, stupid people who are easily trained and led around on leashes. They will believe ANYONE is a ravening, frothing socialist. It's like they're programmed to believe any and all such appellations. I've even successfully convinced a few that Ronald Reagan was a gibbering communist, rather than just a gibbering dumbfuck.

ScottLand

(2,485 posts)
4. Sarah Palin, an authority on Alinsky, called
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 07:18 AM
Jan 2012

criticism of Newt Gringrich "Alinsky tactics at their worst", so I'm guessing Saul must've questioned Newt's conservatism as well.

And I'm sure your average teabagger can recant that comparison (of Obama to Alinsky) and still not know who Alinsky was.

JHB

(37,406 posts)
12. No, they have a Fantasy Reagan too. Just like Supply-Side Jesus...
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 03:43 PM
Jan 2012

...they write what they want onto him and erase the inconvenient parts, so they can adore them both without pesky pangs of conflict.

Add "rewritingn history" and "cults of personality" to the list of reasons why you should address every Republican as "Comrade".

 

Scuba

(53,475 posts)
6. I like the part at the end where he compares right-wing hatred of what Obama might be thinking....
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:09 AM
Jan 2012

... to left-wing hatred of what Bush was actually doing.


"It didn't matter what Bush was thinking, because he wasn't."

kemah

(276 posts)
7. Young People are receiving their news from Maher, Stewert, and Colbert
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 12:19 PM
Jan 2012

That's is why the GOP is losing that demographic the youth vote. The GOP has just Fox and right wing radio, where they just make stuff up and spew hatred. The GOP debates has proven how out of touch their base is by the booing of gay soldiers, immigrants, healthcare, and how they cheer for tax cuts for the 1%. In their minds Romney and friends pay to much tax and we need to raise the tax on poor people. How out of touch can you be?

sonias

(18,063 posts)
13. That was a good rant
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 04:23 PM
Jan 2012

I loved the part where he explains that the left really had a real president (bushie) that we hated for real reasons. Not a pretend president the right has created in their bubble minds to mock Obama.

Good one!

Thanks for the tip!

: applause:

 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
14. That YouTube image looks like a girl putting her tongue to a taint....
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 05:56 PM
Jan 2012

It's kinda explicit and NSFW.

Rhiannon12866

(221,315 posts)
16. Watched the show and that really was a part of "New Rules..."
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 08:43 PM
Jan 2012

It was supposed to be a "birthday cake..."

Rhiannon12866

(221,315 posts)
19. I agree and really didn't get the point of it
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 09:12 PM
Jan 2012

Unless it was to make the panel and the audience say "ewwwww..." Which it did.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
21. It's a photo of Miley Ray Cyrus that's all over the internet. My son saw it somewhere before I did
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:48 PM
Jan 2012

and said kids were saying all kinds of the stupidest things about sex. Maher's comment was about their ignorance on the subject.

Rhiannon12866

(221,315 posts)
24. Thanks!
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 11:14 PM
Jan 2012

Wasn't this kid already in the news because of suggestive photos? Now I better understand Bill Maher's point, but I question the sense of whoever thought this was a good idea for a publicity photo.

tawadi

(2,110 posts)
15. "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by HOME BOX OFFICE, INC.."
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 06:03 PM
Jan 2012

YouTube is pretty quick to pull vids these days.

GETPLANING

(846 posts)
20. Saul Alinsky Inspires conservatives, not Obama.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 10:43 PM
Jan 2012

It's obvious because every conservative blogger, news channel, and website talks endlessly about Alinsky. I didn't even know who Alinsky was until Glenn Beck spent and entire year blathering on about him. Alinsky may have been a leftist, but it is conservatives who worship him.

patrice

(47,992 posts)
22. BTW, Alinsky was also the subject of Hillary Clinton's Master's thesis. This was a topic in some
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 11:07 PM
Jan 2012

media during the '08 primaries. I read a few excerpts linked here. While HRC's critique of Alinsky was not negative, it also was not positive, but on balance, I'd say it was a little more negative than positive.

alp227

(32,458 posts)
23. link died, but Maher's show is available as free podcasts on iTunes.
Sun Jan 29, 2012, 11:13 PM
Jan 2012

Google search Bill Maher podcasts. HBO.com has some New Rules here: http://www.hbo.com/podcasts/billmaher/podcast.xml

or the iTunes page of Maher, which has full eps in audio only format.

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