Who is Saul Alinsky, and why is Newt Gingrich so obsessed with him?
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'Real Time' host Bill Maher claims to have no knowledge of community organizing godfather Saul Alinksy. By Melinda Henneberger Newt Gingrich is only the latest in a long line of conservatives who have accused President Obama of being a “Saul Alinsky radical.” And Alinsky, who died when the president was 11, would delight in all [...]
Read MorePresident John Tyler's grandson says Newt Gingrich is a 'jerk'
Politico
Some years ago I visited the home of President John Tyler in Charles City County, Virginia, and was surprised to learn that it was owned by one of his grandsons–surprised, since President Tyler was born in 1790, the first full year of George While most US presidents become associated with important legislation or significant policies, [...]
Read MoreSaul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right
Huffington P
I suspect Saul Alinsky would nod with grudging admiration at the way GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich repeatedly injects his name into speeches and interviews. "The centerpiece of this campaign is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Newt Gingrich is only the latest in a long line of conservatives who have accused President Obama of [...]
Read MoreSaul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right
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By MAGGIE HABERMAN | When he claimed victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Newt Gingrich declared that, "The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky." But if any candidate is using Saul Newt Gingrich is only the latest in a long line of conservatives who have accused [...]
Read MoreFlorida Republican debate: Even the audience can't save Newt
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The four politicians vying for the Republican nomination for president were on stage Thursday night for their final debate before voters in Florida decide who Four candidates competing for the Republican presidential nomination are going head-to-head in a primary debate with Florida's primary election less than one week away. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, former [...]
Read MoreSaul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right
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Michael Kazin and Russell Arben Fox have critiqued Newt Gingrich's claim that “The centerpiece of this campaign . . . is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky. ” Like them, I find many contemporary Saul Alinsky has been dead for almost 40 years, yet the community organizer is back for another presidential campaign. [...]
Read More'Welcome Back, Kotter': Robert Hegyes' 'Epstein' helped alter TV
Los Angeles
Robert Hegyes, the actor best known for playing Jewish Puerto Rican student Juan Epstein on the 1970s TV show Welcome Back Kotter has died. He was. CHICAGO— Commissioner Bud Selig will decide what compensation the Boston Red Sox will receive for Theo Epstein's move to the Chicago Cubs. Epstein left as Boston's general manager with [...]
Read More'Welcome Back, Kotter': Robert Hegyes' 'Epstein' helped alter TV
Los Angeles
By Joe Cowley jcowley@suntimes.com January 14, 2012 5:48PM Theo Epstein listens to questions during a news conference Friday at the Cubs Convention. | Nam Y. Huh~AP The Cubs can hang all the blue-and-red banners they want around the Chicago Hilton and Filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman tell EW that Sarah Jessica Parker has stepped [...]
Read MoreSaul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right
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The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky. Why does Gingrich think it effective messaging for him to conjure a man who's been dead forty years, and whose name is recognized, George Romney — a liberal Republican — met the radical organizer Saul Alinsky to discuss the [...]
Read MoreSaul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right
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The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky. Why does Gingrich think it effective messaging for him to conjure a man who's been dead forty years, and whose name is recognized, When he claimed victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Newt Gingrich declared that, "The centerpiece of [...]
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