I know that President Obama is cool, and everybody just loves him personally. But, does it ever seem as if he's going out of his way to poke his finger in your eye? Not that you'd mind, of course.
Well, it turns out you're most probably right. Rule for Radicals #10 (no, I'm not joking) is "The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition."
The dark lord of discord, Saul Alinsky, explains:
It is this unceasing pressure that results in the reactions from the opposition that are essential for the success of the campaign. It should be remembered not only that the action is in the reaction but that action is itself the consequence of reaction and of reaction to the reaction, ad inifinitum. the pressure produces the reaction, and constant pressure sustains action. (Ch. 7, p. 129).
He expounds on this theme in different variations, and summarizes shortly thereafter in three bullet points (p. 136):
- The real action is in the enemy's reaction.
- The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength
- Tactics, like organization, like life require that you move with the action.
Aren't you happy to know that your President is schooled in this stuff, and that he's on more than one campaign: a political one to retain power, and an ideological one, Antonio Gramsci's final long march through the institutions of Ronald Reagan's last, best hope of man on earth? I thought so.
So, how are we to react? Let me suggest by voting him and his Party out of office in November before this whole thing blows from excessive pressure.
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