Joe Biden to Crash Republican National Convention: Radical Community Organizer Attack?
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2012/08/22 06:59:54
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Joe Biden will crash the Republican National Convention. I asked "Why?" in my previous poll. I asked in a somewhat joking manner, but in this poll I want to address the seriousness of this unprecedented political tactic. Why would the Vice President attend the opposing political party's national convention?
Does this tactic worry you like it worries me? It looks like a bullying tactic similar to that used by Obama to pressure Chief Justice Roberts. Obama 2012 campaign assigned Biden in the parking lot of the RNC to intimidate the media, convention attendees, and the public. Biden will serve as a reminder of the authority of the president. Biden will expect media coverage and draw it away from the Republicans.
Imagine if Russian President Vladimir Putin stationed his senior most party official to attend the opposition's political convention in Russia. How does this tactic differ? Only because most of us Americans cannot conceive of such an intimidation tactic in America. But this tactic comes naturally to someone who studies the tactics in the book "Rules for Radicals" by Saul Alinsky, a community organizer.
Wikipedia outlines many of the rules from Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals":
Consider RULE 9 in "Rules for Radicals":
I also think that the Democrats have employed RULE 8 by sending Biden to the RNC:
ABCNEWS.GO.COM reports:
Does this tactic worry you like it worries me? It looks like a bullying tactic similar to that used by Obama to pressure Chief Justice Roberts. Obama 2012 campaign assigned Biden in the parking lot of the RNC to intimidate the media, convention attendees, and the public. Biden will serve as a reminder of the authority of the president. Biden will expect media coverage and draw it away from the Republicans.
Imagine if Russian President Vladimir Putin stationed his senior most party official to attend the opposition's political convention in Russia. How does this tactic differ? Only because most of us Americans cannot conceive of such an intimidation tactic in America. But this tactic comes naturally to someone who studies the tactics in the book "Rules for Radicals" by Saul Alinsky, a community organizer.Wikipedia outlines many of the rules from Alinsky's "Rules for Radicals":
According to Alinsky, the main job of the organizer is to bait an opponent into reacting. "The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength."
Consider RULE 9 in "Rules for Radicals": 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.)
I also think that the Democrats have employed RULE 8 by sending Biden to the RNC:
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.)
ABCNEWS.GO.COM reports:
(Image Credit: Lynne Sladky/AP Photo) As Republicans converge on Florida next week to formally nominate Mitt Romney, Vice President Joe Biden plans to be in town. Biden will be in Florida Monday and Tuesday, including a visit to the Tampa area, site of the 2012 Republican National Convention, the Obama campaign said today. “Any of you going to be in Florida?” Biden joked to reporters today on a campaign stop in Minneapolis. “Well, I’m the speaker at the convention. I’m gonna be down there.”
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Heisenberg 2012/08/22 14:28:00
Let's just call him a heckler, so to demean him.
If Biden comes out smelling like roses, there will be alot of red-faced, embarrased republicans who will not have much of a leg to stand on.
And if it turns out otherwise.. well, time will tell.
What I predict will happen though is every time he opens his mouth to speak an uncomfortable truth that the republican party doesn't want to hear, he's going to be booed to the point he can't be heard. I believe there are too many romney fanatics at those events to count on it being handled with some measure of decorum.
All kidding aside, nothing in there says that he won't stick around long enough to have a say all the same. Just because he's going to be there before it starts, doesn't say he's going to leave before it starts. I hadn't read that and if that is explictly stated somewheres then I missed it.
The Republicans have people so fired up to get obama out of office that reason has fled right out the window. The Democrats have done the same to keep a hold of the people they do have.
In fact I can't think of a worst political season EVER then how this entire race turned out. It is nothing but shameful in my eyes on how the american public as a WHOLE reacted to this. No wonder I have a few of my friends overseas wondering if we're going to have a civil war...
Nobody is innocent here.
Just because it is the democratic convention does not mean no admittance for certain people. If they want him to speak, he'll speak. That's up to the party organizers/political overlords, not people like you or I.
I wouldn't be surprised one bit if Biden had asked and got his invite straight from the party chairperson.
Does it worry me? No. Long before I ever cast a vote in any election, protesters have been present at the conventions of both parties; it's part of the process. Republicans have sent surrogates to the Democrat National Conventions and Democrats have done likewise. But OMG! Biden is campaigning in Florida!
Let me clue you in on some basics: if Biden is really going to be in the parking lot of the Republican National Convention (which sounds ridiculous on its face), it wouldn't be more than hour, maybe two. The convention is FOUR DAYS LONG!
Do you really, truly believe anyone would be intimidated by an hour-long visit from Joe Biden? If your answer is "Yes," then you are either a liar or the most naive, impressionable preteen talking about politics.
They need the attention, no one is going to their convention and no one can bear to listen to Obama speak, or preach, any longer.
The jester Biden will be in the parking lot? Is this a joke? Is MSNBC hosting this "event"?
However... I expect there to be a false flag... "tea-party" incident. Fake tea partiers....... this is nothing more than a set up.
It appears the Dems have set up a "rapid response war room" steps from where Republicans are huddled ( Democratic National Committee announced).
Party officials said that DNC chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida would play a key role in the effort, leading the rebuttal from the left as each GOP speaker takes the stage. While the RNC will focus on burnishing Romney's biography as a so-called Mr. Fix It, the DNC/OFA [Obama For America] response will be to highlight how his work in the private sector and as governor was a disaster for the middle class," the DNC said in a statement. ( Yahoo News)
We can expect the same from the Republicans when the Democratic Convention occurs. I have no problem with it; it adds some spark to some long winded speeches.
A little dramatic, lol, but 2008 for me was like taking the red pill in the Matrix. Millions left the party and became independents and I see that trend is still rising, Thank God. Everyone must assure people it is OK for vote R for a change.