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ALINSKY cannot abide men of reason or conciliation.  He thrives on strife, the more the better, and especially relishes the opposition when it is tough.  Add to all this a penetrating sense of irony.  "An integrated neighborhood" he once observed, "is defined as the length of time between arrival of the first Negro and the departure of the last white."<ref name=buckley>[https://ia801708.us.archive.org/33/items/foia_Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2/Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2.pdf Report], United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, pp. 41-42</ref></blockquote>

ALINSKY cannot abide men of reason or conciliation.  He thrives on strife, the more the better, and especially relishes the opposition when it is tough.  Add to all this a penetrating sense of irony.  "An integrated neighborhood" he once observed, "is defined as the length of time between arrival of the first Negro and the departure of the last white."<ref name=buckley>[https://ia801708.us.archive.org/33/items/foia_Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2/Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2.pdf Report], United States Department of Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, pp. 41-42</ref></blockquote>

In addition, Buckley noted that one of Alinsky's favorite tactics was to employ left wing priests and ministers, because police have a built in reluctance to tossing them into a jail cell.<ref name=buckley />

In addition, Buckley noted that one of Alinsky's favorite tactics was to employ left wing priests and ministers, because police have a built in reluctance to tossing them into a jail cell.<ref name=buckley /> In 1967, William Buckley interviewed Alinsky on his show [[Firing Line]].

[[File:Obama.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Obama was influenced by Alinsky]]

[[File:Obama.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Obama was influenced by Alinsky]]

Many right-wing talk radio hosts, such as [[Rush Limbaugh]], [[Sean Hannity]], and [[Michael Savage]], attribute many of the strategies of the [[Democratic Party]] to Alinsky's ''Rules For Radicals''.  [[Hillary Clinton]]'s senior honors thesis was an analysis of the works of Saul Alinsky and the effect that they have on politics today.  [[Barack Obama]] can also trace his roots to the teachings of Saul Alinsky<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10305695 ''Democrats and the Legacy of Activist Saul Alinsky'' (audio file)], [[NPR]]</ref> and the use of them at the Alinskyite organization [[ACORN]].<ref>[http://humanevents.com/2008/09/16/what-this-community-organizer-really-did/ What This Community Organizer Really Did], [[Human Events]]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/why_do_catholics_keep_funding_the_radical_left.html Why Do Catholics Keep Funding the Radical Left?], [[American Thinker]]</ref>  Obama had a passion for Alinsky's work. In 1988 while he was still at Harvard, Barack wrote "''Problems and promise in the inner city''",<ref name=obamaessay>[http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/archives/2008/09/whyorg.html Why Organize]</ref> which became a chapter in the book "''After Alinsky: Community Organizing in Illinois''."<ref name=obamaessay /> Under the tutelage of an Alinsky admirer John L. McKnight, Obama says he got the "best education I ever had, better than anything I got at Harvard Law School." <ref name="worldnetdaily.com"/>

Many right-wing talk radio hosts, such as [[Rush Limbaugh]], [[Sean Hannity]], and [[Michael Savage]], attribute many of the strategies of the [[Democratic Party]] to Alinsky's ''Rules For Radicals''.  [[Hillary Clinton]]'s senior honors thesis was an analysis of the works of Saul Alinsky and the effect that they have on politics today.  [[Barack Obama]] can also trace his roots to the teachings of Saul Alinsky<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10305695 ''Democrats and the Legacy of Activist Saul Alinsky'' (audio file)], [[NPR]]</ref> and the use of them at the Alinskyite organization [[ACORN]].<ref>[http://humanevents.com/2008/09/16/what-this-community-organizer-really-did/ What This Community Organizer Really Did], [[Human Events]]</ref><ref>[http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/11/why_do_catholics_keep_funding_the_radical_left.html Why Do Catholics Keep Funding the Radical Left?], [[American Thinker]]</ref>  Obama had a passion for Alinsky's work. In 1988 while he was still at Harvard, Barack wrote "''Problems and promise in the inner city''",<ref name=obamaessay>[http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/archives/2008/09/whyorg.html Why Organize]</ref> which became a chapter in the book "''After Alinsky: Community Organizing in Illinois''."<ref name=obamaessay /> Under the tutelage of an Alinsky admirer John L. McKnight, Obama says he got the "best education I ever had, better than anything I got at Harvard Law School." <ref name="worldnetdaily.com"/>

* [https://archive.org/stream/nsia-fbi-alinsky/Alinsky,%20Saul-HQ-1_djvu.txt FBI files on Saul Alinsky], 1

* [https://archive.org/stream/nsia-fbi-alinsky/Alinsky,%20Saul-HQ-1_djvu.txt FBI files on Saul Alinsky], 1

* [https://archive.org/details/foia_Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2 FBI files on Saul Alinsky], 2

* [https://archive.org/details/foia_Alinsky_Saul-HQ-2 FBI files on Saul Alinsky], 2

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090210205542/http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=318470857908277 Alinski's Rules: Must Reading In Obama Era], by [[Phyllis Schlafly]], February 2, 2009

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090210205542/http://www.ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=318470857908277 Alinski's Rules: Must Reading In Obama Era], by [[Phyllis Schlafly]], February 2, 2009

* [http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/archives/2008/09/whyorg.html Problems and promise in the inner city], by [[Barack Obama]]

* [http://illinoisissues.uis.edu/archives/2008/09/whyorg.html Problems and promise in the inner city], by [[Barack Obama]]