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==Background==
 
==Background==
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In ''Rules for Radicals'', Alinsky wrote specifically to the 1960s generation of [[New Left]] radicals: ''"What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away."''<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/weekinreview/23alinsky.html Know Thine Enemy], [[The New York Times]]</ref>
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In ''Rules for Radicals'', Alinsky wrote specifically to the 1960s generation of [[New Left]] radicals: ''"What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away."''<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/weekinreview/23alinsky.html Know Thine Enemy], [[The New York Times]]</ref>
    
His "rules" derive from many successful campaigns where he sowed the seeds of [[class warfare]] with community organizing, getting people fighting power and privilege, whom he convinced people were the root of all their "problems".  He uses several authors in the book who are associated with individual liberty, such as [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[Thomas Paine]].  Alinsky uses the following quote from Tocqueville in the prologue:
 
His "rules" derive from many successful campaigns where he sowed the seeds of [[class warfare]] with community organizing, getting people fighting power and privilege, whom he convinced people were the root of all their "problems".  He uses several authors in the book who are associated with individual liberty, such as [[Alexis de Tocqueville]], [[Thomas Jefferson]], and [[Thomas Paine]].  Alinsky uses the following quote from Tocqueville in the prologue:
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==The Hillary Letters==
 
==The Hillary Letters==
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[[File:Hillary letter1.png|left|170px|thumb|1971 Letter by Hillary Rodham<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/240077031/The-Hillary-Letters The Hillary Letters]</ref><ref>[http://freebeacon.com/politics/the-hillary-letters/ The Hillary Letters], Hillary Clinton, Saul Alinsky correspondence revealed, September 21, 2014</ref>]]
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[[File:Hillary letter1.png|left|170px|thumb|1971 Letter by Hillary Rodham<ref>[https://www.scribd.com/doc/240077031/The-Hillary-Letters The Hillary Letters]</ref><ref>[https://freebeacon.com/politics/the-hillary-letters/ The Hillary Letters], Hillary Clinton, Saul Alinsky correspondence revealed, September 21, 2014</ref>]]
 
In a letter written in 1971, Rodham had asked Alinsky when his new book, ''Rules For Radicals'' was going to be published:
 
In a letter written in 1971, Rodham had asked Alinsky when his new book, ''Rules For Radicals'' was going to be published:
 
:''"When is that new book coming out - or has it come and I somehow missed the fulfillment of Revelation? I have just had my one-thousandth conversation about'' Reveille [for Radicals] ''and need some new material to throw at people. You are being rediscovered again as the New Left-type politicos are finally beginning to think seriously about the hard work and mechanics of organizing. I seem to have survived law school, slightly bruised, with my belief in and zest for organizing intact."''
 
:''"When is that new book coming out - or has it come and I somehow missed the fulfillment of Revelation? I have just had my one-thousandth conversation about'' Reveille [for Radicals] ''and need some new material to throw at people. You are being rediscovered again as the New Left-type politicos are finally beginning to think seriously about the hard work and mechanics of organizing. I seem to have survived law school, slightly bruised, with my belief in and zest for organizing intact."''
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Hillary's correspondence with Alinsky reveals that she has a primary focus on the ends, more than the means.<ref>[http://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/22/what-does-the-hillary-alinksy-letter-reveal/ What does the Hillary-Alinksy letter reveal?]</ref>  It also highlights that the correspondence is more than just run of the mill fan-mail.  Alinsky's secretary, Georgia Harper, wrote that "''Since I know his feelings about you, I took the liberty of opening your letter because I didn't want something urgent to wait for two weeks.''"
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Hillary's correspondence with Alinsky reveals that she has a primary focus on the ends, more than the means.<ref>[https://hotair.com/archives/2014/09/22/what-does-the-hillary-alinksy-letter-reveal/ What does the Hillary-Alinksy letter reveal?]</ref>  It also highlights that the correspondence is more than just run of the mill fan-mail.  Alinsky's secretary, Georgia Harper, wrote that "''Since I know his feelings about you, I took the liberty of opening your letter because I didn't want something urgent to wait for two weeks.''"
    
Despite the importance of the discovery of these letters, it went unreported in the [[Mainstream Media]].<ref>[http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/liberal-media-ignore-hillary-letters/ Liberal Media Ignore "Hillary Letters"], [[Accuracy In Media]]</ref>
 
Despite the importance of the discovery of these letters, it went unreported in the [[Mainstream Media]].<ref>[http://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/liberal-media-ignore-hillary-letters/ Liberal Media Ignore "Hillary Letters"], [[Accuracy In Media]]</ref>
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