Rules for Right Wingers
Dave Weigel points out the Right’s “new” fascination with Saul Alinsky on the Washington Independent today. It’s a good article, though I would make two minor clarifications.
First, it’s not that new. Over at the Leadership Institute, we’ve been talking about this book for years to everyone who will listen. College Republicans, libertarians, independent groups, and everyone in between have literally had copies of Rules for Radicals thrown at them (in the link I just found, I’m pretty sure I was the “provocative presentation” mentioned earlier). Continue Reading »
The American Conservative Union: Fake Conservatives
I happen to have a personal understanding of the work that the American Conservative Union does. I worked there over one summer as an intern, answering the phone and filing donor information.
On Friday, it was revealed by Politico on Friday that the American Conservative Union recently offered their services to Fedex in return for $2 million. Fedex turned the ACU down and subsequently, the ACU was a signatory on a letter disparaging Fedex’s efforts to oppose UPS’s position on union legislation. Continue Reading »
