By Douglas V. Gibbs ——Bio and Archives--November 25, 2016
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From Sanford D. Horwitt's Let Them Call Me Rebel: "...in the spring of 1972, at Tulane University...students asked Alinsky to help plan a protest of a scheduled speech by George H. W. Bush, then U.S. representative to the United Nations - a speech likely to include a defense of the Nixon administration's Vietnam War policies. The students told Alinsky they were thinking about picketing or disrupting Bush's address. That's the wrong approach, he rejoined, not very creative - and besides causing a disruption might get them thrown out of school. He told them, instead, to go to hear the speech dressed as members of the Ku Klux Klan, and whenever Bush said something in defense of the Vietnam War, they should cheer and wave placards reading, 'The KKK supports Bush.' And that is what they did, with very successful, attention-getting results."Now, with that in mind, we must ask ourselves: Are the claims that White Nationalists and White Supremacists who are allegedly gathering for Trump even true? Or are they leftists posing as racists as happened in 1972 under Alinsky's recommendation? With all of that in mind, let us also realize that Trump ultimately won a larger share of the black vote than Republican contender Mitt Romney did when running against President Barack Obama in 2012. The mainstream media will refrain from reporting that, just as they will never report on, nor accept the fact, that media mogul and BET founder Bob Johnson told CNBC that fellow African-Americans should give President-elect Donald Trump "the benefit of the doubt" and that he hoped common ground can be reached with the incoming Republican administration about issues facing the black community. As stated before, the race-card is not a new attack. Back in 1986 when Ronald Reagan nominated Jeff Sessions for Attorney General, he withdrew because of the attacks of him being racist. . . despite the fact that it was completely false, and even now he is having to defend himself against the false accusations. The Democrats are even accusing the Trump campaign of using the "Alt-Right" to engage in Reconstruction Era style voter suppression tactics. While likely just another false accusation, realize the mainstream media remained completely silent during the Obama election when Black Panthers openly used voter intimidation and suppression as a tactic. The good news is that conservatives see through the race-baiting, and the false nature of the attacks. The bad news is that the uninformed voters are flocking like rats to it all, serving the Democrat leadership and media like mindless idiots following a pied piper with a flute.
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Douglas V. Gibbs of Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary, has been featured on “Hannity” and “Fox and Friends” on Fox News Channel, and other television shows and networks. Doug is a Radio Host on KMET 1490-AM on Saturdays with his Constitution Radio program, as well as a longtime podcaster, conservative political activist, writer and commentator. Doug can be reached at douglasvgibbs [at] yahoo.com or constitutionspeaker [at] yahoo.com.