Michelle Obama used lines from Rules for Radicals, a
radical Far Left book by Saul Alinsky (“father of community organizing” and
a notorious far-left radical) in her DNC Convention
speech.
What to
make of Michelle Obama’s use the terms, “The world as it is” and “The world as
it should be?” From whence do they originate? Try Chapter 2 of Saul Alinsky’s
book, Rules for Radicals.
“Barack
stood up that day,” talking about a visit to Chicago neighborhoods, “and spoke
words that have stayed with me ever since. He talked about “The world as it is”
and “The world as it should be…” And, “All of us driven by a simple belief that
the world as it is just won’t do – that we have an obligation to fight for the
world as it should be.”
