Masters of Manipulation: Obama Administration | Part 2: Types

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MASTERS OF

MANIPULATION

How The Obama Administration Uses

Alinskys Rules for Radicals

To Manipulate The American Public

By

Victoria Nissen


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Copyright 2010 Victoria Nissen. All rights reserved. This book may notbe published, reproduced, transmitted, emailed, photocopied, scanned, or

otherwise distributed or produced in any form without the prior written

consent of the publisher. Printed in the United States of America.

ISBN: 978-0-557-57065-2


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

AUTHORS PREFACE ...................................................................... 11

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 13

The Simple Art of Manipulation .................................................. 18Where Do We See Manipulation? ............................................... 23

TYPES OF MANIPULATION ........................................................... 25

Passive Manipulation ..................................................................... 25Election Results ........................................................................... 26News Reporting ........................................................................... 27

Passive Ridicule .............................................................................. 29

Group Dynamics ............................................................................ 29

How To Manipulate the Group Process ....................................... 33

How to Create Victims ................................................................... 38The Stockholm Syndrome ............................................................ 38

The Kidnapping of Patty Hearst, Another Example of StockholmSyndrome ..................................................................................... 40Kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart .................................................... 41

STEALTH MANIPULATIONS ......................................................... 43Cults in America .......................................................................... 43Manipulating to Rule A Nation .................................................... 50How Can Manipulation Be Avoided? .......................................... 59

THE MASTER OF GRASS ROOTS MANIPULATION .................. 63

Who is Saul Alinsky? .................................................................. 64

WHAT IS A COMMUNITY ORGANIZER? ..................................... 81

MOTIVATIONS FOR MANIPULATION ......................................... 87

Transition From Barry Soetoro To Community Organizer ...... 87

THE POLITICAL BAPTISM OF OBAMA ..................................... 101

THE ATTENDEES ........................................................................... 105

Bill Ayers and Bernardine Dohrn .............................................. 105

Alice Palmer ................................................................................. 111

Dr. Quentin Young ...................................................................... 112


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The Conversation .......................................................................... 113The Agenda ................................................................................... 113

MESSAGE FROM THE GRAVE ..................................................... 117THE RULES FOR RADICALS ........................................................ 121

The Rules ....................................................................................... 129SYMBOLIC MANIPULATION ........................................................ 139THE TOXIC NETWORK OF SUPPORT FOR CHANGE ............. 141

The Weathermen .......................................................................... 141Wade Rathke ................................................................................. 142Heather Booth ............................................................................... 143Jeff Jones ....................................................................................... 145

THE OBAMA A TEAM ................................................................ 147Rahm Emanuel ............................................................................. 147Nancy Pelosi .................................................................................. 149Eric Holder .................................................................................... 151Valerie Jarrett ............................................................................... 152David Axelrod ............................................................................... 153Tim Geithner ................................................................................. 155Janet Napolitano ........................................................................... 155Dr. Robert Gates ........................................................................... 156

THE CZARS ...................................................................................... 159THE AUTHOR .................................................................................. 161

ENDNOTES ...................................................................................... 163


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TYPES OF MANIPULATION

Not all forms of manipulation are active, that is,someone

leading us through the process. At times, we may be the victims of

passive manipulation, where were taught to act a certain way or

expected to retain certain beliefs.

Passive Manipulation

At times, individuals are manipulated based on inherent,

passive beliefs, whether they are true or not, such as the belief that

attractive people are more honest than non-attractive people. These

beliefs are not necessarily taught, but, instead, learned through social

contact and observation, and decisions are derived or manipulated

through these beliefs.

For example, a recent Cornell University study shows that

juries are more lenient with attractive defendants because they believe

attractive people are less likely to be evil or guilty.xx

Generally, an

attractive defendant gets either a short sentence or no sentence at all.

For that reason, attorneys always attempt to make their clients look as

attractive as possible in hopes of manipulating the outcome. Even on

TV shows, the good guys are generally attractive, and the bad guys are


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less attractive. If the bad guy on TV is attractive, isnt that generally

the twist or surprise?

Election Results

During political elections, people do not realize they actually

have inherent, passive beliefs which will influence their voting

decisions. Research at the Institute of Psychology in Poland shows tall

politicians are elected more often than their shorter counterparts

because people tend to believe tall politicians are more capable than

shorter politicians.xxi

Most people are unaware of social manipulations such as

judging a person by their looks or height by which their inherent

observations influence the choices they make.

This explains why political parties always seek

out tall, attractive candidates; Next time a political party picks a dumb

but attractive and tall candidate, youll know why. He or she has much

more of a chance to win against a strong, intelligent short person.

Some of the beliefs of other social manipulations include:

A favor for a favor. One must reciprocate favors.. Tall people make better bosses because they are smarter than

other people.

Tall people are happier than short people. Beautiful people are nicer than ugly people.


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Minorities are less intelligent than other groups. Young adults are more productive than older adults Rich people are happier than poor people. Fat people are lazy. Poor people are more likely to commit crimes. Men are smarter than women. Attractive women are snobbish Blondes are dumb.

News Reporting

We also see passive manipulations in the news that we read,

simply by the way news phrases or reports are structured. Often a

conservative commentator will be referred to as a right wing

journalist which connotes a rigid and old-fashioned belief system.

However, a liberal journalist will have either no title or be called an

activist reporter connoting an active, open minded person. Neither

connotation is necessarily a valid observation of the writer. However,

giving readers a description forces them to perceive reporters in a

prejudicial way before viewing their writings.

Other phrases which manipulate our way of thinking are:


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1. Home grown terrorist . Usually connotes a right wing person;however, many terrorists are anti-establishment, left

wing,whether theyre homegrown or not.xxii

2. Undocumented Workers. These are people who are in theUnited States illegally. Its like calling a bank robber an

undocumented customer.

3. Social Justice. Another term for redistribution of wealth.Taxing the rich and middle class to give back to the poor of all

countries.

4. Tax Cuts for the Rich. The Bush tax cuts covered all who paidtaxes; no such thing as just for the rich, although the rich pay

more in taxes than the middle class and poor.

5. Commercial chieftains. These are the CEOs and uppermanagers of corporations. When referred to as commercial

chieftains, it gives them a negative aspect of power grabbers.

6. Tea Baggers. No comment here7. Astro Turfers. Nancy Pelosi used this term when describing

tea partiers, suggesting that wealthy supporters were

contributing and running the protests. Thats an odd attack

coming from the party of Progressive promoter, George Soros.


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8. Corporate welfare. Usually refers to tax cuts, which are thesource of growth and expansion for most companies.

9. Birthers. Negative title for anyone that wants to see thePresidents real birth certificate.

Passive Ridicule

Silence can be just as manipulative as verbal communications.

During the healthcare debate, Americans were excluded from the

issues. Representatives refused to discuss the details of the bills with

constituents that voted for them and pay their salaries. Its not only

abusive and offensive to our system of government ,its a personal

insult to those Americans that are affected by the sordid facts of higher

taxes and less care, reflected by health reform.

The administration also remains silent at times . All of the

Presidents speeches are perfectly staged and scripted with the perfect

message. At press conferences, the President will not take questions

from the press; if he does, theyre limited. This form of silence is

manipulating and abusive to Americans. After all, politicians work for

us!

Group Dynamics

Alinskys Rules for Radicals work because they are played

within the dynamics of a group setting.


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Most people like to think of themselves as being informed

about current events. When asked a question, they respond with their

opinions. One-on-one discussions reveal thoughts based on levels of

education, experience and knowledge. Something different happens

when most individuals find themselves in a group setting; the dynamics

of intra-communications change the outcome.xxiii

The group process is different from a one-on-one discussion

because in group discussions participants interact and influence each

others responses. Assembled or pre-chosen groups, such as seniors,

Asians or homeowners, develop a number of dynamic processes that

separate them from an arbitrary collection of individuals.

In any group, people are worried about saying the wrong thing

or being laughed at; they are afraid of speaking too much or not

speaking enough. Group dynamics persuade individual opinions to

form aggregate conclusions, which may not directly represent the

opinions present. In some cases, this persuasion deters independent

opinions group members. This hesitancy to speak out is exactly how

proponents of Alinskys rules benefit. I know many Conservatives that

are afraid to speak out for fear of ridicule or verbal assault.


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The Process

Within most groups, there is a facilitator or leader who usually

has a strong influence on the group due to his or her leadership role as

administrator of the groups beliefs. For Alinsky, this was the

Community Organizer. As with all inherent passive manipulations, the

leaders sex, race, age, income and appearance factor into the group

dynamics and how they feel about the facilitator. In the end, the

members of the group will base their opinions on the relevance and

credibility of the group leaders superficial qualities. If a group leader

is attractive , friendly and funny, the group will more likely agree with

that person or believe that person. They are less likely to find

credibility in a person who is too young, too old or unattractive.

When Barack Obama was hired to be a community organizer in

Illinois, he was chosen because he was Black. Gerald Kellman, who

hired him, thought the inner city residents could relate to someone

similar to themselves over a White organizer who was looked upon as

an outsider.

Manipulation is more easily accomplished through the process

of group dynamics than in one-on-one exchanges. Certain techniques,

like divide and conquer, criticizing a member, or just the fear of a

members reprimand, permits the leader to maneuver the group process


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into drawing certain conclusions. In a group setting, individuals are

less likely to speak out or offer an opinion thats different from the

majority.

In 1972, Psychologist Irving Janis coined the term,

Groupthink,xxiv

Its not a surprise, as well find out in future chapters, that one

of Saul Alinskys tactics was to confuse the group. He knew that

confused groups are more likely to be controlled over educated

groups.

as a situation where a group makes faulty decisions

because internal pressures lead to a deterioration of mental efficiency,

reality testing and moral judgment. Groupthink is especially

vulnerable to manipulation when members are similar in background,

isolated from outside input, and maintain no clear rules for decision-

making. When a person is in a homogenous club, like a political or

religious association, members generally share the same beliefs, and

thus form the same conclusions.


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