Booklist: Rules for Radical Conservatives, by David Kahane

Rules for Radical Conservatives: Beating the Left at its Own Game to Take Back America, by David Kahane
Ballantine Books, 2010
279 pages, no index
Library: 320.520973 KAH

Description
Are you a frustrated conservative shocked by the bunch of far Left fanatics driving the bus-and our future-off a cliff? It's time to fight back with the same ruthlessness that has served the radicals so well-not just now, but for the long term. And who better to reveal their strategies-and their fatal weaknesses-than one of their own? Playing on his all-too-typical hubris and good old greed, we've recruited well-known Liberal apparatchik David Kahane to lead conservatives out of the political wilderness, whether he means to or not. Is he arrogant and obnoxious? Absolutely. Does he deliver the goods? You betcha. We'll let Dave speak for himself:

Please allow me to introduce myself...My name is David and I'm going to share some secrets. I'm going to take you into the smoke-free back rooms of today's progressive political machine to reveal how it really operates-and how you can bring it down. I'll lay out the rules we radicals have used to run circles around you, and clue you in on how to make them work for you, too.

How do I know this stuff? As the son of the sainted "Che" Kahane, I've been schooled in the art of seizing and holding political power as we tranform America one antiquated tradition and constitutional clause at a time. Now I work in Hollywood, where I've perfected the game pioneered by such pros as Machiavelli, Saul Alinsky, and Al Capone, father of the immortal Chicago Way. Read on and learn from our time-tested techniques:

-Know your enemy, his intentions, his weapons and his weaknesses. You too can play relentless, on-message hardball with every scandal, hypocrisy, lie and fundamentally flawed policy your adversaries dish up.

-Become what you behold. Adopt some of our scorched-earth tactics, best described in David Mamet's Untouchables: "They pull a knife, you pull a gun."

-Take No Prisoners. Attack our premises, expose their true nature nd consequences, and pin them on us, hard.

-Never cede anything to the other side, philosophically speaking. Force the Left to argue facts, not emotions. We hate that.

-Treat us with the same respect we give you. None.

-It is better to be feared than liked, especially by your enemies. And it helps to show up for the fight. (Note to past and future Republican candidates)

Why am I telling you all this? Because I thrive on making trouble and, frankly, because I'm proud of what my tam has done. Between us, I don't think it matters if I turn over our playbook to you at this late date. I don't think you can get it together to stop us now. Plus, I got a lot of money.

Happy reading, America! You think you can take us down? Go for it. I dare you.

Table of Contents
Sympathy for the Devil: an Introduction by "Che" Kahane
First Things or Whose Book is This, Anyway?
A Tale of Two Citizens
Part I: The Problem: or The Beginning of Wisdom is Understanding How You Got Here
1. You Have Met the Enemy, and He is Us
-The Cold Civil War
-In the future, everyone will be a criminal for at least 15 minutes (Except us)
-Wiseguys and dolls
Great Moments in the People's History
-Higher Education or The Way to Ro a Society's Brain is through the Emotions of its Children
-The Enemy Within
-The Jake Lingle Society or How We Seized the "Narrative"
Summary Notes on How to Take Down a Nation
-For Four Eyes Only
-The Future is Now
-The WAr Against God
-Our Secret Weapon: Political Correctness
-"Fairness" and "Tolerance"
-Your Last Warning

A Tale of TWo citizens, part Two

Part Two, the Solution: or The Fight for Freedom is Never Over
Rule 1: Know your enemy, his intentions, his weapons, and his weaknesses, and use them against us.
Rule 2: Become What You Behold, including How to talk to a Liberal (and you must)
Rule 3: The Culture is the Message - So Seize It
Rule 4: Get on Offense and Stay on Offense-and Take No Prisoners
Rule 5: Let the Dismantling Begin
Rule 6. At all Times, Think Constitutionally
Rule 7: Adapt the Time-Honored Conservative Message for a New Kind of America and a New Kind of American
Rule 8: GEt Better Officers
Rule 9: Never Stop Fighting Until the Fight is Over
Rule 10: The Fight is Never Over

A Tale of Two Citizens, part three
Afterword: To the Devil, His Due
Part II:




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