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Saul Alinsky: A GOP Bogeyman Who Influences Many On The Left And Right

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By MAGGIE HABERMAN | When he claimed victory in South Carolina on Saturday, Newt Gingrich declared that, "The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky." But if any candidate is using Saul

On the night of his triumph in the South Carolina primary, Newt Gingrich declared that “The centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky.” That reference and subsequent references to Alinsky

Republicans in general, and Newt Gingrich in specific, pepper their rhetoric with mentions of Saul Alinsky. "And I believe, if we have a big election with truly historic big choices, that we can defeat Barack Obama by a huge marginit will be an

He can blame Saul Alinsky. On my first day in my first job as a conservative activist, I was handed a copy of Alinsky's “Rules for Radicals.” It was given in part as a how-to manual for organizing political operations and

One of Newt Gingrich's most bizarre lines of attack against liberals and President Obama is that they're basically working from the playbook of Saul Alinsky. This has been a rally cry of his for months now. Most of us who aren't

Kim Jong-il's death brings end to era of cruelty, mystery

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Broadcast networks also stuck with regular programming, which was welcome news for “Survivor: South Pacific” fans. (Update: An earlier version of this story neglected to note that Fox had previously reported Kim Jong Il's death during "Geraldo at Large

The death of Kim Jong Il late Sunday night prompted what were surely many last-minute, drastic changes of newspaper front pages by editors everywhere. Below, see how some of those papers chose to cover the death of the

Kim Jong-il dead. The North Korean leader died two days ago and now no one knows who's in charge or what's going to happen, which is pretty much par for the course for North Korea. Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader

Remember, this is a country so deeply, insanely cultish in its worship of the leader that Kim Il-Sung — Kim Jong-Il's father, and a man who's been dead for nearly 20 years — is technically still president. (Hitchens famously

Broadcast networks also stuck with regular programming, which was welcome news for “Survivor: South Pacific” fans. (Update: An earlier version of this story neglected to note that Fox had previously reported Kim Jong Il's death during "Geraldo at Large

Kim Jong Il Dies at 69

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SHANGHAI — Asian stock markets slid Monday amid news that the mercurial leader of nuclear-armed North Korea has died, raising fears of increased political instability in the region. South Korea's Kospi index dived 4.1

North Korean television announced in a "special broadcast" that its leader, Kim Jong Il, is dead.

By Jason Corcoran – Mon Dec 19 08:57:36 GMT 2011 Russian stocks (INDEXCF) fell for a second day after oil dropped on fears that the European debt crisis is worsening and reports North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il has died damped demand for riskier

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il died on Saturday, the state announced Sunday evening. The 69-year old leader, who ruled his impoverished nation with an iron fist, spread word of his own greatness to the point that he often

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il has died. He was 69. His iron rule and nuclear ambitions dominated world security fears for more than a decade. Kim's death was announced today by state television from Pyongyang. He was suffering from diabetes and