{"id":24988,"date":"2015-02-13T17:31:12","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T22:31:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24988"},"modified":"2015-02-13T17:31:27","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T22:31:27","slug":"the-media-and-scott-walker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=24988","title":{"rendered":"The Media And Scott Walker"},"content":{"rendered":"

The attack on Scott Walker<\/a> from the mainstream media has been going on for a few weeks now. Recently the media found something they thought might work–Scott Walker did not finish college. We need to know more about his college years and why he did not finish. What about his transcripts? Excuse me. Where were these people when it came time to inquire into President Obama’s<\/a> college years, transcripts, etc. Somehow, when it came to candidate Obama, this information was simply not available and not important. Hmmm.<\/p>\n

The National Review Online<\/a> posted an article today about all this curiosity regarding Scott Walker’s college experience.<\/p>\n

The author of the article clearly understands what is happening. He reports:<\/p>\n

The Left<\/a> is now in a full-out attack on Scott Walker. The homepage today has good pieces by Jonah, Kevin, and Charles on the latest brouhaha, Walker\u2019s supposed opposition to evolution, linked to his supposedly mysterious dropping out of college. This is just\u00a0the next step in a\u00a0growing campaign. I wrote a few weeks ago on how the progressives would try to defeat<\/a> Walker, by fear-mongering that he was a \u201cdivider\u201d and a threat to minority groups.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

But what we see now is the \u201cfull Alinsky<\/a>.\u201d The Left is throwing just about everything in the book at Walker early on, trying to Romneyize him: define him and put him so far back on the defensive that he can never recover. With support from the MSM, which is now thrashing<\/a> about trying to figure out why he left college, the progressive Left is perfectly following Alinky\u2019s Rule for Radicals No. 12: \u201cPick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.\u201d This is exactly what is happening today.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The problem with Scott Walker (in the eyes of the political left) is that they have been trying to get him out of office ever since he has been there. His policies have worked, and generally speaking, the voters in Wisconsin<\/a> like what he has done. That makes him extremely dangerous.<\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

The bad news is\u00a0that if Walker\u2019s people don\u2019t fight back twice as hard early on, they may be playing defense the entire game. It\u2019s hard since they can\u2019t fire back at\u00a0a political opponent as they could in a campaign. That is the truly insidious part of the progressive media\u2019s strategy. Whom do you go after, the Washington Post<\/a><\/em> or Slate<\/a><\/em>? But, Walker\u2019s camp can respond in general by employing Alinsky\u2019s Rule No. 5: \u201cRidicule<\/a> is man\u2019s most potent weapon.\u201d Ridicule back those who fear someone without a college degree<\/a>, or someone who takes on bloodsucking unions. Don\u2019t let up.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The good news is, the progressive Left may be Alinskying\u00a0Walker too early. The risk that Walker will be defined by his enemies is high, but so is the chance that the progressive message will get dulled over the next nearly two years\u00a0by its sheer repetition, its patent bad faith, and its desperation. But if Scott Walker is serious about running for the presidency, he won\u2019t take being Alinskied lying down. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unfortunately, this is the way the left does politics in America right now. They will continue doing politics this way until it no longer works. If you want to see this sort of garbage cease, ignore it. As soon as it doesn’t work, the political left will move on to something else.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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