Saul Alinsky and the Romneys' Progressive Activism

by Dan Riehl

Mitt Romney's father, liberal Republican George Romney, met with and endorsed infamous progressive activist Saul Alinsky; meanwhile, in a defense of Mitt Romney against charges of racism, the National Black Chamber of Commerce points out the significant influence the elder Romney had on son Mitt and credits the Romneys for a long history of progressive activism. Emphasis mine.

No, Mitt Romney is not a racist. As I researched history, over the years I have come to find that the opposite is the case. The Romney Family has a legacy of pro-civil rights, progressive activism and an understanding of how poverty and inequality can hurt people.

This portrait would jibe with Mitt Romney's image as a progressive Governor of Massachusetts, while suggesting any serious conversion to conservatism would not only entail a change in viewpoint but a rejection of Mitt's Father, George — someone he has regularly mentioned as a major influence while campaigning. Taken as a whole, the new information could serve to fuel existing significant doubt amongst an already skeptical conservative base that Romney's already vague conversion to conservatism is more one of electoral convenience than a principled decision.

During all of this advocacy, his son, Mitt, was evolving as a man. He idolized his father and emulated his legacy. Mitt Romney lived amongst Blacks in metropolitan Detroit. He went to the prestigious Cranbrook School. One of our board members, Claude McDougal, is a fellow alumnus of the school.

Buzzfeed first reported the elder Romney's connection to Saul Alinsky, along with photos of the two men together, in a report from yesterday.

"I think you ought to listen to Alinsky," Romney told his white allies, according to T. George Harris's 1968 book, "Romney's Way." "It seems to me that we are always talking to the same people. Maybe the time has come to hear new voices," he said.

The Progressive Alinsky is infamous and actually toxic on the right. Given George Romney's endorsement of him, coupled with his acknowledged strong influence on son Mitt, will do little to assure suspicious conservatives concerned about Mitt Romney's record as a Progressive, including his introduction of RomneyCare in Massachusetts.

Source: http://biggovernment.com/driehl/2012/01/25/saul-alinsky-and-the-rom...

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Comment by Chuck Lowery 7 minutes ago

North east Republican= liberal democrat socialist.

Comment by Gail Cohen 25 minutes ago

Say what you will about Newt (and I was mad at him for backing the liberal in New York) I do not think he or his family has ties to Alinsky - I just hope we are not in a three way race Obama, Romney and Newt with the same person - Newt seems the best of the three, however.

 

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