When George Romney Met Saul Alinsky

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Conservative Byte
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In the wake of the devastating Detroit riots of the summer of 1967, Michigan Gov. George Romney — a liberal Republican — met the radical organizer Saul Alinsky to discuss the grievances of the urban black poor. Now Romney’s son is fighting for the Republican nomination, and his main rival, Newt Gingrich, has made Barack Obama’s alleged ties to Alinsky a centerpiece of his campaign.

“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.

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  • George

    George Romney would have made an excellent President, and would have done for the US what he did for the State of Michigan. He lost it all bcause he used one wrog word "brainwashed." That really is too bad.

    When Mitt began his political life I was steadfastly on his side and a big supporter, until Iowa that is. The turn his campaign took by making it a grudge match against Gingrich as opposed to nailing Obama the wall turned me off. I thought he was more professional than that, and would use inteligence ad candor to defeat Gingrich, not lies and distortions.

    I will not forgive him for those tactics.

  • Sylvia M. Auten

    Taken out of context and any idiot can

  • spelunker7

    Have no interest in what some man's father said more than 40 years ago. The attermpted tie to Obama's idol, Saul Aklinsky, is preposterous. Gov Romney is the exact opposite of the radical Alinsky.

  • Ann Wilson Kingsley

    Environment and political views of the parents do influence the views of their offspring. Romney's father's Alinsky association is pertinent just as Obama was influenced by his father's Anti-Colonial views and Communist associations. And, Romney's voting record is in line with Alinsky's Socialist agenda, so it is obvious that his father's interest in Alinsky must have been more than just a passing flirtation. I grew up with Willis Carto's Spotlight as my bedtime story when I was a little older, which means my ideological training was Capitalist from birth. The Bible even addresses this issue: "The sins of the father are visited on the son."

    • Gary

      BHO never knew his father, that was all fantacy, he only met his father once when he was about 10.

  • AmericansRon2U

    Romney has a track record of endorsing gay marriage, socialized medicine, higher taxes (MA), abortion, etc. Check out his record instead of what he's saying during an election year. Romney = Obama white! Only uninformed citizens or pawns for the establishment are endorsing Romney. Oh, and no, I'm not for Gingrich either because he is cut from the same cloth. Knowledge is power, folks.

    • Eddie

      And gun control. As Governor of the state of Massachusetts in 1998 he implemented a permanent assault weapons ban.

  • MCGJr

    I agree with the above. What someone's father did is totally irrelevant and not worth the electrons to send it out. I am ONLY interested in what the candidates have to say about THEIR OWN plans, proposals, objectives, et al. Claims and comments about others in the race are of no interest at all.

  • Lonnie Lynch

    Really ? not the way that I see it .. Romney was agreeing with him at the time he was running for governor o Mass. . He changes his tune depending on what office he is trying to fill !!!

  • TEXAS TRUTH SEEKER

    IT IS AMAZING HOW BOTH OF THESE TOP RUNNERS 0F GOP ARE AT THE TOP—-BOTH SUPPORTED BY THE MEDIA.
    BOTH ARE TOXIC TO THE US CONSTITUTION. BOTH ARE TOXIC TO LIBERTY. BOTH ARE NOT CONSERVATIVE. BOTH
    ARE POWER HUNGRY TO THE POINT OF SELLING OUT AMERICA. AS RICK SANTORIUM MAY BE ALITTLE MORE LOYAL
    TO GOP PRINCIPLES, HE TOO IS (PERHAPS EVEN MORE DANGEROUS IN SOME WAYS) UNFIT TO BE PRESIDENT. IT IS ALMOST COMICAL TO WATCH, BUT IT IS TRAGIC TO SEE HOW FAR WE HAVE DRIFTED FROM TRUTH. MONEY AND POIWER ARE IN COMPLETE CONTROL. BIG CORPORATIONS DO NOT WANT FREE MARKETS. IS THERE ANY CANDIDATE OUT THERE THAT CANNOT BE BOUGHT????? THERE IS ONE MAN THAT CAME TO WASHINGTON, NOT TO GET RICH, BUT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. THIS MAN HAS BECOME A GREAT STATESMAN, AND HAS BEEN FEARLESS IN TRYING TO EDUCATE THE MASSES TO "WHO IS DOING WHAT TO WHOM." THANKS TO THIS GREAT LEADER, PEOPLE HAVE STARTED WAKING UP. CHECK OUT THE FACTS. OUR GOVERNMENT HAS BECOME SO CORRUPT, EVEN THE NEWS MEDIA HAS JOINED THEM IN THE DESTRUCTION OF AMERICA.
    RON PAUL——2012—-WE CAN DO IT AMERICA.

    • maddie

      Amen. You just have to look at their voting records to know what they believe, and not a one of the GOP front runners believe in smaller government or personal liberty.