Breitbart's been on tv for a few years, in various stages of clarity and anger. Recently he's entered an admirably combative stage, occasionally shouting back at the buffoons who protest him and his various causes.
One of the greatest contributions Breitbart has made to the media are his websites: Big Hollywood, Big Journalism and Big Government. The Pigford Scandal immediately comes to mind as one of the most significant scandals of the decade yet to fully bloom.
The first thing you learn about Andrew Breitbart in this book is that he's no angel;his college career was a nightmare of everything parents worry about when they send their kids off to the hands of ivory towered baby boomers who've retreated into ruining youngbrains rather than burning bras and protesting in the state capitol building (wait...).
Breitbart's college years are horrifyingly enlightening. Suffice it to say they make an interesting read.
In the chapter entitled The Complex Strikes Back, he details the sophisticated mechanisms in place to make the right, in particular Bush (who has a knack of doing that himself) look silly, stupid and out of touch. You might notice that the whole "dissent is patriotic" fell out of favor immediately upon the appearance of the Tea Partiers. At any rate, those are some organizations Soros has set up.
I learned a great deal from reading this book; one point Breitbart makes is that he has an advantage as a single individual "who can act swiftly and make decisions on the fly," rather than having to consult others in an emergency board meeting with a "leviathan" such as ACORN. Rather than pity himself as solitary entity, Breitbart has made himself into his own complex that responds immediately.
Some of the events we knew about are told from AB's point of view, including the outrageous attempt to make Tea Partiers look racist by MSNBC by excluding the race of an individual carrying a gun at a rally.
AB also describes the SEARCHLIGHT egging that we all saw on tv. It was pretty deliberate and nasty but Breitbart shouted them down.
Most helpful is Chapter 7 entitled Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Revolutionaries. Here are specific tips to help the Tea Party crowd overcome their political inexperience:
1. Don't be afraid to go into enemy territory.
2. Expose the left for who they are-in their own words.
3. Be open about your secrets.
4. Don't let the Complex use its PC lexicon to characterize you and shape the narrative.
5. Control your own story-don't let the Complex do it.
6. Ubiquity is the key.
7. Engage in the social arena.
8. Don't pretend to know more than you do.
9. Don't let them pretend to know more than they do.
10. Ridicule is man's most potent weapon.
There's much more than that as far as specific tips, but number 10 is pretty important and it's something the right wing is just learning to use. We need more Greg Gutfield types, which is why he'd be the perfect choice to replace Glenn Beck at 5:00 on FNC. His wit is unsurpassed on the right and he's downright funny.
There's much more. It's both educational and encouraging. His voice is vigorous and somewhat bombastic, but it surely is needed for we FLEAS who are biting the DOG of government.
It's a good read.
Personally I took a good deal of courage from this testimonial; it's amusing when we see various people on tv talking about the "Tea Partiers," some purporting to represent the points of view of the millions of us who exist across this country.
There's a lot of negativity out there and we have to learn to deal with it.
When we (not the Borg, just those of us who rose mysteriously rose up at once) started this venture, we didn't really know why. We just woke up, answered a call. We thought it was a short term project, but it's turning out to be long term. We didn't know that when we started, but we're in it for good.
That is why this guide to [the] revolution is significant. It's politically savvy and it makes us so. We're not operatives, nor do most of us want to be. We just want what's good for this country and we want to be able to defend ourselves.
We fleas didn't necessarily start out politically astute, but we're learning, thanks to the likes of the *courageous* Andrew Breitbart.
Thanks.
We're listening.
There's much more. It's both educational and encouraging. His voice is vigorous and somewhat bombastic, but it surely is needed for we FLEAS who are biting the DOG of government.
It's a good read.
Personally I took a good deal of courage from this testimonial; it's amusing when we see various people on tv talking about the "Tea Partiers," some purporting to represent the points of view of the millions of us who exist across this country.
There's a lot of negativity out there and we have to learn to deal with it.
When we (not the Borg, just those of us who rose mysteriously rose up at once) started this venture, we didn't really know why. We just woke up, answered a call. We thought it was a short term project, but it's turning out to be long term. We didn't know that when we started, but we're in it for good.
That is why this guide to [the] revolution is significant. It's politically savvy and it makes us so. We're not operatives, nor do most of us want to be. We just want what's good for this country and we want to be able to defend ourselves.
We fleas didn't necessarily start out politically astute, but we're learning, thanks to the likes of the *courageous* Andrew Breitbart.
Thanks.
We're listening.
And I'll bet you haven't even read it, anonymous. Really.
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