Ayn Rand is to Liberals what Saul Alinsky is to Conservatives

[brooklynite]

.....and neither is going to convince an Undecided voter how to vote.

[jberryhill]

1. Yep

[Warpy]

2. Not really. Many of us on the left have actually read both of them.

Few people on the far right have read either.

However, undecided voters can be reached by describing the philosophies, especially when it comes to pointing out that the far right has followed Alinsky's playbook practically to the letter, even though their policies are pure Rand.

[progressivebydesign]

3. Not sure I agree. Ryan can be definitively tied to Rand's ideology NOW...

and it will affect his governance.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

8. I agree with you. Obama and Saul Alinsky are not inextricably linked. Ayn Rand and Paul "Lyan" are.

[pscot]

4. Except nobody knows

who Saul Alinsky is.

[Kalidurga]

5. In this sense...

Saul Alinsky is a boogyman to RWers. Most don't know who he is or what he stood for, but they are terrified of him. Ayn Rand is a terrifying type of person, who worshiped a serial killer, but now she is shorthand for "evil", so is comparable to Alinsky in that way. However, I disagree that Ryan's love of her isn't going to have any kind of impact at all. It may be negligible or it might be great. It depends on if you view his budget plan as the spawn of Ayn Rand's thinking or not.

[Yavin4]

6. Where's The Video of Obama Praising Saul Alinsky?

Where's the Obama quote where he credits Saul for getting him into politics.

[ilikeitthatway]

7. No, Ayn Rand is now a big topic of conversation and shocks the public

n/t

[brooklynite]

9. No, Ayn Rand is a big topic of conversation among bloggers and the politically aware...

...not the low-information independent voters.