{{Cquote|Olson discusses the Clintons' method of dealing with enemies, which is straight out of the writings of [[left-wing]] crank [[Saul Alinsky]]: demonize, polarize, and destroy. Witness [[Ken Starr]], [[Newt Gingrich]], [[Paula Jones]], ''et al''. Olson, a former Senate counsel who investigated the Clinton Administration's FBI file caper and Travel Office fiasco <ref>[http://www.mail-archive.com/ctrl@listserv.aol.com/msg34192.html ''Hell to Pay : The Unfolding Story of Hillary Rodham Clinton'',] Reviews, retrieved 05/21/07.</ref>}}
*A literal example of the politcs of personal destruction from the Sual Alinsky field manual was utterred by [[Democratic]] [[2008_Presidential_Election#Declared_Democratic_Party_Candidates|Presidential hopeful]] [[John Edwards]] in 2007 about social commentator [[Anne Coulter]]. Edwards spoke of "that she-devil Ann Coulter" and in same breath said "people like Ann Coulter, they engage in [[hate speech|hateful language]]." <ref>[http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/08/edwards-calls-c.html Edwards Calls Coulter 'She-Devil'], ''ABC NEwsNews'', August 17, 2007.</ref>
==See also==
*[http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-hayward032703.asp Old Liberalism, R.I.P.,]Steven F. Hayward, ''National Review Online'', March 27, 2003
*[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,904228-4,00.html Radical Saul Alinsky: Prophet of Power to the People,] ''TIME'', Mar. 02, 1970.
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