Editing Saul Alinsky (section)

===Appropriation by the Tea Party movement===
In the 2000s, ''Rules for Radicals'' did develop as a primer for middle-class mobilization, but it was of a kind and in a direction—the return to "vanished verities"—that Alinsky had feared. As did [[William F. Buckley Jr.|William F. Buckley]] in the 1960s, a new generation of libertarian, right-wing populist, and conservative activists seemed willing to admire Alinsky's disruptive organizing talents while rejecting his social-justice politics. ''Rules for Radicals'', and adaptations of the book, began circulating among [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] [[Tea Party movement|Tea Party]] activists. According to spokesman Adam Brandon, the conservative non-profit organization [[FreedomWorks]] distributed a short adaptation of Alinsky's work, ''Rules for Patriots'', through its entire network. Former Republican House Majority Leader [[Dick Armey]] is also reported to have given copies of Alinsky's book to leaders of the [[Tea Party movement]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=Elizabeth |date=January 23, 2012 |title=Two Ways to Play the 'Alinsky' Card |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204624204577177272926154002 |access-date=January 26, 2011}}</ref> In ''Rules for Conservative Radicals'' (2009) Michael Patrick Leahy, an early Tea Party leader, offered "sixteen rules for conservative radicals based on lessons from Saul Alinsky, the Tea Party Movement, and the Apostle Paul".<ref>{{cite book |last=Leahy |first=Michael Patrick |title=Rules for Conservative Radicals: Lessons from Saul Alinsky, the Tea Party Movement, and the [[Paul the Apostle|Apostle Paul]] in the Age of Collaborative Technologies |date=2009 |publisher=C-Rad Press |isbn=978-0-97949-744-5 |location=Nashville, Tennessee}}</ref>