The Republic waxes editorially eloquent this morning spinning the tale of a new “moderate” think tank called the Grand Canyon Institute. When the newspaper touts something as “centrist” and “moderate” any reader with a modicum of historical knowledge knows deception is afoot. The editorialist desperately wants to articulate “liberal” but the word just doesn’t form.
We’ll help out.
When the likes of former state legislators Carolyn Allen, Sue Gerard and Pete Hershberger — notorious RINOs all, are on the board as Republicans, it’s not a leap to question the thinking this tank will engage in. They are joined by Democrats, including George Cunningham, cunningly referred to as a budget guru and onetime Phoenix mayor Paul Johnson, a Democrat reincarnated into an Independent — among other members.
Sounds like run-of-the-mill liberals to us. From the website, we know they plan to engage in “elevating, accelerating, promoting, stabilizing and linking.” They also want donations to support their activities. Who’d a guessed?
The newspaper opines that “the institute is led by a bipartisan group of well-respected Arizonans with deep roots in the state,” who “see the pitfalls of extreme partisanship.”
Reading that uproarious line while drinking a morning cuppa Joe is a guaranteed snort-inducer. We suggest you put the cup down until you finish the poorly crafted attempt at fabrication and separating you from your money.
This left-wing “think tank” will provide a nice bookend companion to the other left-wing “think tank” known as the Morrison Institute. They are both concealing their real bent which is to promote liberalism under the guise of intelligentsia. Pure bull! Thanks to Seeing Red AZ for exposing this latest Arizona liberal venture. Since I don’t read the Arizona Repugnant, i would have missed this.
These former legislators are former for a reason. The Republicans might as well have been registered with the Democrats. They never represented the Republican voters in their districts. Susan Gerard eventually went to work for liberal Gov. Janet Napolitano, which should tell where her allegiances were..This new group is a joke as are the “bi-partisans” who are directing its course. When even the Republicans are liberals, it’s clear there is nothing “bi-partisan” going on here.
When Carolyn Allen was still in the legislature, her member page bio listed her occupation as “activist.” She simply neglected to say her activism was for liberals and their causes. She did list that she was a pro-abortion WISH List member. Supposedly pro-life Jon Kyl had Allen on his campaign committee.