A meeting of the vas…

A meeting of the vast left-wing conspiracy took place recently, led by (of course) George Soros.

George Soros told a carefully vetted gathering of 70 likeminded millionaires and billionaires last weekend that they must be patient if they want to realize long-term political and ideological yields from an expected massive investment in “startup” progressive think tanks.

The Scottsdale, Ariz., meeting, called to start the process of building an ideas production line for liberal politicians, began what organizers hope will be a long dialogue with the “partners,” many from the high-tech industry. Participants have begun to refer to themselves as the Phoenix Group.

Well, at least we know it is an organization (that has been around a while), not just some idea thrown out by Hillary Clinton when the chips were down. Y’know, aren’t these the kinds of people liberals are always railing against? The “evil rich”?

Participants were tight-lipped, saying they wanted to keep media expectations low, even suggesting that the Scottsdale gathering was too insignificant to report. Other participants included former White House press secretary Mike McCurry and New Democrat Network president Simon Rosenberg.

Let the coverup begin, in spite of cheap shots to the contrary.

[Sarah] Ingersoll [spokeswoman for Stein’s Democracy Alliance] said funding transparency is a priority, which she said would contrast with some right-wing groups.

But transparency was not on display among the Scottsdale participants contacted by The Hill. Details of the meeting remained sparse.

Oh, and this is rich.

Ingersoll denied that progressives are merely trying to replicate [the] Heritage [Foundation] and Fox News.

C’mon, can’t we be honest here? “Air America” is simply an attempt to replicate Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity. Unless by “merely” Ingersoll means “not just replicating, but also doing other things”, but the context doesn’t allow for that. In the rest of the article, it’s all about think tanks and such, which Heritage is. To wit:

One source at the DNC with direct knowledge of the agenda said that the Phoenix Group had three specific goals at the outset. It wants to create liberal think tanks, training camps for young progressives and media centers.

Heritage is a conservative think tank, so they do want to replicate it, or at least bolster those that already exist. And what exactly would a “media center” be a foundation for?

But the Phoenix Group is not beholden to the political calendar, and several sources insisted that four-year electoral exigencies were not motivating the project. Indeed, part of the reasoning in keeping D.C. consultants away from Scottsdale was to shield the high-tech donor base from political operatives, who are always eager for quick dollars to buy media points and fund direct mail.

“This is bigger than that,” the DNC source said

Ominous, no?

UPDATE: Clayton Cramer has further thoughts. “You would think that the Brookings Institution, the Joyce Foundation, and America’s universities weren’t already fully funded.” The latter would count towards “training camps for young progressives”.

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