The Democratic Party doesn’t run the “progressive”
show in North Carolina. Shadow
organizations with tax exempt status do.
The Godfather of all-things liberal is the Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation. They have set up and funded
fronts like Blueprint North Carolina, which acts as its underboss.
Blueprint North Carolina was ensnared in political
RICO violations. Tax exempt
organizations, by law, are not supposed to target politicians. They were exposed none-the-less by the
Charlotte Observer. Go Figure. CRC reported the following:
Just a few weeks
ago the Charlotte Observer broke the story of the leaked strategy memo that
described the game plan that “progressive” groups should use to attack the
Republican Governor and leaders in the Republican-majority House and Senate.
The memo would not be so unusual, if it had been written by and for a political
party.
But a political party didn’t write it. Instead, it was
circulated by a nonprofit organization, Blueprint North Carolina, that acts as
a coordinating group for the state’s Left. The strategy memo was presented to a
group of left-wing nonprofits at a Blueprint North Carolina meeting, and to the
best of our knowledge was developed and written by at least one of those
nonprofits.
The strategy memo was notable for four
reasons: (1) It clearly indicated that the Democratic Party was no longer in
charge of “progressive” politics in North Carolina. (2) It showed coordination
between left-wing advocacy groups and Democrats in the legislature. (3) It used
overtly aggressive language to describe the tactics the Left would employ. (4)
It took explicit aim at high-profile Republican targets.
Here are a few of the memo’s recommendations:
* “Crippling their leaders ([Gov.] McCrory, [House Speaker]
Tillis, [Senate President Pro Tem] Berger etc.).”
* “Eviscerate the leadership and weaken their ability to
govern.”
* “Pressure McCrory at every public event.”
* “Private investigators and investigative reporting, especially
in the executive branch.…”
It’s surprising the media reported on it at
all. The transgressions by Blueprint
North Carolina were so egregious they really didn’t have a choice. But they left something out. Something that compromises the unbiased
integrity of North Carolina’s media:
“The
WRAL-TV reporter left out the very deep connections WRAL has with Blueprint NC
through its owner, Jim Goodmon, donations and former employees,” the article said.
In 2010 alone, the A.J. Fletcher Foundation gave $35,000 to
Blueprint NC and $380,000 to the NC Justice Center, which initially housed
Blueprint NC when it was formed. (The Foundation’s 990 IRS reports are not
current so there may be other donations.) The Goodmon family, which owns WRAL,
has four family members on the board of the Fletcher Foundation, including
Barbara, the President, and Jim, the chairman of the board. The Executive
Director was formerly the head of the North Carolina Center for Voter
Education, one of the original members of Blueprint NC. In addition, Chris
Fitzsimon, former WRAL-TV reporter, is head of the liberal NC Policy Watch, the
original lead attack group in the Blueprint coalition. Fitzsimon is also
provided free airtime on Goodmon-owned WRAL-FM, from which he launches daily
attacks on political opponents.
De Luca added that the news department of supposedly neutral
WRAL-TV is actually carrying out one of the major projects listed in the
strategy memo. Under the heading “Relentless Earned Media Efforts,” the memo
calls for “some kind of tracking site” that would keep track of McCrory
”Campaign Promises” and then “slam him when he contradicts his promise.” WRAL
appears to be cooperating. The “News” section of the WRAL-TV website has
created a “Pat McCrory Promise Tracker” page, complete with skull and
crossbones flags
.I’m reminded of a scene in the Naked Gun: Nothing to see here. Move along.
Nothing to see here
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