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Bill USA

(6,436 posts)
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 04:40 PM Apr 2014

Tea Party Grifters Get Noticed, Finally (WaPo shows some temerity in writing about this)

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/04/27/1295089/-Tea-Party-Grifters-Get-Noticed-Finally?detail=facebook




It's the perfect con because the rubes are the Bigoted, the Cruel and the Stupid.


Five years after Dick Armey laid out the blueprint for a racially fueled astroturf uprising as a last ditch gambit to save the Bush-devastated Grand Ole Party from extinction, four years since Glenn Beck's 'Sermon On The Mall' was witnessed by a mighty pilgrimage of the bigoted, the mean and the stupid, the Washington Post has now, finally, discover that the multitude of Tea Party Evangelists are nothing but grifters. That's some serious investigative reporting there. Breaking news. Now, who would have guessed?
Uh, ANYONE WITH A BRAIN!

Here's the WP's revelation:

[div class="excerpt" style="background: #ffccdd;" ]A Washington Post analysis found that some of the top national tea party groups engaged in this year’s midterm elections have put just a tiny fraction of their money directly into boosting the candidates they’ve endorsed.

This is yet another example why Daily Kos is the Best Damned Newspaper in the nation, reporting next months or next years headlines today. That isn't to say that the reporter, Matea Gold didn't do some nice work convincing her editor to publish this memo of obviousness and she looked up some relevant information:

[div class="excerpt" style="background: #ffccdd;" ]Out of the $37.5 million spent so far by the PACs of six major tea party organizations, less than $7 million has been devoted to directly helping candidates, according to the analysis, which was based on campaign finance data provided by the Sunlight Foundation.
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.. I can't say I'm too broke up about this though....

Tea party PACs reap money for midterms, but spend little on candidates - WaPo


An analysis of campaign finance expenditure reports by The Washington Post found that some of the top national tea party groups engaged in this year's midterm elections have spent a fraction of their PAC money directly on boosting the candidates they have endorsed. Read related article.



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Tea Party Grifters Get Noticed, Finally (WaPo shows some temerity in writing about this) (Original Post) Bill USA Apr 2014 OP
SuperPACs do seem to have "Money Laundering Opportunity" written all over them. arcane1 Apr 2014 #1
Interesting: Jefferson23 Apr 2014 #2
I might have once said, "Greed never leads to any good," but... immoderate Apr 2014 #3
Greed and Hatred (or paranoia) are the suckers downfall, the conmans gain Bill USA Apr 2014 #6
There's a new reality show in there somewhere: Fleecing the Rubes tanyev Apr 2014 #4
"Hey buddy, yuh wanna buy a watch?" Bill USA Apr 2014 #5
37.5 million progressoid Apr 2014 #7
Makes me think the Koch brothers duped the Teabaggers berni_mccoy Apr 2014 #8
Grifters gotta grift! And he's right on with the religious aspect: freshwest Apr 2014 #9
 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
1. SuperPACs do seem to have "Money Laundering Opportunity" written all over them.
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 04:44 PM
Apr 2014

Especially the ones that get tax-exempt status.

Jefferson23

(30,099 posts)
2. Interesting:
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 04:44 PM
Apr 2014

Yep, that's a lot of money alrighty. $30M paid mostly to professional fundraisers, direct mail, telemarketing and the like. Probably some payola to conservative bloggers, they do that a lot. Mostly it went to the TeaBag Evangelicals at the top of the pyramid:

 

immoderate

(20,885 posts)
3. I might have once said, "Greed never leads to any good," but...
Mon Apr 28, 2014, 05:13 PM
Apr 2014

They cannot resist screwing the golden goose!

--imm


 

berni_mccoy

(23,018 posts)
8. Makes me think the Koch brothers duped the Teabaggers
Tue Apr 29, 2014, 03:36 PM
Apr 2014

They created an AstroTurf movement just to generate revenue for their own companies. Teabaggers should feel like the worlds biggest suckers, but I bet their incredible ability to deny the truth will act as a psychological self-defense mechanism when they are faced with this news. And that makes the Koch brothers seem even more devious...

freshwest

(53,661 posts)
9. Grifters gotta grift! And he's right on with the religious aspect:
Wed Apr 30, 2014, 11:09 AM
Apr 2014
These scoundrels are no better, or different, than the larcenous TV preachers who tell the weak of mind and spirit that they can buy God's blessing with a tithe to their particular Mega-church.

This is the new church of the same crowd's kids now. They know they didn't deserve the loot, so they are as vicious as a crew of pirates against anyone stopping them.

They are buying up real estate and using the money to keep on feathering their nest from privatizing public services and stealing the Commons. Seizing national park land is their next best chance to set up their own dynasties.

The poutrage over the Park Service and all other agencies was just more of the same. They engineered during the shutdown and used it to massage the national consciousness to hate public works, so they can scoop them up.

I've run into these types, they are dangerous pieces of work with plenty of time and money to make some mischief against anyone who resists their scams. They have no boundaries at all in dealing with others, no integrity, no respect.




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