“I’ll go in and rob everyone blind and don’t need to move to Argentina cause the supply of suckers never ends.”
By Tea Party organizations are an purposively inefficient mechanism for relieving rubes from their money:
And then you get a direct mail piece, or an email, or see an ad on the web that promises change by supporting candidates who embrace your ideals.
Hopeful and excited to learn that there are organizations willing to fight for what you think will “fix this country,” you grab your credit card and fire off a donation, confident you have contributed to a worthwhile cause. If only it were so!
The reality may well be far from what you believe, and have a right to expect; in fact, you may be sickened to learn the truth about how little of your money actually goes to directly or indirectly supporting candidates and their campaigns.
I can I assure you, however, that if you respond to a solicitation with money Mitch and Murray will be intensely interested in your contact info.
And as with everything else to do with the Tea Party, none of this is remotely new.