Revealed: JoinTheTeaParty.us took $500,000 in donations, spent none of it on candidates

[pgodbold]

ROFL! A fool and his money are soon parted!

Great story and it couldn't happen to a bunch of nicer folks!

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2010/10/arizona-tea-party-group-469000-donations-spent-politics-report/

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted.

:rofl:

[AsahinaKimi]

2. Thats funny....

I am sure there is someone with a wad of cash in his bank account, planning a Baja fishing trip.

[AmericanMan1958]

3. But the 1st of

tea-baggers being ripped 0ff and disappointed.
But the will be quiet about and take it like good Repukes..

[yourout]

4. Conned out of the their money and their vote......dumb asses.

[Angry Dragon]

5. republicans eating their own

Elections are getting to the point that they do not matter any more

[BeFree]

6. Why didn't I think of that...

..years ago I did think about using reagan's name to take their money.

[Dawson Leery]

7. Christine O'Donnell is living off of her tea party money.

The Republican base IS the most ignorant group of people known.

[cbdo2007]

8. haha, they describe themselves as a "social welfare organization"

[NoPasaran]

9. Sounds like socialism if you ask me!

[lonestarnot]

10. fuckwits will wheedle us out of our eye teeth from shear ignorance.

[somone]

11. We're in the wrong business

I tell ya

[Hassin Bin Sober]

12. Has there ever been a better bunch of rubes ripe for the pickin'?

Like the lady said, "If they're not stealin' a little, they're stealin' a lot!"

[prolesunited]

13. Check this out

"The domain is owned by Todd Cefaratti, an Arizona businessman with a background in data collection. His other business specializes in mining contact information and reselling the leads to clients in the reverse mortgage industry."

My guess is he is earning way more money reselling his "sucker list" to multiple sites. There's more money in doing that than in the initial scam and he looks like a pro.

[oswaldactedalone]

14. That's terrific

Ignorant teabagger morons who donated and got scammed. I laugh heartily at your stupidity.

[Arkana]

15. Sarah spent it all on bikini waxes and Crunchwrap Supremes at Taco Bell.

[pnorman]

16. From that article:

"The CBS investigation, which credited an unnamed east coast activist who hit the telephones with concerns about the group, appears to owe its origins to the conservative political forum Free Republic."

Freek Republic??? That figures! Elsewhere in that article, that guy is described as being in the "reverse mortgage business". Can anyone here tell what that racket is?