December 11, 2012

Rachel doing what she does best, going into the thicket of details of how conservative groups purportedly there to support conservative causes are more often just a means to line the pockets of a few select individuals. In this case, Maddow details the Dick Morris/Newsmax unholy alliance which looks illegal but probably isn't; the Dick Armey/Matt Kibbe/FreedomWorks scam; and the Mike Huckabee effort to defeat Obamacare with monies from the unsuspecting. That many of these individuals and efforts are related to Fox News should surprise no one.

Rachel Maddow reviews the many ways the conservative movement is rife with scammers more interested in making a buck off the fear and paranoia of conservative media audiences than they are in crafting cogent political arguments.

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