[Darren McCarty]

Coulter differentiated between “people in America who call themselves Tea Partiers [who] are fantastic” and the “con men and scamsters” who “trick good Americans into sending them money, claiming we are fighting for you and they aren’t fighting for you.”

Ann's partially right, but explained it horribly.

A lot of these national tea party groups are con artists. A friend of mine who is a GOP county chair did a little digging on the FEC site and saw little in candidate assistance. He's doesn't consider himself tea party, but he is conservative and gets along well with the tea party groups in his area.

One of the local tea parties in his county is also warning us of the scam as well. Retakeourgov is hq'ed in the county north of mine. They have their own PAC's which do help candidates and do good work up there.

If you're going to donate to a national group, make sure it's one worth donating to that helps candidates and not some fatcat consultant taking us for a ride.

Not everyone who says they are tea party - are. I'd donate to retakeourgov before I donate to most of the clowns out there.

[SoConPubbie]

A lot of these national tea party groups are con artists. A friend of mine who is a GOP county chair did a little digging on the FEC site and saw little in candidate assistance. He's doesn't consider himself tea party, but he is conservative and gets along well with the tea party groups in his area.

One of the local tea parties in his county is also warning us of the scam as well. Retakeourgov is hq'ed in the county north of mine. They have their own PAC's which do help candidates and do good work up there.

Sorry, but what you posted does nothing to prove that "a lot of these national tea party groups are con artists".

Sure, there are a small number of bad apples, but I've seen no conclusive evidence that a large # of them are con-artists and you have done nothing to prove your point.