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Looks like the organization took money meant for charitable work and diverted it to Russo's consulting groups.

That's what this story's purpose is, to get the uninformed to believe their claptrap.

Melanie Morgan came to a Free Republic event in 2001 and Free Republic has been working with her ever since for Patriotic purposes.

She was instrumental in starting Move America Forward, and was the Chairman for many years.

Putting in long hours and not taking ONE DIME in payment, she volunteered her time for years.

She also is the host of the Troopathon every year, and does it for no pay also.

Sal Russo and MAF and The Tea Party Express have been raked over the coals in the Media for years.

All the lies have been disputed and proved to be false information more than once here at Free Republic. The same claims were made about the Tea Party Express which also uses the counsulting firm run by Sal Russo.

In fact this article is pretty much a copy/paste of other false accusations posted here on FR by posters that are low information or "concern trolls" who come here for the express purpose of fighting against Conservatism and The Tea Party Movement.

Jim Robinson and I, and many other FR members, have been working alongside MAF and the TPX since the inception of both.

Which includes working with Melanie Morgan and Sal Russo.

We worked with MAF in 2005 with a convoy to Crawford, Texas where FR put on a large rally/event to counter Cindy Sheehan and her "bitch in the ditch" event in Crawford, TX.

The convoy, or caravan if you wish, was a joint effort of Move America Forward and Free Republic.

I drove the FreepMobile from Fresno, CA with Jim and his lovely wife, Shelia.

We had about 40 vehicles convoying when we pulled into Crawford, TX.

I was honored to be able to walk up the ditch with Gold Star Mothers as they removed the crosses with their sons and daughters names on them that Sheehan was using for her own despicable political purposes.

Free Republic had a Tea Party in Sacramento, CA on Feburary 27, 2009 and I invited all the people that worked with MAF and they came and that was the inspiration for the Tea Party Express.

MAF had several nation wide tours in support of the troops and I went on every one of them (as an UNPAID volunteer), and Jim Robinson went on many of them also.

They have sent over 300 TONS of goodies to the troops in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Also collected thousands and thousands of letters and cards and made sure EVERY TROOP got at least one.

Some of the members actually went to Iraq and personally gave our Troops cards.

The many letters/emails from the troops showing their gratefulness at not being forgotten by Americans are legion.

One of you said that this would have been addressed already if it wasn't true.

It's been addressed several times, and there are threads here on FR about that.

Like I said before, the people cutting and pasting the same tired old leftist talking points know what they are doing.

I can assure you that Free Republic supports MAF and the Tea Party Express and their fine work for our Troops and our Constitutional Republic.

Free Republic is good friends with Melanie Morgan and Sal Russo.

This leftist propaganda will be written about again you can bet on that.

Those of you that did; next time, don't fall for it.

Thanks to all of you that immediately knew the truth about this smear job, you are the Patriots I align myself with.

I watched this thread populate yesterday and this morning, but decided to see where it went before I chimed in.

Free Republic has been represented on every MAF and TPX major event.

Thanks to my friend Danny, the Samoan blogger and MAF employee for years, for posting to clear up some of the outright lies in this article.

I have seen him and numerous volunteers spend long hours packing up goodies for our Troops.