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I’ve pointed out in the past that right wing grifters do more good than harm, siphoning off conservative money into their own pockets so that it can’t be put to productive political use. But there’s an exception to every rule, and this grifter may be the exception to this rule.

Sarah Palin has raised the art of grifting to a new high, and we lefties couldn’t be happier: These days, many of Palin’s Facebook posts are about her family’s latest exploits; her scorching political missives seem fewer and farther between. Her political action committee, Sarah PAC, collected about $5 million during the 2012 election cycle, [...]

Another chapter in the ongoing saga of Republican grifters. Republican/Fascist sheriff Joe Arpaio is investigating Obama’s birth certificate (any bets on what his conclusion will be?) with the help of allegedly renowned volunteer investigator, Michael Zullo, who, with the help of veteran grifter Jerome Corsi, has written a book to soak the rubes that still [...]

Take this, Stephen Colbert: Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) launched a special fundraising political action committee in October, pledging to use the money to fight illegal immigration and take on other issues she believes in. But based on financial disclosures filed this week, she has so far used it to do little more than buy [...]