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 copies of her own book.
The governor had raised only about $22,000 for Jan PAC by the end of 2011 and spent nearly a quarter of the cash, buying books from Amazon and paying a bill at the luxurious Waldorf Astoria hotel in Orlando, Fla. The rest of the money is still in the bank.
There is nothing, absolutely nothing, that you can mock about the corrupt campaign financing system that these people don’t do in all seriousness. Of course Jan’s a piker next to Sarah, but in her defense, she’s only just started.
One advantage we have is that while we don’t have the billionaires, we also don’t have nearly as many of the grifters, who will soak the funds from these right wingers and divert them away from politically productive uses.
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