An Armey of One

The recent meltdown at millionaire-funded, tea bagger astroturf organization "Freedom Works," wherein a veritable armed coup d'etat was attempted by former Rethug House Majority Leader Dick "Dick" Armey, has been captured best by this, from the inimitable Charles P. Pierce:

Dick Armey walks into the Wingnut Welfare equivalent of NORAD, and he brings along an "aide" who's packing, and he walks out with eight million bucks? You do that at a Gas 'n Sip and walk out with $50 in quarters and you do 10 years. The rich are different from you and me. Many of them are morons.

Regardless of the schadenfreude one can get from watching these truly awful people engaging in their petty power struggles, it's sobering to note that the plutocrat keeping this "grassroots" organization afloat, Richard J. Stephenson, has $8 million to throw at Dick Armey just to keep his stank out of the "Freedom Works" suite.

(Photo: "Here's your pretend cowboy hat - and $8 million - what's your hurry?")