Conservative Coopting Skank: Sign Up for Health Plan, Become a Bush "Conservative" Without Your Knowledge

Every time I think nothing could surprise me with how low some people are willing to go, someone proves me naive! From WaPo on Citizens for a Sound Economy's desperate ploy (although skanky behavior is nothing new for GOP Texas' Dick Armey:

"Before I showed you this form today, did you even realize that you signed a form that was an application for membership in Citizens for a Sound Economy?" her lawyer would ask during a 2004 deposition.

"I don't know what Citizens for a Sound Economy is," she replied.

Chace's experience has brought to light an obscure arrangement between a prominent Republican businessman, J. Patrick Rooney, and a free-market interest group that has netted the grass-roots organization hundreds of thousands of dollars and thousands of new members. Citizens for a Sound Economy -- now called FreedomWorks and headed by former House majority leader Richard K. Armey (R-Tex.) -- has netted more than $638,000 and about 16,000 members through the sale of insurance policies.