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In an announcement fraught with irony, it seems that the TEA Party is having trouble raising money.

Some leading tea party activists are concerned that their efforts to reshape American politics, starting with the 2010 elections, are being undermined by a shortage of cash that’s partly the result of a deep ambivalence within the movement’s grass roots over the very idea of fundraising and partly attributable to an inability to win over the wealthy donors who fund the conservative establishment.

“Okay, so you base a political movement on being stingy and distrustful and then want to act amazed when they fail to raise money?” Juanita laughs.  “Sneeze, your brains are dusty.”

“It’s kinda like how the Libertarian Party can’t get organized enough to do any damage.  Darlin’, if they could organize, they wouldn’t be Libertarians.  Hell, if they could get along with other people, they wouldn’t be Libertarians.”

“So, in my mind, this is one of those moments that you wonder what they expected?  They expected greedy people to donate money to anything?  Hell, these people are so tight that when they smile, their toes curl.”