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| Ex-Tea Party Senator Scott Brown: Letting quacks and hacks rip off Americans in his name. Does he need the money that bad? (Illustration by DonkeyHotey) |
By Eric Hananoki
Fox News contributor Scott Brown is renting out his email list to an outlet that touts shady products like Alzheimer's disease cures and Social Security tricks.
Brown joins several of his Republican colleagues in attempting to cash in on their followers through dubious or shady practices. Mike Huckabee, Herman Cain, and Newt Gingrich have all been renting out their email lists to suspect sources. As Salon's Alex Pareene noted, "the conservative movement is an elaborate moneymaking venture. For professional movement conservatives, their audiences and followers are easy marks."
Brown sent an email this morning with the subject line "5 Signs You'll Get Alzheimer's Disease" to his ScottBrown.com email list. Brown wrote in the email: "Dear Patriot, I thought you might be interested in the offer below from our sponsor Newsmax Health. Thank you, Senator Scott Brown."
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