Dick Armey who was deemed a lunatic even by Bush neocons has exited ...
Former congressman Dick Armey has quit FreedomWorks, the conservative group he helped bring to national tea party prominence.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...-freedomworks/
Armey confirms that he wrote a letter to FreedomWorks President Matt Kibbe on Nov. 30, resigning from the group, as first reported by Mother Jones.
He told the Post that he does not know who leaked his resignation letter.
“We accepted his letter of resignation and we wish him well,” FreedomWorks press secretary Jackie Bodnar said.
“As I resign from all board positions and duties, please see below a list of dispositions on outstanding issues: I expect to be fully compensated through the expiration date (December 31, 2012) of my current consulting contract with FreedomWorks,” he wrote.
“Henceforth FreedomWorks shall be prohibited from using my name, image, or signature in any way or for any purpose without my written permission or in the event of my death, without my heirs written permission.”
He asked for his name, image, and signature to be removed from all FreedomWorks materials — “letters, print media, postings, web sites, videos, testimonials, endorsements, fund raising materials, and social media.”
Armey also barred the group from using ”Hitting the Ground Running,” a guide he wrote for House freshmen.
Max Pappas, the group’s former vice president for public policy and government affairs, has also left.
A former House majority leader who represented Texas from 1985 to 2003, Armey started his post-congressional career at the conservative advocacy group Citizens for a Sound Economy.
When the Koch-backed group split in 2004, he took over FreedomWorks. (The other offshoot is Americans for Prosperity.)
In 2009, FreedomWorks rove the tea party wave to national prominence, building a grassroots network with influence among conservative activists around the country.
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