Last August, ThinkProgress reported that Max Pappas, the vice-President of FreedomWorks, the corporate lobbying group that engineered the AstroTurf tea-bagging pity-parties, was engaging in friendly conversation on CSPAN with a caller from the the Council of Conservaitve Citizens (CCC).  The CCC is a far-right bigoted racist group, founded by a longtime white power activist and are far from showing their undying love for the Untied States, instead claiming that the U.S. is a “European country.” Given an opportunity to reject the repugnancy of this individual who was calling in to tell Max that he was a “true patriot”, Mr. Pappas instead reveled in the praise that the CCC caller was showering upon him.  Max’s flirtation with the right-wing fringe went contrary to a suggestion from a veteran Republican who called in to tell Max to “wrap these people down.”  Indeed, Max vocally dismissed the idea that FreedomWorks would distribute an email telling their passionate followers to “calm down.”

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