Is 'Carson for President' a Direct-Mail Scam?

If you remember the plot of Mel Brooks' classic movie "The Producers" the idea was that the scammers set out to produce the worst possible play imaginable to be certain it would close after one night. Yet, they made it so bad it broke through the membrane of awful into the sublime. And they were screwed. Which brings us to the Ben Carson campaign. There is a lot of evidence, coming from a variety of angles, that Carson for president is actually a direct-mail scam. Or at least that it started that way.

First, let me explain a bit about what I mean.

Hucksters and cheats can be found everywhere. But particularly on the right there is a significant layer of people in the business of fleecing outraged and/or low-information conservatives of their money.