Some trademark rhetoric form Judson Phillips of Tea Party Nation, the for-profit company that puts on the annual Tea Party convention in Nashville, in a fundraising letter today to TPN members:

Last week, the NAACP released a report that targeted Tea Party Nation, among others, claiming there were ties between the Tea Party movement, conservatives and racists.



This is the latest tactic by the left to try and smear the Tea Party movement and conservatives. Their attempts will only get uglier, especially after this election and heading into 2011 and 2012. ...



Thank you for your generous support in helping us fight liberalism and save this country from the axis of evil known as the progressive socialist agenda.



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