Aren’t you mad about those mean ol’ liberals trying to politicize the attempted assassination of a Congresswoman? The right would never do that.
The Tea Party Express, one of the movement’s largest national groups, blasted out an email plea Monday afternoon asking their supporters to send money to defend them from liberals who are allegedly “assigning blame” to them and Sarah Palin for the shootings in Arizona over the weekend.
“It is quite clear that liberals are trying to exploit this shooting for their own political benefit, and they used deception and dishonesty to try and smear all of us and our beliefs,” the email read, according to Talking Points Memo. “Well guess what: to those liberals in the news media and on the political Left who think you can silence us, you are wrong! Your efforts to try and smear us and shut us up will fail.”
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The Tea Party Express letter continued:
“We have nothing to do with this awful, tragic event in Arizona. Our prayers are with Congresswoman Giffords and the victims and families of this massacre,” the Tea Party letter continued. “We ask you to please stand with the Tea Party Express and show your support for our efforts” with a contribution.”
I can’t wait to hear that this is only fair, since liberals are trying to hurt their reputation.