Ted Nugent believes Saul Alinsky and racism are responsible for people hating his music

On Tuesday, Ted Nugent called the mayor of Longview, Texas "clueless," "dishonest," "racist," and claimed that he had "bamboozled the good citizens of Longview." Last month, the town withdrew its invitation to have him headline its annual July 4 Fireworks and Freedom Celebration.

When the invitation was revoked, Mayor Jay Dean said that Nugent's concert "didn’t really fit what we trying to put together, a family oriented program...and I confirmed with his thoughts that that probably wasn’t the right act. And I still feel that it was the right decision. It just didn’t fit with what we were trying to put together."

On Saturday, Nugent told the Forth Worth Star-Telegram that the real reason for the revocation of the offer was that Mayor Dean is racist. "I hear from reliable sources that the mayor is a racist and was offended that my band performs mostly African-American-influenced music," he said.

"Everyone knows ol’ Uncle Ted is the ultimate Independence Day rockout with the ultimate all-American, soul music, rockin’ soundtrack of defiance, liberty and freedom. We shall carry on. We are the good guys. Clueless, dishonest people like the mayor are the bad guys."

Responding to questions about the cancellation on Tuesday, Nugent claims Mayor Dean lied about the content of his concerts. "The lie that my concerts are inappropriate for any city anywhere is absurd," he said in an email obtained by The Tyler Morning Telegraph. "My family friendly concerts are legendary and will continue to be all summer long in 2014."

"Those that hate me are following the Saul Alinsky playbook on how to dismantle, fundamentally transform the greatest nation and quality of life the world has ever known," he continued.

"Those that hate me hate America, plain and simple."