Who Tea'd in their punchbowl?

I like how Democrats have suddenly pulled ninety degrees and started taking shots at the tea party. First, you had Sen. John Kerry saying the mainstream media has a responsibility not to cover the tea parties, which was more than a little disappointing to me. I mean, regardless of whether or not the guy is a douchebag, I defended him when the Catholic church tried to hijack votes for him in 2004.

I'm still waiting for Sen. Kerry to resume his responsibility in the representation of this country, and not trying to jam a new set of talking points and one-liners into his yeshole...

Now, you have former DNC Chair Howard Dean making cracks that the tea party has been "smoking some of the tea, not just drinking it." Keep in mind, he also thinks the recent and historic downgrade of the nation's credit rating by Standard and Poor's is "a good thing," and he's worried about who's smokin' what?

And whatever they may (or may not) be smoking, at least it has one thing in their favor, it doesn't make them scream like a ballpark tasing victim...