The Democrats hate that the tea parties are peaceful

The second problem with Mr. Clinton’s intimation is that his pious concern about a “vocal minority” protesting government threats to freedom was nowhere in evidence during the Bush administration, when many liberal commentators were caterwauling that President Bush was “shredding” the Constitution. A “vocal minority” certainly believed that the government was the greatest threat to American liberty (they thought Bush a far greater threat than Islamic extremism) — but their saying so didn’t trouble Mr. Clinton.

Nor was Clinton moved to speak out when anti-Bush protestors labeled him the world’s “worst terrorist” and carried posters of the president wearing a Hitler moustache…

Actually, Democrats are reduced to warning that certain attitudes can lead to violence because there hasn’t been any actual violence at the tea party rallies. All have been remarkably orderly and even friendly. You can almost feel the Democrats’ frustration at this.