Last summer, Democrats argued that the tea party movement was the AstroTurf creation of corporate groups. Now that the grass-roots conservative resurgence has emerged as a clear force on the right, the left is making a different case: that tea parties are simply the enemy. 
 
 To that end, the Agenda Project, a new, progressive group with roots in New York's fundraising scene and a goal of strengthening the progressive movement, has launched the "F*ck Tea" project, which is aimed, the group's founder Erica Payne wrote in an e-mail this morning, "to dismiss the tea party and promote the progressive cause." 
 
 ""We will be launching new products in the next several months to help people all over the country F*ck Tea," Payne told POLITICO. "Products like a Glenn Beck Bowl Buddy (Beck B Scrubbin) and others are perfect holiday gifts or just a great way to say, 'I love you and our country' to your spouse, friend or family." 
 
 Payne, a veteran consultant to progressive groups, is a co-founder of the Democracy Alliance, the low-profile group of liberal mega-donors who helped build the Center for American Progress and other new organizations that grew in the Bush years. 
 
 The new project, so far, features merchandise, polling statistics aimed to paint tea party members as ignorant and a mocking video. 
 
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 permalink ||||| TEA PARTY FACTS 
 
 64% of Tea Party activists think that America's best years are behind us. 
 
 66% think global warming does not exist or will not have a serious impact. 
 
 57% think George W. Bush was a good President. 
 
 40% think Sarah Palin would also be a good President. 
 
 32% think that violent action against the government could be justified. 
 
 42% want to decrease legal immigration. 
 
 41% believe that gay couples should have no form of legal recognition. 
 
 
 
 45% believe that abortion laws should be stricter than they already are. 
 
 59% like Glenn Beck.
– Progressives are taking off the kid gloves. They've tried dismissing the validity of the tea party movement but now have a new approach: f*ck them. The Agenda Project has launched a "F*ck Tea" project, complete with T-shirts, coffee mugs, and more merchandise to come. The point is simply to "dismiss the tea party and promote the progressive cause," the group's founder tells Ben Smith of Politico. To that end, the F*ck Tea website features polling statistics meant to ridicule tea partiers: 59% like Glenn Beck. 66% think global warming does not exist or will not have a serious impact. 40% think Sarah Palin would be a good president. ...and so on. Click here to read about the Tea Party's fundraising troubles.