DO YOU KNOW ME WELL ENOUGH TO HATE ME? The man who this week became a symbol of Tea Party intolerance was once a major Democratic donor, contributing tens of thousands of dollars to the party. “According to OpenSecrets.org, he’s donated about $15,000 to Democrats since 2000, including a $10,000 donation to the DNC in 2000, a $500 donation to Howard Dean in 2003, and a $1,000 donation to John Kerry in 2004. His only recent contribution to a Republican candidate was $250 in 2002 to retired Rep. Jim Kolbe, then lone openly gay Republican in Congress.”