Is tea party a euphemism?

Utter garbage written by bitter former employee and published by fired former editor who has taken his high priced tea party to another employer who will eventually also get tired of the act and the losses.

-- David Asper, referring to a column about the National Post in this week's Maclean's, written by Business Editor Steve Maich. The column was headed "Bleeding newspapers dry".

(All credit to Antonia Zerbisias, who e-mailed Asper and asked what he thought. She posted his response in her blog at the Toronto Star.