Political strategist James Carville says it's time for the Tea Party's "fools" and "ditto heads" to get out of Congress.

In a fundraising pitch for the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, the mastermind behind Bill Clinton's 1992 presidential election is the latest in his party to take aim at the anti-tax, small government movement.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., said this month that the "Tea Party can go straight to hell." Former Democratic presidential candidate Jesse Jackson slammed the Tea Party last week at an event honoring Martin Luther King Jr.

"I'm sorry, but these Tea Partyin' fools in Congress have got to go," Carville's plea for money begins.

He says Democrats are more than $38,000 short of their goal to reach $500,000 before the end of August.

"The media and pundits will use our grassroots fundraising totals to judge our will to call out the GOP on their hypocrisy and lies -- so I'm asking you to act right now," Carville writes.

The founders of the Tea Party Patriots criticized Waters, President Obama and other Democrats for their "violations of civility" and wondered why they weren't being called out for their attacks on the Tea Party.

Democrats need a net gain of 24 seats in the U.S. House to oust Republicans from power. The GOP won the majority last year with the help of the Tea Party movement, which elected dozens of new Republicans to Congress.