If You Can't Win, Slash Some Tires

Five paid employees of the John Kerry campaign, including the son of a congresswoman, were arrested yesterday for slashing the tires of 25 rented vans that were to be used by the Republicans to drive people to the polls on election day. They each face over 3 years in prison.

The punishment seems a bit harsh. After all, these heroes, the new vanguard of the proletariat, were simply making certain that only right-thinking people voted, following the illustrious footsteps of their party's past heroes, who made certain that only "qualified" citizens were able to vote through the benevolence of Jim Crow.

The fact that there were only five of them may prove to be the true failing of the Kerry campaign.