Say Anything Blog

Sadly, this sort of thing was par for the course among Democrat "activists" this last election cycle.

MILWAUKEE - The sons of a first-term congresswoman and Milwaukee's former acting mayor were among five Democratic activists charged Monday with slashing the tires of vans rented by Republicans to drive voters and monitors to the polls on Election Day.

Sowande Omokunde, son of Rep. Gwen Moore, D-Wis., and Michael Pratt, the son of former Milwaukee acting mayor Marvin Pratt, were charged with criminal damage to property, a felony that carries a maximum punishment of 3 1/2 years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

The activists --� all employees of the John Kerry campaign --� are accused of flattening the tires on 25 vehicles rented by the state Republican Party to get out the vote and deliver poll watchers Nov. 2. . . .

One witness told investigators the five defendants, dressed in "Mission Impossible" type gear, black outfits and knit caps, left the Democratic Party headquarters at about 3 a.m. on Nov. 2, and returned about 20 minutes later, extremely excited and talking about how they had slashed the tires.

Democratic Party of Wisconsin spokesman Seth Boffeli said the five were paid employees of Kerry's campaign, but were not acting on behalf of the campaign or party.

Where does the Associated Press get off calling these guys activists? Activism is calling your congressman or handing out literature to promote an issue. It is not vandalizing your political opponent's campaign property. These people should be called what they are: Criminals.

Also, its interesting that these criminals came back to the Kerry campaign headquarters "extremely excited and joking" about slashing the tires. Who else in the campaign knew about the crime that was committed and failed to do something about it?