In case you haven’t already seen it:

Yeah he was being a dick, but if dickishness was all it took to get arrested, Bill O’Reilly would have been beheaded by now. I think there are a lot of us out there who would like those very questions answered: why was the 2004 election not contested? Why has Bush not been impeached? (The citizenry doesn’t give a crap about the logistics of it, we just want the entire executive branch run out of town on a rail.)

But more than that is this question of anger and style. This student (I assume he’s a student) is furious with his government — furious enough to fight off a gaggle of police officers. So why isn’t John Kerry that angry with his government? That’s what people like the student and myself want to see in our politicians: the same fury we feel every time Bush speaks and every time more US soldiers and more Iraqis die. I say if you can’t be angry now you don’t deserve to be in public office, and that goes for Democrats as well as Republicans.

Write to John Kerry and ask him to meet with this kid and answer his questions for the national media.