Much of the "Kabul for Kerry" crowd was, predictably, "aid workers," i.e., employees of left-wing nongovernmental organizations subsidized by money confiscated from you by the IRS. Most of the Kerry fans in attendance were on the payroll of U.S. taxpayer-funded projects, said "education aid worker" Stephen Landrigan.

A "health sector worker" from Baltimore named - as Dave Barry says, we are not making this up - Ayan Hussein said she wanted to help bring about a "regime change" in Washington.

The most telling detail was buried eight paragraphs down in the article:

"None of the thousands of U.S. military personnel based in Afghanistan to hunt for al-Qaida and Taliban rebels turned up for Friday's event."

Editor's note: