Trick o' Treat Politik

Mary-Beth and Janice were normal people. They liked vanilla ice cream and watched The Regis and Kelly Show every morning before work. They were also Republicans. And as the pending presidential debate loomed ahead, they decided to show their campaign spirit by putting up a Bush/Cheney poster in their window to display their support for the GOP.

Days went by and the girls also got into the Halloween holiday spirit by putting up orange lights on their door and carving a jack-o-lantern and placing it on their front doorstep. They lit it up with candles and their holiday spirits were high and flying.

One weekend, they were having a nice brunch of french toast and fruits while reading the Sunday newspaper. Suddenly they heard a loud banging on their front door. They glanced at eachother and shrugged because neither were expecting any company. Mary-Beth got up and answered but was startled to see that no one was there. She glanced down and was shocked because their beloved jack-o-lantern had disappeared and was replaced with a white piece of paper. Mary-Beth picked up the paper and walked back in to show Janice.

"Janice, that was weird, no one was at the door, but the pumpkin is gone and there was this paper." They proceeded to read the note:

Your jack-o-lantern has been taken for ransom.
Don't be alarmed. If you follow our requests, he will not be harmed.
If you want your pumpkin back, take down that damn Bush/Cheney poster.

Regards,
Concerned Democrats

Mary Beth and Janice stared at eachother and started laughing. How childish. Had the elections really been reduced down to this. Has the American electoral system been replaced with constituents reduced to stealing pumpkins in order to supress individual policital views. They decided to ignore it, keep their poster up, and continue with their day.

5 hours later.....

KNOCK! KNOCK!! KNOCK!!!

Mary Beth and Janice had just sat down for coffee when they heard the familiar knock. Mary Beth rolled her eyes. "You get it, Jan." Jan chuckled and headed towards the door.

As expected, no one was there and there was another white note on their doorstep. This time there was a polaroid picture clipped to the note.

We see that you refuse to take down your Bush/Cheny poster.
Due to your apathetic actions, you left us no choice.

Regards,
Democrats Up to No Good

The picture attached was of their jack-o-lantern with three butter knives stuck in its orange flesh with ketchup blood oozing out of it.

The End.

*This is a semi-fictionalized account. No pumpkins were harmed in the making of this blog.