A Bush Surprise: Fright-Wing Support: "'Punk has been hijacked by an extreme left-wing element,' Mr. Rizzuto said... his goal 'is rallying conservative punks and getting people to vote.'"
Punk and politics have always been strange bedfellows, but the kids in the article are obviously missing the point. What is the point? Well, it's not what they think it is. The best way to think of punk is the politics of the personal and moving outwards from there. Fortunately, the article ran in the NY Times Sunday Styles section which is, as far as I can tell, a garbage can for ill-advised articles.
