On AAR: Kerry was invited to Values Voters' conference . . .

[patrice]

Peter Walston LA Times and author of "One Party Country" was just saying to Al Franken, about Walston's attendance at the http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FT&Date=20060925&ID=6051082 that John Kerry was invited and turned the invitation down. Franken was wondering why . . . .

Don't you think that by going there Kerry would give these phony "Pro-Lifers" more importance and hence revive their fading power?

[PATRICK]

1. Snarten up

It's ambush time. Airtime with backstabbers is not worth it unless one is well prepared to turn the tables. Clinton.

[yurbud]

2. snart! very snart!

[PATRICK]

5. Unintentional typo witticism

That usually springs from drinking, tippling the balanced mind toward double entendres and double martinis. In the present case I simply neglected the spielcheck.

[yurbud]

6. my students always like it when I do the verbal equivalent

I pretend like it was intentional, and even use it again later if it got a really good response.

[patrice]

4. Do you think Kerry is capable of such things?

I hope so. This would have been a perfect opportunity to tell these phony Pro-Lifers that War is Social Abortion.

On the other hand, like I said, showing up for them would have made them important and we don't want that!

[zulchzulu]

3. Why would Kerry want to waste time on a bunch of Bush zombies

He'd have to hire extra security just to go there due to the possibility of some "Pro-Lifer" who'd want to kill him... "Values voters", my ass...

Convert them from being anti-choice to pro-choice? Convince them about stem cell research? Talk rationally about the stupid Iraq occupation? Try to convince them that Bush wasn't appointed by God?

Kerry would do better to use his time on Democrats and not try to suck up to a bunch of brainwashed Repugs...