[ride the whirlwind]

I think you're right that he (Kerry) has a lot to lose if the truth is finally shouted far and wide. That's why, as the RNC is saying, his party has been trying to give him an "extreme makeover".

No, I don't think a lot of the country was really tuned into this. Not as closely as some of us at FR anyway! (Where's my purple heart for sitting through these liberal diatribes?) Your MIL sounds like an individual who won't back down from her notions as errant as they are.......but you will stay the course, and maybe she'll watch you being strong in your convictions and at least agree to disagree.

[homemom]

I sat thru them too, and rewarded myself with a day of shopping!

My MIL has many "errant notions" and no, she won't back down. Usually, for the sake of peace in the family, I just agree to disagree. However, when it comes to matters of values and character, I argue at least a bit more. I hope to just get her to THINK for HERSELF a bit; sometimes I think that's the highest goal we can have.