[AHerald]

Mr Affleck offered a pearl of wisdom to Mr Kerry and his consultants: "You have to enervate the base," the Hollywood heartthrob advised solemnly.

That is just so damn priceless.

(And this guy won an Academy Award for screenwriting?)

[Ann Archy]

Ben thinks HE is running for President!! Are the American people sooooooo dumb that a Hollyweird star could SWAY them??

[Stentor]

You have to enervate the base?

Hilarious.

[lstanle]

Right On!! Enervate the dem base.

Enervate - to weaken or destroy

[vollmond]

(And this guy won an Academy Award for screenwriting?)

The joke I heard was that he won an Academy Award for taking dictation.

[torchthemummy]

"Mr Affleck offered a pearl of wisdom to Mr Kerry and his consultants: "You have to enervate the base," the Hollywood heartthrob advised solemnly."

I am the last to defend any lib like Affleck but it is only fair to note that our great President is one of the all-time tongue-twisted politicians of out time.

I'll give little ben a pass. Mangling words does not generally reflect intelligence (Mike Tyson being an exception); policy, vision, core beliefs, straight-forward, principled stands are good indicators.

[Benrand]

He's more lugubious and ecstatic and bociferous than Mike Tyson, boliviously.

[Wolfstar]

You have to enervate the base," the Hollywood heartthrob advised solemnly.

Bwahahahahahahahahaha...you are so right, AHerald.

For those who don't notice it, what Affleck was advising with his solemn pronouncement was to weaken the vitality of the Dem base. In other words, Affleck doesn't know what "enervate" means. From Mirriam-Webster's online dictionary:

Main Entry: en·er·vate
Pronunciation: 'e-n&r-"vAt
Function: transitive verb
1 : to reduce the mental or moral vigor of
2 : to lessen the vitality or strength of