[CatoRenasci]

Now y'all know the boys and girls down at W&L are just funnin' having Reverend Al come and talk trash -- everyone'll go on over to their frat house or sorority, liquor-up a bit on W&L's traditional bourbon and branch, and get a real hoot out of the talk. Minks know how to do this, nice and politely - thank you - but hootin' inside and at the after parties in private. The only one who doesn't have a clue is Al, who's been set up, if you ask me.

[Romulus]

Thanks for the ping.

The only one who doesn't have a clue is Al, who's been set up, if you ask me.

I remember the stemwinding speech of the 1976 Mock Convention, delivered by Rep. Don Riegle, who'd somehow got the idea that the Convention's purpose was a demonstration of affection and support for the Democrat party. All these years later I still savor his consternation at having his right-baiting, red-meat populism received with hoots and jeers. At one point he departed from his text: "Say, I thought you fellows were supposed to be Democrats." Response: gales of laughter.