Quakers, are you ready for your close-up?

It’s all eyes on Pennsylvania, and the entire Clinton clan swooping through campus one by one is only the beginning.

Since — as Eric reported — you showed no kindness to MC Rove (who would?), I thought a guide on how not to treat your future political guests might come in handy.

1. Don’t throw pie. Seriously, that’s so 1914. Yet just five years ago, Nader was pied while endorsing Camejo, a Green Party candidate in California. Camejo then attributed the attack to the Democratic Party’s jealousy of the GP’s growing popularity. Wait, what? Okay, okay — if you need to pie someone, Nader is an excellent choice.
2. Don’t invite someone controversial to speak just so you can totally dis him in public. Lee Bollinger extended an invite to Ahmadinejad only to give him this warm introduction: “When you come to a place like this, it makes you, quite simply, ridiculous.” But.. but… you invited me!
3. Don’t let YouTube commenters anywhere near a microphone. They might say something — hmm, how to put this delicately? — stupid:
   

   Hillary’s was my favorite until the March 25th, ’cause when i watch the Obama Girl’s new video, my vote is FOR AMBER!!!!!!! SHE’ SO HOT, SO PRETTY AND SO NICE!!!!!!!! I LOVE HER!!!!!!!”

4. Don’t make the city look bad. Let’s try to lay off the cop-shootings and fugitive-chasings while our guests are in town, eh? Yep, definitely messed that up the first time.
5. Don’t heckle. You’ll end up looking like an idiot. When a University of Iowa student tried to hurt Rove’s feelings by calling him the “worst person ever” (ooh, burn), Rove snapped back: “Oh yeah? Worse than Hitler, Stalin, and Mao?” Touché.

Tags: election08, manners, pieing

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