If a trick-or-treater shows up at your doorstep dressed as "Evil Kerry"...

[St. Jarvitude]

Do you still give him candy?

I'm not doing anything on Halloween this year (at least that I know of) and I have this scary idea that some little kid will be on my porch dressed in a freaky, twisted, ridiculous rendition of John Kerry.

I'm not all that great dealing with little kids, so I'm naturally afraid I'll get frustrated and just not give them candy - which of course violates the spirit of All Hallow's Eve.

Ideally, I would give him candy while giving off a clever political line, but I really doubt I'll care enough on Halloween to do something like that.

[NYC Liberal]

1. Give him a Kerry sticker to wear.

;)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. Give them raw carrots and broccoli.

You can always claim you were being health-conscious and didn't want to rot their teeth.

[Cerridwen]

6. Frozen without the bag...should thaw nicely by the time they

get home.

Chocolate soup.

Okay, that was just evil.

Guess my pissy mood is still lingering.

:shrug:

[TheMightyFavog]

3. Give him a Kerry button and bumper sticker?

:shrug:

[NYC Liberal]

5. OR, maybe tell the kid to

go ask his parents why Bush is a fascist warmongerer...;)

[Digit]

4. Give them some of your change and tell them it is for therapy.

[JohnKleeb]

7. Ahh you should do something this halloween then

Really, and I know I am gonna get laughed at for this or eyes rolled at but last year when I was 16 I still went trick or treating mostly because of peer pressure and the desire for candy heh, I don't know what I am doing yet, try to see if there are any parties that night, thats what I plan to do, I don't have school the next day though.

[shraby]

13. Treat yourself...

put a pumpkin by the fan under the hood of a car...we did one time. Was the guy mad or what!!!

[Mojambo]

8. Of course I would

It is likely that the kid's freeper parents forced the costume on them anyway.

No need to punish the kid further, they have it bad enough already with ignorant a-hole parents.

[Still_Notafraid]

9. Give him/her

a apple or something then give the kid next to him/her some chocolate bars!

[gmoney]

10. Tell the kid to get a job, or keep Army enlistment forms handy

If they're Republicans, they're against handouts, right?

[St. Jarvitude]

15. Don't want to scare the kid

I'd certainly do that if the person were obviously doing this consensually, like if they were over the age of 10.

LOL, great line about the "handouts" :D If one comes by (God forbid) with their fundie parent, I'll say "Sorry, but the way I understand it, you're against handouts." and shut the door.

The last thing I want to do though is get all guilty because I made a 6-year-old kid who doesn't even know how to spell President (not that this problem is exclusive to 8-year olds :D) cry by telling him to enlist.

[jpgray]

11. My Halloween policy is everyone gets candy

I don't care if you're eighteen with no costume. You come to my house, you will get good candy.

[JohnKleeb]

16. great

we'll stop at your house this year ;), kidding I may actually not go and I hardly ever go in costume anymore.

[JI7]

12. give them the Candy and maybe some small pro Kerry note or sticker

[Lizz612]

14. Give the poor kid the candy,

And shoot the parents a nasty look. Double the nastiness if you have a Kerry lawn sign.

And what if the kid comes as a nice Kerry? How will you know the difference?

[St. Jarvitude]

17. A "nice Kerry" costume would be decked out in Kerry signs

Like, literally draped in Kerry bumper stickers and signs.

The "bad Kerry" masks and stuff don't even look like Kerry at all. I wish I had a picture to post, but I saw one somewhere recently (can't remember... damned sleep deprivation) and I barely recognized it.

[BlueJazz]

19. "Give the poor kid the candy,"

"And shoot the parents a nasty look".

Can I just give the Kid some candy and shoot the parents? :)

[traco]

18. Realize it is his parents

not him that thinks Kerry is evil

He/she is a child with no control on what costume the parents buy for them!