title: How can I get the text of a hidden element in Jquery?
body: <p>I have the following css and html...</p>
  
  <pre><code>.hide
  {
   display:none;  
  }
  
  &lt;div&gt;
      &lt;span class='kardashian hide'&gt;Kimmy&lt;/span&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>with the following jquery.</p>
  
  <pre><code>$('div').live('click', function(){
     alert($('kardashian', this).val());
  });
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I remove the "hide" class I get "Kimmy" like I would expect but when it has the "hide" class I get nothing?
  How can I get the text of a hidden element in Jquery?</p>