class webthing:

  def __init__( self,**kwargs):
    setup(**kwargs); <------ How to just stick all those args into this when I call setup()?

  def setup(self, host = DEFAULT_HOST,
                port = DEFAULT_PORT,
                user = DEFAULT_USER,
                pass = DEFAULT_PASS):
    print host;
    print port;
    print user;
    print pass;
    # do setup stuff