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So what?

Substitute the name "Rush Limbaugh" or "Sean Hannity" in place of Len Downie and tell me what the Drive-By Media would be doing now? The earth would cease rotation until pictures of said event were found and broadcast worldwide for days...

[Rembrandt_fan]

You wrote, in response to my 'so what?' comment, "Substitute the name "Rush Limbaugh" or "Sean Hannity" in place of Len Downie and tell me what the Drive-By Media would be doing now?"

It's a matter of milieu, I think: the consensus of one's peers regarding decorum, taste, and mores. For someone in Downie's crowd, the appearance of lap-dancing drag queens has the feel of a prank, a bit over-the-top, but not shocking, so the MSM would (probably) view it as I do: no conflict, no scandal, no story. However, the deliberate introduction of transvestites at a conservative gathering would be so contradictory, so implausible, that it couldn't help but be newsworthy. I can't imagine a possible world where Limbaugh or Hannity would attend a party or dinner or function where drag queen entertainment, booked by staff, would be acceptable.