To: Jim Robinson; Interesting Times; Nick Danger; nutmeg; diotima; Bob J; Exit148; Libertina; ...
A golden opportunity for gathering FReepers in 2009 is imminent...CPAC (Feb 26-28). For several years, the Free Republic booth at CPAC was a fabulous place for FReepers to meet and greet during the largest annual grassroots gathering of conservatives. The FR booth display was professional quality, and it reflected a positive image for FR. There were always volunteers to cover the booth. The Free Republic booth served not only as a home base for FReepers at CPAC, but it also pulled in new FR members and notable celebrities--including Ann Coulter, Art Linkletter, John O'Neil, Terry McAuliffe, JC Watts, and a host of others.
I have heard several Freepers opine about the years at CPAC when we used to gather at the Free Republic booth. I join the rest of my FRiends in missing those good old days.
Last I heard, the booth was gathering dust bunnies in an undisclosed Virginia attic.
103 posted on
02/15/2009 9:27:42 PM PST by
NautiNurse
(Blagojevich: a mediocre megalomaniac)
To: NautiNurse
The Free Republic booth was great.
I first encountered it at the first Free Republic Inaugural Ball in Jan of 2001 and helped man it at the NFRA event in Dallas later that year.
I was searching for pictures of the booth, but I was using that lame photopoint at the time.
Even paid them, but they went belly up and I lost the uploaded pics.
108 posted on
02/15/2009 10:35:33 PM PST by
Syncro
(Ti Ming -- Use Librally)
To: NautiNurse
For years, CPAC waived their normal booth fee ($2,000 at the time, as I recall) for FR, due to the large number of people FR drew to CPAC. This, sadly, is no longer the case.
152 posted on
02/16/2009 11:28:03 AM PST by
Interesting Times
(For the truth about "swift boating" see ToSetTheRecordStraight.com)
To: NautiNurse
171 posted on
02/16/2009 5:51:44 PM PST by
Bob J
("For every 1000 hacking at the branches of evil, one strikes at it's root.")
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