Posted on 02/02/2003 8:52:58 PM PST by tgslTakoma
The DC Chapter arrived at CPAC on Thursday, prepared to share a small corner of the National Retail Sales Tax booth, that was donated to Taxman by the Club For Growth. The Weekly Standard booth across from Taxman's was empty, so after lunch Taxman contacted someone at The Weekly Standard. They indicated that they were not going to be using the booth, so Taxman asked them if another group could use it in their place. He was told that it was OK with them, and Taxman handled all the paperwork. Thus, the DC Chapter had a full-size booth that we now needed to fill!
So all Thursday afternoon and late into the night, DC Chapter members worked on a photo collage of DC Chapter's activities, and used up all our color ink cartridges printing up brochures at our homes, with pictures and the DC Chapter's activism highlights.
We want to thank Taxman for his assistance in arranging to have a booth donated to the Chapter. We also want to thank The Weekly Standard for generously allowing us to use their booth space.
The DC Chapter booth turned out great, considering the short time we had to pull it together. We hung our Patriots Rally banner and our Losing Share - Try The Truth banner on the back wall, along with 8 x 10 photos that L_von_Mises had printed up for us, and "Fry Mumia" t-shirts that Doctor Raoul and Abner printed. We had a foamboard covered with Rally photos of speakers and attendees, and photos of our many and varied FReeps on the table. We also had a basket full of buttons and DC Chapter/Free Republic pens. On the table we had brochures, magnetic business cards, regular business cards, Vast Right Wing Conspiracy member cards, and Vast Left Wing Conspiracy cards, RodgerD's flag guides, SAS brochures and CCRM's media bias bookmarks.
We are pleased also with the large number of signups we got from local folks interested in our future activites and events.
We were talking with a couple of interested young college Republicans at our table when Terry McAuliffe and his entourage of at least 8 others barreled up to the table, displacing the two guys we had been talking with.
McAuliffe extended his hand to Angelwood and introduced himself, although Angelwood already knew who he was. ;-) He was wearing his shifty used-car salesesman grin, very pleased with himself at this foray into the enemy camp; that is, until Angelwood spoke to him.
Angelwood called out his name as she shook his hand, slowing him down enough to mention Global Crossing. Then he moved over to where I was and again reached out his hand and introduced himself. I said, "I know you. You're Terry McAuliffe. Do you still have that Cadillac Escalade gas-guzzling SUV?"
He was very quick and forceful with his response, telling everyone within earshot, "I sure do, and I put $20,000 worth of emissions equipment on it!"
Then Angelwood asked him, "Was it your own money?" McAuliffe answered affirmatively, which was seconded by his bodyguard.
So then I said, "Oh, did you take it out of that $18 million of Global Crossing money?"
McAulliffe said, "It wasn't that much," implying that I exaggerated his take in the swindle. His band of groupies and "security" men all laughed at McAuliffe's response... and then McAuliffe beat a very hasty retreat out of the exhibit room.
Your photographer (me) was busy FReeping the crook, so I have no photo to accompany this story. You'll just have to imagine the look on this guy's face when two ladies confronted him with his past.
We had fun doing it. It's too bad it happened so fast that we forgot our McAuliffe chant...
"GLOBAL CROSSSING... 18 MILLION... ASK MCAULIFFE HOW!"
Other members have some interesting stories of their own to tell you, and I invite them to do that on this thread.
I will be posting photo links shortly.
It really was a pleasure to spend "quality time" with you at CPAC this year. Hope to see you soon at another FR event!
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