[tgslTakoma]

A "Thank You For Helping At The Table" Honor Role follows:

L_Von_Mises and wife, FreeTheHostages, xthe17th, Angelwood, exit148, Sauropod, hellinahandcart, Mudboy Slim, Taxman, Kristinn, tgslTakoma, GunsAreOK, Doctor Raoul and ned13. We weren't all at the table at the same time, so I may have missed some names. Please chime in if I have left you off the list.

Thank you everyone, for all you did this weekend to help the DC Chapter expand its support base for area events.

[EternalVigilance]

Way to go, guys!

[Angelwood]

DC Chapter Ping List!

Please share your own experiences at CPAC on this thread.

[Exit148]

HeeHee!

Hey, Terry ------ Never underestimate the power, knowledge and memories of Conservative Women!!!

The booth was a success with its basket of buttons and pens. People asked the price, and were told they were free. They took samples, and often left a donation.

[kristinn]

Link to abner's CPAC photo thread.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

LOL to the SUV/FReeping the McAuliffe Creep effort - SUV/limousine liberals indeed! Good on you, DC FReepers!!!!!! WOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

[Tamzee]

Beautifully done :)

A bump and a salute!
Tammy

[Taxman]

Excellent report, tgslTakoma, as usual!

I am happy I was able to help, not realizing that my idea caused you folks to be up all night collecting and assembling "The DC Chapter Show & Tell" materials!

You did a great job! Well done! The booth presented the DC Chapter activites in a splendid manner, and FRom my vantage point across the aisle, was busy, busy busy!

(I presume that I am not in your, Angelwood and kristinn's (and whoever else stayed up all night Thursday night helping to put the display materials together) doghouse?) LOL!

And mega huzzahs for the McA$$hole mega-FReep! I watched FRom afar, but could not hear your words -- but you all sure did have phun talking about the incident afterwards! Great job!

Enjoyed seeing and FReeping with my old FRiends and making new FRiends at CPAC. It must have been a successful event: my voice is gone, my tongue is asleep, my teeth itch, my feet hurt and I am broke!

[YaYa123]

I just bet McAuliffe was expecting to make another of his bold looking but cowardly,
hit and run, grip and grin charm offensives, on people he holds in contempt.

No doubt he didn't expect to be confronted with warrior Angelwood...but I bet he will avoid her in the future. And I hope this encounter further erodes his arrogance.

Angelwood....my hero!

[BufordP]

Thanks for being there!

McAuliffe? Don't they have security screeners? Hasn't he yet been properly identified as an SUV terrorist?

[Mudboy Slim]

Had a blast and wish I couldda hung out longer!!

FReegards...MUD

[Mudboy Slim]

"Terry McAuliffe and his entourage of at least 8"

WHAT a PUNK!! Were all eight folks with him goofy pencil-necked GEEKS like Slick Willie's butt buddy or did he hire some muscle fer the UNINVITED Walk Amongst the Conservatives?! I really wish I'd have been there...LOL!!

FReegards...MUD

[Cacique]

bump for later

[FreeTheHostages]

Thanks. Just put my photos in for development, but when they come out, I'll put some up. There *has* to be a thinner one of me than the one abner took! :)

[firebrand]

On Thursday, just a hand-lettered sign and the handouts, but on Friday morning, POOF!, a full-scale booth, like magic! Very impressive! The giveaways were a very nice touch. I cherish my "Never Forget 9/11" button.

Good to see all the D.C. folks again. Hope to see a quorum of you guys on the 15th in NY.

[Freedom'sWorthIt]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[Bigg Red]

OMG! Your freep of McAuliffe was so incredible!! And no rehearsal. You girls are the best! I hope you know where your cats are, though!

[L_Von_Mises]

I had a great time at CPAC this year. My wife and I got there just in time to be one of the last to get in to hear Cheney's speech. We then stopped by Taxman's booth and found out that the DC Chapter had their own booth this year. My wife and I stuck around and helped man the booth for much of the day. It was a hoot. There were more people at CPAC this year than I have ever seen (I have been going since 1993). Much of that was because of the number of College students. I think that was the most promising part of the whole conference - they are our future.

Many of those college students came by the booth and I got to talk to them. I was able to turn a lot of them on to FR and insisted that they go down and see the main booth where they had lots of pictures of freeps and much of Registered's terrific artwork. Also it would give them a chance to talk about getting active in their area.

Another plus was spending some time getting to know many of the freepers there. There were too many for me to list and I don't want to leave any out so to all of you - It was great meeting and talking to you.

That night we went home and all did what we could to spruce up the booth for the next day and print up some informational pieces. tgslTakoma, Angelwood, and Kristinn did a terrific job putting material together including a collage of many pictures from various events.

The next day the booth looked great - like it had been planned for months!

We had plenty of volunteers to work the booth so I was able to take in more of the conference. There were some great panels. I am sure that they will all be on C-Span soon. I worked the booth for a while that afternoon and having that collage and some of the signs was very helpful - as they say a picture is worth a thousand words. Many people took pens and buttons which was great because they all had the URL for Free Republic on them. I bet some of them are reading this right now. To those people I say Welcome!!!

Saturday I got there early and people slowly trickled in. I got to see the annual Sam Donaldson - Bob Novak show. I went back and forth throughout the day between the panels and the booth.

Some of the notable panels throughout the conference were one with Bob Barr on civil liberties, one with David Horowitz on Hollywood, one with Daniel Pipes on Islam (he was the most moderate on the panel), and one on the war on terror with Ollie North. Each panel had three or more speakers and all were good but their names escape me at the moment.

I don't know what was more fun - talking to the people who came by the booth or listening to the speakers. I have to admit that it was a long three days but worth every minute of it.

[nutmeg]

Great report, tgslTakoma! You and the other members of the DC Chapter did a fantastic job manning the booth! The free buttons and pens were a great idea. I hope you got lots of donations and new recruits.

Guns_are_OK and ned13: I don't know how we missed you, but I'm sorry we did! Hope to see you again soon.

nutmeg & zelig

[nutmeg]

CPAC was an absolutely amazing experience for us! We have never seen so many bright, articulate college students from all over the country in one place like this before – it was so refreshing. They were well-dressed, polished and extremely savvy about politics and current events. After being exposed to so many feeble-minded, unwashed, uninformed and just plain spoiled young people at the various anti-war rallies (and in the audience of "Crossfire" last Wednesday night) we both have renewed hope for the future of this country... it is in very capable hands with these wonderful young conservatives.

The speakers at CPAC were outstanding, as were the many thought-provoking questions asked by members of the audience (many of whom were FReepers). We came away from the conference with a wealth of knowledge and "all fired up" in our commitment to conservative causes. We also came home with a big stack of author-signed books! It was particularly nice to meet and spend a few minutes speaking with Michele Malkin, Katherine Harris, J.C. Watts, Michael Barone and Mark Levin.

And, of course, the best thing about CPAC was the ability to spend three whole days with new and long-time FReeper FRiends! I only wish we could’ve been two places at once – we were so busy listening to the various speakers in the ballroom, we really didn’t have a lot of time to spend in the exhibit room. When we did have time, though, we were sure to hang out by the Free Republic Network booth and by the DC Chapter booth. The FReepers running both booths did a fabulous job! SeekingTheTruth and his wife had their fantastic 0Cents shop set up, and Taxman was working hard at his booth as well. I am sorry to say that we didn’t realize the Second Amendment Sisters were FReepers… We won’t make that mistake next time!

We would highly recommend CPAC to each and every FReeper! I would imagine the 2004 CPAC will be even more exciting with the upcoming Presidential election. We are already looking forward to it.

nutmeg & zelig

[DarthRaven]

I'm sorry that I was not there.