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‘GOProud event at CPAC: ‘It was so crowded that fire marshals had to block people from entering’

March 27, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

Yeah, about that…

Well, yes.  That’s generally to be expected when you hold a glorified happy hour in a room that holds 100 at a conference with 8,000 attendees and a hotel bar that’s running out of beer.

CEI and GOProud aren’t stupid.  That much is obvious.  Their timing was brilliant – the event was held at the same time as a VIP reception and, in a stroke of further genius, offered booze.  Anyone wanting a drink after a long day of speeches could pay $1500 to hobnob with policymakers, wait in a ridiculous line to pay $12 per drink at the hotel bar (where they were out of several kinds of beer), brave the frigid March winds to walk to a restaurant … or take five steps off the main hall and drink with GOProud.   I was actually surprised more people didn’t take advantage. (…)

At one point, a panelist shouted gleefully to the reporters at the back of the room, “Make sure you report it was standing-room only!”  Most outlets dutifully did exactly that, never mentioning how small the room was compared to other venues in the same hotel.

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