[NautiNurse]

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.

[Syncro]

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.

[Interesting Times]

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.

[Bob J]

Deja vu.