NEW ORLEANS — Just arrived at the rental home just off Chartres Street where I’ll be staying for the next four days. The blogger bash starts in an hour and a half and I need to take a shower and get dressed.
UPDATE: Ready for the Southern Republican Leadership Conference blogger bash:
Sharp-dressed man in front of the rental home where I’m staying with Ali Akbar and several other New Media operatives.
Update II: (Smitty) Things went pear-shaped from there, as this photo sent in from an internet cafe reveals:

For most people, New Orleans is the Big Easy. Robert Stacy McCain . . . not so much.
Update III: (Smitty) Linked by American Freedom!
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Now you’re in my neck of the woods. Welcome to the big squeezy!
Now you’re in my neck of the woods. Welcome to the big squeezy!
Hold it….
is that shirt SEIU PURPLE?
/Monty Burns voice…
Call out the Hounds…
Hold it….
is that shirt SEIU PURPLE?
/Monty Burns voice…
Call out the Hounds…
Just stay out of Mary Landreiu’s offices. That can go badly for some journalists.
Hey you upgraded from your tweed sports jacket.
Just stay out of Mary Landreiu’s offices. That can go badly for some journalists.
Hey you upgraded from your tweed sports jacket.
See whether you can get ahold of a copy of Thurber’s “Bateman Comes Home,” Stacy. Perfect place to read it.
See whether you can get ahold of a copy of Thurber’s “Bateman Comes Home,” Stacy. Perfect place to read it.
Then again Dan, Stacy has an Ignatius Jacques Reilly quality sometimes!
Then again Dan, Stacy has an Ignatius Jacques Reilly quality sometimes!
RS,
Have some Gumbo and jambalaya when you’re down there!
Also, the words of the day is:Next Tuesday (but read the draft today or Friday).
And finally, there is a story in Los Angeles I’m researching, keep your phone on.
Have a great trip.
RS,
Have some Gumbo and jambalaya when you’re down there!
Also, the words of the day is:Next Tuesday (but read the draft today or Friday).
And finally, there is a story in Los Angeles I’m researching, keep your phone on.
Have a great trip.
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Dashing, RSM. Very dashing.
Dashing, RSM. Very dashing.
Be good and don’t embarass us, Stacy.
Sounds like a lot of fun, amigo.
Be good and don’t embarass us, Stacy.
Sounds like a lot of fun, amigo.
Joe, that’s true!
Joe, that’s true!
Hey, Stacy: As long as you’re down there, why don’t you and some of the others make a grovelling video apology for Hurricane Katrina, just to shut up Ben Smith?
Hey, Stacy: As long as you’re down there, why don’t you and some of the others make a grovelling video apology for Hurricane Katrina, just to shut up Ben Smith?
Liz Cheney and Highlights from SRLC…
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He didn’t wear CUFFLINKS at CPAC!
He didn’t wear CUFFLINKS at CPAC!