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LIVE from Orleans Parish!

Posted on | April 8, 2010 | 29 Comments

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!

Category: Fear and Loathing in the French Quarter

Comments

29 Responses to “LIVE from Orleans Parish!”

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    April 8th, 2010 @ 3:47 pm

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  2. Red
    April 8th, 2010 @ 9:28 pm

    Now you’re in my neck of the woods. Welcome to the big squeezy!

  3. Red
    April 8th, 2010 @ 4:28 pm

    Now you’re in my neck of the woods. Welcome to the big squeezy!

  4. Romeo13
    April 8th, 2010 @ 9:58 pm

    Hold it….

    is that shirt SEIU PURPLE?

    /Monty Burns voice…

    Call out the Hounds…

  5. Romeo13
    April 8th, 2010 @ 4:58 pm

    Hold it….

    is that shirt SEIU PURPLE?

    /Monty Burns voice…

    Call out the Hounds…

  6. Joe
    April 8th, 2010 @ 10:02 pm

    Just stay out of Mary Landreiu’s offices. That can go badly for some journalists.

  7. Joe
    April 8th, 2010 @ 10:02 pm

    Hey you upgraded from your tweed sports jacket.

  8. Joe
    April 8th, 2010 @ 5:02 pm

    Just stay out of Mary Landreiu’s offices. That can go badly for some journalists.

  9. Joe
    April 8th, 2010 @ 5:02 pm

    Hey you upgraded from your tweed sports jacket.

  10. Dan Collins
    April 9th, 2010 @ 12:14 am

    See whether you can get ahold of a copy of Thurber’s “Bateman Comes Home,” Stacy. Perfect place to read it.

  11. Dan Collins
    April 8th, 2010 @ 7:14 pm

    See whether you can get ahold of a copy of Thurber’s “Bateman Comes Home,” Stacy. Perfect place to read it.

  12. Joe
    April 9th, 2010 @ 12:28 am

    Then again Dan, Stacy has an Ignatius Jacques Reilly quality sometimes!

  13. Joe
    April 8th, 2010 @ 7:28 pm

    Then again Dan, Stacy has an Ignatius Jacques Reilly quality sometimes!

  14. JSF
    April 9th, 2010 @ 12:45 am

    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.

  15. JSF
    April 8th, 2010 @ 7:45 pm

    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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  17. The Javelineer
    April 9th, 2010 @ 5:14 am

    Dashing, RSM. Very dashing.

  18. The Javelineer
    April 9th, 2010 @ 12:14 am

    Dashing, RSM. Very dashing.

  19. molonlabe28
    April 9th, 2010 @ 1:52 pm

    Be good and don’t embarass us, Stacy.

    Sounds like a lot of fun, amigo.

  20. molonlabe28
    April 9th, 2010 @ 8:52 am

    Be good and don’t embarass us, Stacy.

    Sounds like a lot of fun, amigo.

  21. Dan Collins
    April 9th, 2010 @ 2:19 pm

    Joe, that’s true!

  22. Dan Collins
    April 9th, 2010 @ 9:19 am

    Joe, that’s true!

  23. Dan Collins
    April 9th, 2010 @ 2:24 pm

    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?

  24. Dan Collins
    April 9th, 2010 @ 9:24 am

    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?

  25. Ruby Slippers
    April 9th, 2010 @ 12:59 pm

    Liz Cheney and Highlights from SRLC…

    …

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  28. UNCOVERAGE.net
    April 11th, 2010 @ 3:39 am

    He didn’t wear CUFFLINKS at CPAC!

  29. UNCOVERAGE.net
    April 10th, 2010 @ 10:39 pm

    He didn’t wear CUFFLINKS at CPAC!