This DU in Charlotte update sponsored by VISIT MYRTLE BEACH, SOUTH CAROLINA [View all]

[Skinner]

The Congressional Black Caucus and Visit Myrtle Beach.com are sponsoring a hospitality suite for media, and we got an invite. Food and drinks are ON THE HOUSE! To show your support for the DU Admins, consider a trip to beautiful Myrtle Beach, South Carolina next time you go on vacation!

http://www.visitmyrtlebeach.com

http://thecongressionalblackcaucus.com

Here we are enjoying FREE food and drink. Yummy BBQ and local brew. The pulled pork is effing delicious.



EarlG partakes of the all-you-can eat buffet.



We actually snagged a booth. Thankfully, they have a charging station for my iPhone, which was already down to a dangerously low 12%!



My Media credentials for the Visit Myrtle Beach "Hospitality Central." Yes, we are "Media" -- it says so right on the thing.



But enough about Myrtle Beach. Let's talk about CHARLOTTE!


THE DAY SO FAR

First stop: Charlotte Convention Center to pick up our Credentials.



Then we took the light rail to the Time Warner Cable Arena.



As you can see, EarlG is very excited to be experiencing a Real American Nominating Convention. (He's foreign.)



The Media Room for The Rest of Us. (Networks get the restricted-access second floor. Teeny media gets a big room with shared tables.)



First view of the convention floor. Smell the EXCITEMENT!



Samantha Bee interviews Kooky Convention Guy.



Don't get sucked into the CONVENTION VORTEX!!!!



CNN Election Express Bus. Riding the highway to irrelevancy...



WTF is the "CNN Grill"? God they suck.



The "MSNBC Experience?" Translation: Only slightly less awful than the CNN Experience.



More updates to come! Michelle Obama speaks tonight!

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