What happens at the Dem convention stays at the Dem convention? Only if you’re lucky.
If you’re a journalist staying at one of the hot-sheet motels or drug dens assigned by the DNC, you could end up with some companions hitching a ride out of Charlotte.
Lie down with Dems, get up with…bedbugs. RT @wtimespolitics: Bedbugs an increasing concern at DNC hotels http://t.co/xc5mes6F #DNC2012
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) September 4, 2012
The DNC: come for the Party nervous breakdown, stay for the bedbug-infested crack-den accomodations.
— John Hayward (@Doc_0) September 4, 2012
Jonah Goldberg and the National Review team moved on to cleaner pastures in South Carolina, as did other journalists with a sense of self-preservation and affinity for hygiene.
Franklin Center relocated too. MT @toddstarnes: DNC assigns journalists to hotels w/ prostitutes, drug addicts http://t.co/vRfjuCDS #DNC2012
— Eric Boehm (@EricBoehm87) September 4, 2012
Hey journos, if your CLT DNC hotel stinks just go south on I-77 to SC. Good hotels are here in a state the DNC shunned http://t.co/8Hu4VzoU
— Mr. Dart (@FlinginDarts) September 4, 2012
But it’s not just conservative media being given the grungy carpet treatment in these STD incubators. Even reporters from Politico were assigned rooms at motels that necessitate black light inspection, bug bombs and self-defense training.
#DNC2012 assigns journalists from @thehill, @politico, @NRO to filthy, drug & pimp infested motels in Charlotte http://t.co/3YSQYv2i
— CatsPolitics (@CatsPolitics) September 4, 2012
Step up your game if you want a Milkbone, lapdoggies! If you play your cards right, the DNC might even toss a flea collar in your swag bag. And evidently, you’ll need it.
A National Review correspondent describes the creepy, crawly, unsafe accommodations at one no-tell motel:
The Knights Inn was the worst hotel I have ever seen, and I’ve stayed in many bad motels in my life. Two guys were dealing drugs in the room next to me, and a prostitute was working out of the parking lot. And this was in the early afternoon. The room itself was dirty, full of other people’s stuff, etc.
This —> RT @mattmercer: Wonder if @theobserver or other NC journos will cover this at any point? http://t.co/ZpczhSrY #DNC2012 #consnc
— Sister Toldjah ? (@sistertoldjah) September 4, 2012
Meth vending machines under stairwells, tho RT @TheRickWilson: Journalists at #DNC2012 being put up in Knights Inns http://t.co/NNW2dJib”
— David Johnson (@DJGroup) September 4, 2012
https://twitter.com/JasonBWhitman/status/242814928900194304
There’s probably a metaphor here somewhere.
Ignore the blood stains! http://t.co/uc92De9h #DNCin4words
— summertime steph (@Stephamaybe) September 4, 2012
damn, these places sound great. what's the problem? http://t.co/iQtG70SL
— GregGutfeld (@greggutfeld) September 4, 2012
Snort.
https://twitter.com/anthonyfuller/status/242845052458639360
But it’s not just the press dealing with filthy, dangerous accommodations.
The Crack Hotels of the DNC http://t.co/tH0O0YMJ | It's not just the political press. Ask @TedLieu about his hotel.
— Phineas Fahrquar (@irishspy) September 4, 2012
Democratic State State Senator Ted Lieu of California is also sharing his hotel room with some uninvited guests.
My son almost got scalded at first #blakehotel room b/c shower had only 1 temperature: nearly boiling hot. #cadem
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 4, 2012
At second #blakehotel room, the room had a funny smell and couldn't fit a roll-away bed. #cadem
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 4, 2012
At third #blakehotel room, the lock doesn't work. They sent guy with electric gizmo and still locked out. #cadem
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 4, 2012
We are now waiting for our FOURTH #blakehotel room in two days. I'm not even going to mention the cockroaches. #cadem
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 4, 2012
Wow, I didn't think it could get worse. Our fourth #blakehotel room has same scalding water problem. Now waiting for FIFTH room. #cadem
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) September 4, 2012
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