"Your staff was telling me they would only jump my car if we gave them 50 bucks... there are attendees who invested more time and money into going to this festival than I did and ended up in much worse situations at the end," wrote another.
Certainly there will be attendees, probably even leaders, at the convention's many educational and organizational workshops who are registered Democrats, he said, but not those who will be voting for Senator Barack Obama.
After the event there were violent clashes between conference attendees and anti-fascist activists.
There were 2,000 attendees, but just two print reporters and one TV crew.
There were 600 attendees at the last conference, held in Dallas late last month.
In 1990 there were 5,000 attendees; this year the festival is expecting the events in the various cities to draw a total of more than 60,000.
Then there were the attendees: Bangladesh and Myanmar were absent from the earlier talks involving Indonesia and Malaysia, but they sent representatives to Bangkok.
And indeed, while the parade drew gawkers of all backgrounds, there were several attendees of Irish background who came to celebrate their heritage.
However, there were no attendees from any of the major professional soccer teams, despite claims as recently as 2008 (made by the former Aston Villa and England defender Paul Elliott) that there are at least 12 gay players in the Premiership.
On this slushy morning, there were more attendees than could possibly find seating, and late arrivals clustered around the entrances to the room, many still wrapped in winter coats and hats despite the stifling heat of the room.
