PUMAs lying to PUMAs? Yes!

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Thursday July 31, 2008 · 4:42 PM PDT

2008/07/31 · 16:42

Having stumbled across an advertisement for the P.U.M.A. Conference, morbid fascination compelled me to take a look. And what did I find? A lame conference page, starting with a lie.

So how does this conference ad begin?

Dear PUMAs,

The 2008 PUMA Conference Committee is ready to ROAR with this incredible conference deal! For the amazing price of $250, you will receive the following:

• Lodging at a FIVE STAR hotel – the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in Washington, D.C. for THREE nights (Thursday, Friday and Saturday)
• Breakfast on Saturday and Sunday.
• Lunch on Saturday.
• AND it also includes the price of the conference itself.

Note the bolded text. A five star hotel for three nights for $250? Really? Inquiring minds wanted to know. So I went looking.

TripAdvisor rates this as a three-star hotel.

The Mobil Travel Guide rates it as a three-star hotel.

Travelocity lists this as a three-star hotel, with traveler reviews showing a 3 1/2 rating.

The more I looked, the more I found the same thing. Three-star, with occasional sites rating it 3 1/2 stars. But a Five-star hotel? Not so much.

What does this show? Only that the PUMA leadership is willing to deceive... which we knew, but others may not. Having it here may not be worth much, but if someone actually has logins on the various PUMA blogs pushing the conference, you could put this out there (politely) in such a way as to help the confused start to understand what the leadership of the movement is capable of.

NOTE: I also consider it quite amusing that the conference will refund monies if the membership does not reach the 250 member level. Just 250 people.... think the conference will actually happen?

Poll
121 votes Show Results
How many people will sign up for the conference?

All the heads of the PUMA blogs - all 25 of them

25 bloggers and 25 confused Hillary supporters (CHS)

25 bloggers, 25 CHS, and 25 Republican plants

25 bloggers, 199 CHS, and 25 plants (so close....)

More than 250 total

Who knows?

Who cares?

Pie

121 votes Vote Now!
How many people will sign up for the conference?

All the heads of the PUMA blogs - all 25 of them

16 votes

25 bloggers and 25 confused Hillary supporters (CHS)

4%

5 votes

25 bloggers, 25 CHS, and 25 Republican plants

24 votes

25 bloggers, 199 CHS, and 25 plants (so close....)

5%

6 votes

More than 250 total

2%

2 votes

Who knows?

1%

1 vote

Who cares?

59 votes

Pie

7%

8 votes

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