How do you get tea partiers and occupiers at the same table? Buy lots of beer. It certainly worked at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference, the nation’s preeminent gathering of folks who love tri-cornered hats, fear Beelzebub, and hate Big Government—especially when it messes with their Medicare. A few occupy protesters and CPAC-goers took a break from yelling at each other one night to trade rounds at a nearby bar. Here’s a condensed version of journalist Eddie Becker’s account of what happened next:
H/T Salon
