I am sure this year will be even more impressive, especially with the American Majority training session happen.

Well. Hmm. I will make an adventure out of it; it will be the highlight of my six decades. I’ll take up a position on the periphery, bunk in the short comfy bed of my 318cid Dodge Pickup; I’ll hunker down, and keep a sharp look-out.
I will howl like a distant, melancholy wolf if I see/hear anything.

I read yesterday (I think on NRO) a focus group was asked, “If he were a car, what car would President Obama be?”

One answer was ” a wrecked Ferrari, ” but the best, the very best, and the one that made me stand up and cheer was “an Edsel”–full of great expectations but nothing but a big disappointment. What an incredibly great application of an image to this guy– all hype, a huge failure.

I think that from this day forward Mr. Obama should be referred to as “Edsel.”

I do believe it can catch on and wouldn’t that be effective?

Erik, you have the power of words…

Found the link to “EDSEL”–

http://article.nationalreview.com/437345/obama-the-edsel/jim-geraghty

it would be great if you could move the event to Phoenix! You could do some very serious nose-rubbing there!

I kind of have a thing I gotta do until January. I would love to meet all you folks in person.

Keep up the good fight. Sorry I post so seldom these days. My prayers are with all of you at Redstate. God bless.

I only live a little over an hour away from Austin!

As a fairly-liberal Austinite, I encourage you all to come down, and welcome you in advance to our awesome city.

Though I believe that ultimately the choice of Austin will play into your long-term best interests, I also believe that you will be somewhat surprised by the reaction to your presence here. Here are some reasons:

1. contrary to popular perception, Austin is not much of a “hippie” town any more. It’s harder to find a hippie here than it is to find a cowboy – and that’s pretty darn hard. It’s all hipsters and yuppies and blue-collar folk now.

2. yes, we’re liberal, but more of the libertarian, social liberal than the statist, economic liberal. Not only are we very well-aware of the red ocean surrounding us, we’ve been inevitably colored by it. You won’t be a turd in a punchbowl here, not by a long shot.

3. Austin is probably the most accepting town of this size that you will ever have the pleasure of visiting. (I attribute this to the combination of the high education level and the heat, but that’s neither here nor there.) Nice suit in a dive bar? Not a second look. T-shirt and jeans in a fancy restaurant? Maybe you’re an internet millionaire. Have a seat.

4. related to 3, we are also one of the most narcissistic towns you will ever visit, at least outside of Socal. Most people, if even made aware of your presence here, will simply note it and ignore it. Also, we’re a festival city, and we’re used to being inundated regularly by *much* larger groups of out-of-towners than yours.

So, again, come on down, have fun, enjoy our city. But, if you’re expecting anyone to really notice or care, I think you’re going to be pretty disappointed.