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The Resurgent Gathering
A year ago, friends suggested I put together a conference of ideas for the conservative movement — something where actual conservatives get on stage and discuss ideas, not where people pay money to claim their ideas are conservative. I took up the challenge and the Resurgent Gathering comes to fruition on August 2-5, 2018, in Austin, TX.
Don’t take my word on it. The agenda is below. I’d love to see you there.
You’ll see one open slot. That was where EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt was speaking until, umm, he could not come anymore.
Breakfast and lunch are included in the registration cost on the 3rd and 4th. The Sheraton Hotel in Austin, TX where we are having the event, is offering a hotel discount as well.
Resurgent Gathering, August 2-5, 2018, Austin, TX
August 2
6:00pm Welcome Reception
August 3
8:00 – 8:45 am BREAKFAST
8:15 – 8:45 am Susan Molanari of Google in conversation with Erick
9:00 – 9:30 Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas
9:30 – 10:00 Carly Fiorina, Chair of Unlocking Potential
10:00 – 10:30 OPEN
10:30 – 10:45 BREAK
10:45 – 11:30 Breakout Session
Using Facebook For Grassroots Organization=
11:45 – 12:45 pm LUNCH
12:00 – 12:30 1789 Alliance and Erick Erickson
1:00 – 1:30 Congressman Dave Brat of Virginia*
1:30 – 2:00 Warren Davidson, Congressman from Ohio
2:00 – 2:15 Ajit Pai, Chairman of the FCC
2:15 – 3:15 Ajit Pai and the Koch Institute
3:15 -3:30 Break
3:30 – 4:00 Facebook in Discussion with Erick Erickson
4:00 – 4:30 Chip Roy, Candidate for TX21
4:30 – 5:00 Wrap Up
August 4
8:30 – 9:15 am BREAKFAST
9:15: – 9:30 Welcome
9:30 – 10:00 State/Local Initiative Panel
10:00 – 10:45 Senator David Perdue of Georgia
10:45 – 11:00 BREAK
11:00 – 11:45 Breakout Session
Google Grassroots
11:50 – 12:20pm Senator Ted Cruz
12:20 – 1:15 pm LUNCH
12:30 – 1:00 Koch Representative in conversation with Erick
1:15 – 1:45 Matt Krause, Texas State Representative
1:45 – 2:15 Mark Walker, Congressman from North Carolina
2:15 – 2:45 Secretary of Energy Rick Perry*
2:45 – 3:00 BREAK
3:00 – 4:00 ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
TPPF
4:00 – 4:30 Doug Ducey, Governor of Arizona
4:30 – 5:00 Host conversation (to be revealed)
5:00 – 5:30 Resurgent Presentation and wrap up
August 5
9:00 – 10:00 am Fellowship Message and Breakfast
*final confirmation forthcoming
Published in Meetups
Welcome to Ricochet, Erick.
Wait is this Erick Erickson? A Coolidge member? @blueyeti get this man a contributor stamp.
No, he’s Erick Erickson.
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Wish I could join you, Erick. Maybe in 2019.
Good luck with this gathering!
Fixed!
Very impressive. My only question is, “What does conservative mean?” Sometimes it means something close to libertarianism. Sometimes it includes a religious test. Sometimes it it about big government power over people.
I’ve never seen a consistent definition.
Moderator Note:
Personal invective redacted.[Redacted.] I am one of the people you are working hard to kick out of the respectable conservative movement, after all. I used to admire pundits such as yourself, but your way leads to constant failure.
I would not attend this event if I was given free tickets.
Yes! What the conservative movement needs is more ideas! We didn’t have enough of them before – or they weren’t the right ones, or something. We don’t know quite how we got here, but this time we’re going to solve it!
We can’t have this guy Trump doing all this stuff. We’re the conservatives! He’s not conservative! He’s not even moral! Where does he get off co-opting our policies? And we’re supposed to be happy just because they are being implemented? That’s not the answer. Implementation of policy comes after you firmly establish the moral high ground. This is a tried-and-true strategy and just because we’ve had problems getting America to vote for us doesn’t mean we should give up.
Once we get our guy in there, eventually, when America finally recognizes how good we are at being human, then it will be authentic, moral and legitimate. Not fake
Actual conservatives know what’s best and we know how to get there. All in good time. Trust us.
I can’t attend but I’ll be there in spirit! Have a great conference!
Moderator Note:
Attacking those who simply disagree.I’ve been exasperated for some time with how utterly out of step Rico seems to be with the incredible conservative wins being racked up by Trump, and now we get a fresh dose of [redacted] with Erik Erickson…?
I was disappointed with some of the names of those attending, this conference should be shunned by those interested in real policy and actually beating back the left.
Aren’t you being a bit rough on this Trump fellow? I know he’s not one of us, but still. The boys and I were talking about him over drinks at the club the other day and Thurston said, “But Stormy!” I replied, “So he’s been with a hooker. Who hasn’t? I remember your own dalliance, Thurston. Lovey forgave you, though you did have to buy her that expensive pendant.” That shut him up, I tell you.
So get off your high horse, @franco. It’s probably not even a purebred Arabian.
I remember when this site was dedicated to notion of discussing ideas, even ones different from our own.
Those were good days.
“I am a severely actual conservative. Trust me. Oh … and I’m a fighter too.”
Love, Mitt
Yeah! Erickson is going to really stick it to Trump in this conference, featuring members of the Trump administration.
Seriously, if I wasn’t just getting back from my honeymoon 3 days before this conference I would have loved to have attended. Looks like an interesting lineup. I would like to see Ajit Pai just to know I’ve been in the same room with a man who is responsible for the death of millions, and owning libs.
Absolutely! And the OP is nothing but
a discussion of ideasan self-promoting advertisement. We need more of that!Back in the good ol’ days of the InterWebs, we used to call it spam.
The OP is promoting a conference where ideas are being discussed. And people here are clearly opposed the conference and the ideas being discussed there.
This site has turned into a closed bubble where the only acceptable “idea” allowed to be discussed is reflexive praise of Donald Trump and anyone with a slightly different idea gets mocked.
We all feel this way when we listen to Rob on the R podcast or to Richard Epstein. Yup, R is a Trump only zone. /s
I would love to hear the OP respond to this point, as well as the voices concerned that this is more of the same old, same old.
What is an “actual” conservative? Does it exclude President Trump and his supporters? What “ideas” are not being discussed already?
The OP itself is loaded with clues that this is possibly just one more “stick it to Trump” conference:
There are many conservative conferences already. CPAC is but one example. What is different about this conference that the OPs friends wanted? Ideas? Nothing different about that. “Actual” conservatives? That is a triggering word. Ideas “paid for” which “claim” to be conservative? What exactly does this mean? And the title includes a powerful word … “Resurgent”. What does this mean? Resurgent as opposed to what? Our current GOP President, or something else?
I will give the OP credit for his acknowledgement in November, 2016 that he got Trump absolutely wrong. However, disturbing and very familiar to the words in this OP is the ending of his mea culpa in November, 2016 …
What is your current sense of our President and the ideas already being discussed? What is this “tribalism” you speak of? Does reaching across the aisle mean compromising with democrats like it historically implies? What “not paid for” ideas are being lost?
More clarity will likely either ease, or support the concern.
You actually believe this to be true? A closed bubble? The only acceptable “idea” allowed to be discussed is reflexive praise of Donald Trump? Seriously?
The Owners, Editors and Contributors to the site would vociferously disagree. And they would be right.
It looks like the bat signal went up in Happy Warriors. #sad
Link?
No, dude. It’s the Attack Farm. Get your insults straight.
Alternatively, one could say that there is a discussion about the validity of the ideas being promoted and both sides are represented in this discussion. Humor and satire are recognized rhetorical forms, though it’s understood that humor is not comprehensible to everyone.
You have no idea what ideas will be presented at this conference. The lineup looks diverse and includes members of the Presidents cabinet.
No what happened here is that someone seen as a heretic posted about a future event to discuss ideas, a group of members who don’t like the contributor found out about it and waded in like bullying jerks.
Folks, we’ve been carrying Erick’s podcast for almost a year now. He asked me if he could promote his conference on Ricochet and of course I said yes because we like to help out people we work with. We’re nutty that way, I know.
The conference lineup includes several members of the Trump administration and other notable Trump supporters like Ted Cruz and Greg Abbott. And yes, it also includes others who may not support the President on everything he says or does. Oh well.
Also, in case this wasn’t clear — attendance at the conference is optional. Don’t like the lineup? There’s an easy solution: Don’t go.
Clearly there is a very vocal group on here (and present in this thread) that will not tolerate different ideas and will not be happy until the Ricochet is rid of anyone who thinks for themselves. This group doesn’t need ideas, it just needs to ask how high whenever Trump says jump.
I’m genuinely curious what this group will do when Trump leaves office, or is the idea that Trump just become President for life and we dissolve Congress because Congress can’t be trusted to say how high whenever Trumps says jump.
I would be extremely happy if this was a discussion about the validity of the ideas being promoted. It clearly isn’t.
Not to worry. We are dwindling … involuntarily and voluntarily.
Persevere. Soon enough you will have your closed bubble with only your acceptable ideas allowed.
Agreed. Members of that group are resorting to unvarnished insults (“bullying jerks”) and innuendo (“bat signal”). I say, innuendo and out the other. Insults are a tell for cognitive dissonance.
As I noted, humor and satire are recognized tools in rhetoric, even if they are not understood by everyone. YMMV.
I won’t be here. I dislike bubbles, even ones where everyone agrees with me. This place used to not be one.