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::Meloni is unfortunately entangled with controversies over neofascism, and given her questionable history and unclear alleged repudiation of past terrible statements (please do correct me if her more recent assertions are contrary to my summary), it's better to take her credentials with a grain of salt for the time being.

::Meloni is unfortunately entangled with controversies over neofascism, and given her questionable history and unclear alleged repudiation of past terrible statements (please do correct me if her more recent assertions are contrary to my summary), it's better to take her credentials with a grain of salt for the time being.

::D'Souza is a nice right-wing commentator, though at this point, his eager support for populist excesses may be more grounded in zealousness than wisdom. Abbott, maybe, since his tenure seems grounded in toughness, though it's debatable whether the strength of his gubernatorial decisions this year was due to political expediency as he faced a primary challenge from [[Allen West]] (that said, I'm only pointing this out because of ''possible'' reasons to doubt his authenticity based off what I heard earlier this year, since I myself didn't closely analyze his tenure nearly enough). —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Thursday, 15:39, December 22, 2022 (EST)

::D'Souza is a nice right-wing commentator, though at this point, his eager support for populist excesses may be more grounded in zealousness than wisdom. Abbott, maybe, since his tenure seems grounded in toughness, though it's debatable whether the strength of his gubernatorial decisions this year was due to political expediency as he faced a primary challenge from [[Allen West]] (that said, I'm only pointing this out because of ''possible'' reasons to doubt his authenticity based off what I heard earlier this year, since I myself didn't closely analyze his tenure nearly enough). —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Thursday, 15:39, December 22, 2022 (EST)

 

::The convoy protest crowd? I'm going to say no. I'm personally inclined to contend that, while the majority of it was peaceful and grounded in a reasonable reaction against Trudeau parafascism, there were nonetheless fringe extremists that had too much of a presence in the crowd and I'm not fully sure how much they were fully repudiated on the spot by the majority of presumed everyday, decent people. My larger concern deals with the theme of worldwide populist revolt against government that's turning towards a zealous, and often militant direction, which eerily parallels, if not actually is the manifestation of [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Thessalonians%202&version=ESV what's warned in 2 Thessalonians]:

::The convoy protest crowd? I'm going to say no. I'm personally inclined to contend that, while the majority of it was peaceful and grounded in a reasonable reaction against Trudeau parafascism, there were nonetheless fringe extremists that had too much of a presence in the crowd and I'm not fully sure how much they were fully repudiated on the spot by the majority of presumed everyday, decent people. My larger concern deals with the theme of worldwide populist revolt against government that's turning towards a zealous, and often militant direction, which eerily parallels, if not actually is the manifestation of [https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=2%20Thessalonians%202&version=ESV what's warned in 2 Thessalonians]:

{{cquote|Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.|||2 Thessalonians 2:1–7}}

{{cquote|Now concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our being gathered together to him, we ask you, brothers, not to be quickly shaken in mind or alarmed, either by a spirit or a spoken word, or a letter seeming to be from us, to the effect that the day of the Lord has come. Let no one deceive you in any way. For that day will not come, unless the rebellion comes first, and the man of lawlessness is revealed, the son of destruction, who opposes and exalts himself against every so-called god or object of worship, so that he takes his seat in the temple of God, proclaiming himself to be God. Do you not remember that when I was still with you I told you these things? And you know what is restraining him now so that he may be revealed in his time. For the mystery of lawlessness is already at work. Only he who now restrains it will do so until he is out of the way.|||2 Thessalonians 2:1–7}}

::Youngkin and Zeldin? Yes! Both are making substantial GOP inroads in blue states that the standard "mainstream Republican" (now the Trumpist type) would not be able to accomplish, and their coattails have helped U.S. House elections this year in securing key GOP flips; there were several GOP pickups in NY, and Youngkin Republican [[Jen Kiggans]] defeated establishment Democrat [[Elaine Luria]] this November in one of the key swing races. Their political style represent the practical future of the Republican Party, IMO. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Thursday, 16:14, December 22, 2022 (EST)

::Youngkin and Zeldin? Yes! Both are making substantial GOP inroads in blue states that the standard "mainstream Republican" (now the Trumpist type) would not be able to accomplish, and their coattails have helped U.S. House elections this year in securing key GOP flips; there were several GOP pickups in NY, and Youngkin Republican [[Jen Kiggans]] defeated establishment Democrat [[Elaine Luria]] this November in one of the key swing races. Their political style represent the practical future of the Republican Party, IMO. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Thursday, 16:14, December 22, 2022 (EST)

 

::Rand Paul... I'm open to him being the runner-up, since he isn't heavily entrenched into the ultrapopulist MAGA wing, and reasonably opposes outrageous spending. Sinema? No, since she's not even a conservative, even if a few bucks from the Administration may be commendable. Mark Robinson? ...no, since he's often times embarrassing and is used by leftists as a strawman for their "right-wingers are bigoted" arguments. The Federalist Society? ...no, as explained below by Andy. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Thursday, 16:27, December 22, 2022 (EST)

::Rand Paul... I'm open to him being the runner-up, since he isn't heavily entrenched into the ultrapopulist MAGA wing, and reasonably opposes outrageous spending. Sinema? No, since she's not even a conservative, even if a few bucks from the Administration may be commendable. Mark Robinson? ...no, since he's often times embarrassing and is used by leftists as a strawman for their "right-wingers are bigoted" arguments. The Federalist Society? ...no, as explained below by Andy. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{(Exodus 23:2)}]]''''' Thursday, 16:27, December 22, 2022 (EST)