| | ::Kari Lake? She's following the hardline Trumpist style of stubborn, paramilitant (if not arguably militant), pararevolutionary, and ultrapopulist promulgation of blabbering blatherskite <small>(yes, this term is a reference to a cartoon series)</small>. Maybe she's not nearly as bad-faith and fringe especially in comparison to party compatriots of the same populist stripe (the neo-Marxist left-wing efforts to tie her to "neo-Nazis" seems absolutely pathetic), and I personally don't care to object to her that much, though don't see much merit for her gaining even the runner-up, since she a) lost a race that could've been won on a more pragmatically-focused campaign, and b) almost seems to be following a Stacey Abrams–path of election trutherism, IMO. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>(Exodus 23:2)</sup>]]''''' Thursday, 16:04, December 22, 2022 (EST) | | ::Kari Lake? She's following the hardline Trumpist style of stubborn, paramilitant (if not arguably militant), pararevolutionary, and ultrapopulist promulgation of blabbering blatherskite <small>(yes, this term is a reference to a cartoon series)</small>. Maybe she's not nearly as bad-faith and fringe especially in comparison to party compatriots of the same populist stripe (the neo-Marxist left-wing efforts to tie her to "neo-Nazis" seems absolutely pathetic), and I personally don't care to object to her that much, though don't see much merit for her gaining even the runner-up, since she a) lost a race that could've been won on a more pragmatically-focused campaign, and b) almost seems to be following a Stacey Abrams–path of election trutherism, IMO. —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|<sup>(Exodus 23:2)</sup>]]''''' Thursday, 16:04, December 22, 2022 (EST) |
| − | | + | :::That's borderline blasphemy, to utter Kari Lake's name in the same sentence as Stacey Abrams. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]</sup> 18:22, 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|<sup>(Exodus 23:2)</sup>]]''''' 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|<sup>(Exodus 23:2)</sup>]]''''' Thursday, 16:14, December 22, 2022 (EST) |
| | :::Youngkin is a [[WEF]] graduate, as I understand. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]</sup> 17:46, December 22, 2022 (EST) | | :::Youngkin is a [[WEF]] graduate, as I understand. [[User:RobSmith|RobS]]<sup>[[User talk:RobSmith|''Give Peace a chance'']]</sup> 17:46, December 22, 2022 (EST) |