Talk Elections

To start: very airy and, er, open.

Go.

Very independent and honest. He tells it like it is!

Cool southern Dem who stays by his principles.

Russian teabagger.

Wants the state of Washington to suffer more austerity, after seeing his signature.

A libertarian-leaning new user. I'll have to see more of him before I make my decision.

Pony-loving teen from PA...like me! :)

Probably doesn't spell like cabbage?

One of the mature older posters who is moderate in his views and a good mate. I have the utmost respect for him.

One of the best ever to find this rundown gin joint :)

I'd like to have a beer with him.

A Polish user. Is generally a comedy-oriented person and is very interested in Alabama.

A guy of Cuban origins who is pretty intelligent and funny despite his youth.

Very astute Franco-Breton-Canadian whose election blogs are extremely learned and informative. Ask him about Stephen Harper.

Maps are wondeful, also outstanding RG and SoFE.

Pretty conservative. I disagree with him on a lot of economic issues, but he's really nice.

I'm guessing he's a more populist Democrat.  I respect him enough just for putting up with some of the smug elitism of more liberal red avatars.

He's delightfully irreverent as he delves into the salacious and risque, spiced up with Bowdlerized (per the rules) expletives. I quite enjoy the niche that he fills here - e pluribus unam.

He's a lawyer with a gravy job, providing him way too much time on his hands.  ;)

My mother always said if you can't say anything nice, say nothing at all (though the mean old creature certainly didn't follow that advice herself!).  Lets just say he seems pleased with himself, and I suppose that's all that matters.

If you look up the word "iconoclast," you will see opebo's mug shot next to it.

Feel free to skip me, and "do" opebo again if you wish. I have already been characterized.  :P

opebo is the ultimate hedonist.  I'm sure he'd agree.

Don't know him that well but seems like a typical liberterian from the West.

Very outspokenly conservative. Bit of a hack/troll, but not as aggressive about it as some.

Seems like a good guy, we need more like him around here.

Seems like a pretty cool guy and from New York. Nothing really stands out that I can remember though.

Seems like a reallyyyy friendly poster who has mainstream liberal views.

Fella conservative Russian :)

One of the very few Russian posters on the forum, very conservative, friendly, a fellow Whig Party member on the Atlas Fantasy Election board.

Swiss religious conservative - a very affable, intelligent character worthy of respect whether you like his politics or not. Nice guy.

Great map maker, one of the best on the forum.

Young and curious.

I find all of his posts in these "preceding poster" threads quite odd, considering he's rather new with only 100 posts.

Extraordinarily bright young man, bound to make a name for himself in whatever work he chooses to pursue. 

The name anvishiiki makes me feel someone is shaking a spear at me.  Which is fairly appropriate giving the man's confrontational right-wing posting history.

There are no words to describe Opebo.

Let's see opebo:

1. Anvi = confrontational right wing poster
2. Given that baseline, and moving further out on the bell curve of right wing pugnacity, Torie = ?
3. CARL = ?

This should be good.  Oh yes, skip me. :P

20RP12 - affable "young" with poor taste in politics and music. Can't be helped, but at least he's a fairly levelheaded and nice guy. :P

If I were to be nice I would say that he is a low down disgusting cretinous individual who shouldn't be trusted with any of your kids whatsoever and should be reported to the police for crimes that would deserve the attention of Chris Hansen.
Because calling him "Irish" is just too mean.

A lover of good drink, drug, and alternate history.

Just imagine how bad it would be if I used my real name!  :P

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Ouch man ouuuuuuuuuuuuuch :P

Cathcon: Young kid from Michigan. Quite knowledgeable and wise for his age.

Musically minded libertarian kid from the Philly area who seems to get along pretty well with everyone regardless of political views.

This guy defies all stereotypes. A mostly sane paultard that's under 18. Likes a lot of alternative stuff(code word for bad, if you didn't catch it), namely music. Pretty cool guy overall. Seems to me most posters of his age are just right-wing reactionary trolls. I am guessing it's because they aren't very accepted in high schools. Also there are already 3 Russian posters in this thread? I wonder if there are any that are more left-wing than me :D
edit: Damn, well I have to rate the above poster now, he is a a pretty civil conservative. Always nice, it seems to me most conservatives IRL are a lot more in your face about their views, but they quit posting pretty fast on here. Also seems to be pretty respected by most people.

Nice guy, and a Kucinich supporter.

A smart chap.

Speaks excellent English for a non-native speaker--sometimes better than I do ;)

Libertarian metal fan. Paulbot like me.

Staunch but not off-the-deep-end conservative, usually rather easygoing poster. If I remember correctly is a Russian expatriate.

Very intelligent poster who puts quality and meaning into every comment.

Fellow Kucinich supporter.

Don't agree with him on most issues, but seems like a nice guy.

Typical Atlas left-wing poster.

I hear Santiago is nice this time of the year, ja...

Massachusetts Democrat with a lot of Libertarian tendencies.

He's a great poster, who is funny and nice, and for a libertarian, he's also extremely sane. Once you get to know him, you'll like him.

Along with Barnes, he's my oldest on-site friend. A guy with a great sense of humor and deep knowledge, with whom I'm never bored.

I think he's pretty reasonable; I actually like most of his memes.

Needs to relax a little. Also sometimes comes across as fitting his positions to a political archetype rather than tailoring his ideology to his views.

A bright guy and a former Republican.

A Polish progressive, leaning socialist. One of my first and greatest forum friends, and though we have somewhat lost touch recently he's still a nice guy and a great poster.



Wait, I thought that was me ? ???

French socialist of Italian descent. A thoroughly rational and friendly character.

Very intelligent and hardworking without bias

An all around great man and patriot. One of my favorite posters despite our disagreements on some issues.

A great poster. We both have roots in West Virginia.

A close Atlas buddy. Closely fits a 1970's Southern Democrat.

I don't know much about you but I was going to applaud the above for being a dixie crat as well but you beat me to the job.

A little too much of a GOP "base" supporter for my taste. But he seems like a nice guy and not to mention we need more Pubie's around here.

Pubies?

Kevin: See above.

Tidewater: Somewhat frustrating, hit-or-miss poster, clearly smart in general but comes out with some pretty strange things. jmfcst, with some circumstantial evidence, thinks he might be a poster from Atlas yore called Derek.

Nathan- a very reasonable person who I disagree with very strongly but who after arguing the issue at hand we come out with further respect for each other

Clarence, older conservative military veteran. Pretty nice guy and he represents a demographic group this forum otherwise desperately lacks on many levels.

Nathan - Quality poster who I always enjoy reading. Mind you, I do often have to stop and Google at least one thing in said posts, which can be a bit of a pain, but that's New England academia for you. ;)

e - Jesus, this thread moves fast.

There once was an Irishman Oak
Who smelled of burnt clover and smoke
Did a jig real swell
Cuz he was higher than hell
with his nose crusted over with coke.

Oakvale is a quality poster on Atlas.  I would be sad to see him leave.

Dude. I want this on my tombstone.

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Great guy and high-quality poster from rural northern Minnesota. Seems to share my love of winter!

Incredibly thoughtful and very knowledgable poster.  I was especially impressed with comments he made a few months ago that the mere existence of people is a positive value; lots of folks need to hear things like that. 

A moderate Illinois guy who has been here for a few years.

Libertarian-leaning indy from Texas. Nice guy to everybody.

Russian fiscal/social conservative who likes Texas

A very dedicated liberal; I actually really like his username.

A liberal from the South; very upset at the decline of the Blue Dogs.

I don't really know him, but from what I do know he is an intelligent, thoughtful and friendly guy who contributes a good deal.

A smart guy who creates fantastic election maps from all over the planet and who dislikes Stephen Harper because he sucks like a teenage girl who just discovered her fondness for sucking cocks and balls.

Austrian left-winger who basically makes the 2012 Elections board worth reading.

15-year-old Pennsylvania libertarian who previously took on the pseudonym of "Jake Matthews" and is still occasionally referred to as such. Eager, friendly, extroverted - though perhaps too much for his own good.

A moderate Democrat who appears to be fond of and very proficient in map-making and statistics. He's very smart and knowledgable and a pleasant character and indispensable for Atlasia. This is already the third sentence but whatever: He's definitely an asset to this forum.

Swiss moderate Conservative. Nice, enthusiastic, dedicated to Atlasia, leader of the Atlasian Whig Party, & all around one of the better voices of the moderate right.

He is a catholic conservative high schooler from Michigan.  I think he makes a good contribution to Atlas and should stick around.

A pleasant oasis of progressive reason and common sense in a vast desert of misguided politicking. His presence in a conversation is usually a good omen for those seeking to gain something from reading or participating in it.

Minnesotan lefty with unfortunate culinary tastes -  I hope he says "aw jeez" a lot . Snowguy is a great poster, and we'd be worse off without him.

A high quality poster, with sound and articulate positions, as well as an extraordinarily nice fellow.

French-Italian Socialist who's friendly to nearly everyone (except people who piss him off) ;)

Ron Paul fan.  Likes ponies and My Chemical Romance.

Very liberal and loves pony cartoons-

One of our older members. (not sure who is the oldest, you or Torie?) From what I've seen a, at one point, Democrat turned conservative Republican.

Ron Paul supporter originally from Iowa (?).  Nice to everyone, as far as I've seen.

Young libertarian turned lefty. Holds his views strongly and is unafraid of articulating them as such even if it might offend the sensibilities of some but otherwise is by and large very decent to everyone.

Left-winger from Massachusetts. Great guy, very easy to get along with.

 Seems like a good guy in terms of my interactions with him. Into classic rock but also a number of hipster/emo type weird modern stuff that I guess might make his existent relevant to BRTD's. If I typed anything else, I'd be over two sentences so I'll stop.

Catholic Conservative (hence the name 'Cathcon') from Michigan. Good kid, into good music and likes the good Doctor.

A libertarian from NJ. Apart from being one of the smartest libertarians on this forum, he's also a likable person and a funny guy.

French socialist which such a good grasp of English I thought he was an American in France when I first joined.  He knows what he believes and is willing to defend those beliefs, but at the same time is respectful to people with differing views.

A nice kid from exurban Atlanta who would rather be in California (and fellow cross-country runner!). He is a rare true independent and seems to see both sides of most issues, while always being respectful.

Right-wing religious conservative, which makes him pretty much the opposite of me, so maybe you'd think we wouldn't get on, but we do. :P Terrific guy, valuable addition to the forum.

Don't know him that well. But when he drops by in the part of Atlasia I inhabit, his posts are polite, and measured, and mature - my kind of "young."

Older moderate Republican.  Lives in one of those parts of California with no browns.

There is one brown on my block (who owned a gardening service (he's now retired), and obviously was a good businessman, and walks his barky, little toy dog so I chat with him from time to time) and a bunch of browns in some of the apartment complexes nearby. You can't live in CA and ever be far from browns. :)

skip me.

Really concerned with gender and LGBT issues. Likes ponies.

Pot-smoking Democrat from Idaho(?) :P

Enthusiastic young libertarian/student/musician from Pennsylvania. He's not afraid to speak his mind on any issue and gets along well with nearly everyone on the Atlas Forum.

A Swiss poster, with very conservative but articulate and consistent views.

French-Italian moderate (for European standards) social democrat. His major vices: doesn't use neither AIM nor Facebook.

Polish liberal and Walter Mondale fan. Most dedicated Americana writer (and moderator), great tl writer (when he actually sticks with them, **ahem**), awesome guy and great friend.

Teenage Catholic conservative, lives in Michigan.  Seems like a nice, good-tempered individual.

Libertarian-leaning Democrat from California that has shifted more to the left in recent years. Likes ponies.

One of the truly good people on this forum.

Quite possibly the best thing from Oklahoma since Chuck Norris. One of the forum's best members. :)

Liberterian leaning poster from Texas. Don't know him that well but good guy in my book.

Controversy-generating right-winger from Virginia. Seems to hold his own on his positions, which is respectable.

A teenager from the PN-NJ area in his "wear black and listen to musicians who wear black" stage.  A friendly forum libertarian whose views aren't really as radical as his PM score portrays them to be.

A high-school student from Georgia (Metro Atlanta?). Very agreeable and diligent - the principled moderate hero par excellence.

Young Democrat from Connecticut. Excellent map maker and one of the most likable people on the forum.

Libertarian from the Keystone State who loves metal and Ron Paul. Like me, except his social libertarianism.

Russian paleoconservative who loves Ron Paul and hates Putin. The only Russian I know (other than this one girl at my school), and an okay guy.

Cool guy, fellow member of the Labor party. I'm also Russian btw. I think the guy with the green Mexican avatar is Russian too.

Liberal lefty, who I'd assumed was a Washingtonian but is apparently Russian? We disagree on some things, like, say, Dennis Kucinich (:P) but I'm a fan and he's a good, articulate poster - I'd miss him if he was gone.

World-wise Irish poster.  An articulate writer and someone who I consider an "internet friend."

Oh man, you're so wrong. :P Thank you for the kind words though. :)

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A song is worth more than 2 sentences.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NK2Lx_gSr5k

Pretty nice guy! :) I like him and some of his jokes :)


Also, Seatown I'm russian too :D you, me, and Ping need to start a russian club on Atlas XD

He is a new to forum but I can say that:
A) He is a nice guy to everybody
B) Strong conservative (Like me)
C) He writes fine timelines.

A Russian. We get along fine, despite sharp political differences.

A Polish poster known for his hilarious antics. Although he is still relatively young in forum age, he is a seasoned veteran.

Tries too hard.

His third account.

Polish poster, has been around for two or three years. A funny character, even if his humor seems forced sometimes: he's the sort of guy I would want to sit around and drink vodka with.

Probably the greatest map maker to ever contribute to the Atlas.

Our forum's very own Frentalian. Who either hates Sarkozy or loves the Titanic sinking (Likely the former :P)

Calm and usually even-handed but still definitively libertarian-leaning indy from Texas. Nice guy, even though I don't like his signature much.

Well-known and popular poster; though I disagree wit him on the Northern Caucasus issue.

Russian Conservative obsessed with Texas. Likes Ron Paul :)

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20RP12 -- Bisexual teen who abandoned the Libertarians to be a mild Romney-hack instead. Likes ponies.

Pingvin -- Russian quasifascist who thinks pedophiles should be publicly eviscerated. Is generally nice and not overly confrontational, though.

German brony who supports the German Pirate Party. Is an excellent and valuable poster.

Libertarian kid with variable post quality. Supports Romney for some reason.

He seems to be a standard French social democrat if not an outright socialist. He's a nice guy.

All I know is that he's somewhat right-wing and posts both here and on AH.com.

Typical hippie left-wing anarchist.

Quasifascist Golden Dawn-supporting death penalty-loving paleocon. Personally a nice fellow.

Someone who wore an L-FL avatar who probably never should have. A very liberal social score.

Was a Republican, but feels alienated. Has also wrote some great timelines :)

Nice guy to everybody despite ideology. We have particular disagreemnets on issues, though.

Infamous among these hallowed forums for his, ahem, 'radical' ideas. :P

One of our newer members, with a strong neoconservative trend. Likely to be a Gingrich/Santorum supporter.

For this forum, a standard issue republican except thankfully not a troll.

Gully Foyle is his name and Ireland is his nation. Holland is his dwelling place and death his destination.

One of the best posters, with outstanding knowledge and wit for his young age. Also, the second poster I met IRL.

Nice guy. However, our ideologies are worlds apart in a way that needn't be explained here.

Teenage poster, with all the baggage. Sometimes spams IRC, in a nice way.

Progressive Dem, nice guy.

A respected and well liked member of the community. Known for supporting Mitt Romney, but not being a total douchebag about it.

He used to be a libertarian, but now is just another Romney hack.

No, actually he's still cool, but misjudged :P

All-around cool guy. And Polish.

Young liberal who's main focus is on economic leftism but is quite socially liberal as well. He has a lot of energy about politics.

Hard sciences and RCC, very traditional and quite a smart, fun guy to talk to.  Basically, if the US had a Christian Democratic Party, TJ would be a founding member.

Says he's not gay but likes musicals so he probably is. Occasionally referred to as dumbfock.

An ideological, yet pragmatic libertarian, willing to support Romney despite not getting his dream candidate. Cool guy, too.

Was a great Pacific Governor! Also seems pretty decent and accommodating towards newbies such as myself :)

A new poster who's been working hard in Atlasian fantasy politics to try to increase activity in his region. 

Seems to be a sensible GOPer who I could work with.

A moderate democrat that likes Clinton.

Russian leftist. Was quite active in Senate.

They just leave out the truth as they're watching you die. Seems appropriate.

Adolescent pride and lack of empathy is something we can forgive.  He will mature, inevitably, poor him.

It is not possible to summarize opebo in two sentences or fewer, one would need to write a book instead.

Quite intelligent gregarious extrovert with good and pithy writing skills who is more interested in socializing than deep political or psephological thought. Considering his age (does he have a driver's license yet?), the focus of his posts is probably wise. :)

Intellegent, witty, Rockefeller Republican. Almost always in a positive mood.

A very conservative Russian poster. Also I'd like to add **Russian accent** In soviet Russian...**back to American accent** you have no freedom.

The person who will take the power back!

As his name suggests, he is a Goldwater-esque Republican. Well respected and friendly, an all-around FF.

A traitor to our glorious cause. Needs to realize he lives in a state Romney will not be winning under any circumstances and thus support for Johnson is acceptable.

But I'm not voting regardless so it doesn't really matter whether I support Romney, Johnson or Vermin Supreme.

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Sam: Seems indecisive of whether he is a Democrat or a Libertarian, as his avatar color flips from yellow to red from time to time.  His opposition to late-term abortions and unconditional bans on conscription make him out to be more moderate on social issues than his PM score would indicate.

I only opposed the unconditional ban because I was SoEA and that was the tack the administration wanted; as a citizen I do support such a ban.

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Scott : Friendly and uncontroversial moderate Democrat from Connecticut. Hard not to confuse him with Napoleon or Homely.

Resident French-Italian generally awesome poster. Absolutely loathed Sarkozy.

The Pirate Party is a one issue party, so it is hard to gauge his opinions/reactions to other issues. Also a brony.

Paleocon who likes Ron Paul and Pat Buchanan. At one point (not on this forum) a neocon, at one point a semi-neo-confederate of some sort, but seems to have refined himself over the year(s).

He is a protectionist(?) Catholic conservative who seems to have the curious desire to reform our political system so that is resembles 9th century Feudalism.  From the posts I have read by him, he seems to have an extensive knowledge of American history.

A rather moderate Christian Democrat from Connecticut. Active in Atlasia and is extremely likable.

A very nice libertarian fellow from somewhere in the Northeast.  Apparently likes My Chemical Romance, as I used to.

A hardcore leftist with anti-authority tendencies. Is also a brony.

A seemingly pleasant Canadian.  As far as I know, he's not a troll; just a decent conservative.

A fairly hawkish Democrat, but I suppose that is normal for Virginia.

I'm actually from Georgia. I just have an Alberta avatar. :P

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Another nice libertarian.  From Texas or Iowa, I can't quite remember.

A radical anarchist from California. Formerly a Libertarian, now is well known for his sympathy towards Palestine and Palestinians.

A young Mid-Atlantic libertarian with sellout tendencies regarding the 2012 Presidential election. A nice, smart guy.

A progressive democrat from Massachusetts with strong and very articulate political beliefs. Makes excellent contributions to the political and philosophical debate.

Views tend to hew pretty close to the average San Franciscan with a mixture of more old-school socialism with more new-school social progressivism. Can get rather touchy about certain foreign policy issues, but generally civil besides that.

A relatively new poster who has gained some attention for being a slight Romney hack, but he's pretty sensible in other regards. Likes anime, for whatever reason.

A libertarian-ish Republican from PA whose views on the issues are known to evolve a lot, as evidenced by his constantly changing PM score.  Very civil.

A wonderfully kind moderate New Englander.

A wonderful guy that goes to UVA (boo) who has been a close friend on this forum for years. Loves America, our military, and is more knowledgable on foreign affairs than I ever dream to be. :P

Duke is the third incarnation of Christ.

A former Paul supporter who jumped for Romney...and turned into Romney. (Just kidding ;)).

A Floridian Paleoconservative who represents the next wave of libertarian-oriented conservative that is prevalent among today's young conservatives.

Other than the fact he's a conservative Republican who's currently going through a Canadophile phase, I don't really know much about him.

Don't know much about him. But he seems ok esp. considering he appears to be an R on a increasingly D hack forum.

A conservative hack with a tendency to show support to the most disgusting people/parties is his sig (no, I'm not talking about Boris Johnson).

We haven't talked much, but from what I gather, he's a Social Dem who doesn't like social conservatism.

A Southern Democrat of one of the older schools, though not the oldest. Possessed of populist-leaning political instincts and staggering skill at electoral cartography.

A brilliant and insightful poster who can't stand Niall Ferguson.

With his new avatar, I get him confused with Mint; but he's a German/American (?) teenage guy who's pretty cool and easy-going. Good poster.

A young man from Canada whose thorough hatred of Steven Harper is well known by many of us. Seems to have taken a liking to the Russian gymnast Aliya Mustafina.

A precious young boy who is trying to find his way in life, rejecting The People when they so close to him he should be able to feel them. But he is just a boy - he will learn.

One of my oldest friends on the forum.  A sensible, reasonable guy, and a true ally of the People.

The very definition of a non-hackish moderate hero.

Considering the new cause, a normally okay German fellow who can get really anal about moderating issues. But also a fan of MLP, a trait that probably seriously dilutes those tendencies.

A really annoying neoliberal. Also has some authoritarian tendencies that might be worse than the former.

A young, rather idealistic far leftist (can't remember if he calls himself a Social Democrat or a Democratic Socialist, but then I don't get the feeling he really knows himself).  He desperately needs more historical grounding; his defense of Soviet Russia was, to put it nicely, lacking.

Yelnoc is civil, intelligent, and incredibly friendly. One of our best posters, and should really be considered for a position as moderator.

I think I might have explicitly and seriously defended Soviet Russia only once or twice. That doesn't really define me.
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Quite liberal person from Washington. Apparently he's older than me though honestly I got that vibe like once and have assumed a majority of the time that he's Snowstalker's age (and Snowstalker's 16 but I assume he's 15).

Conservative teenager from Michigan. Like The Doors and has some kind of interest in Feudalism.

Well I was confined to two sentences and that was the best anecdote I could think of.  Our discussions on the anarcho-syndicalist movement and modern Greece reinforced those conclusions for me.

This isn't to diss you, by the way, I'm just calling it as I see it.

I repeat my prior post :P

Seems to be a libertarian hack with a Republican streak. Or perhaps the other way round.

British Leftist. Seemed dismayed that I was winning a matchup against Miss Catholic, so can't be good.

I'm new - but I get the impression of a kind of generally laid back individual who is still rather strong in their convictions, but in an admirable, not obnoxious kind of way.

As he stated, a new poster. Seems to be a lot less radical in his views than his PM score would suggest.

A teenage libertarian who likes the whole my little pony thing.

A wonderful Australian who is terrifyingly well-informed about the political demography of his own country and inexplicably several other Anglophone countries.

An Asian(Japanese?)-American conservative. He brings the unique, at least to America, perspective of a secular social conservative and has a set of views that would likely be quite rare in white America so he's always interesting to read.

A respectable young Conservative from Ohio, now apparently living in Wisconsin. Known for his staunch social Conservatism and adoration of his faith.

One of the best new posters. Very much like me, in the sense that we both support a healthy mixture of Libertarianism and Conservatism ;)

Conservative Libertarian Constiutionalist. Likes anti-estabileshment candidates and Tea Party.

A young Russian poster who is frequently criticized for his rather extreme views on some issues. Likes excellent music and is a nice kid.

A very friendly and enthusiastic teenager.

A prolific and intelligent poster from Poland. Has an interest in Alabama for some reason and is one of our artistic gymnastics fans.

One of the better posters we have, and a fan of japanese culture. Also we tend to agree on a lot of things.

A hardcore socialist from Washington. Well liked by posters of all ideologies.

A libertarian who's supporting Romney for pragmatic reasons. Apparently he's also bisexual.

An. Antichrist.

I don't know, but he seem politically confused.

Old-school Northern Republican that people supposedly have mistaken for black for reasons I do not understand at all. Reminds me a lot of Everett Dirksen or Gerald Ford.

As I told Cathcon, I'm flattered. :)

()

And before anyone asks, I am in fact white, not black.

No, I'm not an anarchist. Most libertarians wouldn't even consider me a "minarchist".


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I get the impression that he postures himself as more to the right than he really is.

My fundamental political views are conservative, but I am also pragmatic and believe in compromise where necessary, just as long as our values aren't sacrificed in the process. 

My quote was actually directed at him and not you, Oldies. Sorry for the confusion.

I actually thought it was directed toward Oldies as well. That is certainly not...a impression I have heard others voice before. If anything, I have heard mostly the opposite. I am curious as to how you came to that impression.

I don't know you all that well and that was just the impression I judged from a couple of your postings. I think sometimes you might want to seem a bit further right than you are.

Old-school libertarian socialist, would probably vote for Stein in this year's presidential election.

A seemingly standard conservative. An Australian, no less.

Georgia Republican; thoughtful and agreeable, but I don't think anybody would call him a moderate. Has recently expressed a fondness for or interest in Canadian politics.

Impressive, fundamentally conservative rural leftist with an intimidating level of theological knowledge. Probably politically closer to Al than anyone else on the forum.

Irish social democrat. Very affable and astute, but fights back with a vengeance against the forum's coterie of trolls and doctrinaires.

Certainly the best mapmaker on the whole forum, who creates the best maps from basically any country - though I am thankful he hasn't made any South African maps to make my South African maps look like crap ;)

His politics are sensible, but that doesn't matter much. This forum would suck if he wasn't around.

A highly intelligent politics and history nerd (and I mean that in the nicest way) who has excellent map making skills and is highly informative about history and politics of the countries he occasionally gets obsessed about (What's after South Africa Hash?)

One of the best posters on the forum, and I don't just say that out of some misplaced national pride - something I'd imagine both Gully and I lack in spades. With him in the Netherlands and Jas in Malawi I think I should probably flee the country, too, to complete the set.

Oakvale is to the Atlas what Bob Dylan is to music.

A bisexual libertarian Republican teenager who grew up into a straight liberal Democratic young adult.

Barry Goldwater never died, he was kidnapped by the KGB and escaped and now posts on Atlas Forum under the name Goldwater. It's the old hide-somewhere-so-obvious-nobody-would-ever-think-of-it trick.

A transsexual (?) girl (?) who is a very nice and articulate poster. From what I've seen, we seem to agree on basically everything. :)

A Democrat from San Francisco who speaks Italian. Although we probably don't agree on much hes always appeared very sensible.

An Italian-French poster currently studying abroad in San Francisco who mounts a full-throated, articulate, and unapologetic case for good old liberal social democracy. He and I agree on most issues, but we have different attitudes towards religion and often arrive at the same or similar positions from different premises.

ETA: Spamage: A level-headed and likable, seemingly moderately conservative Republican poster from Oregon. Possibly with libertarian leanings?--I don't know him that well.

A well spoken, and strong debating Massachusetts liberal. Sensible, articulate, and knowledgeable of the issues.

Labor. Unions.

(Or Trade. Unions. for the Brits out there)

seeks to implement socialism as seen in the popular show my little pony: friendship is magic - i.e. with lots of love and toleration.

The closest to a Communist this forum has--and also one of the few women.

A conservative Republican, though moderate in the Mideast Legislature, who has some serious issues with history. But, he's still lovable, like you zany uncle.

Very active and contributing poster.

polish social democrat living under free market tyranny. likes cats and pipes.

From what I've heard, she's changed her political views like 3,000 times, though most of that before I was here. Last time I saw her, she had an Israeli flag above her avatar, now a Palestinian one :p

i'm done now though ;) marxism-leninism is good for me.

(skip me)

Seems like a nice enough person, but likes My Little Pony. Plays really well as Scandinavia in the Great Powers game.

I don't have serious issues with history.  Most liberals do, however.
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Dr. Cynic doesn't post all that much or extremely often, but when he does it's insightful, intelligent, reasonable and adds to the discussion.

Extremely intelligent and knowledgeable person, without whom this forum would be simply worse off. Also, great sense of humour.

The only Polish leftie alive.

Always good to have another UK leftist around.

Well I hear he is amusing, and fat, but on here he's just tolerably pleasant.

A forum institution.

A libertarian with slightly more sense that your average Libertarian on the internet. At least his emphasis is on civil liberties rather than the "economic freedom" bullsh*t; still holds some pretty f**ked up views, though.

He seems a bit knee-jerk.  Is he really Italian - that's hard to believe.

Depends how you define Italian, I guess.

SKIP

Chances are about 90% you wouldn't have been skipped if I didn't post this.

A very interesting and eccentric person. I agree with him on a fairly small set of issues, but nevertheless is the most interesting man on this forum.

A libertarian person who I obviously disagree with on the vast majority of issues but seems reasonable and nice. Has a lot of good stuff in the what-if boards and such.

A Brony with a decent sense of humor and decent political views. And you live in Virginia, which is kind of makes you a fellow Southern lefty (assuming you hail from there originally, that is ;))

I hail from California, so nope :p

*SKIP*

A populist from Kentucky. We spar on a lot of issues, but his politics are the same as my late Grandpa's, who I also spared with a lot.

He's a solid southern liberal. 

A great example of the American Progressive. I think Snowguy will be a moderator on this forum in the future.

A principled libertarian/paleoconservative who isn't afraid to stand up for his beliefs.

A libertarian-leaning Republican from Washington, principled and articulate about his views and friendly with everyone.

A French-Italian-Californian social democrat. One of the best posters on the board, the only real issue we seem to disagree on is ponies ;)