Keystone Phil - turning into a vosem clone?

[freepcrusher]

i've always tolerated him, but he has turned insufferable this election season

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

You guys can dish it but you can't take it. You lost. Phil has gloating rights well into March, which is when the Democratic circle jerk ended in 2013.

[Miles]

No; Phil is funnier and less didactic, IMO.

[Goldwater]

I like both posters, so I'm not seeing the issue here.

[Lief 🗽]

Phil is the official leader of the Atlas Republicans and other assorted right-wingers. Do not disrespect him.

[Southern Senator North Carolina Yankee]

He went all in on Kansas and pulled a straight flush.

[Grumpier Than Uncle Joe]

Congrats, Phil.

[windjammer]

Phil is the official leader of the Atlas Republicans and other assorted right-wingers. Do not disrespect him.

I like both posters, so I'm not seeing the issue here.

[RR1997]

Phil is the official leader of the Atlas Republicans and other assorted right-wingers. Do not disrespect him.

I like both posters, so I'm not seeing the issue here.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

I, for one, welcome our friend's post-election gloating.

[New_Conservative]

Phil is the official leader of the Atlas Republicans and other assorted right-wingers. Do not disrespect him.

[Keystone Phil]

Haha, I love how the children can't take the heat once they lose. And does anyone here really think I've excessively gloated especially in comparison to the hell I've caught from people here for years? Please.

I did notice a curious absence from a few posters after November 4th. So sad. But hey, I love my haters.

[rpryor03]

Phil is the official leader of the Atlas Republicans and other assorted right-wingers. Do not disrespect him.

You guys can dish it but you can't take it. You lost. Phil has gloating rights well into March, which is when the Democratic circle jerk ended in 2013.

[The Mikado]

The Republicans won, they have a right to gloat as much as they want for the next two years.

[IceSpear]

The Republicans won, they have a right to gloat as much as they want for the next two years.

Two years? I wasn't on Atlas after 2012, but on another (non political) forum I frequented at the time, bragging got old after like a week.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

You guys can dish it but you can't take it. You lost. Phil has gloating rights well into March, which is when the Democratic circle jerk ended in 2013.

While there was certainly a long (and rather annoying) circlejerk by a couple of the most hackish forum Dems, IIRC that was hardly the bulk of the red avatars.  Most of the worst stuff on both sides in 2012 and 2014 actually occurred in the month or two before the election.  The aftermath of both was surprisingly tame. 

I was initially among those who thought Keystone Phil's antics were exceptionally OTT, but I've changed my mind somewhat upon further reflection.  While I still think Phil's Ken Buck meme was pretty obnoxious, the spanking meme KCDem started was at least as bad tbh.  I apologize for the Moderate Heroish tone of this post, but the simple truth is that many Republican and Democratic forumites tend to get at least somewhat OTT in the run-up to the election.  For better or worse, it is simply part of the atlas election experience.  It isn't really fair to single out Keystone Phil for something a great many posters do to varying degrees.  At least Phil is a decent poster overall (albeit one who often seems to be looking for a fight for some reason), which is more than a number our more OTT posters can say.  As annoying as his antics often are, he is pretty insightful poster about PA politics when he's not in election season mode. 

Btw, although his aggressively OTT confidence in certain questionsble predictions rightly leads to him getting called out more vocally and for longer periods of time than others who've made inaccurate predictions, the meme about Santorum's loss in 2006 really should've died a while ago.  It was like eight years ago and some folks are still are bringing it up like it was yesterday (admittedly I may've been guilty of this myself, but I don't think so).  It'll probably be worth reviving if Santorum becomes a temporary front-runner again in the 2016 primaries, but otherwise, this long-dead horse has been beaten enough.

Well that post turned out about ten times as long as I intended

[Keystone Phil]

I'm a Santorum supporting, conservative Republican on a center-left (at best) Internet political forum. Please, guys, stop saying that I "look" for fights. It's just natural.

[Holmes]

A lot of people like to rag on Phil. It's not surprise that he's gone a little crazy as a consequence.

[Vosem]

I feel very complimented to be compared with the legendary prognosticator, Keystone Phil.

[I Will Not Be Wrong]

Both are among my favorite posters.

[free my dawg]

Eh, I'll allow it. Considering he took an unpopular opinion and defended it to the death he has my respect.

[tmthforu94]

Phil is great (so is Vosem).

Additionally, I think any Santorum jokes are no longer relevant. Phil redeemed himself by confidently predicting a great night for Republicans. Specifically with Brownback, who many (including myself) had counted out. He let his emotions get in the way in 2006. But that was eight years ago. That's almost as long as some of our posters.