Talk Elections

Inspired by this thread (https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=137402.msg2940671#msg2940671) (see BRTD's post and the following ones). Basically, you have to present the preceding poster as if you were talking to someone who doesn't know him at all.

- French citizen of Italian origin
- 18 years old
- Socialist Party voter
- Friendly
- Sometimes kind of a moderate hero
- An impressive knowledge
- Never posted his photo
- Is not on Facebook
- Suburbs resident
- Doesn't use AIM
- Lunar used to be mean to him
- Gramps have him on ignore

Polish citizen
Recent (about two years ago) addition to the forum
Leftist politically, though that's not crucial to knowing about him
Troll who knows his limits
Former Atlasian Senator of the Midwest
The forum's funnyman par excellence

New-ish member
Makes excellent maps, perhaps the best maps on this forum
Is a real goldmine of political information and stuff on New England/NY
Is very friendly and helpful
And certainly not a hack by any measure; rather an intelligent moderate figure of reason
Apparently attends a uni in CT, which is pretty much also the personal info we know about him

An old though young member of this forum,
who is a centrist, regionalist, social liberal, financial hawk, foreign-affairs FDR-like realistic guy.

A huge contributor to this forum, with excellent maps, brilliant sociological and electoral analyses, very fine ideas of what-ifs.

Franco-canadian Vermont, Celtic and Arabic countries lover, very open to the world, to international history and affairs, with an often refreshing view and which are the subject of his university course and of his clever and knowledgeable own site.

Very sensitive to some passions of its own, but with a big amount of self-mockery, except when it's from trolls, hacks and spammers.

this has to be the first thread I've inspired in years!  I feel born-again, re-baptized. 

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Tweed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydbDJqXCrFs

One of my favorite lefties........in 25 years he'll be just like me (except still a hard lefty)  :)

Commonly refered as an "old man" (including by himself). I've rarely seen him post outside the Forum Community board and doesn't seem interested in discussing politics. His main interest seems to be fooling around with his clique of admirers. Likes to make fun of other people even when he makes no sense at all. A lot of people find him witty and I've yet to understand why. Politically he's a kind of right-libertarian hack who cares a lot about guns.

I don 't know him very well, but what I do know, impresses me.  He is a very bright and mature young man who writes extremely well - indeed, shockingly well assuming English is not his first language. He is informed and generally seems to have pretty good judgment. But as his post above reflects, he is a rather harsh grader.  Perhaps he will become a tad more charitable with the passage of time. And by the way, Grumps has put up a considerable body of work on the US politics board, generally stuff about the dysfunctional antics of government, an institution that he trusts about as much as Weiner's honesty about his personal affairs. :)

Wise with an almost zen-like quality to him.  Commands respect.  This description is so brief because I lack the ability to elaborate further.  Mere mortals like me would be struck down instantly if they fully understood Torie.

On Torie (since Bullmosse barely beat me to it)

-Republican from Laguna, California
-Policy views on social issues are open and inclusive.  
-Strong fiscal conservative, especially knowledgable about law, government budget and tax policy
-Committed to education reform and entitlement reform
-A preeminent master of making redistricting maps
-One of the forum's most brilliant and analytically skilled posters, who bases his views on empirical data and writes about those views lucidly
-An entirely benevolent hedonist and an apparent favorite with the ladies
-An unfailingly perfect gentleman

On Bullmoose:

-Republican from southeastern Pennsylvania
-self-described socially liberal and fiscally conservative Republican
-outstanding writer, whose posts at once demonstrate fair-mindedness, insight and excellent wit
-provides quite observant political analysis and displays considerable knowledge and has made good contribution to some topics on the Religion and Philosophy boards
-followers of his posts will never be disappointed

I've always thought of anvikshiki (though I've had limited contact with him) as a very bright and sensible poster. Unlike many here, I believe that he really looks at all perspectives.

-He's an independent (obviously, since he's open-minded) from Illinois.
-Leans left-of-center, though stays close to the middle.
-Always fair and even-handed.
-He's one of the posters whose opinions I read, and not skim over.

Summary:

Incredibly smart and well read for his age. "Articulate" doesn't touch it. I recall how shocked I was only several months ago to discover he's only 15.

Conservative, but not a nut about it. A rare vanishing breed of (usually, relatively ;)) sensible Republicans.

A very kind and gentle creature. (Hahah, yeah it wasn't that funny...;))

Badger brings a large degree of expertise and talent to whatever he does and is always willing to take a heavy work load. 

He's also quite a nice person; I don't know if I've ever really seen him get in a forum fight.  He' remarkable dedication for the causes he believes in (Abortion rights immediately come to mind) are very nice, and show something that is lacking from many Democrats these days. :)

Used to be very close to him...

Very intelligent for his young age, seems pretty locked on his views. Despite his left leanings, very willing to work with both sides and have friends on both sides, which is a quality I deeply admire. Has had some commitment issues on Atlasia, but I understand that real life must always take precedence. :)

Indiana teen
Fan of American Idol and Glee
Diehard Romney Republican
Prominent Atlasian (ex-President)
All-around fabulous poster, though can be a bit of a self-parody when the subject of Adam Lambert comes up.

Cultural elitist
Latte liberal
Sane Moderator
Fan of Gilbert & Sullivan
Top 10 poster here

-Jewish kid from NOVA
-When younger, was inspiration for the term "Moderate Hero"
-Also tried to be a Dixiecrat for a while
-Good poster now, of course
-Bit of a foreign policy wonk

A respected Atlasian who IMO has a bacon fixation
A left leaning individual whom can work with the right

Judging by his posting on this thread, a glutton for punishment.  ;)

Centrist
Has disavowed Jewish background
loves Gilbert & Sullivan

A somewhat pragmatic libertarian seemingly alone in San Francisco.

A very valuable addition to Atlasia and forum in general. A principled liberal who can get along with people from diffrent ideological backgrounds.

Plakat, który przynosi zaszczyt Polska :p

Oh no, google translator strikes back...

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^JBrase

Really a rather cool guy.  He's never one to just force his beleifs on other people, and he always seems open to listening.

He's also really nice.  I remember one day we had a whole PM conservation about '40s Bugs Bunny cartoons! ;D

He has returned from a long absence! Barnes is one of the nicest posters on the forum. He is a Democrat from Georgia, like one of his favorite presidents. He is also rather sad, I am sure, that his namesake lost in 2010.

He also wrote decent timelines that he never finished.

A all-around decent, moderate, intelligent and friendly guy. Again, he's no hack and he doesn't go around trying to be a bitch about politics or anything. Writes, iirc, some good what if timelines. Sadly we don't interact much.

One of my oldest Atlas friends, fellow Collor worshiper and kind of dude I'd love to meet in RL.

Just hard to summarize his awesomness.

The type of guy you want to smoke a cigar and have a glass of Scotch with. That sums it up well enough.

Intelligent, has a bit of a 'dog-with-a-bone' tendencies with some things, a pragmatic progressive (my favourite type)... from CT... um....

Australian liberal.  President-elect of Atlasia.  Don't actually know enough to summarize further.

A libertarian from California. A reasonably nice person. His arguing skills aren't extraordinary, but he's certainly not the most annoying among forum libertarians. :P He's one of the few guys who cares about the ridiculously low size of the US House of Representatives, though : which is an excellent thing. ;) Has weird tastes and seems to be obsessed with Lady Gaga. :P

An opinionated French-Italian, which is totally unique. Intelligent and curious about the world. Rubs some people up the wrong way, but worth paying attention to in my book.

A cool Australian fellow, cool to the point of nonchalance ;).
A sort of "traditional" progressive, who doesn't post big (in quantity) as his presence is uncertain and changing, but who behaves positively here and who has given this forum and myself one VERY important thing drug: THE TASTE FOR POLITICAL SURVIVORS !
God bless him for that ;).

- French
- Descendant of Louis the Saint
- Conservative
- Impressive historical knowledge, especially regarding the Soviet era
- Master of survivors
- Friendly type who luckily didn't find out yet how to infract us ;D

-  Amusing in an immature yet satisfying way
-  Somehow coerced me into accepting his friend request, which is a testament to his     persuasive   ability.
-  I have yet to figure out why his avatar is blue
-  I enjoy the occasional look at his What If threads
-  Dedicated to Atlasia and a value to the forum

Oh yeah, and he constantly changes his display names, which I don't generally mind, unless it's to yadda "Sexgod"  yadda.

Republican from New York
Economic conservative, social liberal.
Don't know much else about him

Old poster, somewhat weird person who seems to have a totally unhealthy and dangerous/disgusting affection for random international historical racist/xenophobic/genocidal regimes which is, again, very weird. Generally nice enough.

Franco-Breton-Canadian, teenager, student at University of Ottawa.
Brilliant student of political sociology - a very bright young light in his field.
Fiercely opinionated, has an affinity for cultural minorities and their political struggles.
Comes off as insulting to people who don't know as much as he does - often his attitude is justified, but it's quite off-putting.
The sort of guy I'd really like to meet one day.

Could be a female member?
Pretty liberal Dem from the Northeast
Produces some very interesting maps

You don't know much about me, do you?

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-  Fantastic maps
-  Very INDEPENDENT, not exclusively liberal, nor conservative. 
-  Great survivors, besides him eliminating Herkimer :P
-  Fantastic NE Assembly member, I would vote for him if he ran for higher office in a heartbeat.
-  Very friendly, and helpful, and never one to be rude even if you fail to read directions when voting for NY counties :)

Ultimately, a far greater contributor than I [and the majority of others] on this forum.

I was only guessing!:)

Gee, sorry!

Conservative
Used to be from Virginia
Rarely posts
Not a hack, not a troll
Overall good poster

No, no! It's all right. I was just kind of surprised to be presumed a member of the fairer sex. ;)

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Moderate Democrat
From Virginia
Jewish
Been around for quite a long time

Slightly modified. ;)

Brilliant and clever lawyer from Ohio, with very precise political ideas, which are unfortunately deeply and boringly leftist.
A man who likes and masters language and writing, which is a big plus, nowadays...!
Defend relentlessly his viewpoint, in a very modern-Internet way, on the verge of hacking sometimes ;).
Formerly a fine contributor to Atlasia, big defender of dogs and dog breeders (among other subjects).

French classical conservative (?) from Rennes
Emperor of the Survivors - a great manager, moderator, voter, etc.
Overriding passion for the politics of his native land - but has an interest in other political systems as well.
Friendly, humorous, self-deprecating, overall a great fixture of the Forum.

A democrat from Connecticut. A very nice and likable person. He's mostly know on the forum by his awesome town maps of New England and New York. He has really made a lot of awesome maps which delight everybody in the forum. I've never seen him discussing politics, but he seems to be a generic liberal. Has participated to Atlasia, only at a minor level for now. He's also a great partner for survivor.

Italian socialist who I think also lives in France sometimes (?). To second what some people have mentioned, he writes amazingly good English considering it's presumably not his second language. Very much a "liberal" as far as American politics goes.

I've had some great interaction with him in Fantasy-land, where he's easily one of the best, most active Senators in the game. It was also fun defending him against some Libertas nonsense lawsuit a while back. :P

Irish person, who posts both here and on AH.com.  Liberal from what I know.  Seems like a nice poster.

Obtuse but loveable derp

Good poster elsewhere but lets wormyguy use him to troll in Atlasia.

First made a name for himself after drivng the British from Toulon, went on to be in the right place at the right in time in Paris when the Directory was threatend, becoming famous for saving the Government from a royalist revolt and went out to make Austria his b*tch, led a crazy completly random invasion of Egypt then....wait, wrong Napoleon, my bad :P

Been around for a long time
Not a hack member
Fairly moderate
Contributes to the course of discussion on here

Hard Working
Conscientious
Seeker of Knowledge
George Mason Student
Contributes To Discourse
Sticks to his gun's but open to other ideas

Ex-Muslim
Ex-Marxist
Current neoconservative
Current somewhat creepy guy

He's one smart cookie.  He is also a bit secretive.  And he is a homosexual with an exclusive attraction to women.

One of the more influential posters on the board, a nice guy from Minnesota who has quite an interest in weather patterns and climate. He's A-ok.

From Texas
Very Liberal Democrat
Been around for a long time
No problems with him as a member of this forum

Seems very worried about his grades and college/career prospects... like he has big shoes to fill or his parents have given him big shoes to fill.

He also seems to seek approval from the forum on those same issues.

He is a nice guy, though he doesn't post very much.

Very decent and kind person who would probably marry his barometer if he could.

:P

You're an ass :P

You're an ass. :P

Should switch his sig back to Lawrence O'Donnell
Fits his personality
I think.

Progressive activist type
Alright guy
Is from Connecticut

A bit bland
But then again
Is from Connecticut.

These were not haikus.

Pretty liberal member in my opinion
Is from New Mexico
Pretty comical member in my opinion

Don't know much about him, but seems nice.

Libertarian
Libertas' lacky
Weird taste in music
Extremely weird taste in women
Nice enough dude

An odd one political as a social conservative and economic liberal.
Cares about foreign affairs, a key leader on the matter in ATlasia.
An active and important member of the forum.
Virginia :D the greatest state

A conservative from Colorado. Don't know him very well but he seems sane and nice enough. Takes part to Atlasia, but isn't obsessed by the game. Is currently writing an awesome Atlasia-inspired timeline.

Someone inextricably linked to the institution. He studies at a grande école, is a social democrat and is concerned about politicians, not the political scheme. So he's the kind of guy that sees the PCI as no better than Berlusconi, because one wants to topple the system while the other spits on the system's face.

The end goal for Antonio seems to be the optimization of Western liberal democracy into one that finds and resolves the natural inequalities of society. To that end he works within the institution's confines. I wouldn't say there's anything wrong with that, but that can annoy those who lean on radicalism.

That's a mostly accurate description. ;) However, I'd vote thousand times for the PCI over Berlusconi (but that's not saying much).

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I gather he is a Frenchman of Italian descent
Pretty center-left
Seems like a nice guy overall

A nice guy, that mostly likes to discuss/analyze political "horse" races. He's fairly moderate for a Republican is from Virginia(?).

Mexican-American Protestant kid growing up in Idaho
Kind of nihilistic
A bit of a BRTD junior
Reliable Democrat, but not too fond of the President of late from what I can tell (of course, does anyone really like Obama?)
Pretty good poster, drifts in and out

Brilliant, witty, weird.  :P

FF

Old guy (by local standards) who doesn't discuss or debate politics much and who can be pretty amusing at times. He is a bit of jerk to certain people who don't deserve it like Antonio, but he and I get along well because we both hate trolls and hacks. Pretty chill guy.

He makes lots of cool foreign maps and knows an impressive amount about international politics and history, though he seems a little angry sometimes.

A WA Democrat in a forum puzzlingly full of WA Democrats.
A perfectly civil character - your average respectful and insightful poster.
Often difficult to mentally distinguish from Fuzzy, RI, Ebowed, etc.

A Northeastern Liberal
Likes to make political map's and is quite good at it
Nice guy

Don't know him that well
From North Carolina?
Republican
Seems like a nice guy so far

Posted a lot back in the day. I think he changed ideologies a lot when he was younger, but I might be mixing him up with Josh. In fact, I seem to recall getting Josh and Kevin mixed up before, so I'm not actually sure about that. There was a long time where I didn't see any posts from Kevin, so he's probably been away for a while, starting his college life I'd imagine. Decent guy.

An independent from Georgia (had a Louisiana avatar for some time). He's a kind of left-libertarian for what I know, but doesn't discuss politics too much. Likable enough, even though we don't interact much. Is a long-time participant to Atlasia, has held several important position but isn't very active nowadays.

One of the nicer and pleasant liberals I've interacted with on here. Seems pretty far to the left, but at the same time, can respect different opinions and is willing to make compromises. Just an overall respectful poster, who is certainly an asset to the forum and Atlasia.

Mormon (?), Republican, Romney supporter, nice guy.

Nice guy. I find his politics rather immature, but he's appreaing to be pretty smart person.

Seems like a nice guy
Of Polish descent or lives in Poland?
I don't agree with his politics but I find him a reasonable guy

A very nice poster, has moderately conservative views, and should post more.

I like him.  Obviously intelligent when talking about trends and demographics.  Very active in Atlasia.  I sometimes don't think he knows how some of his comments sound, or perhaps doesn't care, which gives him a bad reputation with certain people.  I've never had a problem with him, and he was an asset as Speaker, so I'd say FF. 

A republican from New York. Even though we've never interacted, he seems to be a pretty likable and intelligent person. AFAIK, contributes mostly to Atlasia, where he seems to do a good job (especially for NE's standards :P).

A great guy, interesting, intelligent, fun and a great friend. Really friendly, really nice and all. And we have a lot in common in terms of personality, politics, opinions and interests. Probs the top poster on the forum and one of the top reasons I still post.

Pretty cool Spanish guy who makes nice maps.

Except he's Franco-Quebecois. :P

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For Antonio:

A fine data and graphs poster on US elections and on electoral system, with very good ideas on US what-ifs and on suspenseful survivors, and a great contributor to Atlasia, in which he played very (too ?) seriously, contrary to a vast majority.
He is more on the left than a real social-democrat (he's partly French after all ;)), but he will mature with time and will probably be more moderate.
His English is very good for a French and he is very open to the world, especially on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean, for a Sciences-Po student.
Overall, a very interesting guy.
And the only fan of my 2012 Big Bad Tracker ! :P

Is French
Is fond of a strong powerful central leader
Doesn't seem to have much time for consensus-driven policies
But seems pleasant and friendly

Australian
Liberal
Level headed
Pleasant
Has trouble replying to PMs about Atlasia ;)

Hawk, conservative Democrat.  Virginian.

Sweet guy, and rather affable. Is becoming a fellow brony.

A standard liberal, reminds me of a DailyKos archetype that isn't seen frequently on the Atlas. Other than that I know nothing about him.

An excellent freedom fighter; one of the best posters on the Forum. Really ought to post more. Trapped in northern Idaho.

Very astute California poster and moderate leftist.
A member of what I consider to be the forum's intellectual clique, also containing Lewis and Al.
Is of Bengali descent.
Rarely gives more than veiled praise, but is quick to criticize. 

Makes nice maps.

Doesn't know how to center the pictures in his signature. ;)

Liberal (in the American sense) with strong opinions.  Bold or stubborn, depending on who you ask.  All in all, a good guy.

Cute

He is soooo meeeen :(

hes so hateful 'n rude 'n never offers constrictive critism.

One of the better posters here from the glorius freedom packed state of Oklahoma. :)

Our resident Sane libertarian.

lol fail.

Yelnoc is a pretty cool chill guy. Don't know much about him or his politics but he's moderate and a friendly guy.

Cynical
Of French and French-Canadian descent and of Celtic heritage
Moderate by forum standards
Knows much about political sociology and geography

I had nothing but nice things to say until he changed his signature.

A liberal from Connecticut. I assume he registered recently but doesn't really seem like a newbie. Nice enough, even though he can be quite agressive in certain occasions. Takes part to Atlasia.

Nice guy and probably has unknowingly taught me a lot about European politics, but I can't tell if he's French or Italian.

Meh don't know that much about him.  If I were to judge he's a Democrat from Pennsylvania and I'm going to assume since my experience with red avatars from the Keystone state have been more than positive he's a pretty cool guy.  Probably disagree with him politically, but meh that's the nature of the beast.

First word that comes to mind: Zany.

Into timelines and other fun stuff.  All around FF.

A nice and moderate poster. He doesn't share his opinions enough.

Liberal
From either Connecticut or Corsica
Quite possibly short
May need to take a whole bottle of chill pills down in Atlasia

He's a Jew.
Therefore he loves gold and eats protestant babies.
In other words: Mejor FF.

A very friendly libertarians poster fromOklahoma who writes good timeliness. One of my favorite posters, isn't a politically correct type or a hack.

Can immediately be identified by a picture of a Democratic politician/pundit chest up. Also a pretty cool guy.

Don't him that well
From PA
Very Liberal Democrat from what I've seen of him

Kinda emerged out of nowhere, maybe a returned older poster?  Anyways, I don't know much of him, though he seems well spoken and somewhere in the middle of the political spectrum.

Smart. Contentious. Good assest for Atlasia. Technocratic. Not overtly or blindingly ideological, though obviously has strong opinions nonetheless. Possible future mod (meant as a compliment, I swear :P).

Reasonable, pleasure to talk to and good father to boot! Also a lawyer, and I like that. Badger has always been one of my favorite red avatars on this forum. :P

And did I mention we tend to agree more often than not?

A rare example of a truly independent Republican. Also a smart guy with balls.

A Polish poster who will some day lead the effort to merge Poland and Lithuania :p

A smart overachieving Texas libertarian.

He's funny.

A very principled socially liberal poster. Easy to get along with and has a creative streak. I respect him.

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Grumpy but not "grumpy" grumpy. ;)

He's occasionally annoying, but does post some good stuff.

Silly at times.  ;)

Fuzzy at times.  Except when he's not.

He's rational and smart and I'm glad that there's someone a bit calmer and more level-headed than me to cover local politics from a liberal perspective.

Certainly one of the most important members of the forum. A lot like myself in that he often holds knee-jerk opinions on things based on vague assumptions (he likes Serbia; I don't). He can be somewhat abrasive at times, but he certainly doesn't deserve the hate that he gets. Quite intelligent.


Ah, I should probably work on this. It's not something I mean to do.

A liberal from California, of Bangladeshi origins if I remember correctly. Very smart guy who makes a lot of excellent contributions to the forum. According to old-timers, he was a kind of troll in the past, but not anymore today. Occasionally takes part to Atlasia, but hasn't had a lot of success (because for some reason a lot of lefties hate him).

Our only Frenchtalian poster. Economic views are way to far left for my tastes but a nice poster none the less.

To the right of me on economic issues, but is also a friendly forumite.  :)

Another Washington Democrat.
One of the most thoroughly agreeable and affable characters I've ever met online - in a way, the name "Fuzzy" is very apt.
Has done some very interesting analysis of results of presidential elections by Congressional District.
A very fine Atlasian Senator.

Democratic poster from Connecticut.  Very friendly with a similar sense of humor to mine.  I've never thought of him as particularly liberal or partisan, though I really have never heard him talk politics.  As you can tell from his sig, he makes beautiful maps.

Poster from Georgia
Non-Ideological
Open-minded

Tolerant moderate Republican from Virginia.

Joe... WTF have you done? :(

Guy who gets a bit too caught up in memes and doesn't seem to be very self-aware, which wouldn't be too bad if he wasn't so intent on attacking others for these reasons.

Presumably one of the forum's original members, what with his 58,000 posts.
Very ardent Democrat from Minnesota.
Tends toward insubstantial partisan bickering with the forum's rightist clique (hence, 58,000 posts)
Is willing to poke fun at himself for the above.

https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=131645.0

Enough said. ;)

Pretty cool guy doesn't.. Okay sorry, a good poster I sort of want him to annoy people more on atlasia though. The banning cars thing was great.

Wait, why is he a Democrat?

He's not exactly a newbie, but before these last days I had almost never seen him posting. Pretty left-wing and apparently from Pennsylvania. Seems to be a nice guy, but we've never really interacted. Dislikes Ron Paul, so he must be a good guy. ;)

A student
Frenchman of Italian descent
Center-Left

A strange but lovable character, maybe the future subject of a godawful documentary by a certain Zachary Nelson in the future if he decides to do something other than work on redistricting at 3:00 am. For some reason I occasionally confuse him with josh22 though, which is unfortunate.

Roommate of HoffmanJohn (?).  Seems somewhat moderate.

Young libertarian from California.  Funny guy; a hardcore Brony.  Hosts awesome movie nights and is a business partner of mine.

I'm not actually a hardcore Brony.  I like the show and all, but I'm more of a hardcore defender of Bronies.

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Yelnoc? Probably one of the most level-headed users, and one of my personal favorites on the forum.

A left-wing poster from PA
Seems pretty harmless
Overall a little brash but likeable

I kinda knew that, but since you introduced me to the subculture, that the way I subconciously render you :P


Thanks man!

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I rarely interact with him, but he seems all right
Provocative signatures

A very left-wing Pole. Contributes a lot to many parts of the forum : timelines, Atlasia, survivors, international stuff etc... His TLs are usually interesting and nice to read. Knows a lot of stuff about politics of many countries. In Atlasia, he's had a pretty amazing carreer, even though he has a tendency to make erratic choices (like switching parties every week, exiling himself in Alaska, etc...). He's also a true "character" in the forum communities. He likes to keep on with memes for a long time, which annoys certain people. He likes to have fun with things other people don't always find funny... Overall, he's a very nice person but sometimes tends to get mad at you for some little thing : if you want to be his friend, you have to be very patient... He had some difficulties with english grammar at the beginning, but has improved since.

Center-Left poster from France
Provides much international insight
Seems like a good guy overall

Republican from Virginia.
Good poster.
Seems like a nice guy.

Lefty from the UK.  Homosexual (?).  Was called a troll an awful lot.

Quiet but opinionated.  Generally nice enough.

Bit odd, really lefty, doesn't much like the moderators, knows a lot about weather.

Terrifically smart, but rather disengaged from the madding crowd and public square because he's probably saner than most of us, and a rather cool customer. I consider  myself considerably more emotional/passionate than he is, I guess.

In a word, The Mikado is a rather hard read for me, but no doubt, worth trying a bit harder. No pain, no gain. :)

One of the board's few olds.  Republican.  Seems like a pretty cool guy.

Torie:

A man of tremendous experience (how does one live to one's fifties?), which makes me hesitant to judge him in any way. Shows respect to whoever meets a certain threshold in terms of age or credentials. Reacts to everyone else with a pessimism, putting much faith in human nature being naturally conservative and irrational.

Also one of the elders of the forum's redistricting clan, a profession which takes an incomprehensible degree of patience.

Fallenmorgan:

First saw him on the Paradox forums. Then I saw him on the Alternate History forums. Then I saw him on this forum. I can't seem to escape him, or is he unable to escape me?

A very critical person whose political views reflect such. His move from hardcore libertarian to anti-statist from high school to college can easily be explained by how criticism is his central tenet, unlike taxes/abortion/muslims/etc.

Heh.  That's funny.


A very interesting assessment of my political views.  :D

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Fou: I honestly have no idea who you are.

See above comments

I'm not too familiar with you either.  But I look forward to getting to know you on the forum better.  :)

Strikes me as a left-libertarian, way too radical on feminism, weird tastes in women.

Some democrat from Idaho, apparently. Don't know much about him, but he's neither a troll nor a hack.

Italian (?) leftist, who lives in France (?).  Shares my view regarding the size of the U.S. House.  Seems like an okay guy.

Slightly bizarre but pleasant/friendly libertarian. I don't know him much, but it seems as if he took some sort of forum hiatus and returned as a somewhat different guy. Cool person.

Moderate that I don't know much of.

Troll

Senile.

Mind if I sig the bolded part?  :D

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Yelnoc is an overall nice poster. Sometimes I get the feeling he is trying really hard to seem moderate on a subject. :P. We need a guy like Yelnoc around here.

Like when?  I'm curious because I hadn't noticed.

SKIP

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Nice kid. Too bad he never came to Wake Forest. ;)

A self described nanny statist from SC :P who is one of the very few remaining members of the liberal wing of the GOP.

Pretty moderate,
Non-ideological poster from Iowa
Not a troll or a hack
Good in my book

Mainstream conservative who seems to be mostly focused on psephology and electoral horse races. I seem to remember him posting a lot of threads on test scores/universities etc.

Smart kid, reminds me a lot of myself at his age, I too was stuck in a culture-less right wing hellhole and had the same general opinion of my peers. Would make a great political strategist or precinct captain one day, has both the knowledge and charisma and brains to inspire.

An institution in this forum, where he has posted more than anyone else. Describing him entirely will make this post exceed the maximum length. I'll just say he's a left-winger holding often very radical views, but quite mavericky ones in some cases. He has extremely weird tastes for music and other things, and for some reason thinks the whole forum cares about that. Also, he tends to be obsessed by particular things (Opebo, suburbs and strip clubs, among others). Always makes polls about random topics. Despite all this, he remains an invaluable addition to the forum community and sometimes makes excellent contributions. The Atlas Forum just wouldn't be the Atlas Forum without BRTD.

Typical prudish ***.

As jealous of my money as he thinks I am of his virility.  I think that about sums up our "relationship."  :)  

Oh, and he has trouble with authority figures.  Maybe with age, he will throw in the towel a bit more on that one.  Touts an ideology that some might find seems deliberately "hyperbolized."  I mean, can it really be real? Only the man behind the curtain really knows.

A Republican (?) from California. Is considered as "an old" like Gramps. He's one of the kindest persons I've seen in this forum, never rude or abrasive with anyone (see his comment to me, with whom he's never interacted, or with Opebo which he doesn't seem to like). He also holds fairly balanced and insightful opinions. Seems pretty un-ideological, in the good way.

Dude, as part of a 'summary' of me, you mention that I think you're jealous (should be envious) of my virility?  Summary is supposed to be a condensation of the most basic and essential facts, not mentioning of tangential curiosities.

Also, let me clue you in on a little secret - everyone who doesn't have money envies you your money.  There's nothing uniquely 'opebo' about that.

In any case, I don't have any trouble with authority figures - and I'm not sure where you got that idea.  I'm a serious bower and scraper, with a thoroughly brown nose.  I hate work because I have a lot of other better things to do, not because of a 'boss'.

I'll summarize Torie since I did Anintio before:

Torie's political views are precisely and exactly determined by his membership in a privileged class, and like nearly all members of this class, he is lacking in self-awareness and entertains horatio-alger fantasies.

A fun little creature. Despite being an ephebophile who likes tinpot dictators, he's fun and certainly provides quite a bit of insight.

A Cuban Democrat who wants to restore the New Deal coalition.

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Drunk

*note this was meant for Kajewet(If that's how you spell his name)
Left-Winger ether in Poland or of Polish descent
Imitating Inks(as I now see)
Has a nice electoral map in his sig

Someone who is trying to steal my turn X(

Nuts, but if he wasn't, this forum wouldn't be the same. 

A very knowledgeable Barry Goldwater-style libertarian.

What Al said.

Also, a disgrace that doesn't belong to the universe.

(Roach) He's a very annoying spammer who posts nothing of substance and sadly has nothing better to do with his life and summer than to creepily post 6000 pictures of males and females who are not even remotely good looking and who are probably double his age. If he at least contributed something worthwhile, but the only thing he gives us are pictures of old ugly people and random spam which we waste our time and energy to read. The forum would be served if he got banned.

Moderate-Left sometimes Left in a bit more extreme. Annoying at times, but skilled to the point that it makes up for it.

Thanks mightily for the kind words Duke, but if I was that great a father would I spend so much time here? :P

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Teddy...

Very Canadian (take that how you like :P)
Very sharp with numbers
Has an AWFUL diet
Likes cats (maximum brownie point from me for that)
Has a tendency to either be very hypo- or hyper-emotional.
Has a very strong authoritarian streak in him...

I really haven't interacted with him much outside of Atlasia, but from what I gather he is a center-left guy from Australia.  Very level headed with good attention to detail.

Business partner of mine, sort of.  Seems like a pretty cool guy.  Sorta right wing I think.

If Applejack were here, she'd say, "We don't need none of your defendin', sugar cube, we ponies are mighty tough ourselves."  (Seriously, stop white knighting ponies, they're grown up and can take care of themselves)

Internet Libertarian par excellence, meets the stereotype quite well on all levels.  I'm kind of surprised he isn't mining Bitcoins in his spare time.  Outspoken on the trappings of gender, though I've never heard him discuss fixing earning disparity or other major issues women face.  Has a tendency to be rather ().

Moderator.  Surprisingly into Internets culture.

A member of the forum's libertarian clique, which becomes most apparent in Atlasia.
Probably the most agreeable and reasonable of all the libertarians here that come to mind.
Unlike a lot of people here, knows when to speak up and when not to.
Not sure what his username means (the "fallen" bit, at least)

An excellent map-maker. Liberal poster from CT.

Haven't payed attention to many of his maps, but they seem interesting.  Tries hard to be funny, but comedy is subjective and he gets there 1/10 times :P

A pretty new member who is consistent in posting - seems pretty level-headed and not a partisan hack. Wish he'd support Mitt Romney, though. :(

High School student from Indiana.  Ardent Romney supporter who claims to be conservative but seems to be in the trough between feeding off his parents' politics and creating his own :)

All around nice guy.  I can picture him as a Democratic politician in 20 years.

What I said before.

A Newbie who posts a lot, although in checking, most are not much longer than one sentence. That is all for the moment. No doubt someone has more to say, so feel free to pretend this post does not exist.

Torie, our venerable "elder statesman" I suppose. Moderate, fiscally conservative Republican. A class act and generally very fair minded. I don't often see eye to eye with him, especially on economics, but I frequently read what he contributes.

edit: and oh yeah... I pretended your post did exist ;)

Don't know him at all. Apparently he's from NY and seems pretty left-wing according to his PM. Seems nice.

A hard-core French socialist, with an openness given by his Italian origins and his fondness of US politics, electoral systems and statistics.
A very fine contributor to our survivor games.
An active and "serious" Senator of Atlasia.
Always happy to see a red avatar of France when I'm online ;).

A really great guy, a great survivor boss and a real goldmine of information and opinions on French politics, elections and all stuff beyond that. Has sent me some invaluable pdf files of old obscure elections to satisfy my nerdiness. Uncle Collor strongly approves of Fab :)

Canadian
Foreign policy guy
Grouchy sometimes
Really, really, really, REALLY hates Stephen Harper

Young, nice but a bit of a muchness really,
mostly harmless.

Don't know him too well.

A new, very active poster from Pennsylvania.  Politically he is very liberal (in the American sense) who is unashamed to protect his beliefs from detractors.  I think I recognize him from ah.com, though I'm not sure about that.

A ok populist poster.

A nice liberal poster who is probably a troll.

A nice poster who is unfairly treated like crap around here.