Post something you admire about the previous poster.

[Mechaman]

He's from Florida?

[Mechaman]

For being the sexiest beast on this planet.  If I were a woman.........

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

He's from Oklahoma but not a neocon.

[Mechaman]

He's from Massachusetts but not a nanny statist.

[Bo]

He's funny

[Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl]

He is pro-life.

[Bo]

He is a nice guy and he is pro-life

[Mechaman]

He's a nice kid, even if he is a bit hackish at times.

[Bo]

I love his Mark Sexgod Warner TL. He should finish it.

[Smid]

Roch is gone, so I'll go back to Mechaman.

I admire his commitment to personal freedom.

[Хahar 🤔]

There are a good many things (including the excellent maps), but what I most admire about Smid is his thoughtfulness. I always feel like his posts have been carefully thought out, and as a result they're consistently informative and often make me think.

[Antonio the Sixth]

His intelligence and knowledge.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

I've never known him to run from or mince words about his ideals.

[Marokai Backbeat]

His ability to be mild mannered. He's also incredibly intelligent.

[Pingvin]

Quite active senator. Works for people.

[Yelnoc]

His enthusiasm.

[Oakvale]

He's entertainingly cynical.

[k-onmmunist]

He's entertaining, and relatively cynical.

[MASHED POTATOES. VOTE!]

His sense of humor, just to name one thing.

[Hash]

He's funny, intelligent, entertaining and a great guy. I love the talks we can have about Alabama or Brazil.

[Barnes]

Incredibly insightful in international politics; I've regularly consulted his website.  He's also a really cool guy if you get to know him.

[k-onmmunist]

He's ma President to my vice president in the upcoming election

Just an all around nice guy really

[Oakvale]

I'd like to humbly suggest we rename this thread the "Validation Mine".

Winston, to his credit, admits his (once) frequent ideological somersaults with good grace and humour, whereas many people who did the same would be defensive. It doesn't hurt that he's "landed" in a fairly decent position on the spectrum.

[Torie]

A very good writer, and lucid thinker, who is reasonably fair minded, and when he throws a punch, he does it with a velvet fist so that it does not hurt too much. All in all, a most impressive young man, and a fine addition to the forum.

[Insula Dei]

Torie has mastered the skill of being a reactionary in such a way that your mainstream forum liberal either doesn't notice or doesn't mind. Also, unlike some other posters, I've never seen him go on about how his succes in life was all due to his hard work and how the poor are themselves responsible for their situation. All this suggests a certain level of intelligence.