If John McCain wins the election, I don’t think I’d be long for the U.S. I talked about expatriating when Bush got elected the second time, and now I’m getting deadly serious. Somehow, I don’t think I’m the only one, either.
So, if you don’t live in the U.S. and a Doper decides to move to your country, would you be willing to host him/her for a few weeks so that he/she can get on his/her feet (we really need a gender-neutral third person pronoun in English :smack:)? What would he/she have to agree to?
Just asking. If McCain wins, I see a pretty large exodus on the horizon.
(2) Even if he did, it would not be as bad as George “Gitmo” Bush winning in 2004.
(3) If there are genuine refugees from the US, I do have a house in Australia. But you’d have to put up with my youngest son, who’s the person currently living there.
Well, Icelands economy is failing fast (as WormtheRed as described in other threads) and it is f-ing cold there.
On the other hand, Palin already thinks she’d be part of congress as VP. If something happens to McCain and she becomes POTUS, then maybe she’ll decide she’s still part of congress, plus president and then appoint herself to the supreme court as well. She just might take Bush’s unitary executive theory all the way.
What size mattress on the floor?
(for the humor impaired, most of what I just said about Palin is satire)
You know, I don’t think the Republican death squads are going to start knocking on people’s doors and dragging them off to the camps the very DAY McCain is elected. If you were set on leaving you could probably spend a little time to prepare instead of just showing up in another country with the shirt on your back.
I know this has been discussed here before, so I’ll repeat a comment that matches my own sentiment: I would explore the option of leaving the US - not because of President McCain/Palin - but because of what their election says about my fellow countrymen. In other words: I would no longer feel “welcome” in my home country.
I’m hoping it really won’t come to that, but if it does, I figure Canada is the most practical. I’m old, but have good SQL Server skills; not sure if there is a market for that worldwide.
