# To my American friends **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 3, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613 "2020-11-03T03:25:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613/1 "2020-11-03T03:25:06Z")
I popped in to say: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/aB2yqeD0Nus/hqdefault.jpg "Good luck, we're all counting on you - Airplane") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB2yqeD0Nus) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613/2 "2020-11-03T03:57:25Z")
Posted this four years ago; thought I’d do it again. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/stGhjokq57U/maxresdefault.jpg "Tell America It's Great") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stGhjokq57U) ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613/3 "2020-11-03T04:08:12Z")
Thanks. Just in case we fuck it up again, what’s your immigration policy? ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613/4 "2020-11-03T04:54:41Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Posted this four years ago; thought I’d do it again That line about “you’re infectious” comes across a bit differently now. But thanks, all! I hope you still think so day after tomorrow. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613/5 "2020-11-03T05:40:02Z")
> [@AHunter3](#): > > Thanks. Just in case we fuck it up again, what’s your immigration policy? It CAN be done! 😀 > **['We made it': U.S. couple fleeing Trump arrive in Halifax | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/u-s-couple-move-to-canada-after-trump-elected-halifax-1.4479375)** > > The couple from South Carolina battled the freezing polar vortex during their first week in town. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 6:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613/6 "2020-11-03T06:23:22Z")
I wish I could say with confidence that your election going the wrong way won’t affect us here in Australia but I can’t. So I’m not sure how much immigration will help you. ---
**Author:** ![lynne-42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lynne-42/32/3138_2.png) [@lynne-42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lynne-42)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613/7 "2020-11-03T07:36:40Z")
Another voice from Australia hoping - for the world’s sake - that Americans vote out Trump. Given his approach to COVID and our closed borders to unsafe countries, if he wins, we mightn’t be seeing any of you for years. And we like (most) Americans! You are voting for all of us. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2020, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613/8 "2020-11-03T08:33:06Z")
I’m relying on the US to start to reverse this (global) cascade towards far right extremism and in-country deep division. We’ve got it in the UK and I’d like to hope the election of Biden would upset Johnson’s apple cart. Please go out and vote! ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/to-my-american-friends/924613/10 "2021-01-20T13:26:04Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/l2iIq3zaP6k/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGGUgUChEMA8=&rs=AOn4CLCOlSakyQsN4crCLKvdRL2Ut3BdjQ ""The Landing" in Airplane (1980)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2iIq3zaP6k)