What are you going to do if McCain wins?

lol wow, this thread

That's very true, but I get the sense the proportion of Australians against that kind of behaviour is far smaller than the vast chunk of Americans (i.e. states and states and states) who voted for Bush last time.

Bush was only president for eight years. Didn't you all first elect John Howard in the early 50s?

And though race may be a factor, I think Obama's got more against him from the usual mouth-breathing base of idiots as well.

He's a liberal, he's pro-choice, he's inexperienced, he doesn't want to fight 9/11 in Iraq...

I'm moving to Prague around the New Year and don't really know if I'll ever want to move back, but if McCain wins iI'll definitely have to stay away for a while.

If McCain wins, the only thing I can do is hope that he catches Bin Laden and kills all of Al Qaeda and terrorists so that war wont have to be an issue at the next presidential debate. Oh wait that's impossible.

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Unless they unleash that super-secret futuristic weapon I keep hearing about. Does anyone know any conspiracies about this? I heard some ex-military personnel talk about it on the radio last week. My dad thinks it's terrorist-seeking robot technology. Like, for real.

I went out to where my folks live today, in the metro Atlanta area, hours before a huge UGA/Alabama football game, and ALL the rednecks were out flying their Budweiser-machismo flags. I realized if George W. Bush was running again there is probably a good chance he would win. America IS that stupid.

Unless they unleash that super-secret futuristic weapon I keep hearing about. Does anyone know any conspiracies about this? I heard some ex-military personnel talk about it on the radio last week.

yeah, i've heard a couple of people talking about this. some sort of super-drone. probs bullshit, but they kept the stealth bomber under wraps long enough.

Look, you fleeing drama queens: If you lived thru 8 years of fucking BUSH policies, what's so bad about the concept of 4 more of similar policies? I mean, hell, you should have already left the US in 2000.

At least McCain won't have the same kinda rubber-stamp congress Bush did for 6 years.

Um, eight years, buddy.

the stakes seem to be getting higher. and for the record my departure is entirely personal has nothing to do with US politics.
xxp

Also, as bad as Bush was, I was never worried that he'd start a war with another nuclear power.

If McCain wins, I'll do what I did after the last two elections: say "I told you so", completely joylessly.

bomb bomb bomb bomb bomb Iran. What's not to like?

I'm sure this reveals my own naivete more than anything else, but a friend and I were seriously researching the requirements for emigration to Canada.

The problem with that, of course, is that we'd be sharing a land boundary with Alaska.

uh douchebags, mccain and republicans suck and all but WTF with this "all republicans are racists" and equating bush winning elections with the majority of americans being racist bullshit?

also lol at anyone claiming they're going to move overseas if mccain wins

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/leave.asp

that is some serious 2004 nonsense

In my mind, one of the best things about the Obama campaign is the participation of huge numbers of citizens across the country, who have been donating money, canvassing, hosting debate parties, calling independent voters, wearing pins, protesting palin, participating in caucuses & discussions, etc. I hope that whether or not Obama wins, that level of civic participation continues. If it does, I think whoever the president is will have to be more accountable to the country, in a way that could (in an ideal world, I guess) really transform how politics works here.

And that could happen--potentially--whether he wins or not. As long as everyone doesn't move to Sweden or whatever.

And why go now when I didn't before? Easy. In 2000 I was 14 years old. In 2004 I had four years of school to finish, horrified as I was at the prospect of doing it in an America from which I was so obviously alienated. "Worst case scenario," I told myself, "this'll all be over in four years."

Now, with the economy on the brink and a septugenarian carpet bomber who might be replaced by an embarrassing militant fundamentalist country bumpkin, "worst case scenario" is a whole lot scarier.

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Like, that is what I will do

i'm really tempted to go through this thread and suggest ban anyone who claimed they will leave the u.s. if mccain wins

i'd have to just hope for the best. the good thing about the US is that it's so big that generally speaking, big political changes take a long time to filter through the country. states still have a lot of rights and I live in California. it seems to me that other countries radically change their governments pretty quickly (particularly in europe, but even canada), the entire country can be prone to waves of nationalistic fervor that puts ultra right wing people in place; obviously that kind of happens here but our government, in theory, has enough branches that things just get mired down for ages. If the entire economy collapses, then I think that will have global implications, so I can't, right now, think of somewhere BETTER to live. McCain could well prove me wrong; eight years WAS a long time and they DID radically change a lot of things in the US.

I am coming to the U.S. whoever wins. It is still a shining beacon on the hill and also my job will be there and the commute would be too long.

2000 I was 14 years old. In 2004 I had four years of school to finish, horrified as I was at the prospect of doing it in an America from which I was so obviously alienated.

It's called being eighteen years old.

I'll buy that.

uh douchebags, mccain and republicans suck and all but WTF with this "all republicans are racists" and equating bush winning elections with the majority of americans being racist bullshit?

also lol at anyone claiming they're going to move overseas if mccain wins

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And I will own up to the fact that it's highly unlikely, McCain victory or no, that I'm moving to Canada.

Shocking, right?

Give me a few days to feel hopeless, then I'm back in it.

Bomb bomb bomb, bomb Iran = we start bombing Russia in 5 minutes, for those with short memories.

I will be as drunk as a skunk on election night, hoping that the night turns into a party instead of the most depressing day of 2008.

thanks for bailing guys - glad to see you won't be here to vote for the good guys in 2012!

I will move to the West Side

thanks for bailing guys - glad to see you won't be here to vote for the good guys in 2012!

this is fucking idiocy and you know it. i'm not moving to ohio or some other shit fest where my vote would, you know, matter in our current electoral college system, so why bother? if the country is so soundly fucked that a majority of ppl would rather see a crazy old white senile be in office than an "arab" black man, then hell, let them have it! also i don't buy into the "good guys" argument -- you have no fucking idea who is going to be running in 2012, and i'm not dumb enough to buy into the democrat = good republican = evil bullshit that's been pressed into the minds of under-30 liberals for the past 20 years.

but thanks for the guilt trip! your vote totally matters! yeah!

i mean sorry to be a bitch but grow up.

I wasn't 100% serious ally

sarcasm doesn't work over the internet

Only 97%.

Add 3 or 4 smilies next time crutis.

http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/outrage/leave.asp

I just want to make clear that I don't "buy into the democrat = good republican = evil bullshit that's been pressed into the minds of under-30 liberals for the past 20 years."

I'm just too young & inexperienced to lead this country ;_;

i'm not someone who would've even considered moving to canada (like at all in general, no offense canada, but specifically in the context of the previous elections) but i know a lot about mccain and now you all do too--if he wins over barack obama then this country is fucked. not because of what MCCAIN will do but because of what it says about this country, it proves everyone right. i've never been much of a patriot, being a communist from new york and all that, and i've always wanted to move to the carribbean so here is my perfect chance.

xpost yeah curtis sorry i'm not being 100% serious towards you either (when i say "grow up" in a post i'm usually not being totally serious) but there's a couple other ppl on this thread with same sentiment but probably serious so i'm just going to lay it out there. fuck 'em! y'all in dc or illinois or the northeast, if you seriously think that leaving is a bad idea, go move to a swing state! do it do it do it make your vote count!

when i say "grow up" in a post i'm usually not being totally serious

i live in berkeley, I'm just gonna stay here

if mccain wins, they'll probably try to secede from the Union or some shit

can I get a berkeley green card

toronto.craigslist.org/w4m

http://toronto.en.craigslist.ca/drh/w4m/858385836.html

^^ if this doesn't get you "north of the border" I don't know what will