What are your plans if Trump wins?

[cilla4progress]

nt

[WhiteTara]

1. I have renewed my passport and

will put my house up for sale and leave.

What are yours?

[cilla4progress]

2. I should check mine...

where are you leaving to?

[WhiteTara]

5. Wherever they will take me.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

102. I'm lookin into Costa Rica.

[WhiteTara]

110. I was told by some people who had repatriated

that the huge influx of Americans have jacked up prices and tensions between the locals and the expats.

[yeoman6987]

34. I'm staying. I enjoy life in the Unitrd states

I've been to 53 counties throughout the world and the United States is wonderful warts and all.

[Hortensis]

71. Yup. I'd plan for 2018 and pray Trump and (Pres.?) Pence

by then hadn't done too much harm. I figure that'd be more than enough time for an alarmed populace to vote to block them in Congress. Notorious RBG would die in office before she resigned, and perhaps others.

As for our grandsons and possible wars as they come of age, one set of parents is fairly well connected and heeled and should be able to avoid a draft. The other grandson has dual Danish citizenship through his mother. That's my major worry, although major, devastating strikes on America's infrastructure would be possible.

I've been wondering, though, what if conservatives aren't hitting bottom yet with Trump/Pence? After all, nobody thought their nice neighbors could be anywhere near crazy enough to vote for them, yet at least 50 million will, or rather vote against the devil Democrats.

What if the factions Trump empowered, funded by, say, the Koch alliance, were able to put in a COMPETENT, CHARISMATIC version of Trump with the help of our conservative neighbors who have become hard wired to vote for anything against Democrats?

We're going to elect Hillary and never have to know. I once thought W was bottom for mindfucked conservatives, though...

[Union Label]

111. I don't think fleeing the country would work

What country would let us in if that asshole was President?

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

3. Probably cash in every single one of my investments,

since the stock market will dive. I'll live frugally on the cash, maybe invest overseas.

Maybe take up robbing banks. I'll either get some cash to supplement my savings, or if caught, will have room and board for a while.

[get the red out]

8. You beat me to it

Move the money from my mutual funds so I don't lose all of my retirement in the Trump crash.

Then I will just hope THEY don't come and torch our whole neighborhood for being racially diverse.

[marybourg]

47. How are you and PO above going

to manage to do this BRFORE all the rest of us and beat out the crash? Please let me know 'cause I want to do it too.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

51. If Trump is elected, I'd start selling the next day.

With any luck at all, it will take most people until January to decide they should sell.

[marybourg]

53. The next day will be post-crash. nt.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

79. You are assuming a huge sell-off can occur before the close of day

on November 8. I doubt it.

Actually, I doubt even more highly that Trump will win, but if he does, we'll have notice in the form of the polls. It would come as a total shock.

[marybourg]

92. Well then, will you sell based on the polls?

The day before? The Friday before? A week before? And yes. A huge selloff can take place in one trading day, but like you I don't think Trump will win, but the question posed was what . . if. . .?)

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

95. I would start selling the day after election day.

I wouldn't plan to sell everything all at once. I'd make plans about how to spend the money, and chances are I'd do some foreign investing, and not actually have everything in cash.

Other than that, I have no intention of giving away any more specifics.

[marybourg]

106. Fair enuf. nt.

[Throd]

68. Same as if Hillary wins. Keep on living my life.

[get the red out]

60. I am counting on it not being immediate

I hope the crash isn't immediate, at least not all the way. I doubt everyone has paid as much attention to what his election would mean economically as people on DU have.

[trof]

12. I just sent the following email to my investment guru:

"Do you have an emergency response plan just in case Cheetos wins?"

[Paladin]

67. That's what we're planning on doing. (nt)

[Kittycow]

4. I'll be worried tbh

Worried for my SSDI and watching carefully if my husband's OTR trucker career will be affected.

ETA: if I was much younger and healthy, I'd get out.

[geek tragedy]

6. Stop commenting about politics online, for fear of the NSA tracking it.

Stop identifying as an American, instead will identify as a New Yorker and future ex-pat.

[Barack_America]

18. Yup. There would certainly be a "Skinner TS me right fucking now" post in my future.

Ugh. The whole prospect of the thing is so dismal.

[geek tragedy]

20. I can't imagine what those who aren't white would be going through.

There is a deep, moral rot in the heart of most white voters, and it's been really disturbing to see it unleashed in this campaign.

[Laffy Kat]

7. Putting my house up for sale.

Learning Spanish right now. I'm outta here.

[femmocrat]

9. The five stages of grief.

Then hiding in my closet for four years.

[In_The_Wind]

10. +1

[Scurrilous]

42. Sounds like a plan.

[Amimnoch]

80. I anticipate a circular pattern between 2 and 4 for myself.

[Mz Pip]

11. Ill stay where I am

If Trump wins the ramifications will be global. Might as well stay put.

[Johnny2X2X]

13. Will leave

I work for a global company, I can apply for a job in Canada and they'll take care of my work Visa.

[cilla4progress]

14. Thank you. So interesting.

Keep 'em coming!

[shrike]

15. I'd love to leave, but I have a sick husband.

Like others on this thread I'll be pulling every penny I have out of the market; the global ones are going to go crazy if Trump wins. I, too, will stop commenting on politics on-line. It'll be rainbows and puppy videos for me from then on.

If my personal situation ever changes I'll be out of here. Sad that it would take the death of the LOML, but that's the way it is.

[TheCowsCameHome]

16. Consider leaving the country.

I'm retired. I have no obligations here anymore.

[m-lekktor]

17. same as if Clinton wins. My life doesn't revolve around what politicians get elected.

That's overwrought drama queen silliness.

[Maru Kitteh]

25. Nice.

Many of us are serious as hell, actually. Mr. Maru and I have the paperwork ready to go. If this country wants Chump they can have him. I want no part of living in a country that would choose a white nationalist for POTUS.
YMMV

[catbyte]

55. How nice for you, m-lekktor. Why deign to lower yourself to visit a political site then?

[LanternWaste]

59. I too like to pretend concern is merely "overwrought drama queen silliness,

I too like to pretend concern is merely "overwrought drama queen silliness," as it certainly is a self-validating mechanism to better stroke our own biases when no one else will...

[sarcasmo]

19. Full tank of gas, my papers and a month supply of food.

[scheming daemons]

21. Move all investments into safe havens..and then work like hell for impeachment and the 2018 midterms

..

[NCTraveler]

63. Had to get to the 21st post for one that made any sense.

I'll be fighting with you.

[uppityperson]

22. Buy guns, canning supplies, some goats, bunch of omgpitbulls and hunker in my bunker.

Actually none of those.

[jonno99]

90. Funny - you had me going! nt

[Hawaii Hiker]

23. Remember the movie "Castaway"

I think I'd find that island Tom Hanks was stranded on in the above mentioned movie and stay there (with or without the volleyball)

[VulgarPoet]

24. Go to college, get high,

Pay someone to properly shatter my kneecap so they can't do some fuck-about call me back into the military out of medical retirement, get higher, expatriate to Ireland with a software engineering degree and a 60k euro job out the gate.

[Daemonaquila]

26. Move money into safer places and fight the good fight.

Not leaving. Not giving up. I aim to misbehave.

[Runningdawg]

44. ^^^This

The only move we are considering is out of the city and back to tribal land. That was going to happen anyhow, now it will come quicker.

[Mme. Defarge]

27. Take up smoking.

[PasadenaTrudy]

28. Staying put...

No other choice. I survived Nixon, Reagan, the Bushes, we'll manage.

[Dem2]

29. 4 years of laughing at red faced conservatives

Who can't explain why he couldn't get anything done, assuming any admit to voting for the madman.

[BobbyDrake]

30. There's nothing left to do. Nuclear winter will find you wherever you go.

Until that happens, though, I'll spend my time verbally assaulting every Jill Stein voter dumb enough to brag about it.

[LaydeeBug]

31. Let it sink. nt

Only responding bc this is currently kicked.

[Agnosticsherbet]

32. I don't have the money or occupation to leave.

Being Jewish, I will seriously consider moving to Israel. Too many relatives died in Europe.

[C_U_L8R]

33. Short everything Trump touches.

He's a walking disaster.

[greatauntoftriplets]

35. Possibly move to Luxembourg.

I qualify for citizenship recovery under the current program, though I might have to give up US citizenship. I'd have to look into that aspect and decide if it's worth it.

[Lucinda]

36. LOL - I'd wake myself up. Clearly i'd be dreaming for that travesty to happen... n/t

[bluedigger]

37. Like Charles E Pierce, hoping for a bunk by a window.

Although a bullet to the back of the head wouldn't really surprise me.

[Lil Missy]

38. Bend Over and kiss my ass goodbye. n/t

[kennetha]

39. join the underground resistance!

fight to restore the constitution and the rule of law!

I mean this is the Democratic UNDERGROUND. We'd have to earn the right to call ourselves that in Trump's America.

[Greywing]

113. I'm with you ...

Although I joke about some place else looking pretty good, I'll not leave my country in the hands of a wanna be dictator and the alt-right. I'll be pulling out some Thomas Paine, rereading Adams, Jefferson and Franklin and be ready to go!

[blueseas]

130. I am with you as well

Politics does matter it affects our lives.

[progressoid]

40. Invest in anti-anxiety medication.

Oh, wait. I don't have any money to invest.

Brew my own beer then.

[sinkingfeeling]

41. Selling house, taking all my money and leaving. Will start as a

tourist in Canada, Ireland, and Uruguay. Plan to roam the world and hopeful have money invested so I don't ever have to stay in any one place for over 6 months.

[LeftInTX]

43. Move to Colorado

Spend the entire time high.....

[Wounded Bear]

45. Start apologizing to my kid...

Then try to figure out how to survive after he cuts my SS check.

[bigwillq]

46. Not much. Life will go on. I will stay and continue to fight

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for the causes, policies and issues I believe in.

It's unrealistic to think the USA will NEVER have a Repub president ever again, or a Repub House or Senate. And it's unrealistic to think USA will never have a a DEM president ever again, or a DEM House or Senate. It will.

We only really get two options--R and D. When swing voters get sick of Ds, they vote Rs, and when folks get sick of Rs, they vote D. Really, it's out of my control--I only get one vote in a very Blue State. I will vote for DEMs in my state (CT) but it likely won't swing the balance in any branch.


That being said, I don't think Trump wins. If he does, well, it will suck, and the country will be worse off for it, but another election will be here before I know it to try and change things I disagree with.

[cilla4progress]

48. My biggest concern is the Court

Thanks for your input.

[get the red out]

61. That would change this country irreparably

Turn the clock back 100 years socially, and give regular people zero power in their live.

[ooky]

49. Get ready to come out of retirement and go back to work

once the Republicans cut (steal) my social security and Medicare.

[superpatriotman]

50. Investing in gilt gold stocks

and erectile dysfunction companies

[bmstee01]

52. Cry, throw up, drink heavily, repeat

[MrsKirkley]

54. Blame those who didn't support Bernie Sanders.

Of course I'm voting for nominee Hillary Clinton, but I still think Bernie had a better chance of defeating Trump because of the Independent vote. I do know a Trump victory would be devastating for many years to come because it would result in a right leaning SCOTUS. Hillary Clinton must win!

[NCTraveler]

65. .

[GulfCoast66]

114. Just can't

Let it go, can you?

Some might blame damage done by Don Quixote's on the left flank.

I really do not want a hide so will leave it at that.

Have a nice evening.

[grossproffit]

124. Move on already. Geesh!

[Sunlei]

56. Don't worry, that Republican will lose.

[cornball 24]

57. Demand a recount.

[underthematrix]

58. well TRUMP isn't going to win but I'll respond to your Q

first close all my social media accounts, cancel my cable, turn in my smart phones and get a landline, and transfer my money to a Black owned bank or federal credit union. If I had credit cards, which I don't I would cancel them. I would not make any discretionary purchases and when I did I would only buy from POC owned businesses. I would donate monthly to the Obama Foundation.

[NCTraveler]

62. Keep fighting for my progressive values.

Keep fighting for a more just society for all.

[George the Retiree]

64. Stay right where I am

If the radiation gets to the southern Caribbean, dem's da breaks.

[JustAnotherGen]

66. Take my mom

along on a visit to my husband's home country.

House - check
Money/Bank Accounts in country - check

Oh and I'm burning my house down before I go. I'll be damned if some white supremacist chick is going to move in there and plaster Hitler and Trump on the walls. Snort - like she'd know what to do with the pasta maker and juice machine.


Yeah - I'm kind of a snot like that - but they hate me - so they can't have my stuff I worked for.

[3catwoman3]

69. Post 43 above was the first thing that...

...came to my mind. Rocky Mountain High - move to Colorado and eat pot brownies for 4 years. (I have never smoked anything, so couldn't do it that way.)

[DFW]

70. I live in Germany and my wife is German

I guess all I need to do is acquire a passport from some third world country and request asylum--or wait until Trump has made us a third world country, but I figure it'll take him at least a year to accomplish that, and by that time there would be so many Americans requesting the same thing that my petition might not get approved very quickly.

[spiderpig]

72. Retreat to bomb shelter

[jcgoldie]

73. Soak my liver in vodka

I hate this topic BTW.

[NoGoodNamesLeft]

74. Wait for him to be impeached

I don't think he'd last 6 months.

[joshcryer]

75. Visit Cuba one last time before he locks it down again.

But I'm not seeing him get elected.

[muntrv]

76. Work on the 2018 midterms.

[Amimnoch]

77. Carry on and hope the US learns a lesson.

1. adjust my 401k from my diversified portfolio into bonds with fixed interest rates.. low but at least I won't lose everything when the market crashes.
2. As his mouth and actions reduces this country's stature in the world.. take some personal solace in dishing out all of the well deserved "I told you so's".
3. Do every damn thing I can to energize people for the mid-terms.
4. Hope his popularity rating goes so low that congress will not work with him, and makes him a full lame duck within a month of his taking the office.
5. Hope against all hope that the liberal wing of the SCOUTS AND Kennedy survive/remain in the SCOTUS until that creature is out of office.

[Hekate]

91. You mean "rise to the job"? Dubya failed utterly at that. Trump would do worse, guaranteed.

Elect an idiot, you get an idiot (i.e. Bush Jr). Elect a demagogue wanna-be dictator, that's what you get. Believe what you see.

[Jamaal510]

82. There's nothing

for my family and me to do except to weather the storm and pray that nothing extremely horrible happens to any of us. In case of a Trump presidency, I'll hopefully be finished with graduate school in 2-3 years and have a decent job before everything completely goes up in flames.

[BlueInPhilly]

83. Take advantage of his tax breaks

and not watch the SOTU for 4 years

[Demsrule86]

84. Trump will not win.

I suggest you look at electoral college. Why post something like this? What is your point...No offense, but I am truly sick of these posts.

[cilla4progress]

86. Guess what

I really wanted to know

[Demsrule86]

100. Guess what...it is demoralizing. nt

[cilla4progress]

117. Don't read it, then,

just like FB.

Or put me on ignore.

[Demsrule86]

123. I am concerned about voters being demoralized and I have to wonder why

you post such things.

[cilla4progress]

132. 1. Thanks, but I think there are other more powerful sources for that demoralization than my post

2. Genuine interest, which is clearly share based on the number of posts. Sometimes you just have to take things at face value.

Sorry if it's a problem for you.

[gabeana]

98. I agree with you Demsrule

IMHO smells of a defeatist attitude

I try not to let my mind fathom the idea of rump winning

[pandora nm]

85. Leaving the country will not be enough -

The whole world will be screwed.

I'm going to another planet........

[LeftInTX]

87. It will get my apolitical kids voting - LOL

They think Trump is a buffoon and Hillary has "got this".

(I was apolitical until Reagan won. I couldn't believe...........)

[eShirl]

88. Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday,

but I won't get on my knees and pray because I'm an atheist.

[grubbs]

89. I cannot say

It would mean serious jail time.

[redwitch]

93. I no longer have a house to sell.

I have no savings. I'm entering retirement age in a few years. My chances to leave the country are nil. So I will stay and do what I can to keep safe and keep others safe.

[onecaliberal]

94. Passport is ready. Wait for impeachment

[exalted circles]

96. i have no plans,trump is no going to win !

[BlueStateLib]

97. Get rid of cable

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[MyNameGoesHere]

99. I plan on quitting hallucinogens because that was one bad trip.

When I sober up I will get tickets to Clinton's inauguration.

[drray23]

101. i am lucky to hold dual citizenship.

American and french. We can sell our house here and move to europe. My wife retires next year, I am younger and will easily find a job back there even if this may mean a pay cut.

[KatyMan]

103. Same here

Same situation here except Ireland. We had already been researching County Kerry so we will just move up the timetable.

[welivetotreadonkings]

104. Buy some Black Bloc gear and start smashing windows at Trump Tower...

Despite not really believing in their protest tactics.

But in all seriousness, what will Trump supporters do when Clinton wins?

[upaloopa]

105. Trump will not win

[mountain grammy]

107. BAJA

[doc03]

108. Probably pull all my IRA out of mutual funds and put it in the bank and

buy some gold.

[Blue_Tires]

109. I have a list of people I'll personally hold responsible...

[Ilsa]

112. Sell the kids, pay off debts, get a cheap RV, get my

"I told you so," 's ready for friends and family who voted stupidly.

[DemocraticWing]

115. Sell the kids?

[Ilsa]

121. It's old sarcasm.

Sorry you missed it.

[cagefreesoylentgreen]

116. I'm trying to not think of killing myself

It's getting harder.

[Spider Jerusalem]

118. Renounce my US citizenship

I've lived abroad for nearly eight years and have permanent residency, citizenship should be fairly straightforward.

[Kennah]

119. Take Intro To French at the local community college

Should be enough to get deported. Why pay to relocate if the government will do it for me? I'll confess to being Canadian.

[Hekate]

120. Told my DIL I didn't want to be exiled from my kids& grandkids, but if she & my son left....

...hubby and I certainly would think about it very hard. They don't have kids, but we could establish a place for my daughter and kids to follow.

OTOH, and I want you all to think about this very carefully: If we had left during BushCheney, we would have missed the presidency of Barack Obama. Who knew the backlash would be this bad, but still.

[yuiyoshida]

122. I will be DEPORTED to Shanghai ... part of Trump's anti immigration plan

Only because to Trump's people, Asians all look alike.

[grossproffit]

125. I'll be okay, but those selfish fuckers who put bitterness above country won't.

[BeyondGeography]

126. Listen to even more classical music

[riverbendviewgal]

127. No more visits

To family or Nascar races.
I will stay out until the trumpeter are out.

Vacations will be in Canada or somewhere else in the world.

[Hoyt]

128. Not sure, but there will be a lot more folks who remain seated during National Anthem.

[Cobalt Violet]

129. Work to get a progressive to run against him in 2020

[d_r]

131. keeping on

[mahina]

133. Dust off my links to the Anti-Coup by Gene Sharp

http://www.aeinstein.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/TAC-1.pdf

And share widely. We should all read it and be ready in case they do succeed in hacking the voting process.

The book is also available for sale at the Albert Einstein Institute.