Just heard the republicans are leaving the country if Obama is elected??

[Peacetrain]

Got back from the store.. I am not even sure how to explain this, but a couple of women in front of me, were talking, real righties, .. one was talking about moving to Australia if Obama was elected.

Now when in the world did Australia become a conservative haven.

I remember that a number of democrats considered moving to Canada when bush got re-elected.

But Australia?

Maybe I should have offered to help her out with some free frequent flyer miles from one of my family member

Australia??

[WindRiverMan]

1. Cool.

I love Wyoming and Alaska for all of their rugged beauty. Now I can enjoy the politics here too!

[Peacetrain]

9. I hear you on that.. Wyoming is like riding on top of the world

But I have never seen Alaska.. would love to.. I once put a thread in here saying we should give the conservatives a state and build a high wall around it.. but apparently they want Australia..which is okay by me.. There is no state that I would really want to give them :)

[ColbertWatcher]

2. hasn't Australia suffered enough?

First Mel Gibson and his fucked up father, now a whole boat load of GOPhers!?

Just say no Aussies!

[aquart]

45. And drought.

[rzemanfl]

3. I will continue my Obama donations after the election to a fund to

speed them on their way. A country without Republicans would be like a vacation without mosquitoes.

[leeroysphitz]

44. No. A country without republicans is like Canada.

Gimmee some o that universal health/child care like they have north of the border any day.

You know what?

We could have it all down here as well if only the greediest, most selfish, self centered, self righteous, self loathing, meanest part of the U.S. population would get lost or at least SHUT THE HELL UP for a minute and quit whining about having to pay their fucking taxes. (damn:cry:babies)

A political party by and for the dirtiest pigs in the country.

[LaurenG]

4. Well I can't say I'll miss their meanness.

:hi:

[DinahMoeHum]

5. Those assholes still think John Howard is PM out there. . .

the Ozzies kicked his ass out of office a couple of years back.

:evilgrin:

[annabanana]

12. heehee

the progressive disease will chase them to the ends of the Earth..

[Zookeeper]

6. Excellent. One can only hope. n/t

[patrice]

7. Don't believe it darn it! Wait'll they get a load of the exchange rate.

Money FIRST.

[Beregond2]

8. I'd recommend Pakistan to them.

[CTyankee]

30. No, no. Afghanistan!

Plenty of caves there! It would be lovely for them! No Old Europe and its luxuries for them! No, no, no! Caves and no toilets are best for these Neanderthals (and I am demeaning Neanderthals, sorry).

They all oughta be strung up!!!

[NC_Nurse]

10. Great! Book the flights now, to save money before ALL of it's gone from your

stock account!

[stillcool]

11. What? There is a God?

[Peacetrain]

51. I know! that was almost my first thought

After that sad performance last night, I imagine they are on the phone right now making reservations:rofl:

[MNDemNY]

13. Australia will not take them.

Those without "useful skills" are not allowed to immigrate. Thievery is not a useful skill.

[Peacetrain]

17. Oh don't say that.. let them go.. two by two, ten by ten.

Though I have nothing against Australians..they seem like a nice lot, love their accents..but they have they great big OUTBACK.. :) plenty of room for them

[tedoll78]

14. I heard the same thing at a real estate deal last week.

This took place in southern Mississippi. The topic of taxes came-up during the paperwork process, and the selling couple remarked that they were moving to Canada or Montana if Obama wins. I bit my lip (wanting absolutely no kinks in the deal), but it made me smile on the inside to hear such fear and despair from those rednecks.. :D

[colorado thinker]

43. Canada or Montana??????????

They must be the product of the "no child left behind" programs. Did they think Montana was "out of the country"??????:rofl:

[SmokingJacket]

58. Montana has a Democratic governor.

Hahahahahaha!

[flygal]

73. Oh God that reminds me of buying a house in Nov 2000

And EVERYONE at our closing was trashing the recount. I was sick and just tried to get through it but I always think about how I should have said - don't assume everyone voted the way you did. Jerks.

[notaboutus]

15. Bush has a ranch there

They also do not like blacks.

[jeepnstein]

16. Maybe they meant "Austria"

Many conservatives in this country aren't exactly up-to-date on all those foreign names. Austria is having a resurgence of right wing activity these days. I'll bet they heard Rush promoting vacation packages to the Fatherland or something.

[spanone]

18. that's great news....can't wait

[EC]

19. That's nice...

I hear their economy and water supply is even worse than ours...enjoy...

[Diclotican]

20. peacetrain

peacetrain

The problem here, is that the rest of the world would not have this right wingers in our neck of the wood... Yes they may be afraid of what come if mr Obama is elected. The problem is that it is not many places to run for the neo-con's if mr Obama is elected...

Diclotican

Sorry my bad english not my native language

[MissMarple]

21. Thank God, I thought they were going to Vermont.

Really, a bunch of freepers moved there to "take over" and "run things their own way". I wonder how that has worked out for them?

[teamster633]

53. Probably about as well as the 'Free Staters'...

...made out when Craig Benson encouraged them to move into New Hampshire. I haven't heard a word about him since we kicked his sorry ass out of Concord. Haven't heard a word about them either.

[LWolf]

22. How do we keep them from ever coming back? nt

[demokatgurrl]

Ya know that fence down on the southern border?

Electrify it, and put one up north too.

Good Riddance:bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

[SammyWinstonJack]

23. !!!!

:woohoo: Except that they are known liars and so I bet they won't leave. Bummer!

[TroglodyteScholar]

24. Eh...

I imagine their flight will be no more than the number of Dems who actually fled the US when Bush got "reelected" in 2004.

[smokey nj]

25. So long, farewell, auf weidersehen, good bye.....

[UK populist]

26. Don't let them leave, Where will the Daily show get their material from

And the last thing we need is for them to be coming to Britain spouting their Fascist bullshit.

[Lorien]

27. Why not Afghanistan?

They're religious fundamentalists who believe that everyone who isn't exactly like them is damned, they keep women barefoot and pregnant and murder gays. Taxes are very low-plus, everyone there is armed! It sounds like a Right Wing utopia to me!

[meow2u3]

41. Why not Alaska?

Mr. Failin wants to secede from the US, so why not let them? This way they can take all the right-wing loonies with them :think:

[FSogol]

28. Good riddance.

:hi:

[torbird]

29. I don't want the GOP to go

for a few reasons (and remember that Democrats said the same in 2000):

1. The South after Reconstruction (and prior to the Civil War, for that matter) showed what happens when there is a one-party regime. Minorities lose their civil rights, the oligarchy seizes control of the state, and intellect, progress, and economy are stunted.

2. This, our United States, is only a viable society with vigorous, healthy debate. This includes disagreements with our GOP brethren. If they quit on the USA, then they didn't deserve its favor in the first place and they're saying, in effect, that they place their own hurt feelings above the republic.

[dixiegrrrrl]

35. "healthy" debate, you said

I seem to be missing the "healthy" part in all the smears, lies, and more lies coming form the Repugs.
If they all disappear from this country, we will still have plenty of other viewpoints to debate.

PETA comes to mind.

[tkmorris]

40. I completely disagree with you

I cannot remember the last time I heard the modern flavor of Conservatism add anything useful to the debate at all. Anti-intellectualism is a hallmark of the Republican Party after all. What arguments do they put forward that have a valid place in reasoned debate? Racism is not a viable argument. Religion based intolerance isn't either. Blindly deregulating everything is a now proven fiasco. They argue for a smaller government but it is clear that since Reagan they don't mean a word of that either, even if you accept it as a sane position.

So, what voice is it you are concerned we might lose?

[Lorien]

49. You haven't been here long

If you want a vigorous, healthy debate, just put a bunch of Democrats in a room together. Repugs all agree and toes the same line, while Democrats draw their own.

[baby_mouse]

84. It has been some time since the Right had any ideas to contribute to any debate.

They lost their capacity for contribution to progress when they turned their back on intellect.

[tpsbmam]

31. Good riddance to bad rubbish! n/t

[TheDebbieDee]

32. I'll help those bastards pack!

Good riddance, I say.

[lpbk2713]

33. I'd be delighted to drive their pasty white asses to the airport.

Hell, I'd even put a notice in the newspaper that I'd do it for free.

Only one stipulation ... one-way service only.

[BulletproofLandshark]

34. How about a little traveling music, Rethugs?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwnqqj5Q1BU

[dana_b]

36. best news I've heard all day!!

except poor Australia!! I have friends there and they're not uptight, conservative assholes.

[pleah]

37. Who's gonna host the party?

If you all come to my house its BYOB! :toast: :party:

[MadMaddie]

38. Good Riddance! Maybe then we can get the country

on the right track!

[marmar]

39. Nah nah nah nah .... Nah nah nah nah .... Hey hey hey - goodbye.....

They won't be missed.

:nopity:

[Myrina]

42. I'd be glad to help them organize their travel plans!!

:applause: Don't let the door hit chy'all in the arses!!

[Cass]

46. They're leaving?! I will help them pack!

I'll even drive some to the airport. Buh-bye.

[Sebastian Doyle]

47. Hell, let's give them Florida, and then WALL IT THE FUCK OFF with no gates.

Real Democrats in Florida will be allowed to immigrate to the US. They can keep the DLC'ers.

[bulloney]

48. Australia used to be a British penal colony. Maybe the Repub crooks can all move there.

[Gwendolyn]

50. Australia already has a number of poisonous snake species. What's one more!

[ProfessorGAC]

52. I'll Donate $50 for Her Plane Ticket

Good riddance to bad rubbish.
The Professor

[Toucano]

54. Maye they'll finally be greeted as liberators.

Actually, Australia is conservative. Maybe not a "haven", but Australians (with notable exceptions) tend to be right-leaning.

[Algorem]

55. buy airline stock

[Peacetrain]

59. NOW there is a place to put my retirement investment!

:rofl:

[lonestarnot]

56. woohoo!

[depakid]

57. There might be areas of WA where they feel at home

provided that they can get used to the flies- and can drive on the left side of the road.

That and- have the skills necessary to get a visa.

[Bigmack]

60. We need to keep a few of them around...

like exhibits in a zoo.... so people won't forget what a danger they were.

Didn't Limpballs say something like that about liberals?

[a la izquierda]

61. My brother in law said he was leaving...

this was last week, when I was up in California visiting. I almost choked. I gave him such grief, for the grief he gave me when I stupidly commented that I would leave if Bush was re-elected.

[Bluenorthwest]

62. Australia will not have them

It is very difficult to get approved as a resident there. Very. They are dreaming a baseless dream.

[mwb970]

63. What about the Rapture?

Aren't the Christian Republicans all about to be lifted bodily into heaven anyway? What do they care who we Left Behind People choose as our leaders?

What will happen to the Christian Republican Party when all their members are in heaven or Australia?

[wickerwoman]

64. Well, they refuse to learn foreign languages

the UK and Canada are socialist, NZ is anti-nuclear, Ireland is Catholic and won't let Bush off the plane, and South Africa is full of black people so that leaves Australia (home of Rupert Murdoch).

[MiniMe]

65. I'll help them pack up, it's the least I can do.

[gatorboy]

66. Well, there's always Iraq. The chickenhawks of the group can pretend like they're serving!

[codjh9]

67. The Australian PM, Howard, is a Bush clone. But I'd be GLAD for 'em to leave - how many of us moved

to Canada, or sure as hell have thought about it a lot after 2000, and 2004?!?

[jakefrep]

95. Howard's not the PM anymore

Just so you know

[tinymontgomery]

68. Finally figured out how to get rid of the idiots

Finally figured out how to get rid of the idiots

[HamdenRice]

69. Australia has been a haven for whites fleeing black rule -- Rhodesians, South Africans

It's not Australia's fault. But ex-Rhodies and South Africans for some reason loved Australia, and that was one of their prime destinations.

Probably that's what these people were thinking, even if only unconsciously.

[Brewman_Jax]

70. They can't leave soon enough

I'll drive to the airport, for a nominal fee, of course. :evilgrin:

Repubs would never take any freebies, unlike those "durn libruls". :sarcasm:

[TWiley]

71. Good Riddance .... take the conservative christians with you.

[ContinentalOp]

72. Woo hoo!

:party: :toast: :bounce:

GOOD RIDDANCE!

Seriously though, they'll never do it. I heard some people talking that way in a restaurant around 2004. They were saying how they were planning to leave in 1980 if Reagan hadn't won. :eyes:

[youthere]

74. Do any of them need rides to the airport?

[ljm2002]

75. All I can say is, "Hallelujah!"

After all those years of telling us to leave when we didn't like something here in 'Murka, now they're gonna leave? Good riddance!

I still remember in 2004 when Bush "won" re-election, a coworker came over to me and smugly asked me when I was leaving. I told him, I never said to anyone that I was going to leave, and I had no intention of doing so. My family goes back generations here on US soil, why would I leave? He was a little taken aback...

Wonder if he's leaving. Too bad, we don't work in the same office anymore, or I'd ask him.

[Arugula Latte]

76. Don't let the door hit ya where evolution split ya!

[varun]

77. Noah's ark

let them build a giant boat and float in the ocean till they die...

[Fire1]

78. Can I help you pack???

[Peacetrain]

79. Sending this back up.. listening to those crazy thugs at the Palin/McCain

campaigns.. they are going to have a mass coronary before they get on a plane..:rofl: I am loving this

[Quantess]

80. I have heard that Australia is choosy about its immigrants.

They don't take just anyone. Specifically, they have to have money before immigrating to Australia. Does anyone know?

[spanone]

81. all the more reason to vote for obama

[Lucy Goosey]

82. Just as long as they don't come to Canada.

I like my healthcare.

[Cleita]

83. I would buy a one way ticket for any racist Republican who wants to leave.

Maybe we need an adopt a Republican movement to send them away, far away to whatever conservative paradise suits them.

[4 t 4]

85. "~Imagine All The People

living life in peace~" as democrats in this country! WOOHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[XanaDUer]

86. YESSSSS!

Say it is so, Joe!

[HEyHEY]

87. Good they'll have a better chance of being bitten by something deadly there

[JimWis]

88. I will help them pack.

[ShortnFiery]

89. Alleluia! Is that a promise?

:woohoo:

[slampoet]

90. Austrailia is the Gay Rights capitol of the Pacific, except a few Polynesian islands.

Also the great outdoors fights back in the land down under.

Lazy gopers aren't gonna like that.

[noel711]

91. I could be wrong, but....

I remember hearing some years ago that the Australian
government has tight immigration quotas on racial minorities.
Something to do with their aboriginal peoples,
and not wanting more problems...

As I say, I could be wrong, but this might be an
attraction for the conservatives: nice racial quotas
fit their philosophy.

[donco6]

92. No one's going to want them.

I hear the Moon is nice . . .

[CJCRANE]

93. Most of the world likes McCain-Palin as much as America likes Bush-Cheney..

that is hardly at all.

Obama is popular all over the world so Repub runaways will be in for a big shock if they start spouting their RW talking points.

[Zorra]

94. And may they never, ever return. n/t