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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHas anyone thought of what you will do if Romney wins?
With voter suppression and so much money going to the republican campaigns perhaps Obama will lose.
Would you think of leaving the country? Has anyone looked into what it takes to go to another country and apply for immigration to it?
What country would you go to? ...
Or would you stay? and what would you do....be quiet and try not to be noticed or be a voice that objects to the R & R administration?
A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)Just like after every disappointment I've ever had.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)independentpiney
(1,510 posts)Skittles
(153,147 posts)I am not a coward- I'd keep up the good fight
TheCowsCameHome
(40,168 posts)Even after his half-term as governor.
crimson77
(305 posts)madinmaryland
(64,931 posts)In addition to my US Senators and Rep, and local candidates, including our City Mayor, Ken Ulman.
Avalux
(35,015 posts)I'd stay because I love this country, and because after 4 years of Romney, people will never vote Republican again.
gollygee
(22,336 posts)And the same thing the other side is doing now that Obama is president.
enough
(13,256 posts)won his second term as President. Everybody was dead silent. I had the feeling even the people who had voted for him were in mourning.
We were all there when the Supreme Court gave the Presidency to Bush 2.
We will live through it if we have to.
Booster
(10,021 posts)let them make me leave my country.
Poll_Blind
(23,864 posts)Seriously.
PB
niyad
(113,257 posts)rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)It would be bad but not as bad as Newt
It is not gonna happen though Williard isn't Dubya and President Obama isn't Gore or Kerryq
swayne
(383 posts)We don't have a snowball's chance in hell of Romney winning.
Carry on
underpants
(182,763 posts)My wife already has one.
Wait Wut
(8,492 posts)...to elect more Democrats locally and nationally. I'd also start paying attention to anyone that may be a good contender in '16.
In the meantime, voter suppression will only be effective if we don't get the message out NOW. Find those Democrats that aren't registered and/or don't have photo IDs and help them get registered. The only thing money can buy is ad time and more money. But, I continue to donate to our President's campaign and toss a few bucks to any other Democrat that needs help and encourage others to do whatever they can.
In other words, nothing will ever get me to throw in the towel. If, in the very remote chance, Romney wins, I'll just have to fight harder next time.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)Says ID must be no less than 12 months old
I moved back here from South Carolina in November of 2011 but I was able to vote in the Republican Primaries with that ID
I voted that way for a very good reason I want to see if being registered Republican will get me a pass even though my license says issued 11/25/2011
Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)Joey Liberal
(5,526 posts)Not sure I can handle a Romney/Ryan administration....... DUHbya and Darth Vader Cheney were bad enough. It would take topless beaches in the south pacific to ease my mind...................
Panasonic
(2,921 posts)Let RMoney destroy whatever is left of Social Security, and Israel will give me a job and a healthcare I pay into.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)demand that he release his tax returns.
rbrnmw
(7,160 posts)Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)nolabear
(41,959 posts)I might do some major wagon circling though. And work like hell for 2016. It's what patriots do.
A HERETIC I AM
(24,365 posts)"Indians vow to endeavor to persevere.
We thought about that a long time.
Endeavor to persevere.
And when we thought about it long enough, we declared war on the nation"
Chief Dan George as "Lone Wadi" in .....well...you know.
Terra Alta
(5,158 posts)And I definitely wouldn't leave the country. A Romney win, as unlikely as it may be, would empower me to fight harder to get Dems elected in '14 and '16.
Of course, after Romney/Ryan fucks up the country in four years, worse than what Dumbya/Cheney did in eight, 2016 should be a landslide for the Dems.
Lone_Star_Dem
(28,158 posts)He won't win if we do the work. That's a fact.
We have to work harder then they do, sure, but it's worth the outcome.
I'm honestly just glad to have so much ammunition to work with this year. It makes it totally doable.
Cleita
(75,480 posts)elected and Al Gore should have been our President. This time I hope Americans protest this loudly, clearly and never let go. There is a hope that if the Democrats take back Congress, he won't be able to do much harm.
nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)I might, with hubby later on under a category that scares me... but currently, nope, we don't
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)It has since the beginning of presidential elections. And it will continue to after 2012.
I will not be leaving the country.
I will continue to help elect progressive candidates.
But other than that, really no dramatic changes.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)I would probably come here and assail the people I would blame, both the teabaggers, and the real people that would help him, the "my vote does not matter" types, or "I am too disappointed, I am waiting for third party" types. I would write here with the sort of acid fire hate that only comes when I feel like I am an inch from hell, and I do not care.
Then, I would focus on survival, as the social security my family needs would be cut. I would talk to my family about moving to Mexico or the Dominican Republic, as Costa Rica is for rich yuppies. If we could not move, then I would simply try to surivive.
I would heap scorn at the people who talk "revolution" because all revolutions do is replace one king with another. The real work of democracy is not in big glamorous drama, but small things, unglamorous things, which is where Americans failed. I would also watch to see when, not if, nukes started flying.
riverbendviewgal
(4,252 posts)and their laws get passed, like the abortion/contraception laws ....will you accept that for the women here and your loved ones?
Will you accept the regulations all be lifted and take your chances on your food and products you purchase?
Will you be able to afford their health care system?
CabCurious
(954 posts)Blue Idaho
(5,048 posts)Cuz everybody else is going to get fucked.
Seriously.
Hotler
(11,415 posts)but from the reactions I get around here to mass protest I'll just walk off into the desert and die.
ileus
(15,396 posts)OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)See if Barack Obama can become the first nonconsecutive two-termer since Grover Cleveland.
larwdem
(758 posts)Dem's in congress should vote no on any thing and every thing and let this fucking ship sink under Romney-Ryan's watch.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)of hysterical laughter, if it's anything like his campaign.
Seriously, the GOP is falling deeper and deeper into bafoonery. Best way to combat that is by kicking in a few $, voting, and repeated heavy doses of ridicule.
NNN0LHI
(67,190 posts)How is that for an answer?
Don