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The United States is in trouble (Original Post) UCmeNdc May 2020 OP
If COVID-45 steals the election again, right now will seem like a picnic in the park. roamer65 May 2020 #1
California (or whomever) better let me in! Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #2
You can always come up to Metro Detroit area. roamer65 May 2020 #3
Well, that would certainly be closer! Buckeye_Democrat May 2020 #5
Not this time. roamer65 May 2020 #6
California has lots of room.. however yuiyoshida May 2020 #13
Have patience. It just now reaching the red areas of the nation. As they are reopening. GulfCoast66 May 2020 #4
So how do we stop it from coming north? roamer65 May 2020 #7
The next few months in the U.S.... regnaD kciN May 2020 #8
Spent most of the day wondering what can be done. PufPuf23 May 2020 #9
Join the club PP23........... DENVERPOPS May 2020 #11
Barr needs to be in jail. bamagal62 May 2020 #10
Don't forget the Republicans in the Senate yuiyoshida May 2020 #12

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
1. If COVID-45 steals the election again, right now will seem like a picnic in the park.
Fri May 8, 2020, 01:37 AM
May 2020

Separatism will be in vogue if he steals it.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
2. California (or whomever) better let me in!
Fri May 8, 2020, 01:44 AM
May 2020

I'm not being left behind with the red fuckers!

(I'm using hyperbole... I hope!)

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
3. You can always come up to Metro Detroit area.
Fri May 8, 2020, 01:46 AM
May 2020

Solid blue in November 2018.

The whole damn area went blue.

My township is 70 percent Democratic.

Buckeye_Democrat

(14,853 posts)
5. Well, that would certainly be closer!
Fri May 8, 2020, 01:53 AM
May 2020

The state itself seemed to be creeping toward the red, though.

Edit: I'd probably just move to nearby Yellow Springs OH (home of Dave Chappelle) if the immediate community was my only concern.

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
13. California has lots of room.. however
Fri May 8, 2020, 04:22 AM
May 2020

its expensive to live here. My Starting Rent was 1300 for a studio. Now its over $2,000, and we haven't even discussed the price of food in this state. Safeway is not that cheap, but the farmer's markets are great ...except for now..

None of them are open for business.

GulfCoast66

(11,949 posts)
4. Have patience. It just now reaching the red areas of the nation. As they are reopening.
Fri May 8, 2020, 01:52 AM
May 2020

It’s gonna be ugly when NY is recovering and the dead begin stacking like cordwood in places like Georgia.

It could all have been, well not prevented, but mitigated to a great degree. With real leadership.

roamer65

(36,745 posts)
7. So how do we stop it from coming north?
Fri May 8, 2020, 01:56 AM
May 2020

We don’t want a 2nd wave up here and that is what may bring it.

PufPuf23

(8,764 posts)
9. Spent most of the day wondering what can be done.
Fri May 8, 2020, 02:04 AM
May 2020

The hard to believe insults by the Trump and GOP compound daily.

After Barr's most recent comments, I find it hard to believe that there will be a fair election and, even if the election is won, transition may be in question.

Not only is the pandemic mismanaged but CV19 is being used a cover to grift and seize more power.

Best I could come up with is mass demonstrations in automobiles (social distancing and also personal protection) shutting down the country in a demand that Trump, Barr, McConnel, et al resign.

Given CV19, the Fall 2020 election should be dependent on vote by mail.

Trump installing a crony as Post Master General in recent days puts that election very much at risk.

I do not think I am being overly dramatic nor paranoid.

I am less than confident we are up to what needs to be done as a society.

It looks to be only a matter of time until shooting at liberals becomes common.

DENVERPOPS

(8,809 posts)
11. Join the club PP23...........
Fri May 8, 2020, 03:36 AM
May 2020

Many of us have spent the last four decades wondering what can be done.........

I think there are a whole big bunch of people who are JUST NOW starting to think about all the things you mentioned......

HELLO AMERICA,......The RepubliCON, Corporate Fascist Tyranny is one millimeter away from being installed.......Forget about the election, it is 6 very long months away. And IF there is an election, and the Dem wins it, it will be overruled, and deemed corrupted by the Democrats. Then Trump, the RepubliCONs, Barr, and the RepubliCON US Supreme Court will appoint Trump the victor............

When the dust settles, there will be a small group in the upper one percent, and the rest of us will all be crowded into the bottom one percent........

You certainly are not being over dramatic or paranoid.........you are just being pragmatic and realistic........


WASF

yuiyoshida

(41,831 posts)
12. Don't forget the Republicans in the Senate
Fri May 8, 2020, 04:19 AM
May 2020

They could have done something, they chose to ignore Trump.. and his metal problems.

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