Tuesday, November 02, 2004
Promises, Promises, Promises
Just for fun, let's keep track of all those who say they are leaving the country if Bush is reelected for four more years. I invite your comments, if I miss somebody. My first of the day is Larry Flynt of Hustler fame.
Here are a couple of new prospective emmigrants:
Catherine Elsworth of The Daily Telegraph reports:
Mover Mike 10:21 AM
"If Bush is re-elected - but I don't want to even consider the thought for one second - I really have to think about living somewhere else," Flynt said early Monday in a strip club on the Champs Elysees in Paris where he was celebrating his 62nd birthday.Posted on 11/02/2004 6:16:23 AM PST by Ginifer at Free Republic
Here are a couple of new prospective emmigrants:
Catherine Elsworth of The Daily Telegraph reports:
Some left-leaning Californians say they would rather leave the United States -- and go to Canada or elsewhere -- than stay with George W. Bush as president.''I certainly don't love the climate of Vancouver, but I love the sanity,'' said Steve Crawford, 54, a singer and actor working as a volunteer at the Democratic Party offices in Santa Monica. He and his wife, Karen, have been investigating selling their home in Pacific Palisades, an upmarket area close to the coast, and moving to Canada.The total is seven(7). That's a good start and the polls aren't even closed
''I have a good friend who is adamant he will leave if Bush is re-elected. He's picked two countries and will definitely go to one should this happen.''
''Do you think Great Britain would give us political asylum?'' a woman in Starbucks asked. ''It's just ... I don't think I can stay if Bush wins again.''
Gretchen Witte, 35, from Alhambra, east of Los Angeles, who runs her own Internet business, is making plans to move to London, where she previously lived for eight years, should Mr. Bush win.
Voluntary exile as a political statement is nothing new. Democrat-supporting celebrities have a habit of making (usually empty) threats to leave should the election not go their way. Robert Redford, a vocal critic of Mr. Bush's policies, was reported this month to have vowed to move to Ireland, where he owns homes near Dublin, if Mr. Bush is re-elected.
Mover Mike 10:21 AM
