2016 Postmortem

cilla4progress

(24,728 posts) Mon Sep 19, 2016, 12:44 PM Sep 2016

What are your plans if Trump wins? [View all]

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What are your plans if Trump wins? [View all] cilla4progress Sep 2016 OP

I have renewed my passport and WhiteTara Sep 2016 #1

I should check mine... cilla4progress Sep 2016 #2

Wherever they will take me. WhiteTara Sep 2016 #5

I'm lookin into Costa Rica. InAbLuEsTaTe Sep 2016 #102

I was told by some people who had repatriated WhiteTara Sep 2016 #110

I'm staying. I enjoy life in the Unitrd states yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #34

Yup. I'd plan for 2018 and pray Trump and (Pres.?) Pence Hortensis Sep 2016 #71

I don't think fleeing the country would work Union Label Sep 2016 #111

Probably cash in every single one of my investments, PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #3

You beat me to it get the red out Sep 2016 #8

How are you and PO above going marybourg Sep 2016 #47

If Trump is elected, I'd start selling the next day. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #51

The next day will be post-crash. nt. marybourg Sep 2016 #53

You are assuming a huge sell-off can occur before the close of day PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #79

Well then, will you sell based on the polls? marybourg Sep 2016 #92

I would start selling the day after election day. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2016 #95

Fair enuf. nt. marybourg Sep 2016 #106

Same as if Hillary wins. Keep on living my life. Throd Sep 2016 #68

I am counting on it not being immediate get the red out Sep 2016 #60

I just sent the following email to my investment guru: trof Sep 2016 #12

That's what we're planning on doing. (nt) Paladin Sep 2016 #67

I'll be worried tbh Kittycow Sep 2016 #4

Stop commenting about politics online, for fear of the NSA tracking it. geek tragedy Sep 2016 #6

Yup. There would certainly be a "Skinner TS me right fucking now" post in my future. Barack_America Sep 2016 #18

I can't imagine what those who aren't white would be going through. geek tragedy Sep 2016 #20

Putting my house up for sale. Laffy Kat Sep 2016 #7

The five stages of grief. femmocrat Sep 2016 #9

+1 In_The_Wind Sep 2016 #10

Sounds like a plan. Scurrilous Sep 2016 #42

I anticipate a circular pattern between 2 and 4 for myself. Amimnoch Sep 2016 #80

Ill stay where I am Mz Pip Sep 2016 #11

Will leave Johnny2X2X Sep 2016 #13

Thank you. So interesting. cilla4progress Sep 2016 #14

I'd love to leave, but I have a sick husband. shrike Sep 2016 #15

Consider leaving the country. TheCowsCameHome Sep 2016 #16

same as if Clinton wins. My life doesn't revolve around what politicians get elected. m-lekktor Sep 2016 #17

Nice. Maru Kitteh Sep 2016 #25

How nice for you, m-lekktor. Why deign to lower yourself to visit a political site then? catbyte Sep 2016 #55

I too like to pretend concern is merely "overwrought drama queen silliness, LanternWaste Sep 2016 #59

Full tank of gas, my papers and a month supply of food. sarcasmo Sep 2016 #19

Move all investments into safe havens..and then work like hell for impeachment and the 2018 midterms scheming daemons Sep 2016 #21

Had to get to the 21st post for one that made any sense. NCTraveler Sep 2016 #63

Buy guns, canning supplies, some goats, bunch of omgpitbulls and hunker in my bunker. uppityperson Sep 2016 #22

Funny - you had me going! nt jonno99 Sep 2016 #90

Remember the movie "Castaway" Hawaii Hiker Sep 2016 #23

Go to college, get high, VulgarPoet Sep 2016 #24

Move money into safer places and fight the good fight. Daemonaquila Sep 2016 #26

^^^This Runningdawg Sep 2016 #44

Take up smoking. Mme. Defarge Sep 2016 #27

Staying put... PasadenaTrudy Sep 2016 #28

4 years of laughing at red faced conservatives Dem2 Sep 2016 #29

There's nothing left to do. Nuclear winter will find you wherever you go. BobbyDrake Sep 2016 #30

Post removed Post removed Sep 2016 #78

Let it sink. nt LaydeeBug Sep 2016 #31

I don't have the money or occupation to leave. Agnosticsherbet Sep 2016 #32

Short everything Trump touches. C_U_L8R Sep 2016 #33

Possibly move to Luxembourg. greatauntoftriplets Sep 2016 #35

LOL - I'd wake myself up. Clearly i'd be dreaming for that travesty to happen... n/t Lucinda Sep 2016 #36

Like Charles E Pierce, hoping for a bunk by a window. bluedigger Sep 2016 #37

Bend Over and kiss my ass goodbye. n/t Lil Missy Sep 2016 #38

join the underground resistance! kennetha Sep 2016 #39

I'm with you ... Greywing Sep 2016 #113

I am with you as well blueseas Sep 2016 #130

Invest in anti-anxiety medication. progressoid Sep 2016 #40

Selling house, taking all my money and leaving. Will start as a sinkingfeeling Sep 2016 #41

Move to Colorado LeftInTX Sep 2016 #43

Start apologizing to my kid... Wounded Bear Sep 2016 #45

Not much. Life will go on. I will stay and continue to fight bigwillq Sep 2016 #46

My biggest concern is the Court cilla4progress Sep 2016 #48

That would change this country irreparably get the red out Sep 2016 #61

Get ready to come out of retirement and go back to work ooky Sep 2016 #49

Investing in gilt gold stocks superpatriotman Sep 2016 #50

Cry, throw up, drink heavily, repeat bmstee01 Sep 2016 #52

Blame those who didn't support Bernie Sanders. MrsKirkley Sep 2016 #54

. NCTraveler Sep 2016 #65

Just can't GulfCoast66 Sep 2016 #114

Move on already. Geesh! grossproffit Sep 2016 #124

Don't worry, that Republican will lose. Sunlei Sep 2016 #56

Demand a recount. cornball 24 Sep 2016 #57

well TRUMP isn't going to win but I'll respond to your Q underthematrix Sep 2016 #58

Keep fighting for my progressive values. NCTraveler Sep 2016 #62

Stay right where I am George the Retiree Sep 2016 #64

Take my mom JustAnotherGen Sep 2016 #66

Post 43 above was the first thing that... 3catwoman3 Sep 2016 #69

I live in Germany and my wife is German DFW Sep 2016 #70

Retreat to bomb shelter spiderpig Sep 2016 #72

Soak my liver in vodka jcgoldie Sep 2016 #73

Wait for him to be impeached NoGoodNamesLeft Sep 2016 #74

Visit Cuba one last time before he locks it down again. joshcryer Sep 2016 #75

Work on the 2018 midterms. muntrv Sep 2016 #76

Carry on and hope the US learns a lesson. Amimnoch Sep 2016 #77

Message auto-removed Name removed Sep 2016 #81

You mean "rise to the job"? Dubya failed utterly at that. Trump would do worse, guaranteed. Hekate Sep 2016 #91

There's nothing Jamaal510 Sep 2016 #82

Take advantage of his tax breaks BlueInPhilly Sep 2016 #83

Trump will not win. Demsrule86 Sep 2016 #84

Guess what cilla4progress Sep 2016 #86

Guess what...it is demoralizing. nt Demsrule86 Sep 2016 #100

Don't read it, then, cilla4progress Sep 2016 #117

I am concerned about voters being demoralized and I have to wonder why Demsrule86 Sep 2016 #123

1. Thanks, but I think there are other more powerful sources for that demoralization than my post cilla4progress Sep 2016 #132

I agree with you Demsrule gabeana Sep 2016 #98

Leaving the country will not be enough - pandora nm Sep 2016 #85

It will get my apolitical kids voting - LOL LeftInTX Sep 2016 #87

Pick up my guitar and play, just like yesterday, eShirl Sep 2016 #88

I cannot say grubbs Sep 2016 #89

I no longer have a house to sell. redwitch Sep 2016 #93

Passport is ready. Wait for impeachment onecaliberal Sep 2016 #94

i have no plans,trump is no going to win ! exalted circles Sep 2016 #96

Get rid of cable BlueStateLib Sep 2016 #97

I plan on quitting hallucinogens because that was one bad trip. MyNameGoesHere Sep 2016 #99

i am lucky to hold dual citizenship. drray23 Sep 2016 #101

Same here KatyMan Sep 2016 #103

Buy some Black Bloc gear and start smashing windows at Trump Tower... welivetotreadonkings Sep 2016 #104

Trump will not win upaloopa Sep 2016 #105

BAJA mountain grammy Sep 2016 #107

Probably pull all my IRA out of mutual funds and put it in the bank and doc03 Sep 2016 #108

I have a list of people I'll personally hold responsible... Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #109

Sell the kids, pay off debts, get a cheap RV, get my Ilsa Sep 2016 #112

Sell the kids? DemocraticWing Sep 2016 #115

It's old sarcasm. Ilsa Sep 2016 #121

I'm trying to not think of killing myself cagefreesoylentgreen Sep 2016 #116

Renounce my US citizenship Spider Jerusalem Sep 2016 #118

Take Intro To French at the local community college Kennah Sep 2016 #119

Told my DIL I didn't want to be exiled from my kids& grandkids, but if she & my son left.... Hekate Sep 2016 #120

I will be DEPORTED to Shanghai ... part of Trump's anti immigration plan yuiyoshida Sep 2016 #122

I'll be okay, but those selfish fuckers who put bitterness above country won't. grossproffit Sep 2016 #125

Listen to even more classical music BeyondGeography Sep 2016 #126

No more visits riverbendviewgal Sep 2016 #127

Not sure, but there will be a lot more folks who remain seated during National Anthem. Hoyt Sep 2016 #128

Work to get a progressive to run against him in 2020 Cobalt Violet Sep 2016 #129

keeping on d_r Sep 2016 #131

Dust off my links to the Anti-Coup by Gene Sharp mahina Oct 2016 #133