If Obama loses I'm dropping out

[WI_DEM]

I'm working as hard as I can to get Obama elected. The world wants Obama. A new worldwide poll shows that nations around the world want Obama (link below)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/09/2360240.htm?section=world

But in this country after eight years of war, economic disaster and incompetence--McCain picks a far right fundie named Sarah Palin and now the country seems to be drifting towards McCain! The media gives no scrutiny. Dumbasses in this country think she's a breath of fresh air.

Well I'm going to fight all the way for Obama, but if McCain manages to win then it's over. I'm done with politics because it proves that this country is beyond help and that the people of this country don't even care. They will deserve what they get.

RANT OVER

GOBAMA!!

p.s.
No I'm not leaving this country. Just dropping out of politics because it doesn't mean squat.

[postmanisu]

1. Do you want to move to China or UAE with me to work for $1 hr?

well if McSame and Palin win thats where I have to go to get work..

[d_b]

2. I'm dropping out alright

straight to Germany. Already have it lined up with my buddy. Perhaps I'll return when my generation is around 40, 50 years old.

[hogwyld]

42. I just found out I'm eligible to apply for German citizenship

As I born over there on a military base, and I have relatives over there. :woohoo:

[Project Grudge]

3. ...

I've felt that way a lot, and I'm in complete agreement with your statement.

[lapfog_1]

4. Yeah, I'm thinking Costa Rica again.

If we can't elect Gore or Obama, well, it's not like there will be a more qualified candidate coming along.

Without strong US leadership on energy issues and global warming (and the hidden issue of population control) this planet is fucked anyway.

[cliffordu]

5. I bought a new tent yesterday, applying for a new passport next week, selling

all my other bicycles, getting ready to go to Belize.

It'll take till the election to get to the border, if they steal it, I am gone.

[shanti]

29. i'd go to central america too

if i wasn't so afraid of beef worms and fer de lance!! :scared:

[cliffordu]

34. I'd rather face the dangers of nature than these fucking domionist douchebags.

[shanti]

55. good point!

:thumbsup:

[stillcool]

6. I'm with you...

State politics is one thing, but National Politics..what would be the point? Life is life, and it's the only one I have.

[EmeraldCityGrl]

48. If you can prove your grandparents emigrated from Ireland...

you are qualified for citizenship. I tracked down my grandfathers birth certificate just in case.

[Crunchy Frog]

7. Me too.

And I'll be working on getting the fuck out of this fascist state.

[snappyturtle]

8. I have told my hubbie that if Sen.Obama loses the election I NEVER

want to listen to politics again. We,you and I, agree on that. Then I will focus working within the community to build a support network for ourselves because if Sen.Obama doesn't win I'm pretty much convinced we will be on our own. I want to work for positive changes.

[katty]

26. told mine the same thing-cannot go through this any longer

[postmanisu]

9. If Puerto Rico survived Bacardi here I come..

[ClarkUSA]

10. Obama will win -- but we've all gotta keep working as hard as we can to help our local Obama office

Don't let the concern trolls get you down. And look for the new Obama fundraising numbers.

[BeyondGeography]

15. ClarkU stayin' strong for the board

:patriot:

[Mz Pip]

11. I've been a political junkie

most of my adult life. I will be 60 in January and I will not get this involved again.

If people can't see they McCain/Palin will drive this country of the precarious cliff it is now resting on, I too an done.

Obama has called on us to be better, he has appealed to what is good and noble in us. McCain/Palin will continue the divisive, mean spirited nastiness that takes everybody's IQ down about 50 points. If this is what America wishes to become then I just have nothing left to offer.

[noel711]

12. I'm thinking Denmark....

the 'happiest country in the world.'

If they'll take me.

[Dave From Canada]

13. What ever happened to perseverance? If Obama loses, you keep working, and you don't stop. In 4

years, there'll be another Presidential election. And with the Dems controlling Congress, McCain won't be able to push through his agenda. I don't understand what good comes of giving up.

[safeinOhio]

21. I'm stickin around

just to stir up shit. That's what I do.

[dana_b]

40. I think that some here have been so involved for many years..

that they are really giving it their all at least one last time. Obama is different than so many other candidates that we've come across over the years that they really are working their hearts out. If America can't see this at THIS time - this most crucial time in most of our adult lives - then it does seem pointless to get this involved again.

I'll keep going because I have no other choice. It's in me and I'm not leaving but I do understand their views.

[dysfunctional press]

41. you'd probably have to live here to understand how dis-heartening it is...

many of us haven't seen a true democrat since carter left office.
it's like living in a dawn of the dead world.

[postmanisu]

14. Bush was to cut deficit in half in 04' ... blame the economy and the stimulus check dumbasses..

[postmanisu]

18. opps posted in wrong blog sorry

[jtrockville]

16. I haven't formalized my plans, but I won't be far behind.

More than the war, economic disaster and incompetence...
More than the spying, lying, and trampling of our rights...
More than the looting of all our treasures...

It's the TORTURE that is the bottom line for me. I simply can not be part of a society that condones torture. I've been holding out for change, but this is it. I can't wait any longer. 4 more years of TORTURE is too much for me.

[liberal N proud]

17. I have heard several say they were leaving the country if Obama loses

[Fire1]

33. Join the wealthy 1%

Might as well join the 363,000 'expats' that left this country PERMANENTLY, since 2001.

[Fire1]

35. Might as well .................

join those 363,000 expats that have gone since 2001. Of course, they're in that 1%.

[Dukkha]

19. I have no means to leave

But I certainly won't give a shit anymore and won't shed a tear for any more deaths America brought on themselves.

[girl gone mad]

20. If you're really planning to leave, think about this..

just consider.

Texas is the only state in the country which fought and won its own independence. We have the right to fly our flag even with the US flag, and we have the right to secede.

:)

[The Stranger]

22. I think that if the election is stolen, there is going to be violence this time.

[closeupready]

23. I sort of agree with you. I won't do anything radical, but

I will just go back to reading pulp fiction and escaping into my dream world.

[katty]

24. i will want to go-no formal plan yet

[apocalypsehow]

25. I'm optimistic that Obama will win, but even if he doesn't we need committed people like you to stay

in the fight. I'm not near as concerned with what the world wants as what this country NEEDS. Besides President Obama, this country also needs committed progressives at all levels of governance to stay involved, even if it's just helping out with campaigns or volunteering to knock on doors one day a week.

We need you!

[Subdivisions]

27. The boosh win woke me up. A mcsame win will put me back to sleep. nt/

[earthside]

28. I'm holding out hope ...

... that the American people are not so stupid as to be fooled by the corporate-military-theocratic complex once again.

I believe that Obama-Biden will win.

However, if I am wrong about the American people or if the corporatists steal their third election in a row ... then it will be my conclusion that this great experiment in liberty and democracy has failed.

For myself, it is highly unlikely that I would actually leave the country, but I will be finished with involvement in political or cultural processes that support the government or the corporate economy. I will probably look for some variation on 'internal exile'.

This very subject has been discussed by myself and several colleagues in recent days and we are all pretty much of the same opinion.

So, the stakes are pretty high in this election.

[gordon_skyler]

30. What if he loses?

Yes, if he can't become President then the country is definitely on the wrong track.
Obama aside, while would you give an extend the contract of a party who's been selling out the country for years.
Somewhere on this planet, politicians in China, Saudi Arabia or even Pakistan must be snickering.

[deaniac21]

31. We need to figure out a way to get the world registered.

[Bigleaf]

32. If Obama loses, I'm going to get one of those good jobs picking lettuce for $ 50/hour.

:crazy:

[ElkHunter]

36. I'm going to stay and fight...

We survived eight years of Ronald Reagan; 12 years of two Bush's; and eight years of Bill Clinton who was hardly to the left of Richard Nixon (I'm not puting Clinton down; he did the best he could at a time when conservative ideas held sway). Serious economic hardship is just around the corner and the next President is going to be facing very serious issues. McCain simply does not have any answers, much less an effective program to deal with these issues. If McCain is elected the worst case scenerio is that the Republicans will get the full blame for the economic calamities they've created. At the end of four years the Democrats will win the White House and the GOP will regulated to minority status for a least a generation, just as it happened in the 1930's. Liberals need to have faith in their ideas. It's certainly no time to run. Besides, nobody said this would be easy.

[northsongs]

37. What would Senator Obama do?

I was just thinking about this earlier today. My wife and I have both mentioned we'd like to leave the country if McSame wins, but you know what? I somehow survived 8 years of Bush, even tho' I didn't think it would be possible. I'm much worse off now of course than I was in 2000, but ...

I think I'll stick around, because Barack would too. We'd keep working for what is right, because it's the right thing to do. Remember the speech that Senator Clinton gave at the RNC:
When you hear the dogs, keep going...
When you see the torches, keep going...
Dont' stop, keep going...

I have kids and grandkids, I can't give up...

As in one of my favorite movies, 'failure is not an option'...

/peptalk mode off

Don't ever give up, 'cause then what's left?

[MadrasT]

53. Thanks for this:

I think I'll stick around, because Barack would too. We'd keep working for what is right, because it's the right thing to do. Remember the speech that Senator Clinton gave at the RNC:
When you hear the dogs, keep going...
When you see the torches, keep going...
Dont' stop, keep going...

I don't have kids or grandkids, but I really needed to hear that right now... :hi:

[RagAss]

38. me too...I will pay it no more mind than I do pro Wrestling....

[Dukkha]

52. both are pretty much the same

scripted backstage the outcome is predetermined and everyone acts surprised

[RagAss]

54. Yup

[Indenturedebtor]

39. The Wife and I are leaving either way

It's going to take a generation or two to fix what's happened in the last 30 years... assuming that everything goes to plan heh. No thanks. But the main reason is that America is just a boring place to live and our quality of life (when you subtract TV sets and playstations) is pretty far down there.

[deutsey]

43. Where are you going?

Seriously.

[Skittles]

44. what a bunch of whiners

what happened to YES WE CAN ?

[bvar22]

45. After Election/Campaign 2004, we DID "drop out".

Starkraven and myself quit our jobs, sold everything, cashed in most of everything, and bought a very rural piece of property in a still pristine part of the US with ample clean water, a long growing season, and very low property taxes.

We provide for ourselves as much as possible, and avoid supporting the outrage by making as little taxable income as possible. If we can't find it, grow it, salvage it, or make it, we will do without it. We hope to be energy independent by the end of 2009.

One part of the plan was to quit DU, turn OFF the MSM, and become involved in promoting humanitarian causes at the local level. We have obviously failed at this particular goal so far (glued to TV for both conventions, daily DU), but have made great progress in most other areas.

Twilight Harvest


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=246x5729

[asdjrocky]

50. Happy you haven't turned of DU.

Where would I go for all my gardening advice?

[onethatcares]

46. amen to that, gonna

go to work every day and leave the rest of the u.s. of a. out of my thoughts. just gonna pay off my bills and get the hell outa the system as soon as possible. direct deposit works everywhere, right?

[PVnRT]

47. Gotta agree

I'll just start cashing my paychecks and bitching about the taxes. If McCain wins, there's no more point to giving a shit.

[eowyn_of_rohan]

49. PLEASE! Get it into your head - The MSM is telling you what they want you to believe

DO NOT BUY IT

[Firespirit]

51. I'm dropping out too, have not decided what course I'd take

Following 2004 I got very heavily involved in politics as a grad student. A right wing professor I had, who knew Rove, found out about it, and ended up running me out of school and sending out libelous paperwork to the government that has made it exceedingly difficult to get a good job. I worked for a political campaign for awhile, but those organizations are soulless and do not give a damn about the well-being of anyone who works for them. I found myself out of work, again, when my skills were no longer needed, and it's been downhill in finances, credit, and health ever since then. It is extremely hard to be 24 and realize that your health is already shot to hell, your credit rating is destroyed, your finances are in pathetic shape, and there is libelous and false information out there that will keep you from getting a good job for as long as RWers are in power. Literally, my only chance at finding decent employment is for a Democrat to take office.

If McCain wins, I am either joining the other side (if that's what America wants, so be it -- maybe being one of them will undo the damage that the professor did), looking at my options for leaving the U.S. (my ancestors on all sides have been here since the mid-1700s, so what country would claim me?), or making plans to exit permanently.