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WanderingEng  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pope Francis Vs Donald Trump

    People say he is just a candidate and he is never going to win

What scares me is people said similar things about George Bush in 2000. I remember a Daily Show joke ahead of the Republican National Convention that went "we nominated him as a joke, and it just took on a life of its own." A trait that seems to make Trump unelectable to some of us endears him to some voters. Apparently it's a fairly large block of voters.





War  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If Trump became the president of the United States I would probably consider leaving the country.

WanderingEng  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I looked at it during the Bush presidency. My conclusion was I'd qualify for immigrating to Canada if I had a job offer. At least back then there was a points system. Having a college degree in a technical field was enough for me to qualify. Even still it wouldn't be easy. Moving to Portland might be easier and comforting to a degree.

lil  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wait until the next Canadian election before you move here. If Step-Hen Harper gets in again, you might prefer Portland. I hear there's good coffee there cgod

tehstone  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Portland certainly seems a nice oasis among the crazy. Seattle is too, but to a lesser extent. The "libertarian" Amazonians here are nearly as bad as the "bleeding hearts" who complain about them.

War  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The only reason I say that is because I'm hispanic (little bit of eastern European, but negligible). If Donald Trmup was voted into office off of the policy he holds on immigration, to me that states that there are large enough groups in the U.S. that really don't like Hispanic people. It would warrant at least a search for better alternatives.

user-inactivated  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  
thenewgreen  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

The best was when conservatives said that if obamacare was instituted they'd move to Canada.

lil  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

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War  ·  3373 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I would never push myself to absolutes like that. The "probably" and "consider" are there for a reason haha