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'An alternative exists': the US citizens who vowed to flee to Canada – and did
The Guardian ^ | February 1, 2016 | Jordan G. Teicher

Posted on 02/03/2016 8:06:24 AM PST by rickmichaels

In November 2004, David Drucker and his wife Pam were at home listening to NPR when they heard the news that would change their lives: George W Bush had been re-elected as president of the United States.

Canada considers changing national anthem to include country's women Read more In the lead-up to election day, the couple had made a pact: if John Kerry won, they would build their dream house in Vermont; if he lost, they would move to Canada. A year later, they were on their way to Vancouver to start their new lives.

“It’s been a little over a decade now. We have clear eyes about what we did. We have no intention of going back,” Drucker said.

The Druckers were not alone. On election day in 2004, a record-setting 179,000 people visited Canada’s official immigration website, the majority of them Americans. And as anxieties about the outcome of 2016 begin to grow, some Americans are again musing about fleeing to their northern neighbor.

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1 posted on 02/03/2016 8:06:24 AM PST by rickmichaels
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To: rickmichaels

Sadly, of those 179,000 leftist nitwits who looked into it, few actually made the move.


2 posted on 02/03/2016 8:08:02 AM PST by PGR88
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To: rickmichaels

Just what Canada needs: More whiney American lefties.


3 posted on 02/03/2016 8:08:58 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: rickmichaels

Goodbye and good riddance.


4 posted on 02/03/2016 8:09:02 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Liberals are the Taliban of America, trying to tear down any symbol that they don't like.)
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To: Squawk 8888

More Socialists from Down South may be headed your way.


5 posted on 02/03/2016 8:10:01 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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To: Army Air Corps

No kidding. We have enough America hating lefty buffoons up here, including our dreamy new PM.


6 posted on 02/03/2016 8:11:29 AM PST by JudyinCanada
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To: PGR88

Well, Bye.






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7 posted on 02/03/2016 8:11:43 AM PST by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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To: rickmichaels

LOL. Just wait until Donald Trump gets elected and then Canada will be talking about creating a border fence to stop illegals crossing from the US.


8 posted on 02/03/2016 8:12:20 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: rickmichaels

Canada is dull and uninspiring. If you have money, you can do better than Canada. The place is not one to live the dream, it just isn’t and never will be.


9 posted on 02/03/2016 8:12:41 AM PST by Hostage (ARTICLE V)
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To: rickmichaels

Hmmm. When did the Cruzs move there?


10 posted on 02/03/2016 8:13:00 AM PST by McGruff (There has never been a more tainted victory in the Iowa caucuses - Ben Carson)
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To: rickmichaels

Interestingly, following the end of the Revolutionary War in 1783, a large number of well-off conservative Tories were deported to Canada. This radically changed the makeup of the political class, and tilted the country to what was then the left, but would now be considered the right.


11 posted on 02/03/2016 8:14:21 AM PST by proxy_user
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To: rickmichaels

There has been a lot of talk that if we crack down on immigration laws, illegal aliens will sef-deport. Let’s come up with some laws that encourage liberals to vote with their feet, too. Or start enforcing laws they already dislike, like eliminating federal funds for sanctuary cities.


12 posted on 02/03/2016 8:14:35 AM PST by Cincinnatus.45-70 (What do DemocRats enjoy more than a truckload of dead babies? Unloading them with a pitchfork!)
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To: JudyinCanada

You have my condolences.


13 posted on 02/03/2016 8:17:32 AM PST by meatloaf
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To: JudyinCanada

But he’s so good looking!

Doesn’t that count for lots?


14 posted on 02/03/2016 8:17:34 AM PST by ConservativeDude
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To: Army Air Corps

OK, I’m willing to make sacrifices.

We can move all the lefties in America to Canada, and all the Conservatives can move to America.

Conservatives keep Alberta and Saskatchewan though. Lefties wouldn’t know what to do with the resources.


15 posted on 02/03/2016 8:22:31 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: rickmichaels
In November 2004, David Drucker and his wife Pam were at home listening to NPR when they heard the news that would change their lives: George W Bush had been re-elected as president of the United States.

If they were listening to NPR, they were being fed a diet of daily publicly funded leftist propaganda. They were probably socialists in waiting already.

16 posted on 02/03/2016 8:22:52 AM PST by The_Media_never_lie (The Bush family needs to just go away. The Clinton family needs just to go to prison.)
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To: PGR88

Sadly, of those 179,000 leftist nitwits who looked into it, few actually made the move.

True. If they would just stay! But, they keep coming back. For what? We don’t want you, you are not happy here unless it looks like Canada. So, stay you butts in Canada where you can appreciate the socialism. All talk no action.


17 posted on 02/03/2016 8:26:40 AM PST by Bitsy
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To: Hostage

Thing is, all you need to know about Canada is that pretty much all of it is north of North Dakota.

:-)


18 posted on 02/03/2016 8:30:27 AM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Hostage

You’ve never been to Alberta quite obviously.


19 posted on 02/03/2016 8:35:32 AM PST by Bulwyf
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To: The_Media_never_lie
In November 2004, David Drucker and his wife Pam were at home listening to NPR when they heard the news that would change their lives: George W Bush had been re-elected as president of the United States.

When Obama was reelected there was no place left for me to run off to.

20 posted on 02/03/2016 8:36:22 AM PST by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever!)
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