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Suggestions for Republicans that Want to Leave the Nation

When Bush won in 2000 and 2004, many liberals threatened to leave the US. They had lots of left-leaning places to choose from: everything from North Korea to Canada, with France, England, and Mexico in between.

Now right-wingers are talking about leaving the nation. Where are they going to go? OK, there are right-wing dictatorships with death squads here and there, but those might not be the cup of tea for freedom-lovin' American Republicans.

Another right-winger problem is that they don't want to move anywhere that doesn't speak American. If American can't be had, English might be all right, but not if it's spoken with a funny accent. Even so, the politics of the English-speaking world is pretty darn liberal. The grass looks greener over there because it is greener, thanks to their signing the Kyoto Protocol and working harder to protect their environment. Buncha hippie tree-huggers over in them other places in the world.

Maybe the Republicans should consider internal migration to states with lots of mountains where they can hunker down and live off the land - so long as the gas and electricity doesn't get cut off. Idaho and Utah already got plenty of Republican fellow travelers. But those are cold states. If a righty wants a warmer climate, consider the swamps of South Carolina and Louisiana. True, they take a direct hit from a hurricane every now and then, but with Bush out of office, federal aid might actually get there in time to do some good.

McCain may have lost, but at least he said he'd stay around to help do what he could. That's what a real patriot does. Suck it in, crybaby Republicans: you now have an opportunity to be the loyal opposition. Obama will make plenty of mistakes and if you're outside the borders of the US, how will you be able to take advantage of them?