I am not leaving.

[derby378]

This is my country, and I'm staying.

If George W. Bush hates America so much, he's free to leave. But I'm not budging.

Who's with me?

[Ilsa]

1. I'm not going anywhere. I stand with you, Derby.

My did sail in the Navy in WWII in to the Pacific, and my brother didn't go to Iraq in 1991 to see W turn this country into an imperial clown car filled with fat-fingered, oil worshipping, self-indulging global rapists. I think we need to fight them until they cry "uncle" and leave.

[Nicole]

2. I'm staying as well

I've already given up too much, I'm not giving up my country.

[Warpy]

3. I've been with you all along

but Mexico beckons. The little money I inherited will last longer there.

Who knows?

It's true I'd rather stay and be part of the solution to the right wing extremist problem. I may not be able to.

[htuttle]

4. I'm not leaving Wisconsin

But on some days, I wouldn't mind if Wisconsin left the country.

[Nicole]

5. K & R

:kick:

[w8liftinglady]

6. I'm staying,too.I am,however,amenable to a commune-type environment

[lonestarnot]

7. Never surrender! I'll be here with the stick lizards!

[BlooInBloo]

8. Fuck if I'm gonna let a dickless coward kick me outta my own country.

Or a bunch of bigots.

K&R!

[ronnykmarshall]

9. Word!

I get so sick of these "I'm leaving this country" threads.

Fucking LEAVE then!!

Shut up, get out of the way and let us fight for our nation and don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

[OPERATIONMINDCRIME]

10. You Can't Clean Out Your Flooded Basement And The Mildew And Rot From Your

neighbor's house. After a disaster, ya gotta get in there in the middle of the damage and get down to the nitty gritty work of cleaning the shit up.

I'm stayin...

[lastliberalintexas]

11. Nationalism from either side of the political spectrum is still

nationalism. After all, it's only land.

No one is trying to force you to leave, and if others choose to leave that's their right. I really don't understand why there is such vehement disagreement over this issue? :shrug:

[Jim Warren]

12. I'm staying

reluctantly though 'cause I'm broke.

[Kazak]

13. Not budging, from Oklahoma no less!

Heck, even the cannibals can't make me move!

[TallahasseeGrannie]

14. I am not leaving

my blood is here. My heart is here.

[DearAbby]

15. I am staying too

because I really don't have a choice. Too poor to move anywhere, I don't believe I would if I could. I am older, dont have young ones to worry about anymore. So I'll stay, and show them what an angry old woman can do!

[Rick Myers]

16. I will never leave

I want to see ALL the REAL traitors hung!

[InsultComicDog]

17. kr

:kick:

[scordem]

18. When did Bush say he hated America????????

[New Earth]

19. when did liberals

or veterans/non-veterans against the Iraq war say they hated America? :shrug:

[driver8]

20. Does he really have to say it? n/t

[shadowknows69]

22. Actions speak louder than words

He hates America.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

23. What has he ever done that's reflected otherwise?

He and his have always come first, and as for the have nots they can either be scared or fooled into voting against their own best interests.

Which one best defines you?

[Flubadubya]

25. Duh...

Been following this one since the git-go... just buildin' Karma, bidin' time! How much longer? :shrug:

[Mr_Spock]

26. When he said that a devine voice told him to attack Iraq

We don't attack people based on religious voices in our head. He is destroying our country with his crusade.

He therefore hates 'Merica

[nonconformist]

50. He's fucking DESTROYING it

I'd say that qualifies as hate. You don't completely demolish things you love.

[LostinVA]

58. Of course he hates America -- he continually pisses on every

Ideal this country stands for. He continually abuses Her. Hey, the guy that beats his wife rarely says, "I harte that bitch," but slapping her around kinda tells us he does... no difference. Bush is an abuser.

[Mr_Spock]

21. Exactly!! My comment to Freepers is "This is 'Merica, love it or leave it"

If they don't like me for my freedoms, then they know where the door is.

Don't let it hit them in the ass on the way out! :rofl:

[MODemocrat]

24. Guaranteed, I'm not going anywhere

Bush is the one who made this mess, so he's going to have to live with it too. This is my country, and I love it here; and hopefully it will change for the better as soon as Bush is out of power and a good Democrat takes over.
Sometimes the rope seems a little short, but I keep hanging in there!!

[northofdenali]

27. What you all said.

:kick:

[DIKB]

28. I don't blame anyone

for leaving, but I plan on being here to rebuild. It will take a hell of a lot more than has happened so far to make me leave.

[C_U_L8R]

29. Hey Freeps - don't tread on me

or you'll discover the true meaning of Live Free or Die.

[DarkTirade]

30. I don't intend to give up the fight yet.

There's still life, breath, and the ability to vote in me.

[proud2BlibKansan]

31. I will stay but

I am not moving to Texas. LOL

[derby378]

32. Is it the heat?

I promise you, this April is an aberration. Today's official high at D/FW Airport was 99 degrees F. This is unheard of, even for Texas.

[proud2BlibKansan]

33. No I told you yesterday - it's all those people hauling shit

I would be afraid to drive anywhere for fear someone's load would fall and crush my car. LOL

No, really, I was just kidding. I know it's unusually hot now. I was there last August. Heat doesn't bother me. I can't stand winter. I would actually love living where there is no ice or snow.

[derby378]

36. Wanna trade?

Maybe it's the Polish blood of my ancestors, but I'm craving ice and snow right now. This past winter, we got jack for cold weather. One half-hearted freeze. Wheeeee.

[proud2BlibKansan]

37. 10" here in December in one afternoon

Next year I will call you and you can come up here and shovel my driveway. LOL

[Toucano]

34. Good for you!

It was my country, but it no longer is. So I'm gone.

And it's SO MUCH more than George W. Bush.

[Alamom]

35. Count us in. We stand and keep our little piece of America,

whatever it takes. We've already discussed this and are ready to live free or die trying.

[European Socialist]

38. Staying--but I would leave for a progressive homeland.

[radwriter0555]

47. Einstein and thousands of others fled nazi germany. Were they wrong

to leave?

Or did their departure save their lives?

[derby378]

51. America IS the progressive homeland

We're just under occupation by a repressive enemy force at the moment.

Right now, we're about as repressive as Spain under Franco. I don't want our nation to slide into Mussolini territory.

[SeattleGirl]

39. I'm not leaving either.

Not saying the thought hasn't crossed my mind more than once, especially when it seems I just can fight any more, and just can't take the crap going on any more.

However, when I mentioned it to my husband once, he said, "You won't leave. You're too much of a fighter, and this country means too much to you to desert it." He's absolutely right. So here I am, and here I'll stay!

And as far as I am concerned, Bush can go live with his oil rich buddies, and leave us alone.

[Swamp Rat]

40. I will be here as long as New Orleans remains.

We were forsaken by the rest of the USA last year, and now our levees are in worse shape than before Katrina. I know many people on this board have done a lot to help, but it is not near enough. We need BILLIONS OF DOLLARS and highly skilled engineers and planners RIGHT NOW! .. not a few drunk contractors from Texas with their Mexican slaves.

If New Orleans is left again to die, I will leave this country for good. :(

[Fleshdancer]

41. This is my country regardless if I stay or go

I've lived overseas and I voted in US elections at the same time (and there was a paper trail!) so this whole leave or go thing is just so odd to me. I can write my Congress people from anywhere. I can donate to PAC's and the Democratic Party and I can still post on DU from anywhere. Physically living on American soil doesn't make one more patriotic than an American lving somewhere else...it just means they live somewhere else.

:shrug:

[stepnw1f]

42. Nah... I'm Stayin'. I Like pissing Off Right Wingerz

Besides... they are about to find out how small a minority they really are in this country.

[ScreamingMeemie]

43. Me either...unless they come for my daughter or my son...

then THEY at least are out of here.

[Hailtothechimp]

44. American until I die.

One day being an American will mean what it should again. Unlike what it means now.

[Inland]

45. Me neither. Where would I go? nt

[petgoat]

46. Leaving would be irresponsible. And what's the point?

Move to Canada? If things keep going the way they're going, the Bushcists would
be invading Canada on a flimsy pretext inside of ten years to take control of the
oil sands.

[Skittles]

48. me

I won't let the likes of those chickenhawk bastards run me out of my own country and I am sick of DUers threatening to leave....if America means so little to you then go right ahead please

[iamthebandfanman]

49. :) n/t

[derby378]

52. "Can you count, suckers?"

All of us are staying. And we intend to fight for America.

[Bassic]

53. I'm not leaving either!

I'm staying right here in Canada :D

[LostinVA]

60. I have my EU passport all ready

Staying is only responsible to a certain point. Then it becomes madness... if not suicide.

To continue an analogy from up thread: when your loving spouse becomes an abuser, it's time to go. I'm waiting and observing. That doesn't make me irresponsible or a coward, and it's insulting that people on DU refer to expats that way.

[Bassic]

61. You are quite right about all of it.

People can decide to live wherever they want after all, it's not up to anybody to fucking decide that they shouldn't do it.

[LostinVA]

63. I would be going to Canada, but I got the EU passport

After a certain date, so I still have to apply as an American. I would love to live in Victoria...

[Bassic]

64. I've never been out west

but I hear Victoria is just beautiful.

[LostinVA]

65. All of Vancouver Island is, but Victoria is literally a gem

[mmonk]

54. I haven't made plans to leave but am wise enough

to work on a backdoor. My first responsibility is my family's welfare.

[DemGirl7]

55. Exactly...

Why should we leave the country, when it is up to us to take it back and mend it back to health??

[Mutley]

56. I'm not leaving.

Nope. Nuh uh. Nevah!

[Mr_Spock]

57. I would rather die than leave

I would fight and die before I would leave MY country.

[TheBaldyMan]

59. When people ask me, Why don't you leave the country if you hate it here

I say 'Because I love it too much'

K&R

[texastoast]

62. I'm staying

Sometimes you just gotta protect your beloved country from its government. That time is now.

The Founding Fathers would despise George Bush. They would expect all of us to stand against what he is trying to do. I take comfort in that.