Will You Take Your Husband With You?
Every election cycle, prominent liberal celebrities promise to remove their obnoxious presence from our fair shores if the Republican wins, to hilarious effect. This time, it’s Susan Sarandon:
“If McCain gets in, it’s going to be very, very dangerous,” she says.
“It’s a critical time, but I have faith in the American people. If they prove me wrong, I’ll be checking out a move to Italy. Maybe Canada, I don’t know. We’re at an abyss.”
In other words, I have faith in the American people as long as they agree with me. Let’s turn it over to Brian Faughnan:
It’s a valiant try by Ms. Sarandon, but the voters are unlikely to be fooled. We’ll never know how many cast votes for George Bush in 2004, anticipating that Alec Baldwin, Robert Redford, Janeane Garofalo, Michael Moore, and many others would pack up and move to Canada. Alas, they failed to hold up their end of the deal.
Tell me Ms. Sarandon: how do I know that if I vote for John McCain, you’ll keep your promise?
Seriously, now, what kind of message are you sending when you will abandon your country because an election doesn’t go your way? I didn’t move, or threaten to move, when Jimmy Carter or Bill Clinton won, and I won’t move if Obama does, either. This country means more to me than simple partisanship, but that’s apparently more than we can say for Sarandon and her ilk…
Don’t let the door hit you on the way out, I say…
The really obnoxious thing is this: Susan Sarandon, and the others who have made similar threats, is not making a simple statement that living in the US will be impossible for her if a Republican is elected President, no, she is trying to coerce you into voting for Obama by threatening to decamp to Italy if you elect McCain, the difference being that you will be so overwhelmed by the threatened loss of her wonderfulness that you will have no choice but to vote as she requests. See?
I mean, come on, she was never that hot anyway. Now, if Nicole Kidman made a similar threat, then I’d have to go with Obama all the way…
If McCain wins, I’m outta here.
Ok, I am now, officially, an Obamamaniac! Oooooo – I’m suddenly feelin’ all sorts of audacious and hopeful! I should have made the move sooner!
What part of “I’ll be checking out a move to…” is a “threat” to anyone? If that is a “threat” to Republican folks, I guess I can see why we invaded Iraq after all.
I was hoping it was more of a promise…
I thought Nicole Kidman still lived in Australia, anyway?