devilmaster, which part of my post did you consider particularly sad? That Bush was elected? (Absolutetly!) That Canada has it's own political problems? That just goes without saying. That Americans should stick around and not let Bush win by leaving? It means living with the consequences of the choice made by a bunch of short-sighted or scared people. It does mean the old saying "we have nothing to fear but fear itself" should read "we have nothing to fear but [at least 51% of] ourselves."

As to leaving for Canada, this is an answer that puts the son in a difficult situation. My aunt and uncle moved to Canada after living together in the states for a few years after they were married. My aunt was born here, my uncle is Turkish. Immigration folks made things difficult and he had to leave every so often, so they opted to move to Canada after their first child, a son, was born. As he got into his late teens, in the mid-1960s, the border guards in the U.S. began grilling him more and more about where he was born. Once he was 18 he could not come to the U.S. until he made the decision to declare he was a Canadian citizen. For whatever reason there was a period of several years when he didn't dare cross the border for fear of being arrested. I know full-well what I'm talking about when I say that moving to Canada isn't a decision to make lightly. When my mother suggested that she would send my brother to live with my aunt if the draft was still going when he got close to his 18th birthday we knew the same thing was likely to happen. Fortunately the draft ended a few months before anyone had to make that choice.

A better plan is for a whole bunch of democrats to join the republican part and dilute it. You can still vote democratic in the elections, and you would forego the primaries, but you could make a difference. Just ask Garrison Keillor. It has been a running gag on A Prairie Home Companion for a couple of years now.

SRS