Susan Sarandan will move to Italy or Canada if McCain is elected

[dandi]

Is that a threat, or a promise? I'm pulling for the latter.

John Kerry VonErich (713 posts)      Fri May-30-08 01:54 PM
Original message
Susan Sarandan will move to Italy or Canada if McCain is elected.
 
SUSAN SARANDON, who appeared in three films last year and won kudos for her TV movie "Bernard and Doris," is still not a contented soul. She says if John McCain gets elected, she will move to Italy or Canada. She adds, "It's a critical time, but I have faith in the American people.""

from http://www.nypost.com/seven/05292008/gossip/liz/pollack...

Luminous Animal (1000+ posts)      Fri May-30-08 01:56 PM
Response to Original message
2. I am seriously considering moving to Barcelona...
 if McCain is elected.

I was there in '79. Nice city, except that now Spain is suckling on the Great Welfare Tit that is the EU, putting a strain on the rest of Europe. You should enjoy it there.

John Kerry VonErich (713 posts)      Fri May-30-08 02:07 PM
Response to Reply #3
13. It's a very bad move, especially by famous people..
to say they would leave the country if McCain wins. It fires up the oppositions base. Case in point, in the 2000 election, I can't remember which poll that was, but to my best memory a good 16% of people who voted for Bush did it to chase Alec Baldwin out of the country. Might not be much, but it was a generous percentage in itself.

Have to admit I LOLed at that one. It wouldn't surprise me in the least. BTW, Alec didn't go anywhere, did he?

Captain Angry  (1000+ posts)      Fri May-30-08 01:59 PM
Response to Original message
5. We hear this crap every 4 years from big name celebrities.
 But they never leave.

These people need to do it, or shut up about it.

Dang, that sounded almost...freeperish.

Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts)      Fri May-30-08 02:03 PM
Response to Reply #5
10. Pierre Salinger kept his word and moved to France after the 2000 election

With a name like Pierre he should be right at home with the cheese-eating surrender monkeys. Good riddance.

FLDem5  (1000+ posts)       Fri May-30-08 02:01 PM
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8. : ( we already lost Johnny Depp because of Bush.

Johnny, Johnny, Johnny. I like most of your movies, but this is the first I heard about this. Guess it didn't have much of an impact. I see you still don't mind making money off the U.S. You're principles only reach as high as your back pocket, I guess.

MuseRider  (1000+ posts)      Fri May-30-08 02:13 PM
Response to Original message
16. Is Tim going too?
 If not he can come stay with me.

One can only hope.

sinkingfeeling  (1000+ posts)       Fri May-30-08 02:17 PM
Response to Original message
17. She's not alone. I'm out of here as well.

Haul ass, crab.

Mudoria  (398 posts)      Fri May-30-08 02:21 PM
Response to Original message
20. Don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out! 
 
 Pastiche423  (1000+ posts)      Fri May-30-08 05:20 PM
Response to Reply #20
30. Susan Sarandon and her partner of twenty plus years
 Tim Robbins have been tirelessly, hard working liberal activists since this national nightmare began on December 12, 2000.

I will redirect your comment back to you, an obvious rw winger supporter. EXCEPT, I'd love the door to do permanent damage to your ass.

November 4, 2008 can not get here fast enough.

Awwwwww, did the big bad poster hurt your widdle hero-worshipping feewings?

scarface2004 (1000+ posts)      Fri May-30-08 02:40 PM
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22. i m moving to luxemborg!!
 i say ******* amerika!!!

You might want to learn to spell "Luxembourg" first, and while you're at it, "America", shithead.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3364464

 
   
 
 
 

 
 


 

 

[Odin's Hand]

BS, I'm still waiting for Alec Baldwin to move to France, as he stated he would on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, if * was re-elected in 2004.

[Bondai]

Hey saggy tits! take your commie husband with you....

[jtyangel]

Johnny Depp moved to France for something other then politics. The mother of his children(I hesitate to say wife since I don't know for sure they ever married) is French! Even if he bsed for his own liberal hip factor that he did it politically, it seems far more likely they made a mutual decision to move to and raise their children in HER home country. I'd bet my bottom dollar though both own property and investments in the states too, same goes for all the rest of the liberals gas bags. If they really meant what they said, they'd pull all their investment dollars out of the country too. Won't happen because despite their woes, the US is still one of the most stable countries politically and economically and at least their financial advisors know this.

[JohnnyReb]

In my best southern drawl...."Bye ya'll.......and we won't leave the porch light on for you."

[Lord Undies]

Maybe her car will get torched in one of the Friday Night Mooselimb Parties! 

But why the public announcement?  Why not just move?  No one cares.  No conservative or otherwise Republican is going to change their mind and vote democrat just to keep a dried up raisin actress and her swollen-faced cowardly bed partner from leaving the country. 

[FlaGator]

I like Johnny Depp's movies, but hey, who gives a rat's behind where he lives?

[FlaGator]

Maybe her car will get torched in one of the Friday Night Mooselimb Parties! 

But why the public announcement?  Why not just move?  No one cares.  No conservative or otherwise Republican is going to change their mind and vote democrat just to keep a dried up raisin actress and her swollen-faced cowardly bed partner from leaving the country. 

Her moving out of the country is just one more reason to vote for McCain.

[BlueStateSaint]

Maybe her car will get torched in one of the Friday Night Mooselimb Parties! 

But why the public announcement?  Why not just move?  No one cares.  No conservative or otherwise Republican is going to change their mind and vote democrat just to keep a dried up raisin actress and her swollen-faced cowardly bed partner from leaving the country. 

Her moving out of the country is just one more reason to vote for McCain.

H5 for that!

Also, I'm sure that there are some . . . okay, many . . . among us that would pay for the priviledge of helping them move!

[tuolumnejim]

As long as these A**holes give up their citizenship, I'm all for it. 

[BlueStateSaint]

As long as these A**holes give up their citizenship, I'm all for it. 

As long as they take up citizenship on the Moon . . . 

[Airwolf]

As I have always said when a lib threatens to leave the US.

In the words of Curly Bill from the movie "Tombstone",



Well,   BYE

[Chris_]

Hey, susan -- an FYI:


http://travel.state.gov/law/citizenship/citizenship_776.html

Renunciation of U.S. Citizenship

A. THE IMMIGRATION & NATIONALITY ACT

Section 349(a)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) (8 U.S.C. 1481(a)(5)) is the section of law that governs the ability of a United States citizen to renounce his or her U.S. citizenship. That section of law provides for the loss of nationality by voluntarily performing the following act with the intent to relinquish his or her U.S. nationality:
"(5) making a formal renunciation of nationality before a diplomatic or consular officer of the United States in a foreign state , in such form as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State" (emphasis added).

B. ELEMENTS OF RENUNCIATION

A person wishing to renounce his or her U.S. citizenship must voluntarily and with intent to relinquish U.S. citizenship:

   1. appear in person before a U.S. consular or diplomatic officer,
   2. in a foreign country (normally at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate); and
   3. sign an oath of renunciation

Renunciations that do not meet the conditions described above have no legal effect. Because of the provisions of section 349(a)(5), Americans cannot effectively renounce their citizenship by mail, through an agent, or while in the United States. In fact, U.S. courts have held certain attempts to renounce U.S. citizenship to be ineffective on a variety of grounds, as discussed below.

C. REQUIREMENT - RENOUNCE ALL RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES

In the case of Colon v. U.S. Department of State , 2 F.Supp.2d 43 (1998), plaintiff was a United States citizen and resident of Puerto Rico, who executed an oath of renunciation before a consular officer at the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia rejected Colon’s petition for a writ of mandamus directing the Secretary of State to approve a Certificate of Loss of Nationality in the case because the plaintiff wanted to retain one of the primary benefits of U.S. citizenship while claiming he was not a U.S. citizen. The Court described the plaintiff as a person, "claiming to renounce all rights and privileges of United States citizenship, [while] Plaintiff wants to continue to exercise one of the fundamental rights of citizenship, namely to travel freely throughout the world and when he wants to, return and reside in the United States." See also Jose Fufi Santori v. United States of America , 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 16299 (1994) for a similar case.

A person who wants to renounce U.S. citizenship cannot decide to retain some of the privileges of citizenship, as this would be logically inconsistent with the concept of renunciation. Thus, such a person can be said to lack a full understanding of renouncing citizenship and/or lack the necessary intent to renounce citizenship, and the Department of State will not approve a loss of citizenship in such instances.

D. DUAL NATIONALITY / STATELESSNESS

Persons intending to renounce U.S. citizenship should be aware that, unless they already possess a foreign nationality, they may be rendered stateless and, thus, lack the protection of any government. They may also have difficulty traveling as they may not be entitled to a passport from any country. Even if they were not stateless, they would still be required to obtain a visa to travel to the United States, or show that they are eligible for admission pursuant to the terms of the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (VWPP). If found ineligible for a visa or the VWPP to come to the U.S., a renunciant, under certain circumstances, could be barred from entering the United States. Nonetheless, renunciation of U.S. citizenship may not prevent a foreign country from deporting that individual back to the United States in some non-citizen status.

E. TAX & MILITARY OBLIGATIONS /NO ESCAPE FROM PROSECUTION

Also, persons who wish to renounce U.S. citizenship should also be aware that the fact that a person has renounced U.S. citizenship may have no effect whatsoever on his or her U.S. tax or military service obligations (contact the Internal Revenue Service or U.S. Selective Service for more information). In addition, the act of renouncing U.S. citizenship will not allow persons to avoid possible prosecution for crimes which they may have committed in the United States, or escape the repayment of financial obligations previously incurred in the United States or incurred as United States citizens abroad.

F. RENUNCIATION FOR MINOR CHILDREN

Parents cannot renounce U.S. citizenship on behalf of their minor children. Before an oath of renunciation will be administered under Section 349(a)(5) of the INA, a person under the age of eighteen must convince a U.S. diplomatic or consular officer that he/she fully understands the nature and consequences of the oath of renunciation, is not subject to duress or undue influence, and is voluntarily seeking to renounce his/her U.S. citizenship.

G. IRREVOCABILITY OF RENUNCIATION

Finally, those contemplating a renunciation of U.S. citizenship should understand that the act is irrevocable, except as provided in section 351 of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1483), and cannot be canceled or set aside absent successful administrative or judicial appeal. (Section 351(b) of the INA provides that an applicant who renounced his or her U.S. citizenship before the age of eighteen can have that citizenship reinstated if he or she makes that desire known to the Department of State within six months after attaining the age of eighteen. See also Title 22, Code of Federal Regulations, section 50.20).

Renunciation is the most unequivocal way in which a person can manifest an intention to relinquish U.S. citizenship. Please consider the effects of renouncing U.S. citizenship, described above, before taking this serious and irrevocable action. If you have any further questions regarding this matter, please contact:

[bijou]

May I recommend Canada, Italy is just too close for some of us. 

[Lord Undies]

May I recommend Canada, Italy is just too close for some of us. 

No.   

 :innocent:

[bijou]

May I recommend Canada, Italy is just too close for some of us. 

No.   

 :innocent:

LOL

(bitchslap)