O Canada!

[nialla42]

Shortly after the Supreme Court announced the Affordable Healthcare Act was constitutional, rainbow Oreo hating Conservatives started Twittering about how they're going to move to Canada.

There are a few problems with this idea:

1. Canada has public healthcare.
2. You actually have to go through a lot of paperwork to move to Canada, just as anyone moving to

Comments

[or_mabinogi]

I've seen some people recommend they change their destination to Somalia, a true conservative libertarian paradise where religion is the only law of the land, inasmuch as there even is law. Small government, indeed.

[nialla42]

"You too can have an exciting career as a pirate!"

[betacandy]

Well, there you go. If the Taliban would just dress differently and call itself Christian, these guys would be so happy to go live with them. Because, really, a fundie is a fundie is a fundie.

[malnpudl]

OH, THE IRONY.

*dies laughing*

[nialla42]

I did a double take when I saw that post. I though Canada was still being referred to as Canuckistan by the Conservative folks. Maybe that was too big a word to remember and they've forgotten all about the pesky "facts" thing.

[superbadgirl]

I still lament that Canada didn't want me ten years ago, when I tried to land on its shores. I still have all the paperwork. I take it out sometimes and cry about it. :(

But, yes, it's like these folks don't know how to make the grey matter I presume they do have work for them.

[nialla42]

I could give them a sliver of doubt and say it's the old "the grass is always greener on the other side (of the border)" thinking at work.

A lot of liberals said it when Bush was in office, so maybe that got stuck in the political mind as a sanctuary? Despite the fact that in this case, they'd be running to a country where they have policies they'd be leaving this one over.

[reedfem]

If I didn't hate cold weather so much, I think I'D move up there....

[janedavitt]

It's only cold for a few months a year and the winters are getting milder all the time (which I'm sad about). I'm sitting here sweltering with the A/C on in S Ontario right now :-)

[nialla42]

I'm a delicate Southern flower. 100F temps for 100+ days is normal for me. Days with snow or ice add up to less than a week each year.

There's a reason we get a lot of "snowbirds" from Canada, even in Texas.

[aelfgyfu_mead]

HA! I seem to have missed the conservatives saying they'd move to Canada, because I knew right away that was a bad idea for them!

Hilarious!

[nialla42]

I just had to laugh at it. The amount of disconnect from reality is amazing.