If McCain Wins, Sarandon Threatens (Promises!?) to Leave U.S.

If McCain Wins, Sarandon Threatens (Promises!?) to Leave U.S.

By Brent Baker (Bio | Archive)
Sun, 06/01/2008 - 19:59 ET

Catching up with a quote from a British newspaper interview published May 24 that got some play in the U.S. late last week, actress Susan Sarandon told John Hiscock of London's Telegraph she'll consider moving to Italy or Canada if John McCain wins over Barack Obama. In an interview to promote the British release of the Speed Racer movie and the DVD release of her anti-Iraq war film, In the Kingdom of Elah, Sarandon fumed:

If McCain gets in, it's going to be very, very dangerous....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.

Friday night, however, FNC's Bret Baier noted in the “Grapevine” segment on Special Report with Brit Hume, that “celebrities in the past do not have a stellar track record of making good on threats to flee if their candidate loses.”

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Baier recalled how “numerous stars vowed to pack up if George W. Bush won the 2000 election, including Barbara Streisand, Martin Sheen, Alec Baldwin and even Sarandon's long-time boyfriend Tim Robbins,” but “all still currently reside here in the U.S.”

We can always hold up hope Sarandon will break the trend.

(Even if McCain wins, she might not accept the result. Three days after the 2004 election, Sarandon argued Bush only won thanks to "voter fraud." More below.)

Responding to complaints that as a feminist she should back Hillary Clinton, Sarandon declared: “I wouldn't vote for Condoleezza Rice and I hated Margaret Thatcher.” She told the British newspaper:

I've got a lot of flak from feminists who feel that I should be supporting Hillary Clinton, but I thought the whole point of feminism is that you're not supposed to be defined by gender....I don't understand the reasoning behind that, because I wouldn't vote for Condoleezza Rice and I hated Margaret Thatcher.

An excerpt from the May 24 Telegraph article, “On a roller-coaster with Susan Sarandon: The actress and political activist takes John Hiscock on a tour through her film career -- and her forthright opinions,” in which she takes on the Pope:

....Talking with Susan Sarandon is like an exhilarating roller-coaster ride through a variety of topics, all of which elicit candid responses so rare in celebrities who are usually so cautious about causing controversy. We meet in New York on the day the Pope is due to arrive in the US, which inevitably draws strong opinions from the five-times Oscar-nominated actress.

Raised a Catholic, she won an Oscar for portraying Sister Helen Prejean in Robbins's Dead Man Walking, but she has very little time for the Church or its spiritual leader.

"This particular Pope is not one of my favourites," she says.

"I am pretty suspicious of him and my only message to him is that he should become more compassionate and more involved in what the world needs now instead of his archaic kind of outdated, misogynist infrastructure the Church has going now."...

Always busy, Sarandon is about to start work on the romantic period drama The Colossus, but with the presidential election campaign being heatedly contested, she also has bigger things to consider.

"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."

Tim Graham's February 14 NewsBusters post: “Sarandon: Obama's Like A Pregnant Woman at an Abortion Rally”

Graham's September 14 NB item: “Susan Sarandon Wallops the War in Washington Post, ABC's The View”

The Monday, November 8, 2004 MRC CyberAlert, “Al Franken and Susan Sarandon Having Trouble Accepting Bush Win?”, recounted how she managed to make Bill Maher look rational and reasonable:

....Bush won thanks to "voter fraud," actress Susan Sarandon contended to HBO's Bill Maher. When Maher maintained that Kerry "lost, by a lot," Sarandon countered: "Wait a minute. You better tune in to some of the other channels." She cited "this black box thing," a mis-reported vote total in one Ohio town, "and the hanging chads and the provisional votes -- this was not the way the voting's supposed to work." Quite serious, she reported that "Ralph Nader's very close to filing something about what went on in New Hampshire." Plus, "lots and lots of problems in Florida. And in New Mexico. It's all coming in now."...

Susan Sarandon appeared via satellite from New York City on HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher which aired live at 11pm EST on Friday night [November 5, 2004].

Sarandon argued: "We should deal with voter fraud. I was so naive -- all this stuff about the provisional voting? You know, I thought that stuff was really going to count and they were challenging all these people and just, you know, they're never going to even look at them. I mean, they've got this system in Ohio with the-"

Maher: "C'mon. He lost, by a lot. He lost by over-"

Sarandon: "Wait a minute. You better tune in to some of the other channels. They're finding all kinds of -- one area of Ohio 628 people registered to vote, Bush got 4,000 votes. There's a lot of irregularities. He did lose and he's not going to win but I'm saying this black box thing and the hanging chads and the provisional votes -- this was not the way the voting's supposed to work."

Maher: "But this is not 2000 when the Democrats weren't prepared for it. They had an army of lawyers in that state. You're telling me that army of lawyers didn't keep it square and fair?"

Sarandon: "I sure am. And in New Hampshire too and your guy Ralph Nader's very close to filing something about what went on in New Hampshire....And in Florida. Lots and lots of problems in Florida. And in New Mexico. It's all coming in now."

It is true that there was a mis-reported vote total in one precinct, but hardly a major event. And memo to Sarandon: Kerry won New Hampshire and no re-count will turn Nader's one percent into 50 percent.

—Brent Baker is Vice President for Research and Publications at the Media Research Center

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A Hollywood actress says

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:04 ET by GregE

A Hollywood actress says she'll move out of the USA if McCain is elected. Firstly, it's Hollywood actors/actresses, the media loves them but I say who cares. Secondly, that's pretty much at the top of the "stupid" list. Maybe she can not only move out, but also renounce her American citizenship and be done with it.

Don't get all excited,

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:57 ET by motherbelt

Don't get all excited, Greg....she just said she'll be "checking out" a move to Italy...she's leaving herself an "out."

Don't like McCain

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:03 ET by Scrapiron

I plan on staying home on election day but if there is one chance in a million that the witch and others will leave the country I will vote, maybe more than once. If it's legal for democrats we can do it to, can't we?

Old, Retired and glad of it.

Scrapiron - Please vote.

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:06 ET by Free Stinker

As my tagline says:

"Don't forget to vote this fall. Not for McCain, not ever, but there might be a Conservative Rep or Senator that Needs Your Vote" --Free Stinker

from Chicago

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 10:49 ET by wizardjr

Hey scrapiron, just remember the motto of the Chicago (my home town) Demoncrat machine, "Vote early. Vote often."

wizardjr, Also don't

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 11:34 ET by futbolisgreat1

wizardjr,

Also don't forget, here in Chicago Democrats are so loyal to their party and to their voting right, that they vote even from the grave.

Ah yes . . . Susan

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:05 ET by Free Stinker

Ah yes . . . Susan Sarandon, know for poor acting and being married to that great intellect (sarcasm off) Tim Robbins . . .

"Don't forget to vote this fall. Not for McCain, not ever, but there might be a Conservative Rep or Senator that Needs Your Vote" --Free Stinker

Annie Savoy?

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:21 ET by balboa

Annie Savoy?

That's how they met . .

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 22:51 ET by Free Stinker

That's how they met . . .

"Don't forget to vote this fall. Not for McCain, not ever, but there might be a Conservative Rep or Senator that Needs Your Vote" --Free Stinker

I may not like her

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:28 ET by fitzfong

I may not like her politics...or those of Tim Robbins...but both are good actors, in my opinion. So are other liberals like Paul Newman, Kevin Spacey, Danny Glover, Johnny Depp and Meryl Streep. Never got Sean Penn, though...kind of an overactor.

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

I think Penn is the ONE

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:33 ET by balboa

I think Penn is the ONE actor I sometimes have a hard time watching just because I know what a humorless punk he is.

That's the same for me balboa

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:03 ET by Dee Bunk

I could care less what an actors politics are, it's just when they act so obnoxious on a regular basis, I have a hard time seeing them as the character they are supposed to be. Like type casting. They are type casting themselves with their real life rather than a sitcom.

Yeah, I'd like to think I

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:38 ET by fitzfong

Yeah, I'd like to think I can separate my personal distaste for actors and judge them objectively for their work. Penn never impressed me as an actor. He was mildly entertaining in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High", but he is overly-reliant on contorted facial expressions and tears...and he takes himself waaaaay too seriously. He's a far cry from real pros like Robert Duvall, Ben Kingsley or Denzel Washington.

Tim Robbins, on the other hand, is an underrated actor in my opinion.

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

I actually like Penn a lot

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:43 ET by balboa

I actually like Penn a lot in The Game. He was great as the younger brother to Michael Douglas's Nicholas Van Orton.

I haven't seen that one.

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:48 ET by fitzfong

I haven't seen that one. How long ago did that come out?

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

The Game came out in 1997.

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 09:31 ET by balboa

The Game came out in 1997. Fun movie.

I agree

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 20:07 ET by Chaitealover

I've avoided Sarandon for years because of her know-it-all attitude, but about a week ago I watched a movie I didn't realize she was in: "Elizabethtown." It's a silly little film, and she had a small role as the widow of the deceased, but her performance was memorable. She spoke and did an amateurish [it was supposed to be] tap dance at the memorial service that brought tears to my eyes. She's really a very good actress, it's a shame she has chosen to drive people away with her political mouthiness.

Chai

“A liberal is a man who will give away everything he doesn’t own.” —Frank Dane

minor correction

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:10 ET by mom_rox

minor correction: Tim Robbins is Susan Sarandon's partner, not husband.

I thought she was his

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 13:17 ET by red_dragon311

I thought she was his mother

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford

Threat or promise?

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:18 ET by alaskaal

Is this supposed to be some kind of threat? Nobody cares if she stays or goes. I guess if I did care I would prefer she leave.

Madonna moved to England,

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:20 ET by fitzfong

Madonna moved to England, Johnny Depp, Sean Penn (I think) and Roman Polanski moved to France (albeit Polanski for more sinister reasons). Somehow the Sun still rises in the East and sets in the West. After all, who besides Susan Sarandon and her family will actually know the difference?

"Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it." -Ronald Reagan

Is it midnight yet ?

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:53 ET by socal4patrick

"Hic" .. Ahhh if MaCaian or Macan or whatever wins I'm moving to Spain err Italy or Canada or Hawaii or some foreign country. Another martini please !

"If you want to save the world you must be willing to make others sacrifice" ....Dogbert the green consultant

Heavyweight intellect.

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:27 ET by JWF

Since there has been so much good news coming out of Iraq, I started thinking of Thomas P M Barnett again.

I remembered his Big Bang theory...
"Big Bang refers to the implied (and sometimes openly voiced) strategy of the Bush Administration to trigger widespread political, social, economic and ultimately security change in the Middle East through the initial spark caused by the toppling of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq and the hoped-for emergence of a truly market-based, democratic Arab state. "

So I am thinking about this again and how we can finally start putting the serious sqeeze on the true source of terrrorism in the middle east, Iran. And I am thinking, wow, we are seeing a change of thinking over there.

But, wait now, what is this big big big mind expanding stuff coming from Susan?

Ah, I see the err in Mr. Barnett's and my thinking. Thanks Susan, see you in Canada.

Leaving the country

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:38 ET by Peacola

Every election we can count on the Hollywood left threatening to leave the country if we peons don't vote as they wish. But they never do.

Susan baby, don't let the door hit you in the a**. Just leave, will you?

Go, Susan!

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 20:58 ET by goldenthroat

That's right - Go, Susan! And if McCain wins, take Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn, Barbara Streisand, Michael Moore, Cindy Sheehan, Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson, Bill Maher, Rosie O'Donnell, Bette Midler, Joy Behar, Keith Olbermann, Wolf Blitzer, Katie Couric, Dan Rather and the rest of your left-coast, bleeding-heart, 'do as I say, not as I do' liberal cronies with you!

Who would you like to add, gang?

"How can you be in two places at once when you're not anywhere at all?" - Firesign Theater (and the Democratic Party)

easier way

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:02 ET by JWF

It would be easier to list who will stay. There is only so much space left on teh internets to list who should go.

I just saw a show called "secrets of pearl harbor" hosted by Dennis Haysbert. I googled to see what he was up to. Hey, he was in Iraq last month!

I might get to count on both hands how many Hollywood stars I still respect.

Adding:

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 15:19 ET by Curt

Father Flanagan, um, phlegm, um - you know who I mean. Rev, Wrong can't leave at the moment, his disadvantaged self is lounging in the sauna at his mansion.

Curt

Well, well, well...

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:06 ET by PrairieSky

Haven't we heard this kind of declaration before?? We can only hope and pray that Sarandon is serious. IF she is, I would love to personally escort her onto the plane when she leaves. I imagine she will be sitting right next to her "significant other" Tim Robbins, along with Alec Baldwin, Sean Penn and the rest of all the other Hollyweird numbskulls who think just like her. I say, don't let the door hit her in the a** on the way out of the country!

P.S. Ms. Sarandon- DON'T COME BACK!!

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

»→ Here's the catch Prairie

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:07 ET by Cool Arrow

No chance in hades she'll renounce her citizenship.

LYDSEXICS UNTIE

re: Cool...

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:17 ET by PrairieSky

Unfortunately, you're likely right. I doubt that she'd ever do that...But we can still hope!

"...peace is the highest aspiration of the American people. We will negotiate for it, sacrifice for it, we will never surrender for it, now or ever." President Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981

She'll never leave

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:06 ET by kch50428

Liberals never keep their word on those promises.

and that pisses me off

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:12 ET by Defector01

For all her, baldwin, etcs. badmouthing of the country and Republicans, they never put their money where their mouths are. It appears when they get lower taxes and are able to buy new expensive carbon dioxide producing toys, thanks in part to Republican tax cuts, they decide they actually like it here. Republicans are so bad, so evil, that we ahve to leave but wait things are going well so I think I'll stay. And then they'll note their decision to stay as being brave and noble.

Damnit you stupid hollyweird liberal fool, pack your crap up and go live in your beloved France/Canada/Britain where your income gets taxed at five times the rate of here in the US for you rich idiots!

I have only ever made one prayer to God, a very short one: O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it - Voltaire

"It's a critical time, but

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:15 ET by general company

"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."

Best reason yet to vote for McCain. See ya Sue

"Television is a freak show" Bernie Goldberg

The Nanny States need your money, Sue!!!

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:23 ET by Unsane

Indeed!

She NEEDS to move to Canada, Italy, or some other Nanny State. The Nanny States are ALL looking for someone else to steal from...

Res tantum valet quantum vendi potest.

Susan baby, I may not be

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:29 ET by Blazer

Susan baby, I may not be rich like you and Mr. Sarandon,but I'll buy you and Tim first class plane tickets and give y'all a ride to the airport.

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."

I'll carry the luggage! No

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 04:26 ET by OldSailor88

I'll carry the luggage! No tip. This one is on me.

Noli habere bovis, vir!

I thought Susan Sarandon

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:44 ET by ConservativeRex

I thought Susan Sarandon died.....no wait, that was just her career.

I'll be checking out a

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:44 ET by midnight cowboy

I'll be checking out a move to Italy. Maybe Canada, I don't know

All you need at the end of that sound byte. "I'm John McCain and I approved this message"

What makes her think that

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 13:09 ET by Tim the Enchanter

What makes her think that either country would have her?

Susan

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:45 ET by Emma Grump

Is this supposed to make us feel awful? Does she actually believe throngs of people will be wailing in the streets, begging, "Oh Susan! Please don't leave us - we won't survive without you". But, no such luck - just another lib running off at the mouth making promises she'll never keep.

Susan will leave?

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 21:53 ET by pbthinker

So, if Susan leaves, does she take her husband with her? If that's the case, we have something to look forward to. The beauty of it is Conservatives just took power, in Canada, and Berlusconi was re-elected in Italy. Conservatives are making a comeback, worldwide. Too bad we don't have any in the United States.

Democrats: Stuck on Stupid since 2000.

She's right. We are "at an

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 22:24 ET by krendler

She's right. We are "at an abyss".

If I were Susan, I would error on the side of caution and move to Canada or Italy immediately, rather than waiting to see how things go with the election. If she waits and McCain wins, who knows what will happen? She might not even be *allowed* to leave under the police state he'll surely impose. She might be sent to a gulag. Or be "reprogrammed", forced to watch "Fox and Friends" every morning with her eyelids pried open like the guy in "A Clockwork Orange".

Leave now, Susan, and if the American people don't dissappoint you in Nov and The Uniter *does* win, you can always come back, once it's safe.

Yep fascism on an Orwellian

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 22:28 ET by Blazer

Yep fascism on an Orwellian scale,a totalitarian regime, but yet every time you turn a t.v. on you see a liberal with thier pie-hole agape.

"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "

- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.

" The Cake is a lie."

awww shucks I'm gonna miss

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 22:31 ET by wiwf

awww shucks I'm gonna miss her.

/sarc

The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy

hay i'm votin for JMC.. ; ''.. ..actress SS

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 22:43 ET by upcountrywater

His middle name is Mc.... John MC cain

my state slid 80% crouching towards obamatron..

we be living with "actress SS " for fore four more years.

let the oil flow.. at or above 100% ; @ LEAST 4 more years.. hoping now

Liberals62%

IranianUranium

Really now, who would notice?

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 23:16 ET by CT

Carbon Credits Smoke'em if you got'em!

"...We're at an

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 23:29 ET by rbosque

"...We're at an abyss."

Yes we are. 48 million abortions, a violent gang culture, drugs, broken families, criminal illegal aliens burning our flag and demanding "rights". Creeping socialism. Environmental nut-jobs keeping us from digging for oil and gas. Marxists running our schools and brain-washing our kids to hate their country. Left-wing media types pushing marxist agendas such as "global warming".

We're in trouble. Trouble is, it's the Democrats that push all the above.

Since I live near her, I think. . .

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 23:50 ET by crtune

Since I live in the San Fernando Valley, I believe I should have the pleasure of driving Tim and Susan to the airport. I have access to a small SUV, which should help hold their, likely ample luggage.

Even with the gas now well over four bucks a gallon, I feel that I could be civil to the two, and helpful in finding their correct terminal. I just want to do this to HELP. And because I'd be thrilled if they are seriously leaving. Somehow, I just doubt they are going to follow through. . .

By the way, you should vote for McCain whether you like his idiotic support of amnesty, or not (ditto his silly desire to close Guantanamo). . .you have to remember, that failure to vote for this guy is essentially one more vote for Obama, or whoever the left winds up putting in the Dem spot. Politics has NEVER been about getting things all correct. . .it is about what is POSSIBLE, given pretty bizzare circumstances. Like the one we are in now.

Chris Tune - Los Angeles

Dammit! Janet! I love you!

Sun, 06/01/2008 - 23:56 ET by jefflebowski

But I'd love you more if you moved to Italy. Wait, haven't we heard this stuff before? They never leave!

Where do we donate? Plane

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 00:52 ET by maggieqpublic

Where do we donate? Plane tickets, a rental car and a hot meal for the Hollywood star of your choice….

Dear artists,

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 00:35 ET by Parker1227

I appreciate your craft when you do it well.

Thank You.

But when you voice your opinion on politics like any other American, please don't be so arrogant as to believe that fame and stardom equals respect for one's personal philosophy. That has to be earned through hard work, and demonstrated knowledge.

Put another way: I'm begging you. Shut up and sing.

That why they call it "acting"

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 01:37 ET by wdhorning

Being in the acting business is why people like Susan are able to make us believe whatever it is they believe. The issue though is not their acting ability, but their real knowledge of what our government knows within its intel files. That is something Susan does not know, and thus disqualifies her from making judgements about McCain or for that matter her favorite candidate of any party.

Like Jane Fonda...

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 08:43 ET by JohnM

...who became an expert on the horrors of nuclear energy after starring in "China Syndrome"...

Which makes it apparent that her education came from the script writer, who was writing FICTION.

Lefist (un)reason in action...

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 02:29 ET by Cortillaen

"I'll be checking out a move to Italy. Maybe Canada, I don't know. We're at an abyss." We're at an abyss? Well that's odd... Unless I miss my mark, the country as a whole, and government in particular, has been moving steadily to the left for over half a century with few real reprieves save Reagan. If this leftward trend has brought us to an abyss, maybe we should try moving the other way, hm? Ah, but that would be unconscionably reasonable for these Hollywood imbeciles. After all, the cure for failing socialist programs is delving further into socialism, if we were to take their word for it (but don't forget not to try to get them involved; they believe in property rights when it comes to their property). Heading left brought you to an abyss? Well, obviously staying the course will take you away from it, right? </blatently-obvious-sarcasm>

www.rhjunior.com Great comics with a hefty dose of Christian and anti-nutjob goodness.

"With your mind as high as Mt. Fuji you can see all things clearly. And you can see all the forces that shape events; not just the things near to you." -Miyamoto Musashi

As Curly Bill said in Tombstone...

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 05:23 ET by Jcon96

Well, Bye.

Don't let the door hit you in the...

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 06:01 ET by Parker1227

...Susan. And why don't you stomp your feet a little on the way out?

I love the typical leftist

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 06:23 ET by Killgrave

I love the typical leftist solution when things don't go the way they want it... quit and run.

"I am pretty suspicious of him (the Pope)and my only message to him is that he should become more compassionate..."

Think about it. This lady is lecturing THE POPE about compassion.

Un..f******...believable...

So Why Is This News?

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 06:36 ET by packman

Wow - Susan Sarandon may leave the country. This is supposed to have some kind of impact? Give me a break. Another Hollywood liberal rants and raves....and the MSM responds with shock and awe!

She's going to move because

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 07:09 ET by SickofLibs

She's going to move because it will be "very, very dangerous"? So that would make her and her idiot boyfriend chickenshits, correct?

And hey Pope, better wise up.

bye.bye

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 07:15 ET by Dano

HEY SUSAN, DON'T LET THE DOOR HIT YOU IN THE ASS !

SARANDON GOES

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 07:56 ET by jjd123

Wren't she and hubby leaving after W won the First time? They're still here, darnit!

Celebrities

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 08:31 ET by Daie

I wonder what makes celebrities think that anyone gives a fig who they are voting for. I wish more people would stop watching their shows or seeing their movies so maybe they would take a hint that people don't care who they think should win an election. I like some of them as actors but I refuse to watch their shows or movies because I am tired of being told how wrong I am for voting for Bush or any Republican and how bad this country is because we don't fall in line and think the way they do. If she wants to leave..please do it!!! Maybe she can go to one of those tolerant Muslims countries where she has to wear a burka and be considered a second close citizen...since America is so bad and all.

One more reason to vote for MaCain

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 08:27 ET by szamp

I hope she can convince some of friends to leave also.

I could suggest a bunch of third world countries that already have all the things they want to impose on us here. They already socialized everything, got rid of the entrepreneurial class and lost their jobs in the process.

Arrivederla signora!

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 08:27 ET by lotr

I would urge her to leave regardless of the election's outcome. She seems to have a problem with democracy.

A NB word to the wise: Don't patronize these Hollywood turncoats with your hard earned $$ ($11 a pop when last I checked) at the box office. She doesn't like capitalism? We aim to please.

P.S. -- Viva il Papa.

"I was so naive"

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 08:50 ET by JohnM

Yes, Susan, you are. For as long as there have been systems to count votes, there have been errors. And I'm sure there always will be. The issue is how to minimize them, how to prevent fraud, and how to live with the best results we can achieve.

If leaving the country is your way to live with reality, then -- bye!

Promises, Promises

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 09:22 ET by Meandering

Good! I hope the door hits you on the way out. Try China, I hear Communism is just the thing for you!

Why is she here?

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 09:33 ET by mattm

Why is she here?

That is the only postive

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 10:11 ET by LilyPearl

That is the only postive reason I can think of for Obama winning.

what is she talking about..???

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 10:44 ET by wizardjr

"it's going to be very, very dangerous"

I really have a harder time each passing week trying to figure out what people like her are talking about. Dangerous to whom, or to what??? I can only think that is will be dangerous to conservatism (no matter who wins). I can only think it'll be dangerous to my wallet (no matter who wins). But those things are obvious to the most casual observer.

BTW... I'll gladly pay her taxi fare to the airport.

Nice Threat

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 11:04 ET by Canadian Mike

Sarandon threatening to leave the US seems kinda like me threatening my kids that they'll get nothing but candy to eat if they don't clean their rooms.

Knock yourself out Sue. BTW Italy is MUCH nicer than Canada, much nicer. Really, whatever happens you don't want to come here.

Oh jeez Tim Robbins mother

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 11:12 ET by tater

Oh jeez Tim Robbins mother is at it again. Well I tell you what there's as much chance she'll leave t he country if McCain wins as I have trying to sell beachfront property in the Great Plains.

"They need to have a course in college called common sense and everyone should take it. Problem is there isn't too many people that could pass or teach it." -my grandfather

Questions I have for Sarandon

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 11:15 ET by QueenMum

Are there people who are begging Ms. Sarandon to reconsider? Is this her idea of influencing the vote? I mean, will America fall apart at the seams without her presence on our soil? What a self-absorbed twit!

Being Generous

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 12:31 ET by bradbenj5952

Susan,

If you need help packing just let us know!

Signed,

NBers

"Of all tyrannies a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive." - C.S. Lewis

Please choose Italy.

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 12:38 ET by Mike From Canmore

Please choose Italy.

I am of Italian ancestry----

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 12:45 ET by misterbill

I am of Italian ancestry---- I prefer that this woman go to another country. I feel it an insult to my ancestors if it is Italy.

Frankly, I think she should go to hell!!!!

Not to mention "that Pope"

Mon, 06/02/2008 - 13:23 ET by lotr

Not to mention "that Pope" in residence there -- she'll just start bitching that if there's another Pope, she'll leave Italy! She should just move to France -- lots of progressive feminista immigrants there!