2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumHow should I convince my Johnson supporting friend to vote for Hillary?
My friend is a Johnson supporter and I've been trying to tell her why Hillary is the best choice for America and she just brushes it off. I really want her to see the light and switch sides but it's not working. Any advice?
Dr Hobbitstein
(6,568 posts)It's better than her voting Trump.
grab her by the johnson?
triron
(21,984 posts)Bill Weld.
ArtD48
(150 posts). . . but she's not affecting anything real.
bigdarryl
(13,190 posts)I'm willing to bet she voted for Sanders in the primary.There is no comparing Johnson to Sanders.She needs to do some research on him when he was Governor of New Mexico.He's for the TPP and for privatizing the Department Of Education against healthcare single payer and.all for repealing the.Affordable Care Act.That's just a few things so she's willing to vote against Hillary because she.agrees with maybe 70 percent of progressive ideas but will vote for someone who has ZERO!!! Chance at winning plus making.a sex.pervert the next President WOW
minivan2
(214 posts)She was kind of for Hillary when Bernie lost, but suddenly she just doesn't like Hillary now.
Cakes488
(874 posts)she wants this guy who has no idea what is going on in the world to represent us? Look he's a nice enough guy I'm sure but he is not prepared...it's painfully obvious. If she was a true Bernie supporter she should consider what he said and that is to support Hillary. He wasn't coerced into endorsing her...he has quite his own will but he feels that strongly that he is urging all his supporters to go with Clinton. What is making her gravitate to him? The only plus on that ticket is the weed legalization.
oberliner
(58,724 posts)Start there.
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,811 posts)point out that were Johnson to become President (not going to happen, but still) there is not a single member of Congress who is a Libertarian. He will have no good way to accomplish anything.
Better yet, have her read this article about his time as Governor of New Mexico. His single-minded focus on money and his complete disinterest in other issues is scary. Link:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/years-before-aleppo-moment-gary-johnson-showed-little-interest-in-details-of-governing/2016/10/03/f62a00fa-873d-11e6-92c2-14b64f3d453f_story.html
ibegurpard
(16,685 posts)Stop trying to convince and start listening. Then continue not trying to convince and explain how YOU feel.