I am devestated

[againes654]

Today my lifelong liberal Democrat sister told me that if Obama wins the nomination, she is voting for McCain.

DU, this is heartbreaking news to me. What is even worse is that she didn't even have a valid reason, she just said "I don't like him".

Help me with arguments to bring her back from the dark side.

[Fox Mulder]

1. People from my brother's work tell him that Obama is the Anti Christ.

:eyes:

[rpannier]

Those people you can't talk to because they're too far gone nt

[Fox Mulder]

18. I know.

And they're fucking nuts.

[Cant trust em]

2. How about "people vote for republicans, republicans win the presidency"

Sounds like a pretty good argument to me.

[saracat]

3. Nope. I haven't any good arguments anymore.My family isdoing the same.

[rpannier]

4. Wedge-issues

Find out the things that mclame has said and voted for that she hates the most and remind her over-and-over how mclame sponsored them, supported them, etc

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

5. My coworker's niece said that same thing.

Dayum. :-(

[Coexist]

6. just wait, when I was really pissed at Clinton, all it took was one McCain speech

to make me realize how stupid that was.

Also, tell her that this Pres may choose 3 SCOTUS members. Is her anger really worth that?

[againes654]

24. Yes, the SCOTUS

why didn't I think of that!!!! :banghead: :banghead:

Edit for wrong smiley

[ncabot22]

7. If she's a liberal

Ask her how she can possibly vote for McCain knowing that a) he will continue the war in Iraq and b) Supreme Court. Tell her if she wants to vote for him, fine, but if he is able to appoint two or more Supreme Court justices, she will have screwed the trajectory of the country for the simplistic, idiotic reason of "I don't like Obama". If she can live with that, fine.

[THUNDER HANDS]

you can't

once they go into hillary, there's no exit strategy.

;)

[bdamomma]

8. a vote for McCain will be a vote for another bush era.

and does she even think about the Supreme Court and what the implications will be if McCain gets in.

[Tarc]

9. Sorry, but your sister is a moron

In a democracy, the voters get the type of government that they deserve. If the idiots out there are going to let ego and pettiness rather than their own self-interest decide their vote, then people like her richly deserve a John McCain administration, and all the shit that will flow downhill from it.

[againes654]

31. so I should just throw my hands up?

:wtf:

[Skoods]

10. Let her make her own decisions..

If he wins and is a terrible President, her guilt will be enough to make her never vote GOP again.

[Skoods]

13. My dad...

Voted for Bush in 2000, and regrets it to this day. Whenever I bring it up to him he gets practically sick over it. Thankfully his vote didn't kill us since we were in Pennsylvania, but still...He hasn't voted GOP since.

[anigbrowl]

11. Just get her to watch 'Revenge of the Sith'

She'll work it out when she sees how badly things turn out for Darth Vader.

[Zueda]

If she's saying she will vote FOR McCain rather than

just staying home then she just may not be recoverable.

[againes654]

30. Yes!!!!

I was shocked

A few months ago, I got upset with Clinton, and said "I won't vote for her, I will just stay home", but to actually go out and cast a repuke vote.

I am so sad!! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[truebrit71]

12. I call bullshit...there is no way that a liberal democrat voted for a rethuglican...

...they might not vote for the Dem, they might not support the Dem, but VOTE for the rethug?

Fucking stupid...

[rpannier]

25. It's possible they're venting

But it is rather strange that a liberal would vote for a republikkan

Unless all she watches is matthews and insanity in which case she'd have been told that mclame

Matthews: Maverick. With wide appeal for many Democrats. A real hero.

Insanity: A liberal parading as a conservative

[Kurovski]

39. Maybe the "Democrat" people do?

:shrug:

[JI7]

14. HAHHAHAHAHAHHAHAHa

[againes654]

34. Ummmm

why exactly is that funny?

[GreenTea]

15. Don't worry, I seriously doubt it! Unless this is just hype.......NO true liberal.....

would ever vote for McCain....Get REAL!

[nonconformist]

16. I've had people in my family say that, too

Life long Democrats. It shocked me. Most have said they'd just sit out, but a couple said they'd vote for McCain.

[Catherine Vincent]

17. Is it because he's black? nt

[againes654]

36. No way

My husband is black, and they get along just fine. He was as shocked as I was. I promise it isn't that

One quick question: why would you assume I/she were not black? Just wondering?

[soleft]

19. Just take the distributer cap from her car on election day

Sorry.

I know how you feel. My mother says the exact same thing about Hillary Clinton. THe fact that she would vote for a republican drives a stake into my heart.

TOday I convinced someone who said - ah, what difference does it make who gets into office by saying -

do you want to keep abortion legal?

Do you want to make it so the government can't spy on you?

Do you want to make it so Americans can't be taken off the street and sent to a cell indefinitely without seeing a lawyer?

She said yes.

I said, then you know who to vote for.

[rpannier]

29. Yes, but HRC looks so... so... French

and so does Obama

[sjdnb]

20. Your 'lifelong liberal Dem sister' was never

any of the above, if she could vote for McCain. However, I suspect this is just another attempt to undermine Hillary Clinton's candidacy, by inferring anyone not with O is with Mc. You bad!

[againes654]

38. GDP has made you a bit cynical

I suggest a long break, say until Oct. 2008. LOL

[NastyRiffraff]

21. I don't like Obama either...

but I WILL vote for him if he's the nominee. Tell your sister if she doesn't feel comfortable voting for Obama, she could try thinking about it as a vote AGAINST McCain. If she's a lifelong liberal, she should be able to see many, many reasons why McCain should get nowhere near the White HOuse.

Besides, there's the little matter of SCOTUS appointees, and working with a Democratic Congress.

[moobu2]

22. Everybody I know says that.

If Barack hadn’t race baited early on in the primary, a lot of people wouldn’t feel this way.

[Tektonik]

23. Try going over the issues with your sister

Obama may be the worst of the Dem. candidates, but he's FAR better than McCain.

[Kokonoe]

26. You can't change her mind.

Only she can do it. The more you try the less chance there will be. All you can do is let her see you happy with your decision. She may come around,its a long time until we vote.

[Blue_In_AK]

27. I don't care for him all that much either

but he's worlds better than McCain.

[GainesT1958]

28. Ask her if she wants..

To see abortions--ALL abortions--made illegal.

Ask her if she wants us to be in Iraq for 100 years.

Ask her if she wants to see global warming raptly ignored.

Ask her if she wants to see SCHIP abandonned, or Medicaid cut to the bone, or Social Security privatized.

Ask her if she wants to elect a president, or someone who looks like an old Soviet Politburo member.

But please, wait until she cools down before you ask her all that!:eyes:

B-)

[curvy rider]

32. Ask her if she enjoys seeing people without medical insurance n/t

[liberalmuse]

33. Remind her about 'bomb, bomb, bomb Iran'

If she's a liberal, she probably doesn't want this war, and it might do some good to remind her that McCain plans to stay in Iraq indefinitely, and he will likely start other wars, since he seems to be so glib about bombing Iran. Remind her the fucker is crazy. I'm not impressed with fine speeches, either, but Christ, Obama is better than McCain by far.

[ronnykmarshall]

35. Did you ever see Moonstruck?

Slap her ala Cher and say ..... "Snap out of it".

[donheld]

37. "she just said "I don't like him"."

To me that's never a good enough reason. Are these people so shallow
that they feel they don't need a reason to dislike someone?

[againes654]

40. Yes I know

and I really can't explain how smart this girl is. She is in the top 4% of her law school class.

I really hope she was just venting, and will come around. I will remind her of SCOTUS, that should do it.