@GeorgeTakei: I don't get Sanders supporters who now back Johnson.

[BootinUp]

George Takei Verified account
?@GeorgeTakei

I don't get Sanders supporters who now back Johnson. Sanders stood for people power. Johnson wants more for corporations. Do your homework.

https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/779686214123257856

[sinkingfeeling]

1. I don't either.

[Codeine]

2. I think people overestimated the amount of thought

some Sanders supporters were putting into their position. A big chunk of that support was simple bandwagoning.

[JCanete]

9. Yes, as with all campaigns. At least when it was for Sanders, it was band-wagonning for good. nt

[bettyellen]

13. Personalities... Personalities unlike their mom and more like Santa Claus

[JI7]

22. especially after the aleppo thing.

[OKNancy]

3. they really didn't support Sanders for issues

It was to be "different".
Some of the Sanders-now-Johnson people think weed means more than anything in their life, and some are just revengeful, spiteful assholes.

[retrowire]

12. Not this Bernicrat.

I don't get the gravitation towards libertarianism myself.

[TexasBushwhacker]

29. Me neither

I'm a 60 year old white woman. It was all about the issues for me. Frankly, I'm not sure how "outsider" Johnson really is. He was a Rebuplican who switched to Libertarian. I guess it's better to be a big fish in a small pond.

[shireen]

4. It's distressing to see their comments

They regularly post on Robert Reich's facebook page with a their-way-or-the-highway petulance.

They don't understand what Bernie is trying to do. They call him a traitor, a sell-out. It's so sad.

[retrowire]

11. Not this Bernicrat.

Bernie's no sell out. He's doing what he can, with what he has.

[Ilsa]

5. Me either.

I think the Clinton campaign or a supportive group needs to target some info/education towards millenials about the real nature of Libertarianism. It's more than just freedom to smoke dope.

[JRLeft]

14. The weed issue is a big fuckin deal. She should move further left on weed.

Last edited Sat Sep 24, 2016, 07:27 PM - Edit history (1)

She she be for legalization.

[Ilsa]

17. I'm not saying it isn't a big deal, but it isn't

the only issue facing the US and it isn't the most critical. And there are Libertarian positions that would shock millenials.

[JRLeft]

18. Agreed, but it's another way to get rid of Johnson.

[Ilsa]

24. Yes, I'd rather see Hillary get his votes. nt

[JRLeft]

25. Not mention increase our chances of winning back the house.

[ZombieHorde]

33. All issues are equally critical.

Or equally trivial, however you want to view it. Not understanding this fact causes confusion and frustration.

In my opinion, we should try to entice people into sharing our world view, and then point out how the Dems are the best for moving things in that direction. Easier said than done, but still, that's my opinion.

[JI7]

23. Why are they supporting him over the fool Stein ?

[RKP5637]

26. Excellent point!!! n/t

[uppityperson]

8. Says the person who is obsessed with trolling DU.

Leaf collecting is a better hobby.

[phallon]

7. Gary Johnson Positions and more. Look out.

Check out this on Gary Johnson, http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/here-are-12-ways-gary-johnson-is-a-hardcore-right-wing-radical/
and consider this New Republic article https://newrepublic.com/article/137061/confessions-ross-perot-voter.

[MH1]

38. Yes. I'm perfectly happy with right wingers voting for Johnson over Trump.

But no one who calls themself liberal or progressive can possibly vote for Trump.

[retrowire]

10. Totally agree with Takei.

Getting rid of taxes? Everybody for themselves? Libertarianism ain't my thang.

[ErikJ]

15. B-bbut think of their the free drugs, sex and no war George.

WHo cares about all the details.

[DarthDem]

16. Go George!

Sorry to paint with a broad brush, but libertarianism is so often such a goofy, cobbled-together, inherently contradictory mess of positions. It's just, in this election at least, a petulant protest vote.

[grossproffit]

19. It's quite obvious as to why. Johnson has a penis.

[brooklynboy49]

35. Sure, Sure, Sure

It's clearly an anti-vagina vote <rolls eyes>

[JTFrog]

41. Yes it is.

There is obvious sexism at play here. Probably hard to see it with your eyes rolled to the back of your head.

[obamanut2012]

37. exactly

[MyNameGoesHere]

20. Well George it makes perfect sense to me

and it was so predictable. Now why would some of them support libertarians who are only interested in protecting their 2 foot sphere of "me"? It kind of answers itself.

[JI7]

21. they were not supporting Sanders as much as opposing Clinton

I have said that if Jim Webb was the only one was running agsinst her they would have supported him.

[oberliner]

27. His name is not Trump or Hillary

That's pretty much all some folks need to know.

[BootinUp]

28. I believe you might be on to something. nt

[grossproffit]

30. The same idiots that gave us Bush.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

31. Yeah but legal weed man

Johnson supports legal weed.

[radius777]

32. Hipster identity politics, also sexism.

For alot of these people, they consider themselves above the tastes of 'regular' people, which includes their politics, which is more about fashion and impressing their friends more than anything else.

It's also telling that they didn't move over to Stein, which simply confirms the 'Bernie Bro' stereotype, especially since alot of these guys voted for Obama, who is basically the same ideologically as Hillary, who would advance similar policies.

[Monk06]

34. If the cranky alt-left are too lazy to think then they are too lazy to vote Clinton still wins

[obamanut2012]

36. They are called "misogynists"

Some of the most sexist and misogynist men I have ever known have been liberal men -- even though they denied it. But, they were.

[Bucky]

39. Because he's old like us.

Johnson is less willing than Republicans to screw over people to give corporations what they want. It's the contrast from low expectations, plus the pot, that makes Johnson seem likeable.

[AgadorSparticus]

40. I think they are just too blinded in their hate for Hillary to think straight.