Sitting on a worn-out sandy-colored couch in a brick-walled coffee shop with her legs crossed, Amanda McNamara clasps a mug of steaming hot Earl Grey—two sugars. “Hillary and Trump are the only ones the media cares about. A career criminal and a pig,” she mutters between sips.
Her brows arch as she takes another sip and adds, “Gary Johnson is actually an honest candidate. And he cares about the issues that matter. But you don’t hear about him in the news or see him at the debates. And that’s not fair.”
(TK background of Amanda McNamara–why is she significant?)
Gary Johnson, alongside his running mate Bill Weld, is the third-party Libertarian candidate hoping to secure the presidency in November.
(TK Johnson’s platform. Two-party system, throwing away your vote vs. voting for a candidate in whom you believe. Other third-party candidates.)
McNamara Quotes:
“Because American media portrays the two-party system, a lot of Americans are left uninformed about other choices in the presidential run. Many Americans tend not to do their own research for candidates that they can vote for and just follow whatever is shown on tv which is strictly left wing or right wing.”
“At this point in the game, people are just voting for Hillary because they understand that Trump is not a choice. But that doesn’t mean they have to vote for Hillary. Honestly I think Trump is running for president just to create another big scandal for his popularity and celebrity character that he portrays in the media.”
“By voting for Johnson, you’re not throwing away your vote. Throwing away your vote would be voting for someone you don’t believe in or not voting at all.”
“America was never supposed to be a two-party system. There needs to be more options. If enough people could pull together and support a candidate like Gary Johnson, then we could actually change this country for the better.”
“Neither Hillary nor Trump are fit to be president. They’re both liars and they both are in the game for self-interest. We need a president who can be honest and a good leader for this country.”