Now at
the age of seventy after having spent over 40 years as a registered
“Rockefeller Republican”, I find that neither major party represents my political
beliefs and there now appears to be no place for me in either party because I
believe they have become to polarized to allow for any form of compromise. Having left the Republican Party and
considering myself free and Independent I discovered that the Libertarian Party
and its partner candidates of Johnson/Weld, come closest to supporting the
policies I believe will benefit our country and its future most. Their platform of being fiscally conservative
and socially liberal has struck a chord with me. To me it is this platform that will make an
already great America greater so I am with them.
Our
two party system is broken and needs to be fixed. Neither major party really has a left, middle
and a right any longer and each is being pulled either farther to the left or
right by a small minority who are unwilling or unable to compromise. This election has convinced me that we strongly
need a third party to allow for those who want to support a position in the
middle of the two warring major parties.
To achieve that we need to change how the Electoral College works or go
to the popular vote. A good showing by
Johnson/Weld will put us on the road to that.
Most
important I believe neither Clinton nor Trump will be able to govern after this
election and that only Johnson/Weld will be able to move us successfully forward
into the twenty first century. I cannot
imagine Clinton or Trump being able to work with a bitter and divisive
Congress. All I see if either is elected
is four, or eight more years of government gridlock and the loss of American
prestige and influence internationally. Only
Johnson/Weld can help us heal and move forward.
I am
tired of my friends of both parties trying to “Vote Shame” me by insisting that
if I vote for Johnson/Weld I will be putting either Clinton or Trump into the
White House. My reaction is that my vote
counts. If you really want my vote next election put up somebody who actually
has earned it, and not two candidates who are widely viewed as unethical, unqualified,
and not capable of leading. Johnson/Weld have proven track records as Governors
and have worked hard to earn my vote and they deserve to get it. Only they
alone can heal the wounds of the 2016 election.
