Please stop trying to "Vote Shame Me"!

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.