September 9, 2016

About other choices in presidential election

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Dear Editor:

As a lifelong Republican and formerly elected district leader, I usually vote the party line. However, this year’s presidential election is totally bizarre and a case study on how not to run a campaign.

Watching Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton go at it with such malice, name-calling, unending personal attacks, twisting statements and sheer stupidity reminds me of a drawn-out boxing match. It appears both candidates are one varenyk short of a full dozen. We haven’t even touched on what role Paul Manafort played with the Trump campaign before being sacked.

I find it very difficult to support my party’s choice for president. Supporting Hillary is also out of the question.

Recently, while channel surfing I came across CNN interviewing Libertarian candidates Gary Johnson and Bill Weld, which immediately caught my attention.

Both candidates, former Republicans elected governors in Democratic states, were well spoken and answered questions on the subjects posed, once apologizing for not being sure. But, most of all, they were not bombastic.

With the election less than two months away, more exploration of the Libertarian candidates will be necessary.

No matter which party has the best platform regarding Ukraine, as stated in your editorial (July 31), it’s only as good as the presidential candidate who chooses to support it, or not.

However, I’m convinced that we have other choices, and supporting a third party may not be as bad as the “established” choice we have.

We cannot be any worse off!

Cranford, N.J.

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