The following op-ed was published today in the New York Times by the third party candidate.
The
America I know wasn’t on the television screen on Monday night. My
America is about the freedom to make choices, pursue your dreams and use
your skills as entrepreneurs. It is about having more choices than just
red versus blue.
Americans
want to be able to choose a president who is capable of reason, of
learning from failures, and of telling them the truth, even when it
hurts. Most of all, they want to choose a president who will adhere to
the Constitution and will make government live within its means.
I’m
offering that choice. I wasn’t part of the presidential debate on
Monday, but as Americans listened in dismay to the so-called major
parties’ candidates, Google searches for “Gary Johnson” skyrocketed.
I’m the third candidate — the leader of the Libertarian Party. My name will be on every ballot
alongside that of my running mate, Bill Weld, who like me was a
twice-elected Republican governor of a strongly Democratic state.
Contrary to the Republican and Democratic presidential candidates, Bill
and I don’t believe the United States is a polarized nation.
We don’t deny that there are very real tensions on the fringes, and we can’t simply ignore those tensions. But when it comes down to the basics, most Americans really aren’t that far apart.
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