I’m obviously very excited to be in San Antonio next weekend for the final Black Sabbath concert in the United States, and I do have to admit, it will be a nice distraction pending what happens this upcoming Tuesday regarding our presidential election.
I said from the very beginning of February right after his announcement to run as a Libertarian, that my support would go whole heartedly to Governor Gary Johnson, and I could not be any prouder to have lended my time, financial contribution, and, moreover, my vote to him and Governor Bill Weld.
I can pretty much accept that Governor Johnson is not going to become President and that it’s either going to be Trump or Clinton. What I CANNOT and WILL NOT accept is this notion that Governor Johnson is an idiot or that a vote for him is a wasted vote or even a vote for Trump.
Governor Johnson only has $12 million at his disposal from mainly donations while the other two major candidates have hundreds of millions of dollars at their disposal to buy the media and get pre-rehearsed questions in advance. Governor Johnson has had to work 1000 times harder than anyone for any coverage and out of the hundreds of hours of media coverage and the lack of sleep and comfort, he is going to be judged because of a mistake about “Aleppo.”
I’m a board certified, licensed doc who has delivered babies and saved lives, and if I ever get my entire livelihood judged by a minor slip up, I would be devastated. It’s sad and it’s hurtful that our society and political process has become a reality show about trending tweets and 10 second video flubs.
We had a candidate who has ALWAYS been for gay/immigrant/black/hispanic,etc. rights. We had a candidate who supported stopping the useless wars, stopping government taxation and corporatism, and stopping the death penalty. Moreover, we had a candidate with a willingness to admit he is wrong and be humble. We had a candidate who would be willing to listen should he be wrong about an issue and would be willing to change his mind for the better and learn something from it. And now he’s been thrown away because of “Aleppo.”
We had a candidate who is a fitness enthusiast, a mountain climber, and avid skier. He was a two term governor who ran as a Republican (Libertarian in Republicans’ clothing) in a Democratic state. We had a candidate who created opportunity for those in New Mexico, and when jobs and opportunities came about for those people, Governor Gary Johnson merely said, “I did not create one single job in New Mexico. I simply cut regulation so that the people would have a chance and create their own opportunities.” This is the candidate that the United States of America, a supposed democracy, has thrown away. A humble, dedicated individual who put everyone before himself and never took credit for the well being of his constituents. This is the person we “as a people” deemed not qualified enough to be President. Rather, we should elect a narcissistic, sexist, egotistical maniac or a person who has used “philanthropic” organizations to funnel money and give political favors to greedy corporations and rogue nations.
I could have had a President who is a health and fitness enthusiast. I could have had a President who would have closed Guantanamo Bay. I could have had a President who would make it easier for someone to work in the U.S., regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, what have you. I could have had a President who would have fought for congressional term limits and stopped government lobbies. I could have had a President who would have eliminated the IRS and made it easier for American citizens to be in a more well off position rather that have the government take more money so that the useless wars and military industrial complex would continue. If you have ever paid taxes for the U.S. government, you have blood on your hands, and you should be furious about it.
Due to the exclusion by the corrupt Committee of Presidential Debates, the general public did not get to hear Governor Johnson’s and Governor Weld’s points of view. This more or less showed that the United States is NOT a democracy, but rather an autocracy. And most American citizens just looked the other way and accepted this as business as usual.
For once in my lifetime, I could have had a President, who pretty much represented everything I would have wanted in a President. Alas, he was never given a fair chance in this rigged system.
And I will never forget this.