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King’s gets sacked by Widener

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Holy Redeemer’s Lindsey Williams overcomes shaky start to nab PIAA XC medal

<p>If you can&#8217;t say the words &#8220;honesty, civility and integrity&#8221; in a sentence describing your presidential candidate, then <em>you need another candidate</em>.</p><p>Here&#8217;s a litmus test: Next time you are alone in front of a mirror, spit out the toothpaste, look yourself in the eye and say, &#8220;(Insert candidate&#8217;s name) is as honest as I am, is as civil as Jimmy Carter, and has the integrity to match Abe Lincoln.&#8221;</p><p>Bet you stopped making eye contact with yourself before you finished.</p><p>Enter Gary Johnson and Bill Weld, the Libertarian Party candidates. Johnson and Weld pride themselves on their honesty. (After his Aleppo slip-up, Johnson faced the media without spin doctors, excuses or transferring blame. He said simply, he should have known.)</p><p>As for civility, Johnson and Weld are both former Republican governors of Democratic states, and both were re-elected to second terms resoundingly. They successfully worked with their respective legislators to provide the necessary services to their constituents while cutting taxes. </p><p>Yes, the Libertarian Party is a &#8220;fringe&#8221; party, as was the Republican Party in the 1800s when its members chose Abraham Lincoln as their candidate. When the two major parties can only come up with what they have, maybe it&#8217;s time for a viable third party.</p><p>The Libertarian motto is &#8220;fiscally conservative while socially liberal.&#8221; What&#8217;s wrong with that?</p><p>It&#8217;s a pity that these two gentlemen were not allowed on the debate stage; perhaps their civility would have prevailed, and we would have been enlightened instead of disgusted. What happened to issues; why have they taken a backseat to histrionics? What programs do the major party candidates propose, and how would they fund them? What role should our military play in the world? Education? Health care? Entitlement programs? Etc.</p><p>Neither gender nor false bravado should be the determining point for our future.</p><p>We need to get back on track and realize that our country needs solid leadership to survive. We will not survive when our next leader will be determined by which one hurled the nastiest insult.</p><p>Johnson and Weld don&#8217;t profess to have all the answers, but they do profess to have the ability to use multi-partisan support, honesty and integrity to find the appropriate answers, always keeping the interests of our country foremost.</p><p>Vote with pride.</p><p><strong>Ed Stankus</strong></p><p>Kingston</p><style>
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Letter to the Editor: Can’t get excited about a presidential candidate? Look closer at Libertarian Party’s ticket