Friday, September 16, 2016

An Open Letter to Gary Johnson

Mr. Johnson,

I just read the news that you will be excluded from the first Presidential Debate.  I'm sad.  I'm not only sad because you're not being included, but also because I am not surprised.  Such is the state of our political arena.

I would like to propose that you "participate" in the debate by hosting a live forum of your own.  During this forum, you can listen to the live televised speech, and when any given question is asked of your Presidential opponents, you can provide your answer as if you were there.  I am specifically suggesting that you do this live, because pursuing this course of action will demonstrate that you are just as prepared as they are to answer these questions.

You, of course, have a couple of additional alternatives... one is to respond to these same questions the next day.  This, naturally, has the downside of giving the appearance of having extra time to polish your answers before responding.  You could also march to your own drum, but I am fully convinced that you need to participate somehow.  You could even take things a step further, and invite Jill Stein to do this parallel participation with you.  I don't think that it would hurt either of your causes.  You could play it up by calling it the "separate but equal tour," or some such tongue in cheek catchphrase.

Think about it.

1 comment:

Lavada said...

That is a fabulous idea!

Im also sad he isnt going to be included. But you know why....they Two Biggies are afraid he will get heard and take away all the glory. Namely people will see what idiots the two biggies are and turn away from them to listen to the sane person.

I sincerely hope that if he doesn't this year- he will get the support he deserves to re-run next go round. We need a President like Gary Johnson!!