GOP should repudiate Trump

Open letter to the Republican Party:

When are you going to repudiate your presidential candidate — who happens to think like a dictator? Where is the party of Lincoln — ”with malice toward none”?

When will the party rise up and say enough is enough?

Your nominee doesn’t believe in democracy — anyone that does not agree with him is not worthy of respect. The election is rigged because the media doesn’t agree with him.

You have a nominee so unworthy to run for president that shames the party. This nominee has a mind set that only he knows what is good and right — what better definition of a dictator?

I believe in the good sense of the American electorate, who want to see the orderly transfer of power not divisiveness.

We have had over 200 years of peaceful transfer of power — some with more grace than others — but never in our history have we had a candidate proclaim he wants to jail his opponent and by definition of a “rigged” election repudiate the wishes of the electorate — if he’s not elected.

Mr. Trump is not now and never has been a Republican. It is time for the Republican Party to distance itself from the threats their candidate is making and disavow him as their candidate.

In good conscience, it has no alternative.

Mary Price

Arlington Heights

Christians should keep election in perspective

I see a lot of political posts this morning due to the debate. If we are putting our faith in one of these two candidates to save America or the world, then we are way off base.

The hatred that is shared about these candidates is not different than the hatred that goes on in the world (we spread it.)

I want to encourage you if you claim to be a Christian to take a self examination before you share something filled with lies, or slander or disrespect.

Ever wonder why Christians get a bad rap? Lead by example, people.

Remember that we are just passing through this world and some day soon we will answer for everything that we have done.

When one of my family members or friends needs prayers, I pray to God, not to Hillary or Donald.

They are humans just like you and me and they will fall to the same temper that we do.

If you believe in God, then you know that He already knows who the next president is because be He put them there.

Matt Pesola

Wheeling

Soda tax wrong, but good eating still wise

The point nobody seems to lock into is that by raising or implementing a tax on soda, we would just be giving the county more money to squander.

Also, just because someone is diabetic is not a compelling reason to drink diet pop, which by the way is a cancer-causing drink when aspertane is an ingredient.

A better solution would be to use club soda and flavor it with a healthy fruit juice or a lemon or lime wedge. Many items marked dietetic, have no nutritional value, i.e., fake butter or margarine contain mono di-glycerides and hydrogenated oil, which cause blood clots, hardening of the arteries and could lead to heart problems.

People need to research what they are eating and read labels — a loaf of bread should not have three paragraphs of ingredients, most of which are unpronounceable.

Like Dr. Oz says, “If you can’t pronounce it, don’t eat it.”

Judith Reed

Mount Prospect

Debate hosts only want to keep status quo

Libertarian presidential candidate, Gary Johnson was excluded from every national debate by the Commission on Presidential Debates because he did not reach their arbitrary 15 percent in national polls.

These rigged polls do not even allow respondents to choose “Johnson” or “Stein” until after refusing “Trump” and “Clinton” multiple times. The absurd 15 percent threshold is designed for one purpose: to keep non-establishment candidates off the stage.

Yet the Libertarian ticket is consistently gaining support nationwide. Gary is polling over 10 percent in 42 states, and over 15 percent in 15 of those states and up to 20 percent in three.

This is without any major news network broadcasting his name on a constant loop. Americans yearn for another option, and waves of voters are pouring in to the Libertarian Party from both sides of the aisle. In an election cycle with historically unpopular major-party candidates, the Libertarians offer a unique perspective. Big media, clearly in bed with each major party, has actively silenced millions of Americans’ opinions by ignoring Gary Johnson and his supporters.

The Washington establishment is frightened to debate a third ideology, particularly one that stands for liberty and justice for all.

The CPD was established to “ensure that debates provide the best possible information to viewers,” according to its mission statement, but it is clear this “nonpartisan” entity, which monopolized the debate stages in 1987, has failed the American public.

To fulfill its stated purpose, the commission must open the discussion to the candidate with widely supported social, economic, and foreign policies. Libertarianism is no longer just an ideology.

In 2016, it became a movement.

Margi DeFord

Round Lake

Clinton is the one who is dangerous

“Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely” — John Acton. Our Founding Fathers understood this when they established the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government to provide a system of checks and balances as a safeguard.

The polls indicate that Hillary Clinton is likely to be elected president of our United States. Clinton and corruption have become synonymous. They are the ultimate power brokers. Is it not logical that they will accomplish what our Founding Fathers feared — absolute power?

The final piece, the Supreme Court is within their grasp. Are there Republicans that would want the same power? Yes, and they would be equally wrong.

The majority of the people feel that the country is headed in the wrong direction, Do we really want to stay on this same (Hillary) path?

The alternative is Donald Trump. He was the anti-PC/establishment candidate with much support, including from me, for this position. I just wanted a more electable candidate. The pendulum had swung too far the other way, PC had become personal attacks. Important policy issues were lost in the debates.

Flawed, yes. As dangerous as Hillary, no. For me, the problems run more dangerous. We are not getting qualified men and women running for political office, even at the local level.

The best and brightest of our graduates are going into more lucrative fields. Political Science (an oxymoron) degree offers low paying, entry level jobs (student loans?) with a serious image problem — connecting with the “right people” and begging for money.

The training ground for these well-intended candidates are liberal law and Journalism professors. Control!

We are becoming an entitlement society aided and abetted by the above. A sad legacy.

Raymond P. Whalen

Arlington Heights