1) I was keeping my promise. I'm not going to re-hash all of my earlier post from March, but I did vow that I would again become a registered independent -- as I have been for most of my adult voting life -- as soon as the primary campaign was over. During those 54 days, Donald Trump -- whose know-nothing campaign is fundamental threat to our democracy -- all but clinched the GOP nomination, raising the stakes for America. But the good news is that I can vote against Trump in November as an independent, without associating myself with either of two major parties that -- in their own ways -- have each valued the concerns of their big-money donors over the day-to-day problems of their rank-and-file voters.