The Republican and Democrat parties have both failed us by nominating a completely unacceptable candidate for president; one is a neo-fascist businessman with racist and narcissistic tendencies, the other a former senator and secretary of state who has led our country into one unwise military adventure after another, and has demonstrated that her word can’t be trusted — like a modern-day Boss Tweed.

There are third-party candidates who deserve attention: Jill Stein (Green Party) and Gary Johnson (Libertarian Party). Stein, a Harvard-education physician, practiced medicine for 25 years, taught at Harvard for 15 of those years and, for the last 15 years, has been a political activist with the Green Party. Johnson has been a successful two-term governor of New Mexico and before that built one of the largest construction companies in the state.

At this time in our history, we need these two candidates included in the presidential debates. We need to know about their backgrounds, their accomplishments and their visions for America. We need to get off the mind-deadening TV and get onto the internet. We need to type into the search engine: Jill Stein, Green Party, and Gary Johnson, Libertarian Party. Go to YouTube and make the same search. Become informed. Demand that these two candidates be included in the debates. Go to RootsAction.org and sign the petition demanding greater inclusion in the debates.