Sept. 26 - To the Editor:

Last night, I got a push poll from the Hillary Clinton campaign. The pollster listed all the wonderful things about Hillary and all the awful things about Trump, then asked: Does knowing those things make you more or less likely to vote for Hillary? Since Hillary has a long track record of promoting warfare, supporting the fossil fuel and banking industries, negotiating corporate-friendly trade deals, and doing government business in secret, I had to say “no.” The leopard, as they say, does not change its spots.

Fortunately for those of us who voted for Bernie, there is a saving grace. That’s the Green Party. Jill Stein, a Massachusetts MD, is the Green presidential candidate. Greens oppose war as a way to settle differences, say no to the use of nuclear weapons, address global warming, support renewable energy, want health care for all, promote free college education, believe in jobs for all, want a living wage, and support a progressive tax system.

How will these public benefits be paid for? With some of the billions of dollars we now spend trying to rule the world militarily.

The November election will be close, so the presence of a third party candidate brings fear to Hillaryville, especially now that dedicated Green volunteers have collected the thousands of signatures needed to get Jill on the NH ballot. So fear mongering is on the rise. We are led to believe that a vote for Jill is a vote for Trump. In reality, a vote for Jill is a vote for what we could be as a nation, not for what we must reluctantly accept.

Shirley Frederick

Exeter