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Presidential candidate Gary Johnson addresses the audience on June 16, 2011.

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I have been a registered Republican in Pennsylvania for over 40 years but I will not be voting for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump nor will I vote for Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for president.

Instead I am voting for Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico. I understand, of course, that his chances of winning are slim and would require a third-party turnout the likes of which has never been seen in this country.

And I also realize that a vote for Johnson likely will end up working to the advantage of the Democratic nominee in Pennsylvania. But I can't in good conscience vote for a Republican nominee who is a xenophobic demagogue or a Democratic nominee who has such difficulty telling the truth.

I urge Republicans and independents to take a serious look at the ticket of Johnson and Bill Weld, former governor of Massachusetts. Here are two well-respected former governors who were Republican in Democratic-leaning states but who found ways to reach across the aisle to get things done. As they like to say, they are the adults in the room. Isn't that the kind of leadership the country needs?

GREGORY R. NEUHAUSER, Derry Twp.