What we need now is a viable third party

The present presidential election situation is as bizarre as any in memory.  The candidates put forth by the two major political parties are both an extraordinary disappointment, and as jointly reviled as any pair of leading candidates in American history.  If there was ever a time when a third party was called for, it's this year.

So, I went on Saturday to a rally for Gary Johnson of the Libertarian Party, which is on the ballot in all 50 states, but not yet in the upcoming presidential debates. Could be that flawed polling methods are responsible, could be that limited campaign funding is at fault; whatever the reason, based on what I heard in Des Moines on Saturday, having Johnson/Weld in the debates would turn the entire hyper-partisan hyperbolic dialogue completely on its head.  

My bumper sticker went on yesterday and the yard sign is going up Tuesday (as soon as it arrives).  This political nonsense has got to change, and I think the two major party candidates we are stuck with are making it clear that a vote for a third party is no longer a "wasted" vote; the only wasted vote this year is a vote for someone you don't believe in.