Vote for who you like this election

"I am a member of no organized political party; I am a (fill in blank)." In this strangest of all elections in more than a century, I am reminded of this famous quote by Will Rogers.

Not to be outdone, we now match the Europeans in the numbers of our political parties. Our 34 Senate hopefuls are spread over 7 indicated preferences. You can vote for president via one of the several Republican parties as led by Trump, Cruz, Ryan, Wall Street, nervous old white men, RNC or TBD.

Or you can vote via one of the at least four Democratic parties whose leading candidates are both right at 70 years. We the electorates are the hiring authority for all government offices from the city and county levels through the state and federal levels (over 535).

For California alone, that headcount amounts to hundreds. We are a mighty nation of at least 315 million souls. Since our hired hands will be spending a lot of our money and potentially getting us into jams, we need to do a better job of vetting aspirants.

We’re all interested in a more perfect union. John Watson