Last night, Free and Equal Elections sponsored a third-party debate which aired live on C-SPAN. Only Chuck Baldwin and Ralph Nader showed up. You can watch the whole thing here: C-SPAN also has it in its archives, but I couldn’t get it to play.
Be honest. What have you learned from the first two presidential debates? Do you expect to be any more enlightened by Wednesday night’s third and final showdown between Barack Obama and John McCain? If you’re like my friends and associates outside the newsroom, you’re setting the bar pretty low. If these “debates” have proven anything, [...]
When asked why they will not vote for a third party candidate, many people will respond by saying something like, “He cannot win.” Or, “I don’t want to waste my vote.” It is true: America has not elected a third party candidate since 1860. Does that automatically mean, however, that every vote cast for one [...]
This is just funny. This is from a interview during the primaries. Sarah Palin says she likes Ron Paul and his independence from the party machine and partisanship, I wonder if she still believes that. [Link] [Full Interview]
Democracy Now! interviewed the founder and executive director of Open Debates, George Farah. Farah: [Y]ou’re not going to see any third party voices in tonight’s debate. The Republican, Democratic parties, who exert near absolute control over these public forums, have determined and made sure that no third party voices are ever seen on the debate [...]
If you really don’t like either of the main candidates but you are afraid that a third-party vote would be wasted or worse, help the “other guy”, then consider making a VotePact with someone from the other side: The Problem: Most voters don’t vote for—often don’t even consider voting for—third parties because they view voting [...]
