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, [...]
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 [...]
Here is the inspiring reaction from a young woman who was offered an honor that thousands would have considered a dream‑come‑true: I was one of the few Ole Miss students who had a seat waiting for them at the Ford Center during the first presidential debate. That’s right, I was one of the 150 UM [...]
If McCain decides he’s actually going to bail on the debate, both Bob Barr and Cynthia McKinney have offered to fill his podium. I’m sure Baldwin and Nader would be equally thrilled to have that oppurtunity as well. Here are some very nice quotes from the article: “Any presidential candidate who is on enough ballots [...]
In preparation of the debate at the University of Mississippi, the UM Constitutionalists are spreading the word and encouraging people to reject the status quo and vote for “None of the Above.” MTV is there: [Link] Good Job, guys!
The first sentence of the Wikipedia article on the Commission on Presidential Debates should give you a clue that it only serves to limit who the public gets to hear from during election season: The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) was established in 1987 by the Democratic and Republican parties to establish the way that [...]
