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Originally posted by Osborn F Enready,
Yea, take Pennsylvania for example.
Rep or Democrats used to require 2,000 signatures to get on the ballot, while ANY 3rd party canidate required 25,000 BEFORE the DEBATE!
Real fair..... real representative.... ACK.] |
I understand it is the same in Colorado. I think that due to the fact the L.P. has an actual party platform (remember platforms?) they represent a threat to the Republicrats and therefore are the target of blatant rigging of the electoral process in every way the Dons in D.C. can.
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The reason this convention was so poorly covered is the fault of the media. C-Span was covering this one (which I think ALL LP members and supporters totally appreciated) and I for one sat through all 7 hours of coverage on the Sunday coverage, and loved it. You watch the Republican/Democratic Debate though and it is ALL the major AND minor networks tripping over each other to get a shot with one of their 5 cameras. The LP Debate, people converse, people talk to the canidates and ask REAL questions, not only pre-approved questions.
Check out Open Debates, and their FEC filings.
http://www.opendebates.net/news/ |
C-SPAN has always covered the cons and several speeches by the candidates. But we know how many people actually KNOW what channels the 2 C-SPANs are on, much less watch anything on them. OTOH, all Bush has to do is fart and he gets on the 6:00 news. Truth and good government gets relegated to a seldom watched channel while the powers that be get all the free national airtime they want.