StefanX
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:34 PM
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So a weapons manufacturer (GE/NBC) gets to decide who's part of the Dem debate? |
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Edited on Tue Jan-15-08 03:34 PM by StefanX
That's not democracy. That's just pathetic. http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=nbc+kucinich+debates&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wnGeneral Electric (GE) is a friggin' WEAPONS MANUFACTURER (a/k/a war profiteer) and THEY think they get to decide who takes part in the Dem debate? Their corporate charter and broadcast license need to be revoked.
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:36 PM
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MIC running things right now. Submit all complaints to Blackwater including name and address.
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:45 PM
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2. The Democratic Party doesn't have to play ball with the fascist media. They can hold their own |
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debates and show em on youtube or somewhere other than the fascist media.
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:53 PM
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3. Corrupt criminal corporate america tells YOU and ME how to do everything.......... |
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including WHO they approve for US to vote for. GE is one of the worst!!
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Tue Jan-15-08 03:56 PM
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That appears on cable channel.
You are more than welcome to host your own debate and invite whoever you choose.
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StefanX
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Tue Jan-15-08 04:02 PM
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5. Yeah, but it's just WRONG |
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They're a weapons manufacturer, and they're trying to kick Kucinich out.
At some point, things are just WRONG. They may have a "right" to do it.
But then again, we have the right to boycott GE and NBC.
There is also the definition of a "public accomodation". Restaurants, bars, dentists can't exclude certain people (based on race, HIV status, etc) just because they feel like it.
There is a presumption that a debate between Presidential candidates is public in nature and in the public interest.
It's not right for a weapons manufacturer to kick out candidates they don't like. As long as we let this happen, we're NOT going to have a democracy here.
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Tue Jan-15-08 05:20 PM
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If I invited people to my house for a dinner party, I'd have my choice of who I wanted to invite. And if I chose to broadcast my dinner party nationwide, same rules apply.
Sure, Kucinich gets screwed by not getting invited. But he has no right to be at a gathering at a private place of business.
At some point, when a candidate is still getting 1%, the media has the right to ignore that person.
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Tue Jan-15-08 04:50 PM
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6. Why not? They own most of the candidates, too |
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The Democrats are actually getting more defense industry $$$ this time around than the Repubs.
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