I am sick of the blatant exclusion of third party candidates in this country. It really angers me that candidates that get the necessary votes to appear on the ballets cannot manage to partake in the debates.
This is Freaking America! We are supposed to be the land of opportunity, instead we are shutting the doors on these people. Why? Because the Commission on Presidential Debates controls all three debates this year. And to make matters worse, they are run by the democratic and republican party.
Ralph Nader is currently running at 6% nationwide in the most recent CNN poll. This is no small feat considering he is not getting any stories in the news, not allowed to participate in debates and most polls do not even ask if he is one of the candidates. Yet he is going to be on the ballet in 45 states! Other candidates like Ron Paul could stand a chance to if they were just given a chance at this point in the race.
I hope that people feel that Nader spoiled the election for the democrats again. Maybe some of the dumb-asses that feel that if he wasn't there, they would win, should take a good hard look at what is going on. The democrats and republicans are loosing people to these third parties. People are no longer feeling like they shouldn't vote with their heart and mind. People should stand up and vote for whom ever they want without fear that they will "spoil" someone else's candidate.
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