As
expected, US third party candidates have been excluded from the
debate process that has been adjusted to the bipartisan establishment
for years.
As
sputniknews
reports:
US Libertarian Party presidential
nominee Gary Johnson and Green Party hopeful Jill Stein are not
elegible for participating in the first presidential debate, as
they don't have sufficient support from the US electorate, the
Commission on Presidential Debates said in a statement on Friday.
[...]
"Hillary Clinton and her
running mate, Tim Kaine, and Donald Trump and his running mate,
Mike Pence, qualify to participate in the September 26
presidential debate and the October 4 vice-presidential debate,
respectively," the commission noted. "No other
candidates satisfied the criteria for inclusion in the September
26 and October 4 debates."
[...]
Johnson and Stein can still qualify
for the two other debates which will take place in October if they
improve their standings in the polls.
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However,
the internet independent media have done a pretty good job so far,
through plenty of successful interviews with third party candidates
and others. With people, for whom extremely limited time has been
given on mainstream media, or even, completely excluded from the
media system.
Even
during the race for the nomination of the democratic party, Bernie
Sanders has been excluded initially from the corporate media.
However, he earned further recognition thanks to his promotion by the
independent and social media. Many people learned about him and what
he represents through interviews on independent websites and
networks.
So,
maybe it's time for the independent media to go one step further. Our
suggestion is to organize a "counter-debate" (why not the
same days with the debate of the bipartisan establishment), to
challenge another bipartisan monopoly, but most importantly, give to
millions of Americans a chance to learn about the third party
candidates and watch them under real debate conditions.
A
project of this nature could be organized by plenty of independent
media that could livestream the debate simultaneously. With the right
advertisement and some good cooperation, such an attempt could crush
the traditional debate process, proving that millions of Americans
have turned to the independent media and the US third parties. It
would be a major, shocking defeat for the establishment.
After
all, who needs the rigged debates of the establishment?
We
call again the independent media to dare to organize such an event,
giving to the US politics an unprecedented new perspective.
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Excellent idea. Spread the word, everybody.
ReplyDeleteThanks! Let's do it! We have little time left.
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