Talking Sweet About Nothing

I woke up this morning and the headline on CNN.com said, "Candidates differ on Russia." Really? An hour and half of debate and the biggest disagreement worth reporting is their stance on Russia? The debates have become a joke. It's a photo-op where candidates can recite the best quips from their stump speeches to a nation-wide audience. There is no debate.



The citizens of our country deserve more. Unfortunately, as long as the Commission on Presidential Debates is running the show, that won't happen. The Commission on Presidential Debates is nothing more than an extension of the two major political parties, designed specifically (I'm not exaggerating) to exclude third party and independent candidates from having a voice in the presidential election process.

The Commission on Presidential Debates is more concerned with maintaining the two party duopoly than it is with actually letting candidates debate, or letting Americans hear alternative choices. Write your candidate, ask them what they're afraid of? Tell them you're intelligent enough to hear opposing and alternative viewpoints and judge for yourself. Until then, I say, "what debate?"

For more information about the corporate-sponsored, two-party Commission on Presidential Debates, click here.