Talking Sweet About Nothing

Boy everybody sure is excited about the debate tonight. I think everyone is excited because there's a chance somebody is going to screw up. Joe Biden may say something potentially offensive or Sarah Palin won't know what to say at all. If Americans really wanted to see an exciting debate, however, they would demand that the debates be open to voices other than the two corporate parties. As it is, the debates are a joke. They are just another carefully scripted campaign event.

It hasn't always been this way, either. Up until 1988 the League of Women Voters sponsored the debates. The League had a history of offering fair, unbiased debates that were open to third party candidates. That was until the League withdrew their sponsorship, declaring, "The League of Women Voters is withdrawing sponsorship of the presidential debates ... because the demands of the two campaign organizations would perpetrate a fraud on the American voter. It has become clear to us that the candidates' organizations aim to add debates to their list of campaign-trail charades devoid of substance, spontaneity and answers to tough questions. The League has no intention of becoming an accessory to the hoodwinking of the American public." (click here for the full statement)

More reading!
The Nader Campaign's Stance on the Presidential Debates

What you can do!
Open the Debates