Thanks a heap, DLC. Now Dennis Kucinich - the Democrat who I would have been most likely to vote for in the general election - has quit his campaign after all the DLC and media efforts to silence him. Oh well. I was probably going to vote Green no matter who got the Democratic nomination.
CNN joined ABC and NBC in the media's efforts to exclude Kucinich from the debates by vetting candidates beforehand. This was accomplished by deliberately setting the debate criteria 1% above Kucinich's latest poll numbers. The poll numbers weren't even based on the outcome of any state primary but on surveys conducted on behalf of - you guessed it - the media.
The actions of CNN and the other networks violated federal equal time provisions and the requirement that the airwaves are used in the public interest. These violations resulted in Kucinich filing a formal complaint against CNN.
He wasn't completely absent from the debates - just the later ones. He did once appear in an ABC debate. When a poll on Already Been Chewed's website showed him winning the debate, ABC took the poll down.
That the Democratic Party allows the networks to do this to a serious presidential candidate shows you how out of step the party has become. Then again, this is the party of the DLC, which kicked Kucinich off the ballot in Texas because he refused to sign a loyalty oath that would have bound him to support a pro-war candidate.
(Source: http://www.centredaily.com/business/story/343883.html)
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Kucinich quits race after CNN ruins debate
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It is pretty clear both the major parties do not want the likes of Dennis Kucinich and Ron Paul disrupting the established order of things.
ReplyDeleteRon Paul is damaged goods.
ReplyDeleteThere's really nothing in common between RuPaul and Kucinich except they both oppose the war. The similiarities end there.
While Kucinich may struggle to keep his seat in congress (which is why he's quiting the presidential race), Ron Paul has a very strong grass roots and Internet backing. He's consistently finished above Rudy Giuliani, received 10-15% of the GOP vote in primaries and caucuses and finished second in Nevada. Kucinich competes with Mike Gravel for 1% of the Democrat votes.
ReplyDeleteIf either of them are "damaged goods" it is Kucinich.
Ron Paul is the only candidate in either party who will do everything in his power if elected to restore the Constitution. Kucinich seeks a socialist state. Paul seeks a free state.