Is it ethical for the Election Debates to be run by both major parties? Shouldnt...

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Justin

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...they be completely open/free? http://www.opendebates.org
Since 1988, negotiators for the Republican and Democratic nominees have secretly drafted debate contracts that dictate precisely how the presidential debates will be structured. The CPD, which is co-chaired by the former heads of the Republican and Democratic parties, has obediently implemented those contracts.

Such deceptive major party control has harmed our democracy. Candidates that voters want to see are often excluded, and the debates have been turned into a series of glorified bipartisan news conferences, in which the candidates exchange memorized soundbites. Walter Cronkite called CPD-sponsored presidential debates an "unconscionable fraud."
 
Good question Justin. Why aren't you asking questions about Kanye West? Oh that's right, because it's a distraction and means nothing.

Yes. It's a total sham what they've been doing. The debates should be open so the people can decide for themselves. Thanks for the link.
 
This is indicative of the ENTIRE SYSTEM. A PRIVATE CORPORATION decides who gets to participate in a PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.


WTF is wrong with this?? EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!
 
I think they should be more inclusive, but it would be impractical to make them completely open. There has to be some threshold of support. The problem is that the threshold is too high.
 
They are run by the Democrats because the Networks are all completely biased except Fox, and nothing about any of it is fair.

They do all they can to put us in a lock so we can only choose from 2 bags of crap. Just pick one.
 
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