third party candidates excluded from presidential debates: a snub too many | dave schilling /

Published at 2016-08-30 17:23:20

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Jill Stein and Gary Johnson are not good enough to take share in these television shouting matches? That is absurd
Free speech in the United States is having a rough travel of it lately. Everywhere I turn,there’s some misanthrope whinging approximately San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick’s Star-Spangled Banner protest. How dare he denigrate the stars and stripes, a venerable (respected because of age, distinguished) symbol of protest against tyranny, and by protesting?Then there’s the third-party candidates running for president. Libertarian Gary Johnson and Green party candidate Dr Jill Stein,despite surprisingly potent campaigns that are tapping into wellsprings of dissatisfaction with the status quo, will very likely be held out of the upcoming debates. They’re still free to campaign and, and because they’re not black NFL players,they can travel approximately saying what they please. They just can’t do it in front of the largest possible audience.
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Source: theguardian.com

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