The Daily Campus

Actually, Kucinich was excluded from the following debates by the following corporations: Iowa (USA Today affiliate paper), New Hampshire (ABC/Disney), Nevada (MSNBC/ General Electric), and South Carolina (CNN/Time Warner). I leave it to you to judge the fairness of corporations preordaining who has the right to debate. I mean, we are not talking about third party candidates here.

The other aspect to this exclusion is the fact that the other candidates did not voice their displeasure over such an autocratic move. And, in fact, there was that moment at an early debate where Hilary Clinton was picked up on a microphone, speaking to John Edwards, about thinning out the field of debaters. So, it is hard to not conjure up the notion that there is something going on behind the scenes when it has been heard discussed by Clinton in public, albeit accidentally.

Still, I would think more of the Democratic candidates if they stood up on principle against this exclusion. Of course, it is hard to do so if you are trying to game the system behind the scenes.

I know that the desire to get an advantage during the primaries is strong, but it should not be so overwhelming that all principles are thrown out the window.

One way to make the process fairer is for the FCC to mandate free air time to the candidates on the networks. It would take much of the money out of the process. This idea, by the way, is not new, but you can be sure that you will not hear it discussed on ABC, CBS, NBC, or Fox.

I am outraged that the most likely candidate to separate our nation from the lawlessness, criminality and dishonor that has characterized the Bush administration has been knee-capped by the colluding propaganda arm of the corporation-backed neocons. Their efforts at deluding the nation, coupled with the vote-shredding electronic voting machines will once again spell doom for REAL elections. The national media and traitorous and lying press no longer report the news. They create the reality they want the public to believe, and they devote every newscast to that end. How else to explain the ignorance of the general public that Congressman Kucinich's brother- in normal good health- was found dead in his home during the presidential campaign? How else to explain the continuous and fawning and FREE glitzy coverage of Clinton and Obama versus John Edwards, Mike Gravel, and certainly invisible Dennis Kucinich? This is no free nation. It parades as one, but its people are controlled by the lies and deceit of the media. I grieve that the American people are so readily deceived and so ready to be led to their further demise.