Liberty MavenThird Party Presidential Debate Canceled
October 17th, 2008 8:15 pm | by Mike Miller | Published in Bob Barr, Debate, Election, Liberty, Politics, Television | 1
According to the Miami Herald, the debate between third-party candidates on Sunday has been canceled:
The troubled presidential debate for third-party candidates scheduled for Sunday at Columbia University in New York was canceled Friday after none of the four candidates had committed to the event.
“Due to circumstances beyond our control, several of the candidates decided not to participate in the debate at the last minute,” said Lauren Salz, a student with the Columbia Political Union, which was hosting the debate.
Independent Ralph Nader, Libertarian Party nominee Bob Barr, Green Party candidate Cynthia McKinney and Constitution Party nominee Chuck Baldwin were expected to participate in what was billed as a “historic” event.
Barr claimed a conflict while McKinney opted for an online debate originally scheduled for that evening. Baldwin was reluctant to travel to New York. Nader was willing to participate, aides say, but, seeing the debate falling apart all week, held back.
McKinney, it turns out, also had another reason for staying in her hometown of Atlanta, said her running mate, Rosa Clemente. McKinney is attending the Black Panther Party annual reunion.
It’s a shame. I would have at least liked to see either Balwin or Barr (if not both) up on stage spreading the message of liberty.
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October 17th, 2008 at 8:41 pm (#)
It is a shame.
In fact, it pretty much pisses me off. Many people have been out pulling for these candidates and working their butts off to tried to spread the message about these candidates, and they all blow off an event like this that at least had the national spotlight of C-SPAN ready to shine on it.
It makes a mockery of what we’ve all been trying to do to make waves in the two-party system, in my opinion.