Re: [Marxism] Tomorrow's third party debate...dead as a can of spam

[Aaron Aarons <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Two right-wingers decided not to show, and one of two very soft lefties did 
likewise. So how did "the Left" shoot itself in the foot?

BTW, I didn't see ANY of the hard-left candidates mentioned. Were they invited?

 - Aaron

>Date: Sat, 18 Oct 2008 17:26:16 -0400
>From: "Mark Lause" <markalause@xxxxxxxxx>
>
>I thought I had forwarded this news and apologize if I already did,
>but my email system indicates that I never sent it.
>
>The Columbia Political Union has had to cancel tomorrow's third party
>debate because everyone backed out, except the most prominent of them,
>and the one with the most support going into the event.
>
>Bob Barr almost always avoids these things and backs out at the last minute.
>
>Chris Baldwin's decision not to go to New York figures...he thinks the devil
>might live there.
>
>McKinney said she wasn't going because her vice presidential candidate
>wasn't going. Strange excuse, though, and I suspect it's a
>money problem, related to the chronic disorganization of the campaign.
>
>Nader was willing but his attendence alone would not have made it much
>of a third party presidential debate.
>
>So, another opportunity for the Left, which responds by shooting
>itself in the foot....
>
>http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/730874.html
>http://cupolitics.org/presidential_debate.html
>
>ML


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