Re: [Marxism] Tonight (Sunday)'s third party debate

["Ruthless Critic of All that Exists" <ok.president+marxml@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 4:56 PM, Mark Lause <markalause@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Ruthless, read the subject line of Walter's post....

So?

>From <http://thirdpartyticket.com/>:

A few weeks ago, we at BreakTheMatrix.com and ThirdPartyTicket.com
invited every presidential candidate having a mathematical chance of
winning the 2008 election to participate in an online debate to be
streamed via BreakTheMatrix.com. Soon after our offer to the
candidates, we were approached by Christina Tobin of FreeAndEqual.org,
and asked to try to expand the debate to a live event so that more
media could cover the debate. [...]

Despite our efforts, we encountered a number of challenges. Most of
the candidates had packed schedules and availability conflicts,
especially when limited in choice by venue availability. About one
week ago, we at BreakTheMatrix.com decided that due to the scheduling
difficulties, we would serve the community best by offering an online
debate as per our original intent, while Christina Tobin and
FreeAndEqual.org continued to pursue the live event.

[...]the candidates have two options available to them. The live
debate event scheduled in New York City on Oct 19th at 8pm EST at
Columbia University, or the online event to be streamed via
BreakTheMatrix.com/ThirdPartyTicket.com on the same date from 7pm to
9pm EST. At this moment, the only candidate who is confirmed (for the
web event) is Cynthia McKinney of the Green Party. To be fair, the
Chuck Baldwin campaign had made a commitment to attend the live debate
when the date of the 17th was considered (the date was changed to the
19th due to venue availability), and Ralph Nader sent out to his email
list to try to build momentum for the debates. These candidates have
made attempts to work together, and they should be commended for their
efforts.

[...] if no other candidates can make the online debate we are
offering on the 19th, we at BreakTheMatrix.com/ThirdPartyTicket.com
are offering a standing web cam debate to all candidates on any day
from here until the November 4th election. We are asking all
candidates to submit to us the dates they are available and in turn we
will offer the candidates a debate on a day they are all available.
The online debate format offers the candidates a great deal of
flexibility, and is a viable solution to the current scheduling
conflicts. All that is required of them is a web camera, a phone, a
computer with an internet connection and about 2 hours of time on any
given evening. We are committed to making this debate happen, and hope
the third party candidates will continue to work with us.

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