Tystick Posted October 17, 2012 Share Posted October 17, 2012 Larry King will moderate a debate among the third-party presidential candidates on Oct. 23, the Free and Equal Elections Foundation announced on Tuesday. The debate, which will be held in Chicago, will feature Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, Constitution Party candidate Virgil Goode, and Rocky Anderson of the newly formed Justice Party. The event will be broadcast live on Ora TV, the digital programming service where King launched his onlinetalk show, “Larry King Now,” earlier this year. The Free and Equal Elections Foundation and, for unclear reasons, Russia Today will also stream the debate online. “We are honored to have Larry King moderate this historic debate,” Christina Tobin, founder and chair of the foundation, said in a release. “The previous debates between President Obama and Gov. Romney have failed to address the issues that really concern everyday Americans. From foreign policy, to the economy, to taboo subjects like our diminishing civil liberties and the drug war, Americans deserve a real debate, real solutions, and real electoral options.” The addition of King, who hosted "Larry King Live" for 25 years before singing off in December 2010, certainly lends some star power to an otherwise neglected corner of the American political system. The exclusion of third-party candidates from the officially sanctioned presidential debates has been a source of frustration for activists on both ends of the political spectrum since at least 1987, when the Commission on Presidential Debates was formed by the Republican and Democratic parties. The last time a third-party candidate was invited to participate in a presidential debate was in 1992, when independent Ross Perot famously invoked the “ of jobs leaving the country thanks to NAFTA in his face-off with George Bush and Bill Clinton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtis Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Who cares... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dittohead Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Is'nt he senile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:D Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Who cares... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Korea Bob.Loblaw Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Anyone not resigned to a two-party system? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkeeterHansen Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 A King, a president, and an idiot walk into a debate...*insert punchline here*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armada Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 A King, a president, and an idiot walk into a debate...**. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tystick Posted October 18, 2012 Author Share Posted October 18, 2012 Who cares... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerg Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 Who cares... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 I'll be watching this for sure. It was a matter of months ago last I saw Gary Johnson debate. Wonder if Stein's ploy had anything to do with this. Who cares... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trek Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 A King, a president, and an idiot walk into a debate...*insert punchline here*. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Ambien Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 ... carrying a binder full of ... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ovech Trick Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 dog carrying case on top of his car destroying 47% of his... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aGENT Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 It's unfortunate the American public won't vote for some of these people instead. They'd do a hell of a lot more good than the two-headed beast running things now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tearloch7 Posted October 18, 2012 Share Posted October 18, 2012 It's unfortunate the American public won't vote for some of these people instead. They'd do a hell of a lot more good than the two-headed beast running things now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lychees Posted October 19, 2012 Share Posted October 19, 2012 The real question is why is Russia Today picking this up, Communist party in secret? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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