Question for the Dems on the board...

[il Padrino Ute]

Any thoughts about the Nevada judge that said the Dems have to include Kucinich in the Nevada debate?

I'd be kind of pissed. MSNBC, being a private company, can invite whomever it wants to it's debate, but Kucninch sues and a judge agrees and wants to force MSNBC to invite someone it doesn't want?

It seems that Kucinich refuses to accept that he isn't wanted.

[TripletDaddy]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

It seems that Kucinich refuses to accept that he isn't wanted.

Are you talking about Kucinich or George W Bush?

[MikeWaters]

Campbell argued Monday that Federal Communications Commission broadcast rules do not apply to cable TV networks, and said Tuesday that federal courts instead of state courts have jurisdiction.

Judge Charles Thompson's order declares the state court has jurisdiction over a dispute involving a debate to be held in Las Vegas, "and that this is a matter which affects the public interest."

The judge decided an initial invitation to Kucinich to debate represented a contract between the candidate and MSNBC, and ruled that if MSNBC doesn't include Kucinich, it was prohibited from broadcasting the debate.

Kucinich's lawyer, Bill McGaha of Las Vegas, told the judge on Monday that MSNBC and a Democratic party liaison at first invited Kucinich and then dropped him from the debate.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...K1vtgD8U6H3T00

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by TripletDaddy

Are you talking about Kucinich or George W Bush?

Al Gore is the one who wouldn't let the issue die in Florida, but you digress.

So, how do you feel about it?

[woot]

I think the media has a responsibility to avoid making news. When Fox decided to keep Ron Paul out of their debate, they made a subjective judgment that he didn't have a chance, while including other candidates who had less of a chance than he does.

Kucinich has been getting 1% to Paul's 10%, so MSNBC's exclusion was more justifiable, but I still don't like the media being able to decide who the major candidates are.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by MikeWaters

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g...K1vtgD8U6H3T00

So, MSNBC at first invited him, then decided it didn't want him there. Too bad for Kucinich.

That judge sounds like a prick. Archaea - know anything about him?

[Tex]

Originally Posted by woot

I think the media has a responsibility to avoid making news. When Fox decided to keep Ron Paul out of their debate, they made a subjective judgment that he didn't have a chance, while including other candidates who had less of a chance than he does.

He was back in the mix for the Fox debate last Thursday, unfortunately.

[il Padrino Ute]

Originally Posted by woot

I think the media has a responsibility to avoid making news. When Fox decided to keep Ron Paul out of their debate, they made a subjective judgment that he didn't have a chance, while including other candidates who had less of a chance than he does.

Kucinich has been getting 1% to Paul's 10%, so MSNBC's exclusion was more justifiable, but I still don't like the media being able to decide who the major candidates are.

I agree that the media should not decide who should or shouldn't be running, but I also believe more strongly that if MSNBC doesn't want Kucinich there, it shouldn't be forced to invite him.

[MikeWaters]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

I agree that the media should not decide who should or shouldn't be running, but I also believe more strongly that if MSNBC doesn't want Kucinich there, it shouldn't be forced to invite him.

Even if it breaches a contract it made with Kucinich? Don't you believe in corporations and individuals being held to their contracts?

[Archaea]

Originally Posted by il Padrino Ute

So, MSNBC at first invited him, then decided it didn't want him there. Too bad for Kucinich.

That judge sounds like a prick. Archaea - know anything about him?

He's a senior judge, but a good legal mind. I would not view him as prick.