June 19, 2003
Follow The Money PT 2
Third party candidates have complained to the FEC that during the 2000 presidential debate in Boston, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD) essentially conspired to lock out third party candidates from the debates and the hall by circulating a face book identifying the third party candidates, thus preventing them from even observing the debates.
The CPD board is made up of big shot Democrats and Republicans without any third party representation. Money talks, BS walks.
I know this is old news, but the voting public needs to made aware of the serious charges against the CPD. The big picture isn?t that the Democrats and Republicans have a lock on the political process, but that the corporations that donate (a gentle euphemism for buying influence) to their campaigns actually control what messages the public hears in the presidential debates.
This isnt much different from the way Rupert Murdoch, AOL Time Warner, Clear Channel and other media conglomerates control the news we see, read and hear. The sponsors and their profit driven agenda come first, even if the truth is denied or hidden. Similarly, the Democrats and Republicans want to control the message to suit their particular Godfathers.
Posted by grover at June 19, 2003 03:55 PMThe corporatization of America has meant the death of democracy. This is no longer a nation by of and for the people (I am willing to posit the theory that it ever was), it is a nation by of and for corporations. Now don’t get me wrong, I don’t think that corporations or capitalism are evil. I simply believe that the inordinant amount of power they have over every aspect of our lives and our government is not healthy for a democratic republic.
The Democrats and Republicans are equally in thrall to the corporations, and as long as they are the only two parties with power then the lives of the people will continue to be dictated by the desires of corporations. As I hear more and more from the left and the right: I want my country back.
