December 13

money media politics

Ted Koppel on December 10th moderated a debate of candidates for the Democrat nomination. ABC has decided to give no more airtime to Kucinich, Sharpton or Moseley Braun.

Koppel stated, "This is a question to Ambassador Braun, Rev. Sharpton, Congressman Kucinich. You don't have any money, at least not much. Rev. Sharpton has almost none. You don't have very much, Ambassador Braun. The question is, will there come a point when polls, money and then ultimately the actual votes that will take place here, in places like New Hampshire, the caucuses in Iowa, will there come a point when we can expect one or more of the three of you to drop out? Or are you in this as sort of a vanity candidacy?"

So that's it. It has been openly admitted on a major network television station that the elections in the beautiful United States are no longer about votes but about money and polls.

Forget the ideas and the issues that these three bring up. Quash them. Don't listen. No one should be hearing about these things anyway - ????
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Have you been living under a rock or what? Of course it takes money to run for a office in the "beautiful US!" Unfortunately, this is true and oh so unfair. A good candidate if poor doesn't stand a chance, it appears, without all kinds of support from the "good ole boy" club & the networks giving him/her air tiime. I don't think this is a partisan issue, it's the way it is. The American Dream of any becoming president is just that...a dream.
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No, I have not been living under a rock. Quite the opposite, actually. You miss my point entirely. For the media to determine who should be allowed to debate and who shouldn't, and to base that determination on MONEY and POLLS is NOT DEMOCRACY.