Absolutely right, Cobb. Regardless of your decision, the lack of free speech in this election should outrage all of us.
Wait, you actually think these bozos should have been allowed in the debate?
Can you say publicity ploy?
OMG!!!!
I actually agree with you on this one, EW.
The major parties have totally stacked the deck against any third party candidate. It IS unAmerican and unfair.
Yawnnnnnnnnnnn.
Of course you folk's are right. Only in Amerika would Free Speech and Open Elections be barred, then championed at FR. Blackbird.
Wanted to add that some members of the group of protestors with Cobb and Badnarik were shoved by supporters of Bush and Gore while they were walking to the park to hear the candidates speak. The candidates were among those in the crowd. Did these candidates receive protection from the secret service or the FBI? No. They only received police guard after they were arrested.
Also, why is it that no-one in Law Enforcement knows where Badnarik is being held? I'm sure if it was Bush or Kerry they wouldn't be able to just say - we don't have any idea where they are being held at this time... That's a little scary to me.
For another view of the incident this evening and the happenings earlier in the day...
http://www.rationalreview.com/announcements/10092004.html
NEWS FLASH: Badnarik arrested trying to crash debate
Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Badnarik and Green Party Presidential candidate David Cobb were arrested Friday evening when they crossed police lines in an attempt to gain entry to the presidential debate they had been excluded from at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.
Reached by mobile phone at approximately 11:30PM Central time Friday, Badnarik campaign Communications Director Stephen Gordon reported being in a hectic rush to gather, verify and distribute information on the situation.
“Michael Badnarik is currently imprisoned at an undisclosed location in the St. Louis area. I've gotten a report from our man John Airheart out in the field saying that law enforcement officials are unable to provide info on his exact whereabouts, but he is believed to probably be in a St. Louis municipal lockup. We intend to get him out as soon as we can find out more, as he has campaign appearances
scheduled in St. Louis, Champagne-Urbana and Kansas City on Saturday.”
Gordon went on to stress that Badnarik was doing far more than merely protesting his exclusion from the debates when arrested. He was attempting to serve process papers on Commission on Presidential Debates officials.
“Michael had process papers in his pocket related to our suit in Arizona against the CPD. Two previous attempts this afternoon to serve papers to the CPD at their facility in Washington, DC were thwarted by guards they recently set up. We expect to be releasing more information on that as it becomes available”
The Badnarik campaign said they also made attempts to serve process via email and facsimile to the Commission on Presidential Debates and others involved in the suit, which may soon take a turn for the dramatic.
“We will be in court Tuesday morning to stop the third debate. Public money is being used illegally to promote only certain candidates” said Gordon, who also mentioned that photos and audio of process papers being served to Arizona State University officials for their role in the upcoming third debate will be made available by the Badnarik campaign shortly.
Asked about the mainstream media blackout of Badnarik and Cobb's arrest, Gordon was undaunted. “Americans know now they can not trust the mainstream media to cover real events in real time. The Internet is taking over because it has to. Americans have no place to go for the truth anymore but the Internet.”