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Gary Johnson, Jill Stein will not be on debate stage
The Daily Beast ^ | September 16, 2016 | Staff

Posted on 09/16/2016 1:20:33 PM PDT by Trump20162020

Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson and the Green Party’s Jill Stein will not be on the presidential debate stage for the first contest sponsored by the Commission on President Debates. Johnson and Stein both fell short of the 15 percent polling threshold required to participate, the commission said in a statement, adding that Trump and Clinton will face off on September 26 and their running mates, Tim Kaine and Mike Pence, will debate on October 4. Johnson in particular was pushing hard for inclusion in the debates, as he’d polled in the double digits across several national surveys, and previously said he would only have a chance to win if he can debate Trump and Clinton.

In a statement, Gov. Johnson lamented his exclusion from the debate stages, writing: “I would say I am surprised that the CPD has chosen to exclude me from the first debate, but I’m not. After all, the Commission is a private organization created 30 years ago by the Republican and Democratic parties for the clear purpose of taking control of the only nationally-televised presidential debates voters will see. At the time of its creation, the leaders of those two parties made no effort to hide the fact that they didn’t want any third party intrusions into their shows.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2016debates; clinton; commission; cpd; debate; debates; donaldtrump; garyjohnson; green; greenparty; hillary; hillaryclinton; jillstein; johnson; libertarian; libertarianparty; stage; stein; thirdparty; trump
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To: Trump20162020

They can go scratch themselves


41 posted on 09/16/2016 1:57:43 PM PDT by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: Trump20162020

Really GOOD!!!!


42 posted on 09/16/2016 1:59:35 PM PDT by Honorary Serb (Kosovo is Serbia! Free Srpska! Abolish ICTY!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The cycle is complete


43 posted on 09/16/2016 2:00:15 PM PDT by deport
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To: Trump20162020

They should hold the debate in Aleppo so Gary will never find it.


44 posted on 09/16/2016 2:01:16 PM PDT by proust (Trump / Pence 2016!)
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To: Trump20162020

This is a good thing because the less people know about Johnson, the more they’re willing to vote for him in lieu of crooked hillary.


45 posted on 09/16/2016 2:01:43 PM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: All

Gives Johnson a little more time to find Aleppo anyway.


46 posted on 09/16/2016 2:15:40 PM PDT by Peter ODonnell (Pray for enlightenment and true justice in these times of mass delusion)
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To: Enterprise

LOL!!!


47 posted on 09/16/2016 2:17:33 PM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: CincyRichieRich

Trump’s folks should be already pursuing a signal jammer.


Over the earpiece, Hillary hears, “Pepe, Pepe, Pepe”!


48 posted on 09/16/2016 2:19:42 PM PDT by Flick Lives (TRIGGER WARNING - Posts may require application of sarcasm filter)
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To: ColdOne

Everybody see. Conspiracy theories dont always pan out.

I have NO DOUBT the press tried to pump him up to 15 percent.

But they failed miserably.

No fake polls putting him at 15.

It’s hard to believe, but we are still more free the world and the communists CAN be beaten

Have a good one ColdOne :)


49 posted on 09/16/2016 2:19:44 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Peter ODonnell

+1


50 posted on 09/16/2016 2:19:56 PM PDT by x
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To: Trump20162020

because these clowns are a waste of time. Even if Johnson promised to “build a wall complete with machine guns nests, hungry dogs and landmines” I still wont vote for him.


51 posted on 09/16/2016 2:20:59 PM PDT by max americana (fired every liberal in our company at every election cycle..and laughed at their faces (true story))
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To: Peter ODonnell
I found a leppo for Johnson.


52 posted on 09/16/2016 2:21:24 PM PDT by Enterprise ("Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." Voltaire)
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To: Trump20162020

Good, no need for the distraction.


53 posted on 09/16/2016 2:23:58 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The S.ound Of The Guns.)
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To: PLMerite

That pic and the added word “Who?” just made my day. Thanks.


54 posted on 09/16/2016 2:25:35 PM PDT by mfish13 (Elections have Consequences.)
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To: aces
Trumps bois need some jammers

No.

Not jammers. Spoofers.

Don't block the comms channel. Seize it. Put nonsense in her ears.

Mod: "Secretary Clinton, what is your position on protecting the rights of Undocumented Citizens?"

HRC: "'Twas Brillig, and the slithey toves did gyre and gimble in the Wabe ..."

55 posted on 09/16/2016 2:26:12 PM PDT by NorthMountain (Hillary Clinton: corrupt unreliable negligent traitor)
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To: wastedyears

The only good thing about having them up there would be to lengthen the duration of the debate, giving more chance for Hillary to go into a seizure or coughing fit.

But the rules aren’t new, and there are minor candidates in every election.


56 posted on 09/16/2016 2:29:27 PM PDT by SaxxonWoods (Ride To The S.ound Of The Guns.)
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To: CincyRichieRich

“Trump’s folks should be already pursuing a signal jammer.”

Not if the earpiece operates in restricted frequencies. Can’t no signal jammer be interfering with the restricted frequencies.


57 posted on 09/16/2016 2:34:15 PM PDT by sagar
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To: dp0622

You have a good one too!


58 posted on 09/16/2016 2:35:15 PM PDT by ColdOne (poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Hillary Clinton......unfit to serve, shovel ready)
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To: proust

No, I’d LIKE them to participate. Obviously, they’d try to out-liberal Hillary, and probably pull quite a few disaffected Clinton drones over to their side.


59 posted on 09/16/2016 2:50:14 PM PDT by fwdude (If we keep insisting on the lesser of two evils, that is exactly what they will give us from now on.)
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To: Trump20162020

Two losers who keep on losing. Both delusional and she is a psychologist or psychiatrist. Physician heal thou self.

Johnson was out in the New Mexico sun too long. Fried his brain. Now he’s just a walking frejoli.


60 posted on 09/16/2016 2:55:20 PM PDT by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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