It’s Time, Rednecks

It’s time for the American people to take control of the system. Its time that we let the fat cats in Washington know that we are not allowing the Corporate run of our country any longer. It is time that we open the debates to other candidates that are not part of the fat cat system and are wanting to work for us… not the corporations (as does Obama and McCain).

It is time for us all to wake up to what they are doing by controlling the debates. They are setting the stage for us to choose from two evils. Two people who are not qualified to lead this country and two individuals who are owned by Big Money and corporate interests.

Manila Ryce has a great follow up video and call to action on this very subject. I ask that you, too, record a video and/or write the contacts at the bottom of this post to get them to open the debates to the real candidates… not just for the corporate weenies, McInsane and Obama.

How many times must you hear that Obama is the catalyst for change, yet he is doing exactly the same shit that has always been done: exclude the third party candidates simply to eliminate the competition. If Sen Obama is truly about change, then insist on anyone polling over 5% to be allowed into the debate. Google may be the first instance that we can get, so write them first. Also write the Big Two.

If Obama still refuses, then how much more evidence for the status quo (no change) will you need?

Google is scheduled to hold a debate independent of the corporate Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD). This is possibly our one and only chance to get Obama and McCain to debate Ralph Nader and any other third-party or independent candidate running for the presidency. We must pressure Google to lower their requirements to 5% before this opportunity is lost. While using exclusionary tactics to silence opposition, these two major parties seem to think that freedom, a term they both speak highly of, means having power for yourself at the expense of others.

In 1992, independent candidate Ross Perot, who was polling at 7-9 percent, was included in the debates at the request of George H.W. Bush, who made Perot’s inclusion a precondition for his own participation. Under current CPD requirements of 15 percent, Perot wouldn’t have been admitted today.

In 1996, Bob Dole proposed that if Perot were kept out of the debates he would allow the Clinton campaign to decide the terms of the event. Clinton agreed. George Stephanopolous, senior advisor to Clinton at the time, took pride in the undemocratic deal between the two candidates, explaining: “As long as we would agree to Perot not being in it, we could get everything else we wanted going in. We got our time frame, we got…”

Google, Inc.
Ginny Hunt – Google Elections Program Manager
Eric Schmidt – Google CEO
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
(650) 253-0000 Obama Campaign:

Obama for America
P.O. Box 8102
Chicago, IL 60680
(866) 675-2008 McCain Campaign:

John McCain 2008
P.O. Box 16118
Arlington, VA 22215
(703) 418-2008