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Vote your conscience, vote for a third party candidate.
from CSRL
Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, Libertarian Gary Johnson (former New Mexico governor), the Justice Party’s Rocky Anderson (former mayor of Salt Lake City) and Virgil Goode, the Democrat-turned-Republican-turned Constitution Party.
Third-Party Presidential Debate
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The Real News Network
(Washington, D.C.) – The candidates* from four political parties – Gary Johnson (Libertarian), Jill Stein (Green), Virgil Goode (Constitution) and Rocky Anderson (Justice) – will meet for a two-hour debate on Sunday, November 4, 7:30 p.m. at Busboys and Poets restaurant located at 2021 14thSt NW, Washington, DC 20009. Busboys and Poets is a well-known venue for frequent political, civic and cultural events.
The debate will be moderated by Ralph Nader, and will focus on subjects and issues that have largely been ignored or avoided, as they are too controversial, by the 2012 Republican and Democratic presidential candidates.
The questions and exchanges in the Obama/Romney debates have been cautiously circumscribed, predictable, scripted and repetitious.
Having experienced the challenges, obstacles and exclusions from ballots and debates as a third-party and independent presidential candidate, Mr. Nader is aware of how the conventional taboos and censorship produced by a two-party duopoly diminishes the political environment. This debate will highlight little-discussed major topics, redirections and citizen empowerments which reflect widespread popular interest, either by way of support or opposition.
Political debates should not be rationed. They should become more numerous, innovative and extend beyond the narrow routine of the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), created in 1987. The CPD is still captured by the Republican and Democratic Parties, memorialized through a written, exclusive agreement every four years between the two candidates.
* Gary Johnson was an entrepreneur before being elected to two terms as governor of New Mexico from 1995-2003. Jill Stein was a practicing, Harvard-trained physician, former candidate for local and state offices, and a successful author. Virgil Goode was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1997-2009. Rocky Anderson was Mayor of Salt Lake City for two terms (2000 – 2008) and a practicing civil rights lawyer.
see also:
http://www.jillstein.org/how_to_vote_for_jill_stein_in_eight_special_states
US Presidential Third Party Debate with Jill Stein and Gary Johnson
Jill Stein Interviewed by Dennis Trainer, Jr.
Why I’m Voting Green by Chris Hedges
Ralph Nader: Both Parties, Two Heads of Same Corporate Beast
Ralph Nader: Obama–Prosecutor, Judge, Jury, Executioner and Cover-upper
Wake Up and Smell the Bullshit. Then Go Vote. by William Blum
Does Voting Even Matter? by Jill Dalton
Why I’m still not voting for Obama by Todd Chretien
What’s wrong with lesser evilism
Dispelling the Myth of Election 2000: Did Nader Cost Gore the Election?
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