Gary Johnson Files Complaint In Federal Court Against Commission On Presidential Debates
JOHNSON CAMPAIGN ASKS D.C. FEDERAL COURT TO INTERVENE IN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES, CITING POLLING FALLACY
October 19, 2012, Washington, DC – Citing survey data showing former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson has in fact achieved the narrow criteria required for inclusion in the Monday debate, earning more than 40 percent of the vote in “head-to-head” polls against President Barack Obama, the Libertarian Party nominee’s campaign today filed a complaint in Federal Court in the District of Columbia maintaining that Johnson has, in fact, met the Commission on Presidential Debates’ criteria for inclusion. The complaint asks the Court to compel the CPD to include Johnson.
“The CPD requirements say Johnson ‘must register support of at least 15 percent of the vote in five recent polls,’” Johnson campaign counsel Alicia Dearn said in a statement. “Nowhere does it say those polls must include three candidates. Indeed, the polls used by the CPD to exclude Johnson test only two candidates even though Gov. Johnson is on the ballot in 48 states. We argue that Gov. Johnson has met the specific and narrow criteria laid out by the CPD.
“Included in the two-party ‘deal’ struck by the Republicans and Democrats are the criteria by which candidates are invited to participate. As a two-term governor who is on more than enough states’ ballots to be elected in the Electoral College, the decision to exclude Gov. Johnson can only be based upon the CPD’s self-determined polling criterion — using polls that are ‘head-to-head’ surveys between Romney and Obama. Who decided that? The CPD rules do not specify the number of candidates to be tested in the poll. Using their own methodology, polls that ask voters’ preferences between the President and Gov. Johnson are equally valid, and as we have demonstrated, will show more than enough support for Gov. Johnson to meet the CPD’s arbitrary 15 percent requirement. The same would clearly be the result when Gov. Johnson is surveyed against only Gov. Romney. Nowhere does it say that only the Republican and the Democrat should be pitted against one another,” Dearn said.
“It must be repeated that the official-sounding Commission on Presidential Debates is not official at all. It is a private organization created by the Republican and Democratic Parties for the clear and admitted purpose of controlling the presidential debate process. Everything from the schedule to the participants to the water glasses on stage are determined by way of an MOU between the two parties, to the exclusion of everyone else.
Two debates have already happened, and have excluded Gov. Johnson. We can’t change that — no matter how unfair. However, the CPD has one last opportunity to do the right thing for Monday night’s debate, which we have asked them to do via a letter transmitted Thursday. However, we are not holding our breath for an answer, and have asked the Federal Court to help them do the right thing. Also, we make it clear in our complaint that this issue does not end Monday night, and that it is not just about Gov. Johnson. We are also asking for a permanent injunction to require that the CPD’s criteria be changed for future elections to correct the organization’s fundamental unfairness.
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Keyensian vs. Keyensain Debate in NYC
I caught wind of this thanks to Tom Woods. Here is his post:
www.tomwoods.com/blog/from-the-department-of-unintentional-humor/
In it he asks who will hold the KrugmanDebate.com signs? I say, WE WILL! It’s $25 for registration or $50 for registration and 2 books from those crumie Keyensians…so $25 but it could make for an interesting day!
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CHEATER ROMNEY
Mr. Weed,
the CHEATER ROMNEY is not a new issue at all, what the so called MAIN STREAM MEDIA is unravelling now is only a very small part of that. Not the people of the USA elect a President, but the ONES IN CONTROL OF THE VOTING MACHINES. The only way to expose the CHEATING is the WRITE-IN CAMPAGNE BACKED BY AN AFFIDAVIT. They”ll have to lie about it and you”ll have a proof for all the time! This is not the time to remain inactive ( that is what THEY want ). Dont pay attention to what THEY say, but complete the TAKE OVER OF THE REP. PARTY and FIGHT FOR FREEDOM!
Sincerly yours
aurel barber
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Number of Independent Voters skyrockets
October 18, 2012. According to a recent survey, voters are deserting both the Republican and Democratic Parties in droves. Just since the 2008 election, millions of Americans have thrown away their major party membership cards and energetically embraced the little ‘i’ for ‘independent’. Nowhere is this trend more popular than the states where the two major parties have spent the most time and money – the swing states.
www.examiner.com/article/number-of-independent-voters-skyrockets
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Ron Paul says Romney no better for America than Obama
October 17, 2012. Victoria, TX. Ever since Ron Paul suspended his Presidential campaign and his son Rand endorsed his opponent, Rep. Paul has fallen off the political radar. But on Saturday, Ron Paul addressed a small group of supporters in his home state of Texas. One question posed to him was about his write-in candidacy. Another asked if Mitt Romney was any better for America than Barack Obama. Speaking to the small gathering, he answered both those questions.
www.whiteoutpress.com/articles/q42012/ron-paul-says-romney-no-better-for-america-than-obama/
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Republicans accused of Crimes to Sabotage Johnson
October 15, 2012. Philadelphia. GOP strategists know that Libertarian Party Presidential candidate Gary Johnson is slowly climbing in the polls, passing 10% recently in many areas. And in tight swing states like Pennsylvania, the two former Republican Governors will split the vote enough to tip the scales to Barack Obama. That’s the alleged reason Pennsylvania GOP officials are accused of attempted bribery and impersonating FBI agents to sabotage the Libertarian Party’s ballot access in that state.
www.examiner.com/article/republicans-accused-of-crimes-to-sabotage-johnson
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Chicago Fundraiser for Wounded Vets Thursday
October 15, 2012. Chicago. 16 US veterans commit suicide every single day. Let’s repeat that statistic so it sinks in – 16 US veterans commit suicide every single day. Why? Because war is hell. And because America has a bad habit of sending its sons and daughters across the globe to fight, and then conveniently tossing them aside when their bodies and minds are damaged. This week, there’s a fundraiser being held to give something back to America’s wounded warriors.
www.examiner.com/article/chicago-fundraiser-for-wounded-vets-thursday
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Gary Johnson: Obama “as militaristic” as George W Bush and Romney “has not one molecule of brain”
With little more than three weeks to go until Election Day, Libertarian Party presidential candidate Gary Johnson has amped up his rhetoric on Barack Obama and Mitt Romney, stressing his differences between the two — particularly in regards to what Johnson says is excessive US military force and defense spending.
“I’m the only candidate who doesn’t want to bomb Iran,” Johnson said earlier this week (Oct. 10) when the former two-term governor of New Mexico addressed an enthusiastic group of supporters at his alma mater, the University of New Mexico.
Speaking without notes for just under a half-hour, Johnson blasted Obama from the left and Romney from the right but saved his most passionate rhetoric for cutting the defense budget by 43 percent and calling for an end to US foreign interventions.
“[If] we bomb Iran, we’re going to find ourselves with another hundred million enemies to this country that we wouldn’t otherwise have,” Johnson said.
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Al Jazeera to air Opposition Presidential Debate amidst US black-out
October 11, 2012. Chicago. In what some are calling an obvious sign that America’s election system is broken, Qatar-based broadcasting company Al Jazeera announced it will be airing the US opposition Presidential debate. In contrast, the alliance of US media outlets continues to enlist a strict media black-out of independent and opposition party candidates and will not air the otherwise widely-viewed event.
www.examiner.com/article/al-jazeera-to-air-opposition-presidential-debate-amidst-us-black-out
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