Judge: Include Kucinich In Nev. Debate

Ruling Threatens Injunction Halting Broadcast If Long-Shot Democrat Isn't Allowed To Participate

(AP)  A Nevada judge says Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich must be included in Tuesday's candidates' debate in Nevada.

Senior Clark County District Court Judge Charles Thompson says if Kucinich is excluded, he'll issue an injunction stopping the televised debate.

The judge sided with a lawyer for the Ohio congressman, who says debate host MSNBC at first invited Kucinich to take part and then told him last week he couldn't.

A lawyer for the network says MSNBC decided to go with the top three candidates after the Iowa and New Hampshire primaries.

The judge calls it a matter of fairness and says Nevada voters will benefit if they hear from more than just Hillary Rodham Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards.

The cable network and the Democratic Party are calling the 6 p.m. debate a chance to hear issues from Nevada's minority communities. Tim Russert and Brian Williams are moderating.

[samsel3]

We can all talk about the past, but what about now and the future ? Presently the CNP Council for National Policy is planning your future. This secretive organisation of several hundred of the richest men in the USA put Bush & Cheney in office to accomplish their global agenda. In September 2007 they met again in Salt Lake City. Cheney & Mitt Romney were keynote speakers. Romney wants their backing. The CNP wants to continue their agenda in global market control for BIG OIL & allied industry in the next election. National media outlets are owned by their members. Who will expose them? Who will stop their insanity and destruction of constitutional freedom ? Who will stop their misuse of the military to promote their global agenda? Paul Wolfowitz,Don Rumsfeld, Scooter Libby, George Bush, Richard Cheney, Eliot Cohen. Zalmay Khalilzad, Steve Forbes, Donald Kagan, Pete Rodman, Henry S Rowen, Dan Quale, William J.Bennett, Jeb Bush, they are all members of the PNAC Project for a New American Century.

[prinzowhales]

I wonder if MSNBC will ask Dennis any questions...I sure hope he makes a real nuisance of himself if they try to shut him out. They all have skeletons in their closets...either voting for the wars or for funding them and voting for the police state. The media has tried to make the race about inconsequentials...race and se.x.

[bobrushford]

We all know there is a large group of people who watch the candidates debate on TV. When there were 7 candidates, Kucinich was given all of 3 minutes to give his position on one issue, and another time, a few seconds to give his answer on another issue. That''s between 3 & 4 minutes in a 2 hr. "debate."

TV saw to it that he was completely excluded from the Iowa "debate," then the day before the New Hampshire debate, was excluded from that one also. Who knows, without further investigation, what Kucinich''s positions are? The Republicans have a lineup of several candidates, so why is the media in their quest to follow the $$$ and put on a show, so anxious to eliminate the candidates from the debates who don%u2019t have much financial support?

[bobrushford]

We all know there is a large group of people who watch the candidates debate on TV. When there were 7 candidates, Kucinich was given all of 3 minutes to give his position on one issue, and another time, a few seconds to give his answer on another issue. That''s between 3 & 4 minutes in a 2 hr. "debate."

TV saw to it that he was completely excluded from the Iowa "debate," then the day before the New Hampshire debate, was excluded from that one also. Who knows, without further investigation, what Kucinich''s positions are? The Republicans have a lineup of several candidates, so why is the media in their quest to follow the $$$ and put on a show, so anxious to eliminate the candidates from the debates who don%u2019t have much financial support?

[mudrose-2009]

Yeah, what the hell''s wrong with ya all. After all Kucinch was right. All of Texas are now seeing UFOs. He can tell us all about it at the debate.

[jumpyg1258]

Im glad Rep. Kucinich is getting a chance to debate cause I am tired of the old media attempting to influence our choices for who will be the next president. I hope everyone pays extra attention to him at this debate cause he''s the best the Dem''s have as far as presidential candidates go. As for me, I support another "media darling" in Rep. Ron Paul who has a knack for getting removed from debates as well.