Secret Agreements between candidates in Presidential Debates
September 29th, 2004
http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript339_full.html
An amazing transcript of NOW with Bill Moyers on PBS, in which participants discuss secret agreements between the political parties to pre-distribute questions, not ask each other questions or challenge each others’ answers, eliminate the ability of audience members to ask follow up questions, and exclude third party participants.
Ralph Nader, who had made it onto the ballots in 43 states and the District of Columbia, was not only kept out of the debates but was prevented from getting into a debate site even though he showed up with a credential. NADER: We all have the same so-called badge. Everyone got in but me.
