Michael Badnarik, the Libertarian Party's 2004 presidential nominee,and David Cobb, the Green Party's 2004 presidential candidate, will debate John Kerry and George W. Bush in St. Louis on Friday. Or they will go to jail instead.
A majority of Americans say that I should be included in the events sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates,"¯ says Badnarik, 50, of Austin, Texas. "And the CPD, as a non-profit, has received special treatment from government on the requirement that they be non-partisan in their activities. Bi-partisan is not non-partisan."“Unless I am allowed to participate, the debates become a massive campaign contribution to two of the candidates, illegal under the very campaign finance laws those two candidates have passed and signed as Senator and President.”
Badnarik/Campagna '04 for President
According to the Kansas City Star, Badnarik and David Cobb have been arrested.
Posted by bill at October 8, 2004 05:00 PM