January 15, 2008

Kunicich Back in Nevada Debate....for now

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080115/ap_po/kucinich_debate_7

"NBC News said Monday it will appeal a judge's ruling rather than include Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich in a candidates' debate in Nevada.

"We disagree with the judge's decision and are filing an appeal," said a statement provided by Jeremy Gaines, a vice president for MSNBC, sponsor of Tuesday night's debate. Gaines said the parent network would seek an immediate hearing before the Nevada Supreme Court.

Hours earlier, Senior Clark County District Court Judge Charles Thompson ruled that Kucinich, an Ohio congressman, must be allowed to participate. If he is excluded, Thompson said he would issue an injunction to stop the televised debate."

2 comments:

Rufus Slim said...

I'm glad there's at least one judge in America protecting democracy...

I guess our calls to NBC didn't matter. Oh well, it felt good to be part of this ridiculously flawed and corrupt process for a minute...

winkswink said...

I wouldn't say the calls didn't matter, but yeah, thankfully, not all judges are cronies, yet.

I haven't yet figured out how to post a link on a "comment" entry here.

A commentary on Kucinich:

http://media.www.redandblack.com/media/storage/paper871/news/2008/01/14/Opinions/Kucinich.Falls.Behind.In.corrupt.System-3150435.shtml