So a weapons manufacturer (GE/NBC) gets to decide who's part of the Dem debate?

[StefanX]

That's not democracy. That's just pathetic.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&q=nbc+kucinich+debates&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&tab=wn

General Electric (GE) is a friggin' WEAPONS MANUFACTURER (a/k/a war profiteer) and THEY think they get to decide who takes part in the Dem debate?

Their corporate charter and broadcast license need to be revoked.

[Hydra]

1. Dur!

MIC running things right now. Submit all complaints to Blackwater including name and address.

[rhett o rick]

2. The Democratic Party doesn't have to play ball with the fascist media. They can hold their own

debates and show em on youtube or somewhere other than the fascist media.

[Double T]

3. Corrupt criminal corporate america tells YOU and ME how to do everything..........

including WHO they approve for US to vote for. GE is one of the worst!!

[tritsofme]

4. Its their event.

That appears on cable channel.

You are more than welcome to host your own debate and invite whoever you choose.

[StefanX]

5. Yeah, but it's just WRONG

They're a weapons manufacturer, and they're trying to kick Kucinich out.

At some point, things are just WRONG. They may have a "right" to do it.

But then again, we have the right to boycott GE and NBC.

There is also the definition of a "public accomodation". Restaurants, bars, dentists can't exclude certain people (based on race, HIV status, etc) just because they feel like it.

There is a presumption that a debate between Presidential candidates is public in nature and in the public interest.

It's not right for a weapons manufacturer to kick out candidates they don't like. As long as we let this happen, we're NOT going to have a democracy here.

[DangerDave921]

7. exactly

If I invited people to my house for a dinner party, I'd have my choice of who I wanted to invite. And if I chose to broadcast my dinner party nationwide, same rules apply.

Sure, Kucinich gets screwed by not getting invited. But he has no right to be at a gathering at a private place of business.

At some point, when a candidate is still getting 1%, the media has the right to ignore that person.

[no name no slogan]

6. Why not? They own most of the candidates, too

The Democrats are actually getting more defense industry $$$ this time around than the Repubs.