It is unconscionable that a mainstream media outlet would impose arbitrary criteria 11 days before a debate specifically designed to exclude the one candidate with the courage and audacity to speak about issues which truly matter and to question the decisions and stands of other candidates which could very well lead us down the road to another war. Let Mike Gravel speak!
What in the hell is wrong with this country? I mean, seriously. Excluding a Presidential Candidate from the debates is absolutely Un-American. I mean, I'm not voting for him, but at least he's a voice of reason and calm in this field of warmongering liberal deathhounds.
I sent the following to the Obama campaign.:::I pray Barack will act to help Senator / Mr Gravel be in the debates here in my hometown of philadelphia pa october 30th. He has helped to bring about an open discussion and has alerted us all to important issues. Respectively yours Danielle Clarke USA vietnam vet PS: I ate lunch with him at the
Please let the Senator speak - his viewpoint is valuable and helps to broaden the national perspective - and indeed is a benefit to all candidates. He's the life of the Party.
Let Grave Speak at the October 30th debate!!! His opinions need to be heard. He is my choice, as well as everyone I know. I will boycott MSNBC if you do not let him participate.
Drexel U. should not let a munitions manufacturer dictate the tone of discourse in its halls. Is this what American colleges have come to: yes to Ahmadinejad, no to Gravel?
We need honest and open debates with ALL the candidates. Is this the fukking Soviet Union? I too will never buy anything made by GE unless NBC includes Mike Gravel in this debate.
Mike Gravel is a legitimate candidate for President. The criteria for participation in this debate are ridiculous. How can you expect someone to raise $1 million in donations when they do not accept money from special interest groups? When Gravel catches up to the front runners and eventually becomes our next President the people that tried to exclude him will look like total jackasses.
Mike made more sense while eating a casual chinese dinner in a white trash town in NH than any of these other candidates make in their books and/or slanderous and misleading commercials. Let him speak!
while I will never vote for anybody who believes in amnesty for illegals or more immigration, I enjoy listening to gravel. Unlike the others, he doesn't sound like every word was picked by an easily offended focus group.
I believe it is absolutely ludicrous to not involve a candidate simply because he stands for a change that will better America. America NEEDS Mike Gravel. I'm sure NBC
Is NBC refusing to allow Mike Gravel to be in the debates because their owner NBC will lose lucrative military contracts if we don't go to war with Iran???
If Mike Gravel is excluded from debates on NBC I will no longer watch any program on this channel and will educate others about this matter and encourage them to do the same!
NBC and MSNBC, stop strangling the democratic process! Debates are NOT Reality Shows! You have no right to censor them with arbitrary rules and prevent your viewers from hearing all candidates. I only watch debates because of Gravel, Kucinich, Dodd, and Paul. All others are as predictable as yesterdays news and I am bored stiff with their non-answers.
THIS IS AN OUTRAGE TO ESTABLISH CRITERIA FOR A DEBATE WENT IT IS NOT UNIFORMLY APPLIED IN THE OTHER DEBATES. THIS GOES AGAINST AMERICAN PRINCIPLES FOR OPEN DEBATE WHEN A PERSON IS RUNNING FOR A CANDICACY.
