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Originally Posted by Charlatan
What do you think? Should the Green Party be allowed to participate?
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ABSOLUTELY!
The US has something like 300,000 members (that's 1/100 Americans) and we weren't even allowed to the 2004 debates. The result? The
Ent lost the the idiot. No one was listening to Kerry, and Bush was able to get that "aww shucks" charm in there and fool people. Again. Had Green Party candidate Cobb (and Libertarian Badnarick) been allowed into the debates instead of being arrested for showing up, they might have actually said something of substance in response to a question instead of simply retorting campaign lines. Third parties are there to keep the big parties on their toes. Without that "we could end up getting replaced if we don't watch out" attitude, things devolve into coke vs. pepsi and we all lose.
The Libs and Torys can't be allowed to do the same to the third parties as has happened in Canada's basement. NDP and Green (and even Bloc) are all important and have plenty of constituents to represent.