http://www.freetalklive.com/taxonomy/term/22392/0 en http://www.freetalklive.com/content/green_party_candidates_try_enter_debate_arrested_shackled_8_hrs <p>Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein and vice-presidential candidate Cheri Honkala were arrested Tuesday as they attempted to enter the grounds of the presidential debate site at Hofstra University. Like other third-party candidates, Stein was blocked from participating in the debate by the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is controlled by the Republican and Democratic parties. Stein and Honkala were held for eight hours, handcuffed to chairs.</p> <p><a href="http://www.freetalklive.com/content/green_party_candidates_try_enter_debate_arrested_shackled_8_hrs" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/green_party_candidates_try_enter_debate_arrested_shackled_8_hrs#comments 3rd Party arrested Corruption corruption Debates Green Party News Article Wed, 17 Oct 2012 21:34:03 +0000 ecigarettes 23966 at http://www.freetalklive.com http://www.freetalklive.com/content/secret_debate_contract_reveals_obama_and_romney_exclude_third_parties <p>As President Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney prepare for their second debate tonight at Hofstra University on Long Island, we speak with George Farah, author of "No Debate: How the Republican and Democratic Parties Secretly Control the Presidential Debates." The debate will feature questions from the audience that have been pre-selected by moderator Candy Crowley of CNN — a detail revealed when Time magazine published the contract secretly negotiated by the Obama and Romney campaigns and the Commission on Presidential Debates.</p> http://www.freetalklive.com/content/secret_debate_contract_reveals_obama_and_romney_exclude_third_parties#comments 3rd Party Corruption debate