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It took a legal challenge, but a Clark County district court judge ruled Monday that Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich must be added to Tuesday's MSNBC debate in Las Vegas.
Attorneys for Kucinich argued in this lawsuit that NBC, which owns the MSNBC network, breached its contract by inviting, and then barring Kucinich from the debate.
NBC said it will dispute the judge's decision. Check back here Tuesday for a copy of the judge's order.
See a copy of the lawsuit.
Dennis Kucinich, Democratic Candidate, is a champion for Peace, he even won the Gandhi Peace Award for his steadfast determination to change our politics to pursue real strength which can be only achieved through peace.
Free Speech and the pursuit of peace go hand in hand but corporations like General Electric's N.B.C. censor Dennis Kucinich from the national conversation by reneging on their invitation for the Debate at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas, Tuesday, January 15th, that's tomorrow.
We have a great opportunity to show NBC, Las Vegans and the media that we will not stand by and become spectators of our democracy, we are participants.
Dennis and Elizabeth Kucinich will be in attendance at the Free Speech Rally in front of the Cashman Center entrance located at 850 North Las Vegas Boulevard. Cat Bus Routes 113, 209, 215 and the Max line all will get you to the area but double check your routes online.
For more information please contact Nevadans for Kucinich, Co-Chair Diana Smith at 702 812 7957 or by calling the Nevada Kucinich Headquarters at 702 477-0019.
Please join us as we show the nation that Las Vegans stand for Strength through Peace and Free Speech. Bring signs and your enthusiasm.
Cynicism will be the death of the great American Experiment of Democracy. If the People Lead, the leaders will follow.
No matter who you are supporting for President, the American public deserves to hear all the candidates so that we may make an educated decision in choosing our Public Servant #1!
Yes, Kucinich has excellent positions on the issues but in truth, no chance of being elected. Soooo, ask yourself who among the Democratic frontrunners continues to address these issues; who is most feared by the corporados and, no doubt because of that, is being sidelined by the corporate media? Then ask yourself which of the frontrunners has pledged to get our troops home from Iraqi the earliest; which candidate has consistently attacked the corporados; which candidate puts the climate crisis at the top of his list; which candidate is the most electable. Yes, that would be John Edwards; the same candidate progressives like Michael Moore; Norm Solomon; Thom Hartmann and Paul Krugman have been high-lighting.
Time is running out for choosing a candidate. Activists have to rise above the distractions, the soaring rhetoric that seems miles wide but only inches deep. Let’s get back to issues and the candidates’ records. After all, removing the Bush regime from Washington and restoring democracy in the U.S. is THE most important task
Dennis Kucinich's simply being in the debate will force the other candidates to come clean and clear on their positions.
I am as yet undecided, because the 3 candidates haven't said what they would do about paying our debts to the United Nations, banning new coal-fired and nuclear power plants, jump starting an intelligent response to global warming (not just platitudes), canceling the building of new nuclear weapons and deactivating the old ones, halting the growth of media megalopolies, reversing the Patriot Act, and making Americans the ones in the white hats again, to name a few issues important to me.
But I know Kucinich's positions on these issues and more. Nevada citizens have the right to hear them.
It comes as no surprise to me that NBC, a subsidiary of top 10 defense contractor General Electric, would go to such great lengths to exclude another vocal opponent of the Iraq war from the debate. MSNBC did the same thing to Gravel at their earliest opportunity, back in the fall at Philadelphia. Kucinich and Gravel in past debates were apt to discuss the Iraq war when they were asked questions on other topics. It is a shame that a conglomerate with such a huge conflict of interest should be allowed to dictate the terms and participants of the discussion.