With so few differences between Romney and Obama, on the truly critical issues, what will be left to debate on? Gay marriage? If the trees are the right height? Meanwhile, the US dollar is on the verge of collapse.

Heaven forbid allowing someone like Gary Johnson in. Even though he has twice as much experience as Mitt, having served 2 terms (leaving office with the people pleased) compared to Mitt's single term (leaving office with the people not pleased).

Maybe the League can put some pressure on the process. It has become quite rigged, much the the entire Dem and Repub nomination processes.

The League is still going strong -- several lawsuits re new voter suppression laws and lots of action on the local level. But we need more worker bees (who doesn't?) and ESPECIALLY people under 40 with tech talent. Find your local League and join and pitch in to help.

Rock on sexshy lady !

The End

What we need is an independent media that would allow the League of Women Voters to sponsor a debate and invite all the candidates. Does anyone know of a media outlet like that?

Great post....they don't have hard question debates anymore....just magic shows, lots of smoke, mirrors and fake escapes.

this is why i never watched debates on tv because i know it's all lies and might not happen. feed us the truth candidates!

The debates are dog and pony shows just like the conventions. Nothing of substance is ever discussed or debated. SSDD. I do love the Legue of Women Voters, though.

It's only a matter of time before we start seeing strategically placed commercial products like Coke bottles an ipads at presidential debates. The politicians, the media, and the parties do not respect the American people and are more interested in making money from us than anything else.

Good for the League for telling it like it is and having the guts to reject it.

All the presidential debates are geared as marketing gimmicks they aren't dealing with any substantive issues whatsoever. They are a way to control public discourse while billionaire corporational entities market you their products. In this case they are candidates, but there is no real differences between them...they are crooks and liars.

..did these people just figure this out or just now verbalizing it, its been a fraud for years. repub and demacrat is bull sh#t.it just a front for the greater good of the one world order . old man bush kept advocating it and knew it is on the way .NOW!!!!HERE IT IS. two puppets that say the same old shit and do NOTHING,,,oh the do nothing is for us we the people the do or implemented the agenda of the the builderburgers. YOU BETTER BE READY FOR THE FIGHT OF YOUR LIFE!!! its coming soon very soon..

Politics is like the squealing pig commercial, attention grabbing with no substance. What they should really do is put the two candidates on a lie detector machine. When the chart shows they are lying, and the audience agrees by online voting, we get to administer shock treatment. Or, we can "Trump" them with a "your fired". It won't solve our problems but at least we get to give back some of the pain they are giving to us.
But like George Carlin said, if you took the BS out of our system, it would probably collapse. (But then we would get to rebuild it, and if we don't go through a Mel Gibson Mad Max phase, maybe things will get better.)

Its just a political reality show . You want something dome right , better do it yourself ....

painful stuff kenny, but great follow up piece to your earlier post. much appreciated!

good post kenny, I will not be watching.

Nice post Kenny. I do however take offence to the idea that America is the only reason other citizens of the world embrace free speech and democracy.

“On the threshold of a new millennium, this country remains the brightest hope for all who cherish free speech and open debate.” No, you're not.

The fact is most people in the rest of the industrialized world will have free speech and democracy long after America is a far right disaster. Do Americans actually think the rest of us are just waiting for our chance to end our freedoms the minute you lose yours? Are we all going to say “Thank the dictators that experiment is over. The Americans have lost their right to free speech so we have to give up ours too. America is no longer a democracy so the rest of us can’t be either.”

I know you don’t think this way Kenny, but for some reason a lot of Americans do. What the rest of the world does with their rights and freedoms has nothing to do with whether you have those rights and freedoms or not. We live right next door to you folks and already have more personal freedoms than you do. I can’t see that changing no matter how far off the right wing cliff you go.

Make no mistake, putting the fix into Presidential debates is a right wing thing to do no matter who is doing it. Far right conservatives or right of center Democrats.

Nice post Mr. K, thanks much };-)

So when watching this years debates take into consideration these two Corporate Party's staged events. No real questions, No real debate, just another way of protecting the Elites two Candidates! Have fun watching the phony Debates this year and read between the lines if you can!