Judge says Kucinich can debate tonight
Posted on January 15th, 2008 by bile Categories and Tags: Uncategorized, Barack Obama, Charles Thompson, debate, Dennis Kucinich, District Court, elections, Hillary Clinton, J. Charles Thompson, John Edwards, MSNBC, NBC Universal Inc., politicsA judge today is to order that Democratic presidential hopeful Dennis Kucinich be allowed to participate in tonight’s debate.
Alternate District Judge J. Charles Thompson on Monday afternoon said that he will grant a preliminary injunction requested by the long shot candidate. Thompson is expected to sign the order today for Kucinich, attorneys for both sides said.
NBC Universal Inc., which is hosting the debate on its cable channel MSNBC, wants to include only the three top candidates — Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John Edwards — and is expected to continue fighting against Kucinich’s inclusion.
Kucinich filed a complaint Monday morning in District Court alleging that NBC broke its contract with him. Kucinich said the network last week invited him to take part in the debate but later rescinded the offer without adequate explanation. He also contended the network wasn’t abiding by federal requirements that it provide equal airtime for candidates.
I like Dennis Kucinich. Not his policies of course as he’s more or less a socialist. However he’s honest about it unlike some in his party. I’m going to have to disagree with his actions however. While I would like to see him on the stage with them tonight their property rights trump or should trump any other argument. I wouldn’t consider an email as described a contract nor if were would I believe that his rights infringed by them rescinding the offer.
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