Well isn't it nice that the media should determine who we hear from when it comes to the debates for the next president of this free country? Claiming that "we don't have room" and creating some arbitrary scheme that "only those with double digit polling numbers get to join the debate" Fox and ABC have decided that the American people don't need to hear from candidates like Ron Paul, Duncan Hunter, Dennis Kucinich, Chris Dodd and Joe Biden.

I'd like to take this moment to thank the media for restricting the American people's choices as to who they select to be president. Isn't there a law about "equal time" and haven't these media businesses just said they're going to ignore that law because "they don't have room on their bus"? Well if they don't have room for all the candidates, don't host the debate at all. Let some other reputable media source (oxymoron I know) host the debates instead.

Fox has really gone down the shitter recently. For instance, I wonder what O'Reilly's (whom I no longer watch much at all anymore) "body language expert" would have to say about this. Or maybe he could give us a "culture quiz" for 5 minutes instead of covering something important happening in America. Someone should tell him to leave the game shows to Mark Goodson and Bill Todman.

If you want the whole story on this fiasco, including Ron Paul supporters outcry of conspiracy, go have a read at Outside the Beltway

Also see my comments at Blogs of War where John Little seems more than pleased that Paul was cut out.

Update:

OK, so I originally was a little annoyed at the fact that they were cutting out candidates from the debate. Then I just now realized while sitting here that Paul and Hunter are really the two toughest candidates left in the race opposed to illegal immigration that have actual proven voting records and not just lip service (see my overview of Paul's immigration record and we all know about Hunter building the Otay-Mesa San Diego border fence and writing the Secure Fence Act bill).

Was this a conspiracy all along? Hehe, me proposing a conspiracy, now that's a new one as I am generally conspiracy proof. Anyway, with Tancredo out of the race, now they have cut Paul and Hunter out. This takes illegal immigration off of the table for the debates and gives the candidates a breather from one of the top issues that Americans are concerned about. No one will be pushing the issue. They may respond to a question about it, but in general the other candidates running have past proof of their inaction on the issue. Maybe there is a conspiracy after all?

Expect the "debate" to be more about Iraq and the other party, health care and other issues, except for illegal immigration. For the media once again has managed to silence those seriously opposed to it under other pretenses.