John Adams on the Hofstra Partisan Presidential Debate

"Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide."

• Contact the president of Hofstra, Stuart Rabinowitz, to ask him why Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney is not in the debate by email at president@hofstra.edu, by phone at  (516) 463-6800 or by mail at Office of the President, 144 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549-1440
• Attend pre-debate events or the debate at Hofstra and wear Green buttons, bring a Green Party banner.
• Lobby Hofstra through organizations, professors, or students to include Cynthia McKinney in the debate.
• Lobby the two organizations co-sponsoring the debate: The Peter S. Kalikow Center for the Study of the American Presidency OR The John D. Miller Fund at the LI Community Foundation (516) 348-0575.
• Write to local publications such as Newsday and the New York Times demanding that Cynthia McKinney be allowed in the 3 national presidential debates to be held this year, and in local debates.
• The Commission on Presidential Debates is a non-profit corporation, claiming not to support a certain party. But, they support two corporate parties and exclude other parties. Consider complaining to the IRS and/or the Federal Elections Commission. www.fec.gov.
• Consider contacting the Commission on Presidential Debates to ask that Cynthia McKinney be included. The web-site is www.debates.org. A phone number at the web-site is: (202) 872-1020.
• Volunteer, support, and/or donate to the McKinney/Clemente campaign. Go to www.votetruth08.com.
• Volunteer, support and/or donate to Greens in Suffolk County: Green Party of Suffolk 14 Robin Drive Huntington, NY 11743-4712 / www.gpsuffolk.org / (631) 351-5763. Political donations are not tax deductible.
• Meet up with Nassau Greens, or donate to the Green Party of New York State www.gpnys.org.
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Ian Wilder earned his Bachelors degree from Hofstra University in 1997.  He is sad to see that Hofstra has not moved beyond its reputation for putting form over substance.  Kimberly Wilder sparked the idea for this post and provided the Cynthia McKinney research and action ideas.

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