Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich

Unfortunately the scope of 2008 US presidential debate is constantly being narrowed by a two-party system that increasingly looks like an undifferentiated corporate clusterf_ck.  The two dominant political parties (republicans and democrats) no longer have the kind of integrity or principals that stand the test of time.  It's pretty easy to find quotes of political leaders saying one thing and later claiming the exact opposite (otherwise known as "flip-flopping" in political parlance).  See my lying politicians page.

These days it is almost expected for politicians to say one thing (to get votes) and then do another (to get campaign contributions).  Politicians seem more interested in saying whatever voters "want" to hear and then doing whatever their "constituents" (read corporations; NOT the American people) ask after they are elected... even if the two ideas are complete opposites.  Sadly, the "American people" seem more interested in Brittany Spears and Paris Hilton than in changing the direction of the country.

To me, as an independent, the most interesting (and seemingly principled) candidates in the 2008 presidential election are Ron Paul (R Texas) and Dennis Kucinich (D Ohio).  There has been some buzz on the Internet about these two crossing political boundries and creating a game changing, non-partisan, non-corporate presidential ticket. 

Sound too good to be true?  Well, that is up to you.  If enough people mobilize around their message of keeping America great by changing the direction of the country before it's too late, something unprecendented could actually happen.

Unfortunately, big corporate interest are not too keen on letting this happen, and are doing anything they can to stop their message from getting out.  Both Ron Paul and Dennis Kucinich were recently excluded from key presidential debates (Ron Paul from the Fox News debate and Dennis Kucinich from the ABC News debate). 

Maybe one could understand Kucinich being excluded since he has not garnered ground shaking support.  However Ron Paul has raised more money (mostly from "little" people) than any other republican presidential candidate in the last 3 months of 2007, has more active military personel donating to his campaign than any other candidate, and actually beat Rudy Guliani in the Iowa primary by getting 10% of the votes.  It is a travesty that Fox News (supposedly a Republican political spin machine) has excluded him.

Here are some great videos of the candidates being interviewed by Bill Moyers on PBS:

Ron Paul on Bill Moyers Journal

Dennis Kucinich on Bill Moyers Journal