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New article available with more information on the arrest can be found at: http://www.rationalreview.com/announcements/10092004.html

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NEWS FLASH: Badnarik arrested trying to crash debate

Libertarian Presidential candidate Michael Badnarik and Green Party Presidential candidate David Cobb were arrested Friday evening when they crossed police lines in an attempt to gain entry to the presidential debate they had been excluded from at Washington University in St. Louis, MO.

Reached by mobile phone at approximately 11:30PM Central time Friday, Badnarik campaign Communications Director Stephen Gordon reported being in a hectic rush to gather, verify and distribute information on the situation.

“Michael Badnarik is currently imprisoned at an undisclosed location in the St. Louis area. I've gotten a report from our man John Airheart out in the field saying that law enforcement officials are unable to provide info on his exact whereabouts, but he is believed to probably be in a St. Louis municipal lockup. We intend to get him out as soon as we can find out more, as he has campaign appearances scheduled in St. Louis, Champagne-Urbana and Kansas City on Saturday.”

Gordon went on to stress that Badnarik was doing far more than merely protesting his exclusion from the debates when arrested. He was attempting to serve process papers on Commission on Presidential Debates officials.

“Michael had process papers in his pocket related to our suit in Arizona against the CPD. Two previous attempts this afternoon to serve papers to the CPD at their facility in Washington, DC were thwarted by guards they recently set up. We expect to be releasing more information on that as it becomes available”

The Badnarik campaign said they also made attempts to serve process via email and facsimile to the Commission on Presidential Debates and others involved in the suit, which may soon take a turn for the dramatic.

“We will be in court Tuesday morning to stop the third debate. Public money is being used illegally to promote only certain candidates” said Gordon, who also mentioned that photos and audio of process papers being served to Arizona State University officials for their role in the upcoming third debate will be made available by the Badnarik campaign shortly.

Asked about the mainstream media blackout of Badnarik and Cobb's arrest, Gordon was undaunted. “Americans know now they can not trust the mainstream media to cover real events in real time. The Internet is taking over because it has to. Americans have no place to go for the truth anymore but the Internet.”

Who do they think they are? These third parties can't be allowed into the debates, they will only take votes away from the main parties, and we can't allow that. If Bush and Kerry had to debate with these schmucks, these third party/single issue candidates might force Bush or Kerry to address very specific issues, and then that throws the election up into the air. I am speaking only for myself, but I'd prefer that the candidates talk about the big picture and not get into details (getting into details would probably hurt Bush more than Kerry, because he might say the wrong thing). The last thing we need is Kerry elected.

The GOP and DNC decided at the early part of the last century that a two party system was the best thing for America, and so far they have been proven right - every third party candidate since Roosevelt has been a nutcase.

I'm sure somebody will say "The GOP and DNC don't have the right to dicate who I vote for or listen to" and flame me, but now more than ever we can't be distracted - Bush needs to win this election.