BADNARIK AND COBB TO DEBATE IN MIAMI

Michael Badnarik and David Cobb, the presidential candidates from the Libertarian and Green parties, will take questions from media, students and the public in an open forum the night of - and just feet from - the first televised "debate" between the two-party candidates.

The debate will take place on Thursday, September 30, at 5 p.m., at the Holiday Inn Ballroom, 1350 S. Dixie Highway, in Coral Gables. Pacifica Radio will interview audience members and debate participants following the two hour debate. From 9 p.m. until 10:30, the candidates and audience will watch a live broadcast of the restricted, two-party debate after which Badnarik and Cobb will offer their rebuttals.

Unlike the scripted and staged exchange between the two-party candidates which will take place directly across Dixie Highway from the Holiday Inn Ballroom, the open format debate will allow for uncensored questions from the public and students and will represent a wide range of viewpoints on the critical issues facing our country.

The debate will be covered live by freemarketnews.com. While we can't get out parties in the same room with today's candidates, the published debate format allows for a "virtual" debate -- with third-party questions answering the same questions. Time is short, so we need to get the word out about this debate and where it can be viewed. Tell your friends; post it on your blog. The URL is: http://www.freemarketnews.com/

Once it's over, all we need to produce a real Presidential debate is to get a recording of both events and some time with video editting software. Anyone up for trying it who has access to the necessary software?