While President Barack Obama and his challenger Mitt Romney will get the red carpets rolled out for them at Hofstra University Tuesday night, Green Party candidate Jill Stein got a far chillier reception when she and her running mate were arrested near the debate site.
A video posted by LI Report, a Hofstra student news website, shows Stein being blocked by police from entering the debate. On camera, Stein called the debate itself a "mockery of Democracy."
According to the article, Stein and her running mate, Cheri Honkala, were blocked from entering because they did not have credentials.
Security at Hofstra has been even tighter than it was for the 2008 debate, given a sitting president will be on campus.
In the video, officers warn Stein and Honkala that they would be arrested if they did not move. And after they ignored those warnings, police arrested them and led them away.
According to a post on PhillyNOW, the Green Party candidates had planned to storm the event, knowing it could get them arrested.
-George Carlin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates The ‘debate’ process has been given over to overly coached and polished hucksters telling people what they want to hear and reducing our electoral process to entertainment status with little more value than a reality TV show. Dr. Jill Stein and Ms.Cheri Honkala are federally recognized as qualified presidential and vice presidential candidates of the Green Party who will appear on 85% of ballots on Election Day. Both had every right and indeed an obligation to attend and participate in Tuesday’s presidential debate. Remember that the Lesser of Evils is still EVIL.