Buddy Roemer on Democracy Now! Discusses Campaign and Being Iced Out of GOP Debate.mp4

DemocracyNow.org —. Democracy Now! interviews Buddy Roemer, a candidate who is on the Republican ballot in New Hampshire, but has not been invited to this weekend's two Republican debates — or any of the past 16 debates — even though he is a former governor of Louisiana and four-term member of Congress. Roemer's campaign is unusual in the Republican field: He has refused to accept campaign contributions more than $100, rejected all donations from political action committees, and has made campaign finance the key plank in his platform. He has also endorsed the Occupy Wall Street movement. "[President Obama] gets elected and he says he wants change, but he takes all his money from these same corporations who don't want change," Roemer says. "Special interests control Washington -- I've been there." To watch the complete daily, independent news hour, read the transcript, download the podcast, and for more Democracy Now! reports on politics and the 2012 election, visit www.democracynow.org FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: www.facebook.com Twitter: @democracynow Subscribe on YouTube: www.youtube.com Listen on SoundCloud: www.soundcloud.com Daily Email News Digest: www.democracynow.org The story shows just how tight a grip the corporations have on our duty to vote in the US, we don't even get to see the non corrupt in our televised debates. If this man will take no money over 100$ and will not take money from a Corp.or a PAC he has a exponentially smaller chance of being ...

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