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Video of Virgil Goode in the third-party presidential debate

If you missed the third-party presidential debate on Tuesday featuring former Rocky Mount congressman Virgil Goode — now the Constitution Party candidate for president — here’s a replay on C-Span.

Larry King moderated the debate, which included Goode, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson, Green Party candidate Jill Stein, and Justice Party candidate Rocky Anderson.

Here’s an account of the debate on Slate, which refers to Goode as an “old-school Virginia conservative.”

The Washington Post has a good summary of the debate here.

And this piece on PolicyMic declared the Libertarian candidate the winner, but had praise for Goode, as well.

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6 COMMENTS

  1. Dylan | October 25, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    It’s criminal that anyone without a D or R beside their name are relegated to second class citizen status and deemed unworthy of being taken seriously enough to debate alongside the D and R candidates.

    Exactly who makes the decision that only the D and R candidates get the national spotlight to debate and that no other party is allowed to take part?

  2. Larry McDonald | October 25, 2012 at 5:40 pm

    Forget third party, I just wish we had a second party because Democrats and Republicans are basically just one party anyway.

  3. dave | October 25, 2012 at 5:47 pm

    Thanks Dwayne! That was almost as entertaining as watching Saturday Night Live!

  4. Kathie | October 25, 2012 at 7:02 pm

    @2 – totally agree with you there!

  5. belle | October 25, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    Larry nailed it.

  6. Jason | October 28, 2012 at 1:34 pm

    Proud of Virgil Goode! When you loose this race you need to run for the House of Rep.! The Constitution party has so much to offer Virginia.

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