Let Thad and Buddy play too.

In between the butchery in Georgia, the hikers being freed in Iran and the premiere of Dancing with the Stars, Fox and Google relented by letting former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson into tonight’ s Republican debate. While Ron Paul tends to suck all the oxygen out of the liberty tent in the GOP, the addition of Johnson will be of little impact on the race or the format. I know I’d be a bit miffed that Thadeus McCotter and Buddy Roemer weren’t included if I were a member of the Republican party.

As a political party, shouldn’t the GOP be concerned that two of there otherwise high profile members (a former Governor and three time elected Congressman) are not included by the private hosts Fox & Google. For that matter Google, the premier purveyor of information on the tubes. If there’s any question of Fox’s bias, it might be laid to rest with it’s exclusion of seeming neocons like McCotter and Buddy Roemer.

Seriously, if a former Senator or Congressman were seeking the LP nomination and C-SPAN sought to exclude them in our one moment in the Memorial Day sun, party leaders would be peeing their pants. Not only due to the exclusion, but the possibility that C-SPAN would just turn an impassive shoulder. I’m still reeling from the fact that in 2008, two Doctors of Science and two former elected officials couldn’t put their arms around the Tragedy of the Commons question poised by the moderator. It’s doubtful Christine Smith would have done better if the party let her get past the crazy token system that the party leaders came up with.

I’m for open exchange and debate, regardless of the inconvenience of the media outlet or the party elites. So’s Buddy! Go to his website and he implores you, ” Go ahead and ask Buddy a question or even tell him what’s on your mind. Buddy’s ready to talk.” I have no idea what the rest of his platform is, but somebody might care.

The gatekeepers do a lot of keeping. The lack of resistance in all ranks in th GOP, including the starry eyed Paulites, says a lot. Makes me wanna run for Prez, just to get the Tragedy of the Commons question right.