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Debate Background Hofstra University is hosting a Presidential Debate on Wednesday, October 15, 2008. The debate is sponsored by the so-called Commission on Presidential Debates. Hofstra mistakenly calls this commission “nonpartisan” when it is actually bi-partisan–entirely controlled by the Democratic and Republican Parties and funded by a few large corporations (much like the presidential election). […]
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