# presidential debates-who should be invited **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [February 23, 2007, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debates-who-should-be-invited/393383 "2007-02-23T15:28:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debates-who-should-be-invited/393383/41 "2007-02-26T03:34:29Z")
> [@](#): > > The debates are about ideas. I disagree. The debates are about choosing a President. You invite the people who have a chance of getting elected. I’m going to be harsh once again. Nobody is forced to join a third party. But once you join a third party, don’t complain because nobody takes your political views seriously. You were the one that decided to take yourself out of the world of real government. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2007, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debates-who-should-be-invited/393383/42 "2007-02-26T15:07:25Z")
[Relevant thread from 2004.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=269777) [Wikipedia article on the CPD.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commission_on_Presidential_Debates) (The LWV’s 1988 statement on pulling out of the debates is alone worth the price of admission.) [Website of the Commission on Presidential Debates.](http://www.debates.org/) [Website of the Citizens’ Debate Commission,](http://citizensdebate.org/) which is (or was) trying to supplant the CPD. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/presidential-debates-who-should-be-invited/393383.md?page=2)