Rae Vogeler Excluded from Debate on Public Television

The Rae Vogeler U.S. Senate campaign has just found out that incumbent Senator Herb Kohl and his Republican challenger Robert Lorge will be debating on Wisconsin Public Television's Here and Now" program on Friday, October 6th at 7 pm.

Rae has repeatedly and publicly challenged Kohl to a debate and has met with silence from his campaign.

When Herb Kohl was recently interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio, Rae called in to personally invite him to debate. Wisconsin Public Radio refused to let her on the air.

Now we find out that a debate has been organized, and that Rae is being excluded from the only debate that will occur prior to the election. Wisconsin Public Television and Wisconsin Public Radio are doing the Republican's and Democrat's bidding by marginalizing other political parties in Wisconsin. But they have offered Rae a bone! She can be on "Here and Now" on Friday, October 13th at 7pm after the "real men" have gone home! This is an outrage!

PLEASE REGISTER YOUR PROTEST! Wisconsin Public Television's News & Public Affairs office can be reached by phone at: (800) 422-9707 or by email at npa@wpt.org.

Please CONTACT THEM NOW, and let them know that you are upset you've lost your opportunity to hear from all of the candidates in a debate. Remind them that you pay for their programming with your tax dollars and that you want your candidate and your point of view to be heard! And the next time Wisconsin Public Television or Wisconsin Public Radio holds a fund drive and asks you for money, please call in and remind them that you expect better of them!