FYI. Mr. Habib, I will get back with you sometime soon on your last posting. My schedule is tight for now. ----- Original Message ----- > Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 09:04:55 -0800 > Subject: "Nightline" Town Meeting on Third Parties > To: "Nightline Mailing List" <[log in to unmask]> > From: Nightline <[log in to unmask]> > Message-Id: <[log in to unmask]> > > There's exactly one week to go to Election Day. If you have your heart set > on electing George W. Bush or Al Gore as the 43rd president, this is > nail-biting time. The polls remain very close. Ted Koppel got a first-hand > peek at the dueling campaigns last week on the road with Gov. Bush and Vice > President Gore. Both campaigns are in full throttle, racing from state to > state, trying to convince as many of the swing voters to come over to their > side. > > Tonight, Ted travels to Minneapolis and takes a step back from the main > horse race to ask a question: What role do third parties have in a system > dominated by the Democrats and Republicans? > > Why originate the broadcast in Minnesota? Three reasons, really. It's > home to one of the country's only two independent governors, Jesse Ventura > (see if you can name the other -- answer at the bottom). It's also a state > featuring an electorate that has demonstrated an independent streak. And > finally, not coincidentally, our affiliate KSTP-TV invited us to hold a > town meeting at the University of Minnesota on the subject of third > parties. > > Ted Koppel will talk with Gov. Ventura and with Green Party presidential > candidate Ralph Nader before a politically diverse audience. The first 30 > minutes of the 90-minute session will air on "Nightline," the remaining > hour will be available on our Web site as streaming video > (www.nightline.abcnews.com). > > Both Ventura and Nader have railed against mainstream politics, the > exclusion of third parties from the debates and the dwindling voter > turnout. Ventura believes there's a connection between voter participation > and the election of independent candidates. He says young people will be > more engaged if the political system encourages more choices. > > Nader has been very public in his insistence that he should have been > included in this year's debates, despite his not reaching 15 percent in the > polls, the threshold set by the Commission on Presidential Debates. He's > doing well enough that the Gore campaign has recently become concerned he > may siphon off enough votes to award the White House to Bush. But if Nader > were to be included in the debates, why not Pat Buchanan, Harry Browne, > John Hagelin or Howard Phillips? All are on enough ballots around the > country to mathematically be elected president. It's a thorny issue. > > This country has a long tradition of third-party presidential hopefuls -- > George Wallace in 1968, John Anderson in 1980 and Ross Perot in 1992. They > have played the role of gadfly and sometimes, spoiler. But they are rarely > dull. > > Sit down with the extra Halloween candy and join us tonight. > > By the way, that other independent governor: Angus King of Maine. > > Oct. 31, 2000 > > Richard Harris > Senior Producer > Minneapolis > > --- > Submit questions for tonight's Nightline town meeting on our Web site at: > http://abcnews.go.com/onair/Nightline/nl001031_town_meeting_mailform.html > > --- > > Chat with Nightline guests and find articles, transcripts and video > excerpts on our Web site at: > http://abcnews.go.com/onair/nightline/NightlineIndex.html > > You can unsubscribe to the Nightline e-mail at: > http://abcnews.go.com/onair/dailynews/nightlineunsubscribe.html > > --- > You are currently subscribed to nightlinemail-l as: [log in to unmask] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [log in to unmask] > Abdoulie A. Jallow Toll-free number: 1-888-392-4832(Excite2) Personal extension for v/mail/fax: 291-368-1519 _______________________________________________________ Say Bye to Slow Internet! http://www.home.com/xinbox/signup.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------