Thanks brother Bamba
FYI
I voted today - by absentee ballot - because I will be traveling next monday (Nov. 6 ) overseas for ten
days.
It is always hectic to survive these days ,so take it easy
Best Regards
Habib
Bamba Laye Jallow wrote:
> 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]>
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> > 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
> >
> > ---
> >
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