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]>
> >  Message-Id:
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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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> >
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