Thanks Jabou

Your points are well taken. But in times of obvious unfairness seen across the whole world when the sitting
Government which Al Gore is part of does little or nothing to stop the blatant aggressions of of Israeli
soldiers  one wonders if Al Gore really cares.
Yes the economy is good now . All my kids  as well as yours went to public schools but AL Gore and his kids
all went to private schools here on military road unlike others  you and me and like President Jimmy Carter.
I personally can verify this.Vouchers in the educational system would enhance the small private and religious
schools not break down the public school system . contrary what the scare mongers say.  Public schools will
still be funded and we will have a choice as to where we send our kids. We can have a say on How we bring up
our kids plus the religious backgrounds needed . Funding public schools is not the issue here it is the
choice of parents to choose which I favor strongly
Racial profiling goes along with secret evidence . Gore talks only of one and ignores the other..

You mentioned about third party candidates are spoilers
Well I beg to differ . What if if both candidates in the main parties suck like the present ones. . Only very
rich & connected  people can be nominated in theses two parties -reality -
So As I said earlier my vote may be wasted but my conscience will be intact am voting my conscience this time
and Ralph Nader fits that so far. I may be wrong but honestly I do not care for both the Republicans and the
Democrats. We need an Independent  third party in the US very badly and I hope one fine day the choice will
be not only with two strong candidates but Three.
Good luck .to Gore , Bush is just a spoilt rich brat who just wants to settle a score for his dad. Gore must
come out and talk against secret evidence openly to get my vote. It is only one ,it may not count to him but
to me it does.

I will change my mind if he takes a stand against this horrible secret evidence issue.

habib

Jabou Joh wrote:

> Habib,
>
> I agree with most of your points on Gore and Bush being more or less the
> same. However, you are wrong about Gore being silent about racial profiling.
> I believe he coveres that point in many of his speeches I have heard, and
> especially in the debates. Bush does making a passing "politician's remark"
> on the subject whenever he feels he cannot avoid the issue. Personally, I am
> like Daddy Sang, voting for one of these candidates is just voting for the
> lesser of two evils. These guys say what they think the people want to hear,
> although Bill Clinton has done a great deal for the economy of this country,
> and I believe Al Gore will continue along the same lines. I also believe that
> although things may not be ideal, the Democratic party in this country has
> reached out to and stood for the interest of poor and non White people in
> this counrty over the years, while the Republicans are a party that stands
> for the interest of the monied filks around here. That is pretty clear.
> Finally, in my opinion, George Bush Jr. does not have a clue about many
> important issues that impact not only the United States, but the World at
> large just because the U.S economy does yield some important effect that
> eventually reaches much farther than America's shores.
> I am also one who believes that voting for third party candidates is just
> what everyone, including the two main parties see it as, a vote spoiler. It
> takes away votes from the two main candidates one of whom always ends up
> winning, namely the Democrats and the Republicans, while these other
> candidates make a statement but never win.What they may accomplish is to tip
> the balance in the wrong direction somethimes. E.g, the Republicans are
> hoping that more people will vote for Ralph Nader instead of the Democrats,
> while they try to get as many of their voters out to the voting booth come
> Novenber. This is why they are now using the Ralph nader Ad to attack Al
> Gore. However, such is democracy, even if the results are so predictable.My
> opinion is that if George Bush goes to the White House, it will be a sad day
> for America's majority, the poor working people oif this country. School
> vouchers are not the answer to the education problem in America. What it will
> do is merely throw a few crumbs at poor fmilies in the form of these
> vouchers, and no one can guarantee that the private schools will accept their
> kids when they come calling with these vouchers. Funding public schools and
> making resources available to the schools in the less affluent neignbourhoods
> of this country, as well as reducing class sizes, providing more money for
> training for teachers etc is what will tip the balance, and the Repuiblicans
> will not do this I promise you.If public schools get the funding and attetion
> they need, you will be mamzed what they can accomplish. I have graduated two
> daughters from a public school that has higher  standards and more
> accomplishments than any expensive private school here in Nashville, and
> there are many of them.These are magnet schools, and because we do not get as
> much money from the state, the parents have footed bills for a variety of
> things, and this is what has brough the excellent standards that this school
> enjoys. Kids friom this school get into schools that the private school kids
> can only dream about. This Republican voucher deal will leave out the
> majority of America's poor children in the cold as far as education is
> concerned.
>
> Jabou Joh
>
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