Thank you Mr Beran Jeng! I have the same feeling that the only problem with Mr Earl as far as I can tell from the comments made, seems to be his association with Mr Ghadaffi, which the Jewish community did not like. Mr Bambaley goes on to say " it is a lesson for him ( Mr Earl) that a battel aginst anyone supported by the jewish community is Suicidal". Great! What does this tell us about politics and about the promotion of good governance in The Gambia and elsewhere. If power and money is to dictate the course of politics, than I do not know what we are trying to achieve here in this forum. In my opinion Ghadaffi, Bush, sharon and many other leaders in this world today are all the same. They all have their good and bad sides, and in the case of Africa they all are trying to influence decisions and situations, which might not always be in the best interest of out people. Ghadaffi might be "bad" news for Africa but he is no different from any other leader for that matter. Apart from Mr Earl F. Hilliardīs association with Ghadaffi, can anyone of the commentators give me a concreate reason why he is bad for his people and why Mr Davis is better? Don`t tell me about health care affordability in the district, persistent poverty and unemploment in the black communities. Those problems are something the black communities are encountering in all American cities. And remember keep his assoication to others out of the equation, if not proven to have effected his work. I just want to know what he has done or left undone for his people. About this Jewish influences, I can see why the US was one of the last countries in the world to cut ties with the Apartheid government in South Africa. Democracy seems to me to become something of a dictatorial democracy: I tell you who to be friends with and who not. If I have more power than you do, your interests comes secondary to mine even if it means people dying. The saying that goes " tell me your friends and I will tell you your habit" does not correspond to modern day politics and politicians. Look around you and tell me if the leaders you see are problem free, when it comes to their personal actions or the actions of their associates. Thanks Modou >From: Beran jeng <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: The Gambia and related-issues mailing list ><[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: Earl F. Hilliard Defeated >Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 08:37:18 -0400 > _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~