Word: fulani
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...hour-and-a-half session was cautious; he remembered to rein himself in. In fact, he joked about how careful he has to be these days, quickly and comically correcting himself (changing "grotesque" to "sad," for instance, to describe his recent media coverage, and calling psychologist turned politician Lenora Fulani first a "nut candidate," then the more euphemistic "candidate of limited public appeal...
...would lend expertise and manpower. And the experience of less impressive independent candidates suggests that ballot access is not an insurmountable problem. George Wallace in 1968 and John Anderson in 1980 bolted from their parties late in the game and managed to be on every state's ballot. Lenora Fulani did the same in 1988, running on the utterly obscure New Alliance ticket...
...have ruled the country for 23 of its 33 years of independence -- for diminishing the Nigerian soul. Endemic corruption; the narrowing opportunities in the country that once held out so much promise; the exploitation of bitter rivalries among the three largest ethnic groups, the Yoruba, Ibo and Hausa-Fulani -- all have sapped the nation's resources, its cohesion, its confidence. Instead of building a nation, the democrats charge, the soldiers have prevented it from being born. Says Didi Adodo, a labor leader: "The colonialists did not do as much damage to the Nigerian psyche as Babangida...
...supporter of civil rights for minorities, gays and lesbians, the elderly and disabled, Fulani calls for a broad-based coalition to help her get to the White House...
...Fulani's running-mate is Maria Elizabeth Munoz...