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blm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 10:47 AM
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Iranian-Americans turn away from GOP and look to Democrats.
Endorse Kerry as "well informed about the issues faced..."

"Senator Kerry articulated his vision for America and how the aspirations and concerns of the Iranian-American Community, not only in regards to their lives in the US, but also with respect to their motherland could be realized in the context of the national agenda. John Kerry did come across as genuinely well informed about the issues faced by the Community, i.e., backlash following the September 11, and the process of democratic and sociopolitical reforms in Iran. Mr. Kerry reminisced with fine memories about one of his sister who taught at the International School in Tehran right before the revolution in 1979."
"It was noteworthy to identify among the participants in the dinner banquets some influential Iranian American Republicans--some of whom had even been promised Ambassadorship positions--who have now turned to the democratic candidates for the White House"
http://www.payvand.com/news/03/jul/1169.html
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realFedUp Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:17 PM
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1. I would think any Arab-American might look at the Dems...
since a lot of them are getting no justice under Ashcroft.
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whoYaCallinAlib Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:22 PM
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2. So true . . . a new democratic voting block.
I love it.
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bluestateguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:25 PM
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3. Iranians are not Arabs
But they do get lumped into that "Arab" category whenever people talk about racial profiling. I don't think Al Qaeda has a large presence in Iran.

And Iranian women are among the best looking women in the world.
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Terwilliger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:29 PM
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4. Do it before they authorize Bush to go in and wipe out Tehran!
:eyes:
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jul-30-03 04:51 PM
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5. Ironically Muslims voted for Bush in the 2000 election
But I have a feeling they aren't going to in 2004.
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