Democrats Court Vote of Disgruntled U.S. Muslims:
"I want to earn the support of Muslims and Muslim leaders across the United States," Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat from Massachusetts, told a major Muslim conference outside Los Angeles last weekend.Muslim Americans would do well to follow the example of, say, the German-Americans, Japanese-Americans and Italian-Americans during World War II and support our country in the war against this generation's crop of fascists and barbarians. The Democrats would do well not to pander to those Muslims who are fifth columnists for terrorism and tyranny. Posted by Stefan Sharkansky at December 24, 2003 10:39 AM"I very much hope for your support," Democratic front-runner and former Vermont governor, Howard Dean, told the same meeting, the Muslim Public Affairs Council annual convention.
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Angered by post-Sept. 11 legislation like the USA Patriot Act which Muslims feel discriminates against them, upset about wars against two Muslim countries, and frustrated by a perceived pro-Israeli bias in Middle East peacemaking, many U.S. Muslims are shifting their political allegiance.