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October 04, 2004
On the Arab Vote
I found the following interesting, all the more so as I had a front seat view on some of this type of activity and I gave the campaign my input (which they seem to have not followed through on very well) press outlets.
Arabs in Florida Angered by Bush
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&e=3&u=/latimests/20041004/ts_latimes/arabsinfloridaangeredbybush
Some Democrats say privately they fear alienating Jewish voters with an overt effort to reach Arab Americans.
The Massachusetts senator has already encountered trouble on that front, when he told the Arab American Institute a year ago that the security fence being constructed by Israel in and around the West Bank was a "barrier to peace." Later, he assured miffed Jewish leaders that he believed the fence was a legitimate tool for self-defense against terrorism.
What I can add to this is in my interaction with these guys they showed positive paranoia in this regard. They wanted to talk to Arab media to reach Arab American voters but were clearly afraid of getting branded with some disloyalty label. Understandable if regretable. They passed on some Arab Sat opps I worked out for them - should fucking bill them for that, but I suppose it is understandable.
Posted by The Lounsbury at October 4, 2004 05:36 PM
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