Dean Gets Standing Ovation from Arab-Americans; attacked leading conservatives, religious right

Reuters ^ | 10-18-03

[Brian S]

Sat October 18, 2003 06:09 PM ET By Tom Brown

DEARBORN, Mich. (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Howard Dean received a standing ovation from an Arab-American audience on Saturday when he attacked leading conservatives and figures from the religious right.

Dean, one of seven Democratic presidential candidates to address the Arab American Institute's national leadership conference in Dearborn, pointed to an American flag and named some of the people he said it did not belong to.

"It does not belong to General Boykin, or John Ashcroft, or Rush Limbaugh or Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson," the former Vermont governor said to cheers in the packed hotel conference room in the Detroit suburb which is home to one of the highest concentrations of Muslims and Arabs outside the Middle East.

"This flag belongs to every single American, including every single American in this room, and is the hope and aspiration for many other folks who are not yet citizens," he said.

The message was warmly received by the crowd of about 300 as Dean named Ashcroft, the U.S. Attorney General and a prominent spokesmen for America's conservative or religious right, along with Army Lt. Gen. William Boykin, the senior Pentagon intelligence official who has told Christian gatherings that Muslims worship an "idol."

His speech was repeatedly interrupted by applause as he condemned violations of civil liberties, racial profiling and abuse of authority under the USA Patriot Act, the anti-terror legislation championed by Ashcroft that passed after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Hundreds of Muslims and Arabs were detained in roundups after the attacks and Dean said the detentions and deportations of an untold number of immigrants based on secret evidence were unlawful and should be repealed.

"Today we see another shameful chapter in American history. Because John Ashcroft touts the Patriot Act around this country does not make John Ashcroft a patriot," he said.

"The war on terror cannot become a war on civil rights and freedoms. We should not have to chose between securing our homeland and securing the blessings of liberty. We can have both, otherwise the terrorists have won and we will not permit that."

Dean also won applause by reiterating his recent promises to send former President Bill Clinton to the Middle East as his peace broker if he is elected next year.

[Sir Gawain]

Of course the idol worshippers like him.

[joesnuffy]

The commies and muslims join...the enemy of my enemy
is my friend...
at least temporarily....

[tet68]

Dean will come to regret this

[aculeus]

His speech was repeatedly interrupted by applause as he condemned violations of civil liberties, racial profiling and abuse of authority under the USA Patriot Act, the anti-terror legislation championed by Ashcroft that passed after the Sept. 11 attacks.

Noted for future reference.

[jwalsh07]

If Dean wins the democratic nomination, the religious right will come out in numbers never before seen. His appeal is to focus groups and the groups I personally fall in are anthema to Howard Dean. There is nothing I like about the man.

[mhking]

Dean also won applause by reiterating his recent promises to send former President Bill Clinton to the Middle East as his peace broker if he is elected next year.

Dumb & Dumber.

Just damn.

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[oldtimer]

When are the sheeple going to figure out that when the Muslim's get strong enough they start killing everybody they can kill?

That is their track record.

[mrustow]

"It does not belong to General Boykin, or John Ashcroft, or Rush Limbaugh or Jerry Falwell or Pat Robertson," the former Vermont governor said to cheers in the packed hotel conference room in the Detroit suburb which is home to one of the highest concentrations of Muslims and Arabs outside the Middle East.

"This flag belongs to every single American, including every single American in this room, and is the hope and aspiration for many other folks who are not yet citizens," he said.

Well, the man isn't much for logic, unless he's saying that if elected, he will strip Ashcroft, et al., of their citizenship. Meanwhile, he'll hand the flag over to terrorists and their supporters, since I guarantee that there were plenty in the audience.

[Consort]

The Democrat Party is the party of choice for those who want to destroy our nation from within using our system of government as a tool.

[risk]

>>> Dean will come to regret this

Indeed.

[Salem]

"The Democrat Party is the party of choice for those who want to destroy our nation from within using our system of government as a tool."

Amen. This is what we have to look forward to if a Democrat takes the election. Clinton as a Middle East peace "broker"? That gives me hideous visions of a lot of dead bodies of innocents in Israel.


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[aculeus]

"Doctor" Dean should stick to collecting specimens.

[Burkeman1]

Dean condemned "Racial profiling"? Yep- the Irish granny should be searched and have her nail file taken away just as much as 25 year old Mustaphah at airports. Silly. One can have legitimate gripes about The Patriot Act (I shudder to think how such an act would be abused by a Democratic President). But Dean would sacrifice American lies to be politically correct. And the "pure" Dean has flipped flopped on the war in Iraq. He now supports the occupation but favors going hat in hand to the UN and begging for foreign troops.

[jigsaw]

Dean continues to reach out for The Moron Vote.

[deport]

FYI.......

Dean will really offer a contrast should he become the nominee for the Democrats......

[Burkeman1]

Meant American "lives"- not "lies".

[cardinal4]

Dean will come to regret this

I think you are right; where is his next stop, CPUSA?

[concerned about politics]

So, Dean is a terrorist supporting anti-semite?

Yes he is, yet at the same time his wife is Jewish. I wonder if the Muslims/anti-God democrats are aware of it. He married their enemy.
Dean is a twisted, confused man.