Muslims and Arab-Americans to vote against Bush

pakistan daily times ^ | 3/14/04

[knak]

WASHINGTON: Sixty-eight percent of Arab voters from four important states have said in a poll it is time to elect a president other than George Bush.

This is a major and dramatic shift from the 2000 presidential campaign, when Arab-Americans in Michigan, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania strongly favoured Bush over his Democratic rival Al Gore.

Most Pakistanis also voted for Bush under the popular and prevalent impression that Republican administrations have been traditionally more sympathetic to Pakistan than India. While this was true during the Cold War when India not only denounced the US-led defence pacts of which Pakistan was a member but had close political, trade and military relations with the former Soviet Union, with the fall of the Soviet Union those old configurations have changed.

Since the US went into Afghanistan and invaded Iraq, Muslim disillusionment with the Bush administration in this country, as well as beyond America, has been widespread. In the wake of 9/11, the Muslim community in the United States has borne the brunt of the heavy-handed, culturally insensitive campaign unleashed in the name of fighting terrorism. The partisan policies followed by the Bush administration in the Middle East and its unquestioning endorsement of almost all Israeli actions against the Palestinians have caused deep resentment among American Muslims against the Republican administration. All these factors have resulted in a general disillusionment with President Bush. Consequently, most Muslims are not going to vote Republican this time when the country votes later this year to elect a new leader.

The four states where the poll was taken are among the top 10 states in terms of Arab-American population, representing a total of 510,000 likely voters. All these states have seen a rapid growth in the size of their Arab-American communities in the last decade. Voter turnout among members of this community is somewhat higher than in the US population as a whole.

Meanwhile, a Bush TV campaign ad that shows a terrorist who looks distinctly Middle Eastern has triggered a great deal of criticism from American-Muslims who have asked for its withdrawal. The new spot entitled “100 Days,” is the first ad to use the image of a dark-skinned man who is obviously meant to be a terrorist.

The slow-motion footage of the 30-second spot at the centre of the controversy has a woman’s voice warning about John Kerry’s agenda, charging, “On the war on terror: weaken the Patriot Act used to arrest terrorists and protect America.” On the left of the screen flash the words “John Kerry’s Plan.” At the bottom, a red box warns, “Weaken Fight Against Terrorists.” On the right side of the screen a plane is shown taking off. At the bottom there is a close-up of a dark, dangerous-looking man who looks around nervously and then turns towards the camera. He is obviously a terrorist whose dark face and features strongly suggest that he is a Middle Easterner. The Bush campaign denies that the man depicted in the TV spot is an Arab but one of its officials conceded that it was a “very generic” image.

According to James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, the TV ad “undercuts the very thing the President committed himself to after 9/11. It tries to create an identity between terrorists and that face. It can only be called a negative stereotype. It can only be called regrettable.”

[knak]

Muslims for Kerry

[chicagolady]

And who are the 72 virgins voting for??

[oceanview]

amazing that he will get the muslim vote, and 70% (or more) of the jewish vote also.

[muawiyah]

This writer in Pakistan would contribute his testicles to a community sperm bank if he thought it would advance his time on the waiting list to get a green card even ten minutes.

Never believe a Pak about anything concerning what is believed by other people.

[BIGZ]

My bumper sticker says; SPORTSMEN FOR BUSH.

I don't understand why Muslims and Arabs and some women would be against BUSH?

[Diogenesis]

Zogby supports (and polls) terrorists.

Zogby's brother suggested a Palestinian "state"
to be run by terrorists (and which was promptly adopted by Hillary and the Democrats.)

PARTIAL LIST OF ISLAMIC TERRORIST ACTIVITIES

1968 Robert Kennedy assassinated
1972 Munich Olympic Massacure Sep-5,1972 (Black September)
1976 Entebbe Hostage Crisis, June 27, 1976
1979 Iran Hostage Crisis, Nov. 4, 1979 444 days
1979 Grand Mosque Seizure, Nov 20,1979
1981 Assassination of Egyptian President, Oct 6,1981
1982 Assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister, Sept 14, 1982
1983 Bombing of US Embassy in Beirut6, April 18,1983
1983 Bombing of Maring Barricks, Beruit, Oct 23,1983
1984 Hizballah Restaurant Bombing, April 12,1984
1985 Egyptian Airliner Hijacking, Nov 23,1985
1985 Rome Airport murders
1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacked, U.S. Navy diver murdered
1985 Achille Lauro hijacking, Homacidal maniac lived in saddams Iraq
1986 Aircraft Bombing in Greece, March 30, 1986
1988 Pan Am 747 Flight 103 Bombing, Lockerbie, 100's murdered
1988 Berlin Discoteque Bombing, Dec 21,1988
1992 Bombing in Israeli Embassy in Argentina, March 17,1992
1993 Attempted Assassination of Pres. Bush Sr., April 14,1993
1993 First World Trade Center bombing, February 26th, 7 Killed, Hundreds injured, Billions
1994 Air France Hijacking, Dec 24,1994
1995 Attack on US Diplomats in Pakistan, Mar 8,1995
1995 Saudi Military Installation Attack, Nov 13, 1995
1995 Kashmiri Hostage taking, July 4,1995
1996 Khobar Towers attack
1996 Sudanese Missionarys Kidnapping, Aug 17,1996
1996 Paris Subway Explosion, Dec 3,1996
1997 Israeli Shopping Mall Bombing, Sept 4, 1997
1997 Yemeni Kidnappings, Oct 30,1997
1998 Somali Hostage taking crisis, April 15,1998
1998 U.S. Embassy Bombing in Peru, Jan 15, 1998
1998 U.S. Kenya Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1998 U.S. Tanzania Embassy blown up, 100's murdered
1999 Plot to blow up Space Needle (thwarted)
2000 USS Cole attacked, many U.S. Navy sailors murdered
2000-2003 Intifada against Israel - 100's dead and injured
2000 Manila Bombing, Dec 30,2000
2001 4 Commercial airliners hijacked, 250+ murdered
2001 World Trade Center attacked, 2800+ murdered
2001 Flight 93 murders
2001 Pentagon attacked, 180+ murdered
2002 Reporter Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and murdered
2002 Philippines American missionary, Filipino nurse killed
2002 July 4, El Al attack Los Angeles LAX, several murdered
2002 Bali bombing - 200 dead, 300 injured
2002 Yemen, French Oil Tanker attacked
2002 Marines attacked / murdered in Kuwait
2002 Washington D.C. sniper
2002 Russian Theater attacked, 100+ dead
2002 Nigerian riots against Miss World Pageant, 200 dead, dozens injured
2002 Mombasa Hotel Attacked, 12 dead, dozens injured
2002 Israeli Boeing 757 attacked by missiles, fortunately no one injured
2002 August Hotel bombing in Jakarta, Indonesia. 12 dead, dozens injured.
2003 Rusian concert bombing
2003 Phillipines airport and market bombing
2003 Foiled SAM plot in the USA
2003 UN Baghdad HQ Bombing

[Vigilanteman]

All the more reason to halt immigration of Muslims into the United States without a very thorough investigation as to where their loyalties and a long probationary period to prove it. Hopefully, their defection will be more than off-set by the defection of Jewish voters and regular Americans who understand most Muslims are not pro-American.

[Vigilanteman]

All the more reason to halt immigration of Muslims into the United States without a very thorough investigation as to where their loyalties and a long probationary period to prove it. Hopefully, their defection will be more than off-set by the defection of Jewish voters and regular Americans who understand most Muslims are not pro-American.

[Spruce]

Muslim American. IMO The two words are mutually exclusive.

[oceanview]

I think some thread a few weeks back showed Bush getting 30% of the jewish vote, which is not bad considering Gore got 81% as I recall in 2000.

[per loin]

Perhaps Kerry can get a video of Osama endorsing him.

[buccaneer81]

BIG DEAL!! Terrorists vote for a weak US. Imagine that!!

[Torie]

Bush will just keep doing what he is doing. He is hard wiring on this stuff. Voters, Muslims or otherwise, will just have to like it or leave it. And that is how it should be.

[Missouri]

Bump.

My thoughts exactly.

[MagnoliaB]

Yeah, someone please tell me why the Patriot Act violates my rights. I'm living my life here as an American whose linear goes back to God knows when before the War (I mean the real war So.Vs.No) and I'm not bringing drugs into the US, I'm not committing crimes like raping or robbing banks and such but I'm supposed to be real scared and in an uproar that my civil rights are being violated by the Patriot Act? Come on. If you are complaining about it, then I hope the Gov. is looking at YOU!

[CurlyDave]

Sixty-eight percent of Arab voters from four important states have said in a poll it is time to elect a president other than George Bush.

100% of the voters in my household feel strongly that it is time to expell all muslims from the US.

[Jorge]

Bush has delivered more than 50 million Arab/Muslims from the tyranny of the Taliban and Saddam and given them freedom, yet the Arab-American/Muslims now will vote against Bush?

I don't believe this crap for one minute. I saw the Iraqi Americans dancing in the streets when the American forces moved into Baghdad.

If the pro-terrorist Arabs are going to vote against Bush, that is no surprise. These creeps don't belong on the streets of America to begin with.

[TheLion]

Think this was a real poll or just wishful thinking?

[Zrob]

youre right - i remember seeing that. the ones who are 'voting against bush' are newcomers who still live in their old country and should be given a one way ticket back. if you dont respect the right of this nation to defend itself, you shouldnt be here.