Saturday, March 20, 2004


Saturday,20 , March, 2004 (29, Muharram,1425 )

A Voice for Sanity and Moderation in US Politics
Dr. Michael Saba, Special to Arab News


WASHINGTON, 20March 2004 — Dennis Kucinich is not a familiar name to most Americans. He has only a few confirmed delegates in his race for the Democratic presidential nomination. And, although the Ohio congressman’s chances of winning are almost nil, his calls for peace have prompted many Americans, particularly Muslim-Americans, to back him as their candidate of choice. Recently, as part of his presidential campaign, Kucinich addressed a mostly Muslim group of about300 would-be supporters at the Knights of Columbus Hall in San Antonio, Texas. He stated, “We should be united in love; that’s the sense of community. We are experiencing this oneness here — a civic openness, an aspiration for peace, an aspiration for security.”

“My campaign is about more than winning office,” he said in his largely unscripted speech. “We backed ourselves into a corner and the rest of the world looks at us with curiosity. Once again we need to be united to create a new era of peace. We can all be peacemakers.”

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