re: #25 Obdicut

Heh! Under Bush the Elder I remember everyone sagely talking about how the Muslims were the next big GOP voting bloc and how they’d shift the country in a more conservative direction.

Didn’t count on the huge amount of xenophobia and racism in the GOP getting stronger, rather than weaker, with time.

I have an interesting anecdotal story about Muslims and the GOP. The 2000 election was the year I took 8th grade Civics. So, naturally the election was something being talked about a bit on the bus. People were asking each other who they supported and stuff. And I just remember a Syrian American classmate of mine preferring Bush over Gore. I was a Gore backer then. Didn’t work on the campaign any but what’s interesting anyhow when I talked to the guy four-five years later, the guy was very anti Bush and GOP. I can’t imagine what he thinks now given the GOP’s continued pandering to anti Muslim bigotry. I had my beefs with Bush but he didn’t act like American Muslims were disloyal.