McCain and Obama: "We Do Not Want the Arab Vote"

AMERICA FOTES
2008

Michigan, USA: In separate statements issued by the campaigns of both John McCain and Barack Obama, the two candidates expressed their rejection for the Arab-American votes. While the Obama statement was at least diplomatic in that it expressed dislike for communal or "collective" voting, Senator McCain went all out and stated this:

We ask Arabs and Muslims to vote for Obama, that way they'll know that they do not matter.

James Zogby of the Arab American Institute was not contacted by Pivazistan for commentary on this issue.

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