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To: ChinuSFO who wrote (3331)	1/15/2004 11:29:35 PM
From: rrufff	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 3959

I disagree. Getting demographic information from reporter's questions is not much better than reading the National Enquirer to learn the news. Reporters are now more gossip and scandal mongers than seekers of facts. I don't think Dean's religious views will affect more than 1 % of the voters. So long as one is not extreme in his views, religion is not an issue. Lieberman is on the fringe here as I'm not sure that the US is ready for a Jewish president quite frankly. This is no different than most countries. The US may even be a little closer to totally looking past this point thanks to Al Gore. I don't think a strict bible toting and touting Christian fundamentalist would win an election. So - my point - in the US, so long as religion is not dominating in one's public life, it shouldn't make a difference. The post to which you responded basically was arguing that France and other European nations have a rapidly expanding Muslim community, one that seems to take much of its direction from extreme elements. This will create issues to which Europeans are only beginning to awake.