2008 Presidential Elections - Who do you support?

[Fatsa]

Which candidate are Greek-Americans voting for and why?

[Prokomenos]

Im not voting for any of them.. :s030:

[soulitaire]

Originally Posted by Prokomenos
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Im not voting for any of them.. :s030:

why not? Voting isnt compulsory in America is it?


Ive been following it from over here on and off , and it will be interesting to see the result. Its interesting watching the 'process' of political campaigning .

Is Hilary liked over there? and Obama is an interesting candidate .

What still amazes me about ur country is 'The Terminator' being Governor of California :P lol

[Ellinas]

Does it matter who is going to get "elected"? USA will be still ruled by the same lobby.

[Prokomenos]

Originally Posted by Ellinas
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Does it matter who is going to get "elected"? USA will be still ruled by the same lobby.

Your absolutely correct. Dont matter who will get elected they are all the same. Also this election thing is a gimmic. The powerful already know who is going to run the country..

[Prokomenos]

Originally Posted by soulitaire
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why not? Voting isnt compulsory in America is it?


Ive been following it from over here on and off , and it will be interesting to see the result. Its interesting watching the 'process' of political campaigning .

Is Hilary liked over there? and Obama is an interesting candidate .

What still amazes me about ur country is 'The Terminator' being Governor of California :P lol

Voting is an option..

Hilary is well liked aswell as Obama and Mckane. Its going to be an interesting run but Im sure Mckane is going to win. Obama is black and Hilary is a female which the US is not ready for yet. Myself I couldnt care less they are all terrible.

Lol The Terminator is actually doing a decent job in California from what I hear.

[Napalm]

All the same lobby groups will still run the government. Since the Pro-Turk Pro-Israel Pro-Injustice lobbies run things it won't be better for Hellas. The only mainstream candidate who would have a chance to remove some of the lobbying is Ron Paul but he doesn't get any media coverage so his numbers keep slipping.
I think given the Clinton's destruction of Serbia has me worried about Hilary the most. Most of the Dems and Republicans coverup the American atrocies in Serbia as well. Not sure where Obama stands on many issues since he would be new to foriegn policy.

[Angelo]

Intresting artical i found

HILLARY CLINTON MAKES HISTORIC APPOINTMENT -- NAMES ELENI TSAKOPOULOS-KOUNALAKIS HEAD OF “GREEK-AMERICANS FOR CLINTON”

WASHINGTON, D.C., February 1, 2008 -- Leading Democratic Presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) recently named Eleni Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis, President of the AKT Development Corporation, to head “Greek-Americans for Clinton.” This is the first time in history that a woman has been appointed by a leading Presidential candidate to that post.


Ms. Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis is at the top of the list of Democratic contributors in California, a state known for its major political contributors. Both fundraising events she hosted for Senator Clinton in California were extraordinarily successful. The combination of her fundraising skills and Senator Clinton�s record with the Hellenic and Orthodox community suggests a successful chairmanship for Ms. Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis.



She is known throughout the Greek-American community for many things including an issue close to the heart of Senator Clinton – the crisis facing the Ecumenical Patriarchate, the nearly 2,000-year-old spiritual head of the world�s second largest Christian Church, Orthodox Christianity. Senator Clinton was instrumental in creating the first visit of a sitting American President (President Bill Clinton) to the Ecumenical Patriarchate. As well, Senator Clinton played a major role in beginning the practice of U.S. Presidents pressing the Ecumenical Patriarchate issue with every senior Turkish official visiting the White House Oval Office. That practice continued for over a decade and into the Bush Administration until it stopped during the last two such White House visits.



This issue has also been a major focus of Ms. Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis. She secured more signatures of United States Senators for a letter to President George W. Bush on this issue than any other Orthodox Christian. The letter urged the Ecumenical Patriarchal issue to be raised higher on America�s agenda. As well, she personally escorted California Senator Diane Feinstein, along with a consequential delegation, to visit Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew in 2005. She is also well known for the creation of numerous Hellenic Chairs across the country at some of America�s top Universities, among other such comparable achievements for the Hellenic and Orthodox community.



She and her father, Angelo Tsakopoulos, were reported last year to have made an over $10 million “independent expenditure” in support of the campaign of Greek-American Phil Angelides for Governor of California. Such an expenditure, which is sanctioned by California state election laws, was repudiated to have played a significant role in Angelides� primary election victory.



When questions were raised about what the Tsakopoulos family was expecting to get from such a contribution, Andrew Athens, then head of the World Council of Hellenes, responded. He said in a statement to the media “all they expect from Angelides is to do a great job as Governor and to make them proud.”



Ms. Tsakopoulos-Kounalakis is undertaking this effort in addition to continuing in her role as President of AKT, the mother of two boys and wife of Markos Kounalakis, publisher of Washington Monthly and respected author and journalist.

[Ellinas]

Looks like Obama makes a broad "hatch" to the USA Greeks:
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[Angelo]

Intresting video


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