Greek Opposition Cries Foul Over Florida Consulate

[steve2470]

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=6568600§ion=news

By Karolos Grohmann

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece's socialist opposition accused the conservative government on Thursday of rushing through a decision to open a new consulate in the swing state of Florida to help President Bush win re-election.

An estimated 120,000 Greek-Americans live in the southern state, where opinion polls show Bush and Democratic challenger Senator John Kerry running neck-and-neck. It is one of a handful of states that could determine who wins the Nov. 2 election.

"We are not saying it will decide the presidential vote but it is a message to the Greeks living there that the conservatives in Greece and the Republicans in the United States can work well together," socialist deputy Dimitris Reppas told Reuters.
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[papau]

1. conservative US Greeks are in CA - elsewhere its 70% Dem - this

does not change that.