Dean tells Muslims: Run for political office

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http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/religion/539406,CST-NWS-Islam02s1.article

ROSEMONT | 'Stand up and say who you are and be proud of it,' he tells packed house

September 2, 2007
BY SUSAN HOGAN/ALBACH Religion Reporter/[e-mail]

Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean told American Muslims gathered in Rosemont to think beyond voter registration drives.

"You need to run for political office," Dean said Saturday. "The only way you can achieve your goals is to stand up and say who you are and be proud of it."

Those in the packed house rose to their feet and applauded.

Dean was one of several prominent Democrats on Saturday to address the nation's largest gathering of American Muslims. Republicans declined invitations, organizers said.

The annual Labor Day weekend gathering of the Islamic Society of North America is expected to draw up to 40,000 Muslims before it ends Monday.

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1. Good for him.

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2. And to think that I just read in another thread that

the DNC under Dean is a Stalinist organization!