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Originally Posted by RK77
You are Welcome! I have to be nosy.......are you actually in GREECE?
Are there many people there interested in our elections here?
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Actually I`m born in Greece but I live in Sweden.Whole Europe loves Obama.Especially in Greece people are very excited about Obama.Let me quote from an article what Illinois state treasurer`s Alexi Giannoulias mother had to say when she came back from Greece after a trip:
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Barack around the bloc; Greek Americans turn out in force to support Obama presidential bid at fund-raiser hosted by Giannoulias
From: Chicago Sun-Times Date: September 11, 2007
The ancient Greeks invented democracy, so it seems only fitting that presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama is making a play for the Greek vote.
At a fund-raiser Wednesday night, state Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias hosted nearly 200 prominent Greek Americans and other supporters who paid $1,000 to $2,300 a person to attend a cocktail party at Costas restaurant, 340 S. Halsted.
"I just came back from Greece, and everybody knows Obama," says the treasurer's mom, Anna Giannoulias. "They adore him. If he was to run there, he'd have 90 percent of the vote." Her son befriended Obama more than a decade ago. As a University of Chicago student, he played basketball with Obama, who was a law ...
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